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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Ligi, Jr., Chelsea, MI (US);
Gary D. Mullen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Francis Raymond Gillis, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Steven Nicholas Fidh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/34 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/345 (2013.01); B60H 1/00357 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00871 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3485 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air flow control system includes a plenum having an air inlet, a first air outlet, a second air outlet and a third air outlet, a vent door, an air guide, carried on the vent door, and an actuator. The actuator displaces the vent door between a first position closing the first air outlet and a second position opening the first air outlet. A climate control method for an autonomous vehicle is also provided.