US 12,459,350 B2
Air intake duct
Michitomo Murata, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/999,940
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed May 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/021409
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/240806, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264564 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 11/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01); B60R 16/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/06 (2013.01) [B60K 11/08 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60R 16/08 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air intake duct that supplies air inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle as a cooling air to a battery unit mounted below a floor carpet in the vehicle, the air intake duct comprising:
an intake grille having a plurality of intake holes, and the intake grille being disposed in a horizontal direction at substantially a same height as the floor carpet; and
a protrusion protruding from the intake grille toward the passenger compartment, the plurality of intake holes being formed so as to open as viewed in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
the plurality of intake holes and the protrusion being arranged so as to communicate in the vertical direction relative to the floor carpet, and
the protrusion partially defining at least one of the plurality of intake holes in the intake grille.