Vehicle vent valve assembly
First Claim
1. An apparatus which prevents objectionable increases in air pressure in a passenger compartment of a vehicle upon closing of a door of the vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- a vent valve which is movable between a closed condition blocking air flow through a vent opening and an open condition enabling air to flow through the vent opening;
a door position sensor assembly which is operable from a first condition to a second condition in response to movement of the door of the vehicle from a closed position to an open position, said door position sensor assembly being operable from the second condition to the first condition in response to movement of the door of the vehicle from the open position to the closed position; and
an actuator assembly which is connected with said door position sensor assembly and said vent valve, said actuator assembly being operable to operate said vent valve from the closed condition to the open condition upon operation of said door position sensor assembly from the first condition to the second condition, said actuator assembly being operable to move relative to said vent valve to allow said vent valve to move from the open condition to the closed condition upon operation of said door position sensor assembly from the second condition to the first condition.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a vent valve movable between a closed condition blocking air flow through a vent opening and an open condition enabling air flow through the vent opening. A door position sensor assembly is operable from a first condition to a second condition in response to movement of a vehicle door from a closed position to an open position and is operable from the second condition to the first condition in response to movement of the vehicle door from the open position to the closed position. An actuator assembly operates the vent valve from the closed condition to the open condition upon operation of the door position sensor assembly from the first condition to the second condition and releases the vent valve for movement from the open condition to the closed condition upon operation of the door position sensor assembly from the second condition to the first condition.
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28 Claims
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1. An apparatus which prevents objectionable increases in air pressure in a passenger compartment of a vehicle upon closing of a door of the vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
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a vent valve which is movable between a closed condition blocking air flow through a vent opening and an open condition enabling air to flow through the vent opening; a door position sensor assembly which is operable from a first condition to a second condition in response to movement of the door of the vehicle from a closed position to an open position, said door position sensor assembly being operable from the second condition to the first condition in response to movement of the door of the vehicle from the open position to the closed position; and an actuator assembly which is connected with said door position sensor assembly and said vent valve, said actuator assembly being operable to operate said vent valve from the closed condition to the open condition upon operation of said door position sensor assembly from the first condition to the second condition, said actuator assembly being operable to move relative to said vent valve to allow said vent valve to move from the open condition to the closed condition upon operation of said door position sensor assembly from the second condition to the first condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus which prevents objectionable increases in air pressure in a passenger compartment of a vehicle upon closing of a door of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a vent valve movable between a closed condition blocking air flow through a vent opening and an open condition enabling air to flow through the vent opening, the vent valve including a slot extending along a longitudinal axis; a door position sensor assembly operable from a first condition to a second condition in response to movement of the door of the vehicle from a closed position to an open position, the door position sensor assembly being operable from the second condition to the first condition in response to movement of the door of the vehicle from the open position to the closed position; and an actuator assembly connected with the door position sensor assembly and including a force transmitting member with a first end section extending into the slot of the vent valve, the first end section moving in a first direction along the axis of the slot and operating the vent valve from the closed condition to the open condition upon operation of the door position sensor assembly from the first condition to the second condition, the first end section moving relative to the vent valve in a second direction along the axis of the slot opposite the first direction to release the vent valve for movement relative to the actuator assembly from the open condition to the closed condition upon operation of the door position sensor assembly from the second condition to the first condition.
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