US 12,145,427 B2
Vehicle air feeding system and corresponding method
Magnus Nilsson, Floda (SE); and Yijun Zheng, Västra Frölunda (SE)
Assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed by Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,366.
Application 17/673,366 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/114077, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19197545 (EP), filed on Sep. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169095 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 3/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01); B60H 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 3/0035 (2013.01) [B60H 1/242 (2013.01); B60H 1/26 (2013.01); B60H 2003/0042 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising a vehicle air feeding system for introducing air with a smell associated with a component of a vehicle powertrain into a vehicle passenger compartment, wherein the vehicle is a car, and wherein the vehicle air feeding system comprises:
an air inlet located adjacent the component of the powertrain,
an air outlet located in the vehicle passenger compartment, and
an air duct arrangement providing a flow path from the air inlet to the air outlet and configured for guiding air with the smell associated with the component of the vehicle powertrain from the air inlet to the air outlet,
wherein the vehicle air feeding system further comprises an electronic controller for controlling an airflow through the flow path, wherein the electronic controller is configured for at least one of:
obtaining a vehicle speed and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the vehicle speed is larger than a threshold value,
providing a time-varying spiritual driving index and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the spiritual driving index is larger than a threshold value,
detecting a vehicle driving mode and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when a vehicle sport mode or a vehicle race mode is selected, or
obtaining a twisty road index associated with a road on which the vehicle is driven and a current location of the vehicle, and automatically generating airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet when the twisty road index is larger than a threshold value.