Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-regulating vents for vehicles
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Application No.: US16450075Application Date: 2019-06-24
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Publication No.: US11143150B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Nanzhu Zhao , Nilesh Dale , Takafumi Fukumoto
- Applicant: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Franklin
- Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Franklin
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Main IPC: F02M35/10
- IPC: F02M35/10 ; B62D25/12 ; B62D25/10 ; B60K11/08 ; F16K31/00 ; F03G7/06

Abstract:
A vehicle is disclosed that includes a hood defining at least one opening, and a vent that is positioned within the at least one opening. The vent is reconfigurable between a closed configuration, in which the vent substantially (if not entirely) prevents air flow through the at least one opening in the hood, and at least one open configuration, in which the vent allows air flow through the at least one opening in the hood. The vent includes an integrated shape memory material such that, upon actuation, the shape memory material deforms to thereby reconfigure the vent.
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