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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Wolfgang Odebrecht, Sindelfingen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An open motor vehicle, such as a convertible or a roadster, has at least one vehicle seat accommodated in a vehicle interior. A wind partition is assigned to the at least one vehicle seat and is arranged behind the backrest covering at least the headrest area. A heating system which has at least one heat exchanger through which at least a portion of the air flows which reaches the wind partition. For supplying the headrest area with warm air during a drive with an open top without an intervention in the wind partition and an impairment of the design, the at least one heat exchanger is integrated in a shaft constructed in the vehicle interior behind the backrest. The shaft is provided with an air inflow device which is situated upstream of the heat exchanger and with an air outflow device situated downstream of the heat exchanger. The air inflow device is arranged and constructed such that, as the result of the air stream entering behind the wind partition into the vehicle interior, an airflow is generated therein which penetrates the heat exchanger. The air outflow device is arranged and constructed such that the air flow is directed to the headrest area.