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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1992
Heinz Koukal, Sindelfingen, DE;
Klaus Arold, Sindelfingen, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, , DE;
Abstract
An engine bonnet integrates a water separation facility while dispensing with expensive additional parts which were hitherto necessary in order to separate concomitantly entering water from the air for a heating and air-conditioning system flowing in via an air inlet situated in the engine bonnet or between the rear edge of the engine bonnet and the windscreen. The necessary inner reinforcement of the engine bonnet panel is configured in such a way along that side of the engine bonnet which is turned towards the windscreen that it simultaneously feeds the air stream entering via an air inlet in the engine bonnet to an air-fill chamber situated upstream of the air intake duct of the heating or air-conditioning system that water separation also occurs in addition.