US 11,981,240 B2
Controlling temperature inside a receptacle in a vehicle
Hariprasad V Prabhakar, Thiruvananthapuram (IN); Ratheesh Kizhakke Valappil, Thiruvananthapuram (IN); and Ashish Singh, Bhopal (IN)
Assigned to L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Appl. No. 17/280,893
Filed by L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED, Chennai (IN)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/058256
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/065623, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201841036683 (IN), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001785 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 3/10 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/104 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00271 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing 106 for controlling temperature inside a receptacle 102 in a vehicle, the housing 106 comprising:
an opening 108 at a base of the housing 106, wherein the opening 108 is configured to be fluidically coupled to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) vent of the vehicle, wherein the gate assembly comprises a linear member 114 and a circular member 118;
a gate assembly comprising a gate 116, wherein the gate 116 is configured to engage or disengage with the opening 108 to fluidically decouple or fluidically couple, respectively, the opening 108 to the HVAC vent; and
an open front face 110 configured to be fluidically coupled to at least one inlet 104 of the receptacle 102; and
wherein a rotatory motion of the circular member 118 causes a linear movement of the gate 116 to cause the gate 116 to engage or disengage with the opening 108 to fluidically decouple or fluidically couple, respectively, the opening 108 to the HVAC vent.