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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Robert Westfall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/12 (2017.01); F24F 7/04 (2006.01); F24F 13/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/0088 (2013.01); B60H 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 3/12 (2017.02); F24F 7/04 (2013.01); F24F 13/32 (2013.01); B60Q 2500/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for distributing indirect lighting and airflow to an individual passenger in a motor vehicle. That apparatus includes a vent body having an air inlet and an air outlet. An air valve is carried on the vent body. The air valve is displaceable between an open position and a closed position. A flexible air guide carried on the vent body is adapted to direct air from the air outlet toward the individual passenger.