Patent ID: 7726143

Claim:
A glove box assembly for a vehicle, the glove box assembly comprising: a dedicated climate controlled bin; an air flow manifold; wherein the air flow manifold is arranged to receive cooled air from a vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit and direct the flow of cooled air into the climate controlled bin providing cooling of the climate controlled bin; and wherein the air flow manifold has an inlet through which cooled air flow from the vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit is received and comprising a plurality of flow directing projections downstream of the inlet and spaced apart along an air flow path within the manifold that are each arranged to protrude into the air flow path within the manifold and that increase in size the farther disposed from the air inlet in a manner that directs substantially the same amount of flow of cooled air through each one of a corresponding plurality of spaced apart air inlets into the climate controlled bin.