US 11,999,490 B2
Air curtain systems and methods for vehicle cabins
Bryce Avery Vandyke, Snohomish, WA (US); Douglas Dean Maben, Snohomish, WA (US); Jonathan William Collins, Bonney Lake, WA (US); Tateh Wu, Bellevue, WA (US); Anders Michael Pedersen, Snohomish, WA (US); and Edmund Fidelino P. Cordero, Everett, WA (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/335,572.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/071,594, filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063814 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B60J 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 13/00 (2013.01) [B60J 9/04 (2013.01); B64D 2013/003 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an outflow vent including a cap releasably mounted to a panel within an internal cabin of a vehicle, the cap having a base wall that is overlaid on the panel and defines a cavity between the panel and the base wall, the base wall defining at least one slot therethrough, the base wall extending from a first end of the cap to a second end of the cap opposite the first end, the first end defining an inlet opening to the cavity and configured to be coupled to a rail so that the inlet opening is fluidly connected to a channel defined by the rail, wherein the cap is configured to receive airflow from the rail into the cavity via the inlet opening and to emit the airflow from the cavity through the at least one slot in the base wall to form an air curtain within the internal cabin.