Patent ID: 7232367

Claim:
An air-distribution system for a dashboard of a motor vehicle, comprising a main duct designed to receive a flow of air from a source of conditioned air, and a plurality of auxiliary ducts that branch off from the main duct and terminate in air-outflow openings provided on the dashboard, said system being wherein: said main duct gives out into a manifold or rail, from which there branch off a number of auxiliary ducts; each of the auxiliary ducts that branch off from the manifold branches off into a number of terminal ducts, which give out into respective outflow openings of the dashboard; associated to each of the auxiliary ducts there is an air-distribution device for distributing the air flow that traverses the auxiliary duct among the terminal ducts that branch off therefrom, and wherein the air-distribution device associated to each auxiliary duct comprises means for deflecting the flow of air by the Coanda effect; and associated to each of said auxiliary ducts is an independent additional unit for regulating at least one characteristic of the flow of air that traverses the auxiliary duct.