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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1998
Klaus Arold, Sindelfingen, DE;
Dieter Heinle, Pluederhausen, DE;
Markus Schoellhorn, Sindelfingen, DE;
Manfred Weindorf, Vaihingen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A heating or air conditioning unit for the interior of vehicles with air outlets, which are disposed in the center plane of the interior of the vehicle, particularly in the dashboard and which include at least one centrally disposed center vent and two side vents, and with a control unit with adjusting elements for influencing the air emerging from the air outlets is provided. For the purpose of adjusting the division of air between the at least one center vent and the two side vents in the driver's side and the front seat passenger's side of the interior of the vehicle from the driver's seat, two air ducts, each leading to one of the side vents, branch off from the air duct leading to the at least one center vent and, at each branching site, an air splitter is disposed, which is controlled from an air distribution adjusting element, which is disposed in a control panel of the control unit, which is usually placed centrally in the dashboard in the interior of the vehicle.