Patent ID: 6599182
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
Apparatus for distributing air in a motor vehicle, the air flowing along a first path, the apparatus comprising:(a) walls defining the first path aligned approximately along the longitudinal center line of the motor vehicle, a second path and a third path, the first path bifurcating into the second and third paths, the second and third paths diverging transversely from the first path towards opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the motor vehicle and having respective portions disposed at an angle of less than 180Â° to one another; (b) a first door, rotatable about an axis disposed across a portion of the second path; (c) a second door, rotatable about an axis disposed across a portion of the third path; (d) an operating device for rotating the first door and second door, such that air is able to flow from the first path into the second and third paths, the flow being dependent on the positions of rotation of the first and second doors, respectively; and (e) a heater core disposed in the first path, whereby air in the second and third paths is heatable.