Air inlet conduit for a cooler of a vehicle
First Claim
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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Abstract
An air inlet conduit for a cooler of a vehicle has an air conduction scoop inserted into an opening of a vehicle body skin part on its air inlet side. The air inlet conduit is supported by way of a surrounding collar section on an exterior side of the vehicle body skin part, a scoop section extending away from an 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 latter. The air conduction scoop is connected to an adjoining closed flow-through conduit. So that, during the mounting of the air conduction scoop and/or of the flow-through conduit without any gauge and independently of worker skills, a constant gap is always ensured between the air conduction scoop and the adjoining vehicle body skin part, several trim lugs, which are arranged in pairs on the edge of the opening and project into the opening, are provided. The trim lugs interact in a form-locking manner with positioning pins or positioning sections of the air conduction scoop and/or of the flow-through conduit.
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23 Claims
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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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14. Air inlet arrangement for a vehicle cooler, comprising:
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an air inlet scoop which in use projects into a hollow space under an exterior vehicle body skin part, and a flow through conduit disposed in use connected with and downstream of the air inlet scoop, wherein the body skin part includes an air inlet opening having a plurality of trim lugs arranged in pairs around the air inlet opening and projecting into the air inlet opening, and wherein positioning structure is provided on at least one of the air inlet scoop and the flow through conduit, which positioning structure form lockingly engages with the trim lugs to position the at least one of the air inlet scoop and the flow through conduit with respect to the vehicle body skin part, and said positioning structure includes positioning sections on said flow through conduit which form lockingly engage outer edges of respective lugs of respective pairs of said trim lugs. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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