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US 12,391,098 · App. 16/977,363 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Ventilation device for a motor vehicle

Inventor: Carsten Othmer (Braunschweig, DE)
Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
B60H1/3414B60H1/00564F24F13/062F24F13/14B60H2001/3471F24F2221/28
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Patent No.
US 12,391,098
App. No.
16/977,363
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ventilation device for a motor vehicle, having a first ventilation duct for the throughflow of a first air flow, a second ventilation duct which is separate from the first ventilation duct for the throughflow of a second air flow and an air outlet which is coupled in a fluid-communicating manner to a first duct end of the first ventilation duct and to a second duct end of the second ventilation duct, for releasing an overall air flow into a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. A first air flow strength of the first air flow and a second air flow strength of the second air flow can be set individually. The air outlet has a first deflecting wall in the direction of flow downstream of the first duct end that is designed for deflecting the first air flow such that the first air flow intersects the second air flow.

Claims (22)

1. A ventilation device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a first ventilation duct for the throughflow of a first air flow,

a second ventilation duct that is separate from the first ventilation duct for the throughflow of a second air flow, and

an air outlet that is coupled in fluid communication to a first duct end of the first ventilation duct and to a second duct end of the second ventilation duct for discharging an overall air flow into a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle,

wherein the overall air flow includes the first air flow and the second air flow,

wherein a first air flow intensity of the first air flow and a second air flow intensity of the second air flow can be set individually,

wherein the air outlet has a first deflecting wall downstream of the first duct end in a direction of flow,

wherein the first deflecting wall deflects the first air flow such that the first air flow intersects the second air flow,

wherein a suction device and a blow-out device are provided at the air outlet, wherein the suction device draws in at least one of the first air flow or the second air flow, and wherein the blow-out device creates a blow-out air flow that interacts with at least one of the first air flow or the second air flow,

wherein the air outlet further has a second deflecting wall downstream of the second duct end in the direction of flow to deflect the second air flow toward the first air flow, the second deflecting wall opposing the first deflecting wall such that an air outlet duct is provided between an inner surface of the first deflecting wall and an inner surface of the second deflecting wall, the inner surface of the first deflecting wall opposing the inner surface of the second deflecting wall,

wherein the first deflecting wall and the second deflecting wall are shaped so that the air outlet duct has a narrowest air outlet cross section provided between the inner surface of the first deflecting wall and the inner surface of the second deflecting wall,

wherein upstream of the narrowest air outlet cross section, the air outlet duct has a first air outlet cross section provided between the inner surface of the first deflecting wall and the inner surface of the second deflecting wall that is wider than the narrowest air outlet cross section,

wherein downstream of the narrowest air outlet cross section, the air outlet duct has a second air outlet cross section provided between the inner surface of the first deflecting wall and the inner surface of the second deflecting wall that is wider than the narrowest air outlet cross section,

wherein, in the direction of flow, the suction device is arranged downstream of the narrowest air outlet cross section of the air outlet, and wherein in the direction of flow, the blow-out device is arranged downstream of the narrowest air outlet cross section of the air outlet,

wherein the first deflecting wall has a first curvature, wherein the first curvature is directed away from the second air flow in the direction of flow,

wherein the second deflecting wall has a second curvature, and wherein the second curvature is directed away from the first air flow in the direction of flow, and

wherein the second curvature adjoins a rounding of the second deflecting wall pointing towards the first air flow, so that the second deflecting wall initially goes towards the first air flow and subsequently turns away therefrom.

2. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein the first ventilation duct has a first duct inlet and the second ventilation duct has a second duct inlet, wherein the first duct inlet and the second duct inlet are coupled in fluid communication to a common primary ventilation duct in such a manner that a primary air flow flowing through the primary ventilation duct in the direction of flow is directed into the first duct inlet and/or into the second duct inlet.

3. The ventilation device according to claim 2 , wherein the ventilation device has an air flow control device, wherein the air flow control device is designed for targeted control of a division of the primary air flow flowing through the primary ventilation duct between the first ventilation duct and the second ventilation duct.

4. The ventilation device according to claim 3 , wherein the air flow control device has a movable flap for dividing the primary air flow between the first ventilation duct and the second ventilation duct.

5. A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment and the ventilation device according to claim 1 for ventilating the passenger compartment, wherein the air outlet of the ventilation device opens into the passenger compartment.

6. The ventilation device according to claim 1 , wherein an outlet of the blow-out device and an inlet of the suction device are located in the air outlet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: OTHMER, CARSTEN
To: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 054267/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 203 076.6 · Mar 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210107337A1 · Apr 15, 2021
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