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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sunil K. Jain, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Aaron D. Lindsey, Bryant, IN (US);
Kenneth J. Smith, Yoder, IN (US);
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 ;
Abstract
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for busses achieve improved air distribution by the use of ducts to distribute the air throughout the passenger compartment. The ducts have a varying cross sectional area so that the impedance to air flow appears constant at all points along the duct. The quantity of air distributed from each of a plurality of vents is substantially even is effectively equalized.