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Granted Patent B2
US 12,214,653 · App. 17/947,554 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Vehicle including air inflow adjustment mechanism

Inventor: Satoshi Shimizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B60K11/08B60H1/32B60K11/04B60R19/52
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Patent No.
US 12,214,653
App. No.
17/947,554
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes an outside-air intake and an air inflow adjustment mechanism. The outside-air intake is configured to take outside air into an internal chamber of the vehicle. The air inflow adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a flow rate of air that is to flow into the outside-air intake. The air inflow adjustment mechanism is disposed at the outside-air intake and includes one or both of a positive pressure source configured to perform discharge of gas and a negative pressure source configured to perform suction of gas.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an outside-air intake configured to take outside air into an internal chamber of the vehicle; and

an air inflow adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a flow rate of air that is to flow into the outside-air intake, the air inflow adjustment mechanism being disposed at the outside-air intake and comprising one or both of a positive pressure source configured to perform discharge of gas and a negative pressure source configured to perform suction of gas.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air inflow adjustment mechanism has first gas passage holes that are disposed in a lower wall surface of a front grille provided with the outside-air intake, and

wherein one or both of the positive pressure source and the negative pressure source are coupled to the first gas passage holes.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air inflow adjustment mechanism has second gas passage holes that are disposed in an upper wall surface of a front grille provided with the outside-air intake, and

wherein one or both of the positive pressure source and the negative pressure source are coupled to the second gas passage holes.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air inflow adjustment mechanism has third gas passage holes that are disposed in a side wall surface of a front grille provided with the outside-air intake, and

wherein one or both of the positive pressure source and the negative pressure source are coupled to the third gas passage holes.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air inflow adjustment mechanism has grille holes that are formed in a surface of a front grille provided with the outside-air intake, and

wherein one or both of the positive pressure source and the negative pressure source are coupled to the grille holes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2022
From: SHIMIZU, SATOSHI
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061145/0349 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-156975 · Sep 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230096296A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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