Appeal No. 2005-0841
Application No. 08/230,083
Appendix 2
Claims of original application, as filed
(matter in bold and [brackets] added)
1. In a check valve assembly in association with the
ventilation system for the passenger space of a motor vehicle,
said assembly comprising an outer housing to which an inner
frame is connected with a check valve element formed of
flexible sheet material clamped between the outer housing and
the inner frame, the improvement wherein the inner frame (4)
is received into an open end of the outer housing (3) and the
assembled unit comprising the inner frame (4), the outer
housing (3), and the check valve [(5)] is joined to a support
(2) of the motor vehicle through a resilient clip connection
(6) carried on the outer housing (3).
2. The assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the inner
frame (4) has a surrounding rim (7) carrying rib members (8)
spaced transversely with stays (9) extending therefrom and a
surrounding frame (10) joining the stays (9).
3. The assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein an oblique
grid (11) is arranged on the outer housing (3) and end
surfaces (12) of the surrounding frame (10) of the inner frame
(4) and a closing zone (13) of the oblique grid (11) form the
clamp for the check valve element.
4. The assembly as defined in claim 3 wherein the
surrounding frame (10) of the inner frame (4) has an end
surface (12) carrying pins (16) spaced from one another and
penetrating through the rim zone (16) of the check valve (5)
into lodged position in openings (17) formed in the closing
zone (13) of the oblique grid (11) of the outer housing (3).
5. The assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein the outer
housing (3) has a surrounding rim (14) with a clamping
connection means (18) for fastening to opposite elements (19)
of a surrounding rim (20) of the inner frame (4).
6. The assembly as defined in claim 2 wherein the outer
housing (3) has a surrounding rim (14) and a surrounding wall
(21) on the end of which is formed this oblique grid (11).
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