US 11,833,881 B2
Air intake housing and blower for a corresponding motor vehicle heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device
Philippe Pierres, Le Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR); Fabrice Ailloud, Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR); and Thierry Barbier, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR)
Assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Le Mesnil Saint-Denis (FR)
Appl. No. 17/278,944
Filed by Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FR2019/052070
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/065164, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1858755 (FR), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032727 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00471 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00021 (2013.01); B60H 1/00664 (2013.01); F04D 29/283 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00085 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air intake housing for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device, comprising:
at least two distinct air inlets extending over a width of the air intake housing; and
air guiding members configured to direct at least one airflow configured to be admitted into the air intake housing,
the air guiding members comprising at least three flaps, the at least three flaps comprising a central flap and two lateral flaps arranged on either side of the central flap, said at least three flaps being arranged between said at least two distinct air inlets of the air intake housing, such as to be able to move about a single pivot axle,
wherein the central flap extends over a portion of said width of the air intake housing that is greater than the portion of the width over which the two lateral flaps extend.