VEHICLE

• US 20200130470A1
• Filed: 06/07/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
• Original Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
• Inventors: NAITOU, Toshiyuki
• Application Number:
  US16/622,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20200130470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/243 located in the lateral area (e.g. doors, pillars)
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/249 using one-way valves
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/26 Ventilating openings in vehicle exterior; Ducts for conveying ventilating air
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0493 Appurtenances

Abstract

A vehicle includes an openable door, a discharge port, a valve and a rotation mechanism. The discharge port communicates a vehicle cabin space with an outside, and discharges air in a vehicle cabin to the outside. The valve is rotatable between an open position for opening the discharge port and a closed position for closing the discharge port. The rotating mechanism couples the door with the valve such that the valve is rotated from the closed position to the open position when the door is opening, and rotated from the open position to the closed position when the door is closing. The rotating mechanism does not bring the valve being rotated from the open position to reach the closed position at a moment when the door is closed, and further rotates the valve to the closed position when the door is in a state of being closed.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

an openable door;

a discharge port configured to communicate a vehicle cabin space with an outside, and to discharge air in a vehicle cabin to the outside;

a valve provided at the discharge port and rotatable between an open position for opening the discharge port and a closed position for closing the discharge port; and

a rotation mechanism coupling the door with the valve, configured to rotate the valve from the closed position to the open position when the door is opening, and configured to rotate the valve from the open position to the closed position when the door is closing,

wherein the rotation mechanism does not bring the valve being rotated from the open position to the closed position at a moment when the door is closed, and further rotates the valve to the closed position when the door is in a state of being closed.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the valve is rotated from the open position to the closed position by an urging force,

the rotation mechanism includes a damping member connected to the valve and configured to damp the urging force, and

the damping member rotates, when the door is closing, the valve from the open position to the closed position after a time lag from a moment of the door just being closed.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the rotation mechanism includes an urging member configured to generate the urging force acting on the valve, and

the urging member is connected to the valve at a portion near a rotation center of the valve, and the damping member is connected to the valve at a portion away from the rotation center of the valve.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 or 3,

wherein the rotation mechanism includes a link member coupling the damping member with the door, and configured to move straight along a longitudinal direction of the damping member when the door is opening or closing to adjust a distance from the valve.