Patent ID: 6896609
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. A ventilation system for incorporation into the dashboard of a vehicle, the vehicle having a door to a side entry with an entry well adjacent the door and inside the vehicle, the ventilation system comprising: an air treatment unit; an entry way outlet duct arrangement vertically arrayed on the dashboard along one side of the door, coupled to receive air from the air treatment unit with the entry way outlet duct being oriented toward the entry well adjacent the door to direct air from the air treatment unit against a broad portion of the door from the side of the door for a substantial portion of the vertical height of the door; a plurality of outlet ducts coupled to receive air from the air treatment unit and located and oriented under a vehicle windshield to direct forced air against the vehicle windshield; and an outlet duct from the dashboard near a steering wheel oriented to direct forced air behind the steering wheel.