US 11,701,948 B2
Insert for vehicle air conditioner and method for producing same
Stefan Bauer, Alzenau (DE); and Max-Florian Wolf, Hanau (DE)
Assigned to I.G. BAUERHIN GMBH, Gruendau (DE)
Filed by IG Bauerhin GmbH, Grundau (DE)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/695.
Claims priority of application No. 202019003492.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169093 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3229 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00521 (2013.01); B60H 1/3227 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3286 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insert for the air-conditioning of a vehicle, comprising:
at least one spacer material part, the at least one spacer material part comprising an open region extending from a top side to an opposite underside, the open region forming an air-guiding structure, the at least one spacer material part being covered by at least one cover layer on at least one of the top side and the underside, wherein the open regions of the air-guiding structure comprise a plurality of ducts which, at least in partial areas at the least one spacer material part, the ducts being are connected to one another to form a duct structure, the duct structure forming flow regions, and wherein the at least one cover layer has at least one perforation in the region of connection or intersection points of the ducts, and wherein the junction between a first duct and a second duct of the plurality of ducts forms a hole extending from the top to the bottom of the at least one spacer part.