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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Didier Loup, Maurepas, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Climatisation, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 3/06 ;
Abstract
A heating and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle comprises a casing (,) housing a motor-driven fan unit (,) suitable for impelling a flow of air and a removable air filter (,) suitable for filtering the impelled airflow. The casing (,) is arranged in the passenger compartment (H) of the vehicle along the bulkhead (,) separating the engine compartment (CM) from the passenger compartment (H), and provision is made for the bulkhead and the casing to include respective access apertures (,) arranged facing one another in order to allow the filter (,) to be withdrawn out of the casing through the engine compartment, exchanged if appropriate and re-inserted into the casing.