US 12,466,233 B2
Air duct system
Florian Klein, Bad Liebenzell-Moettlingen (DE); Markus Michael, Ilsfeld (DE); Anja Reiter, Schorndorf (DE); Jochen Schaudt, Hechingen (DE); and Oliver Schultze, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Mahle International GmbH, (DE)
Filed by Mahle International GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,342.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 201 297.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250437 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00564 (2013.01) [B60H 2001/2246 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air duct system for conducting air within an HVAC equipment of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a housing of the HVAC equipment;
a sensor through which air is flowable;
the housing including at least two housing parts each with a connecting surface, the at least two housing parts including (i) a first housing part with a first connecting surface and (ii) a second housing part with a second connecting surface;
the first housing part and the second housing part fixedly connected to each with the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface abutting one another;
the first connecting surface and the second connecting surface forming at least one air passage therebetween;
the at least one air passage connected to the sensor in an air-conducting manner; and
wherein the at least one air passage has at least one constriction point at which a cross-section of the at least one air passage is reduced.