Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Body structure with integrated air channel
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Application No.: US16514160Application Date: 2019-07-17
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Publication No.: US11305639B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Edward D. Moss , Christopher G. Basela , John Ivan Freeburg , Ulhas Grover , Joshua Holder , Thomas James Toft
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: B60K11/08
- IPC: B60K11/08 ; B60K13/02 ; F02M35/10

Abstract:
A body structure includes a generally trough-shaped first structural member having a floor, two opposed side walls having respective top edges, and an open top along a length of the first structural member defining a generally U-shaped cross-section. The first structural member has a first portion with a first flow direction therethrough and a second portion with a second flow direction therethrough different from the first flow direction, the first portion having opposed first and second ends with a first opening in the first end, the second portion having opposed third and fourth ends with a second opening in the fourth end, wherein the second and third ends are in fluid communication with each other. The first portion has a first average depth and the second portion has a deepened portion having a second average depth larger than the first average depth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210016654A1 BODY STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED AIR CHANNEL Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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