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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/02 ;
Abstract
An assembly,for controlling the temperature of air flowing into the passenger compartment of a vehicle has a frame,, an arcuate door,, and an actuation assembly,. The frame,defines an opening,through which air flows into the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The frame,also includes opposite arcuate tracks,. The arcuate door,moves to control airflow through the opening,and has side edges,which are slidably received in the opposite arcuate tracks,. The arcuate door 40 and the opposite arcuate tracks,maintain the same center of curvature during the sliding of the arcuate door,in the opposite arcuate tracks,. The actuation assembly,moves the arcuate door 40 along the opposite arcuate tracks