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Air inlet conduit for a cooler of a vehicle

  • US 7,163,073 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2004
  • Issued: 01/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Air inlet conduit for a cooler of a vehicle, which on air inlet side thereof has an air conduction scoop inserted into an opening of a vehicle body skin part and is supported by a surrounding collar section on an exterior side of the vehicle body skin part, a scoop section extending away from the outer collar section of the air conduction scoop, which scoop section projects into a hollow space of the vehicle body skin part situated behind the skin part, the air conduction scoop being connected to an adjoining closed flow-through conduit,wherein several trim lugs are arranged in pairs on an edge of the opening and project into the opening, said trim lugs interacting in a form-locking manner with positioning pins or positioning sections of at least one of the air conduction scoop and the flow-through conduit, outer edges of the trim lugs are used as a receiving device for the flow-through conduit, and inner edges of the trim lugs are used as a receiving device for the air conduction scoop.

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