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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Lange, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gunnar Schlinke, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas Rappel, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Lange, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gunnar Schlinke, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas Rappel, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/54 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00857 (2013.01); B60H 1/00671 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00707 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ventilation controlling apparatus for feeding windshield defrost outlets and side window demist outlets in motor vehicles with one or more air passages and respective doors for each outlet. The apparatus supports a mode in which the demist door opens up to a predefined angle without the defrost door opening, too, with the predefined angle depending on the design of a cam attached to the demist door and a pin engaged with that cam and attached to the defrost door.