Patent ID: 7974755

Claim:
A method for reducing acoustic noise within a motor vehicle having windows and resulting from lowering a window of the motor vehicle, said method comprising the steps of: providing a window sensor operable to sense when a first window of the motor vehicle is open; providing a vehicle movement sensor operable to sense when the motor vehicle is moving greater than a specified speed; providing an actuator operable to open an air inlet and let air into the motor vehicle; providing a controller operable to activate the actuator to open the air inlet when the motor vehicle is traveling greater than the specified speed and when the window sensor senses the first window is open and communicates the open window position to the controller; and the window sensor sensing the first window of the motor vehicle is open and communicating the open window position to the controller; the vehicle movement sensor sensing the motor vehicle is traveling greater than the specified speed and; the controller activating the actuator to open the air inlet.