Patent ID: 6261173
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B60H,B60J

Abstract:
Open motor vehicle, such as a convertible or a roadster, having at least one vehicle seat accommodated in the vehicle interior which has a backrest and a headrest, having a wind partition which is assigned to the at least one seat and which is arranged behind the backrest covering at least the headrest area, and having a heating system which has at least one heat exchanger through which at least a portion of the air flows which reaches the wind partition,wherein the at least one heat exchanger is integrated in a shaft constructed in the vehicle interior behind the backrest,wherein the shaft has an air inflow device situated in the flow direction upstream of the heat exchanger and an air outflow device situated downstream of the heat exchanger,wherein the air inflow device is arranged and constructed such that, by means of the air stream entering behind the wind partition into the vehicle interior, an air flow is generated therein which penetrates the heat exchanger, andwherein the air outflow device is arranged and constructed such that the air flow is directed to the headrest area.