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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrew Hitchings, Cardiff, GB;
Paul Nigel Turner, Chelmsford, GB;
Sean Gordon Harman, Southend on Sea, GB;
Daniel Wilden, Benfleet, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A flow management device comprises an outer chamber with an inlet arranged to receive a flow in a first flow direction and an outlet arranged to provide the flow in a second flow direction different from the first direction, and a duct arranged within the chamber, the duct having a first end configured to receive the flow from the inlet and a second end configured to release the flow towards the outlet, wherein a cross-sectional area of the duct increases towards each of the first and second ends of the duct.