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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Neil Lawson Overgaard, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Bryn Arthur Davies, Novi, MI (US);
Keith Brown, Riverview, MI (US);
Martin Hagen, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B62D 25/24 (2006.01); B60R 13/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/07 (2006.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/24 (2013.01); B60K 11/08 (2013.01); B60R 13/00 (2013.01); B60R 13/07 (2013.01); B62D 25/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of managing water entering through a hood vent includes steps of: collecting the water in a water collection tray of the hood vent, delivering the water, through a first water drain of the hood vent, to a water channel of a hood insulator and discharging the water from a second water drain in the hood insulator.