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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Christopher Sterbenz, Brownstown, MI (US);
Eric Jay MacLean, Brighton, MI (US);
Daniel Ferretti, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Timothy James Hallifax, Toorak, AU;
Gary D. Mullen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/24 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/249 (2013.01); B60H 1/00842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ventilation system and method of purging volatile organic compounds from an interior space of the vehicle. The ventilation space including an air extractor connected to a vehicle wall and having an interior side within the interior space defined by the vehicle wall, a fan attached to the interior side, and a controller configured to operate in a shipping mode to activate the fan to generate ventilation flow through the air extractor.