US 12,233,691 B2
Windshield defroster for a vehicle
Mahmoud-Reza Maneshkarimi, Olching (DE); Maximilian Sperling, Unterhaching (DE); and Stefan Zemsch, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/432,387
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057391
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212056, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 110 211.1 (DE), filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185073 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/34 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3407 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00035 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60H 1/242 (2013.01); B62D 25/142 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a windshield;
a covering element extending along an entire width in a transverse direction y of the vehicle between A pillars of the vehicle, the covering element comprising:
a front surface which faces the windshield along the entire width in the transverse direction y of the vehicle 1 between the A pillars of the vehicle,
a rear surface which faces away from the windshield, and
a top surface which is arranged between the front surface and the rear surface and is angled with respect to the front surface and the rear surface; and
an air-guiding element with a wall element, a grille element disposed between the wall element and the covering element, and an air supply,
wherein:
at least the front surface and the top surface of the covering element have a recess, in which the wall element and the grille element are arranged, and that extends in a vertical direction of the vehicle over the entire front surface and in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle over at least part of the top surface,
the grille element is configured for conducting air from the air-guiding element onto the windshield, and
the wall element is configured to fit seamlessly into the recess of the front surface.