NATURAL AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE CAB

• US 20110201263A1
• Filed: 09/24/2009
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd. (Mahindra & Mahindra Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd. (Mahindra & Mahindra Limited)
• Inventors: Srinivasan, Karthik, Gejji, Rohan, Shah, Abhishek, Jha, Dhruv Kumar
• Application Number:
  US13/120,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20110201263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/141
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/248 Air-extractors, air-evacuation from the vehicle interior

Abstract

A natural air ventilation system for vehicle cabin comprising a scoop provided to a front side of the cabin and one or more air ducts connected to said scoop to allow outside air into the cabin, an exit vent at the rear wall of the said cabin, the exit vent of rear wall connected by duct means to a snorkel having a matching vent to form tight air passage, the snorkel outlet is connected to an intake manifold of an engine through an air fitter such that when the engine is running intake air to said manifold includes a portion of air of cabin space through the said exit vent of cabin and a portion of outside air through an opening on the snorkel.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A natural air ventilation system for a vehicle cabin with enclosed space, the vehicle cabin having a front wall, a rear wall and sidewalls, comprising:

a scoop located outside of the front wall, one or more air ducts inside the cabin wherein the air ducts are connected to said scoop to allow outside air into the cabin;

an exit vent in the rear wall of the cabin; and

a snorkel connected by a duct means to the exit vent and having a matching vent to form a tight air passage, the snorkel having an outlet connected to an intake manifold of an engine through an air fitter such that when the engine is running, the intake air to the manifold includes a portion of air inside the vehicle cab space through the exit vent and portion of outside air through an opening on the snorkel.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the upper edge of the scoop protrudes outside the cabin body to prevent direct entry of water into the air ducts and the lower edge of the scoop is maintained at a certain angle for rolling down droplets outside.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the air ducts are fitted with fine wire mesh filters to avoid the ingress of dust and foreign material.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the air ducts inside the cabin are positioned so as to provide air circulation patterns across the entire volume of the cabin.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the air circulation inside the cabin is dependent on the ration of cross sectional area of the duct means to the opening on the snorkel.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein louvers are provided to the exit vent of the cabin to vary cross sectional areas of the duct means and to control the air circulation inside the cabin.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein a simple flap shut off mechanism is provided to close the exit vent to stop natural air ventilation.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the exit vent is provided with wire mesh to prevent entry of unwanted material such as pieces of paper or other such dirt that may enter the snorkel and choke the air filter.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the scoop, the air duct and the snorkel are made from metal, fiber, or reinforced plastic or a combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the cross sectional shape of the scoop, the air duct, the snorkel and the snorkel duct is a square, rectangular, or pentagonal shape.