Motor vehicles – Power – With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
Patent
1997-07-14
1999-09-14
Camby, Richard M.
Motor vehicles
Power
With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
180 692, 180 6925, B60K 1300
Patent
active
059507535
ABSTRACT:
A water management system for venting hot air out of the engine compartment of a vehicle through the hood of the vehicle includes a louver cover positioned over vent holes in the hood. A gasket is sandwiched between the louver cover and the hood. A water tray is positioned under the hood and is bolted to the louver cover. The water tray includes an open edge that is juxtaposed with a trough in the fender of the vehicle and a barrier wall opposite the open edge. The barrier wall is slightly vertically distanced from the hood, such that hot air from the engine compartment can flow over the barrier wall and out of the vent holes, but water seeping into the vent holes is blocked by the barrier wall from entering the engine compartment, and must instead flow into the fender trough.
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patent: 4646884 (1987-03-01), Racchi
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patent: 5129473 (1992-07-01), Boyer
Frakes Michael D.
Hutter Robert B.
Muldoon Patrick J.
Nassar Alexander N.
Thorne Eric P.
Camby Richard M.
Chrysler Corporation
Yee James R.
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