Motor vehicle with air duct sections for the air conditioning of the vehicle interior space
View Patent ↗A motor vehicle has lower and upper air duct sections ( 4, 8 ) arranged within the motor vehicle in series in a throughflow direction, with a vent for conveying and discharging air for air conditioning the vehicle interior space. The lower air duct section ( 4 ) is arranged in the region of an inner floor of the vehicle and is fixed to the bodyshell. The upper air duct section ( 8 ) is part of a lining ( 9 ) for the B pillar ( 2 ).
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
a floor;
a roof having a molded roof lining with a receptacle formed therein,
a B pillar extending between the floor and the roof, the B pillar having a bodyshell with an open side facing inwardly on the vehicle;
a lower air duct section extending partly in the floor of the vehicle and having an upper end portion extending partly into a lower part of the bodyshell of the B pillar, the upper end portion of the lower air duct section having an inner panel on a side of the lower air duct section facing into the vehicle, an outer panel opposite the inner panel and opposite side panels extending between the inner and outer panels, the inner panel, the outer panel and the side panels having upper edges, the upper edge of the inner panel being offset to a lower position than the upper edges of the outer panel and the side panels to define a cutout adjacent a top edge of the inner panel of the lower air duct section and between the side panels thereof,
an upper air duct section arranged in the bodyshell of the B pillar and having an inner panel on a side toward the interior of the vehicle, an outer panel opposite the inner panel and opposite side panels extending between the inner and outer panels of the upper air duct section, the panels of the upper air duct section having lower edges that are lower than upper edges of the outer panel and the side panels of the lower air duct section and are at substantially the same height as the upper end of the inner panel of the lower air duct section so that the lower end of the upper air duct section is nested into the cutout at the upper end of the lower air duct section,
a pillar lining connected to a side of the inner panel of the upper air duct section facing inwardly on the vehicle and covering the open side of the B pillar facing inwardly on the vehicle, the pillar lining having an upper end pivotally mounted in the receptacle of the roof lining and a lower end below the lower end of the upper air duct section, and the upper end of the pillar lining being above an upper end of the upper air duct section.
2. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a vent at an end of the upper air duct section facing away from the lower air duct section.
3. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the lower end of the pillar lining is connected to the bodyshell or to the lower air duct section.
4. The motor vehicle of claim 3 , further comprising a clip connection connecting the pillar lining to the bodyshell.
5. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower air duct sections are connected sealingly to one another.
6. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a vent extending through a portion of the pillar lining between the upper end of the pillar lining and the upper end of the upper air duct section, the vent communicating with the upper end of the upper air duct section.
7. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the lower end of the pillar lining is connected to the bodyshell of the B pillar.
8. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a door opening and a sill strip at lower part of the door opening, the lower air duct section extending into the bodyshell of the B pillar to a position higher than the sill strip.