US 12,103,362 B2
Ram air vent for a vehicle
Laurent Savard, Granby (CA); Mathieu Hamel-Gagnon, Sherbrooke (CA); Patrick Mathieu, Granby (CA); Jerome Lefrancois, Sherbrooke (CA); and Louis-Charles Gingras, Rougemont (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed by BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/913,715.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,669, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0406714 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. B01D 45/08 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01); B01D 50/20 (2022.01); B60H 1/26 (2006.01); B60H 1/30 (2006.01); B60H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/262 (2013.01) [B01D 45/08 (2013.01); B01D 46/001 (2013.01); B01D 46/10 (2013.01); B01D 50/20 (2022.01); B60H 1/30 (2013.01); B60H 3/0641 (2013.01); B01D 2279/35 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ram air vent for a vehicle, the vehicle having a front side and a rear side, the vehicle comprising front wheels, rear wheels, a driver seat and a steering wheel in front of the driver seat, the ram air vent comprising:
a base defining a base aperture therein, the base being configured and arranged for connecting to a roof of the vehicle;
a hood connected to the base over the base aperture,
the hood and base defining an air inlet therebetween, the air inlet being configured to face the front side of the vehicle,
the hood and base defining an air passage extending from the air inlet to the base aperture;
a first baffle and a second baffle disposed in the air passage for deflecting air flowing in the air passage from the air inlet and configured for separating water from air flowing in the air passage, the first baffle and the second baffle facing the air inlet, the first baffle extending downwards from a surface of the hood, the second baffle extending upwards from a surface of the base;
one or more vertical apertures for directing air flowing in the air passage from the first baffle and the second baffle and configured so that all the air flowing in the air passage to the base aperture flows through the one or more vertical apertures, wherein, subsequent to entering the one or more vertical apertures, the ram air vent is configured to direct the air flowing in the air passage downwards towards the base aperture,
the one or more vertical apertures comprising a front vertical aperture, a side vertical aperture, and a rear vertical aperture,
the second baffle partly surrounding the one or more vertical apertures; and
at least one water passage defined in at least one of the base or the hood, the at least one water passage exiting a rear side of the ram air vent, the at least one water passage being configured to drain water separated from air flowing in the air passage from the ram air vent,
the at least one water passage having at least one water outlet defined between the hood and the base and configured to drain water.