Air vent assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071615-B2
Application number	US-201514792168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2015
Priority date	Jul 3, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

An air vent assembly, for example, for a motor vehicle, having an air vent, which has at least one air guide louver with a trailing edge and a leading edge, whereby the air guide louver with its leading edge is mounted pivotable about a rotation axis associated with the trailing edge, and having a decorative device. It is provided that the decorative device has at least one stationary decorative louver with a visible edge extending in the extension of the trailing edge, and that the air guide louver is mounted on the decorative louver pivotable about the rotation axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air vent assembly for a motor vehicle, the air vent assembly comprising:
an air vent that has at least one air guide louver with a trailing edge and a leading edge in a flow direction, the air guide louver being mounted pivotable about a rotation axis associated with the trailing edge; and
a decorative device having at least one stationary decorative louver with a visible edge extending in an extension of the trailing edge, the air guide louver being mounted on the decorative louver so as to be pivotable about the rotation axis,
wherein the air guide louver and the decorative louver are positioned side-by-side along the rotation axis, such that a side edge of the air guide louver faces a side edge of the decorative louver.

2. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the visible edge and the trailing edge have a cross section in a shape of a circle segment or a semicircle.

3. The air vent assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the visible edge and the trailing edge have a same radius to the rotation axis in cross section.

4. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the air guide louver is mounted by a pivot pin on the decorative louver.

5. The air vent assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the pivot pin is formed of metal, and wherein the air guide louver and the decorative louver is formed of plastic.

6. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the visible edge and the trailing edge are each provided with a decoration, which differs in color from the air guide louver and the decorative louver.

7. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the visible edge and the trailing edge are chrome-plated.

8. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative louver is attached at least to a back wall of a housing receiving the decorative louver and the air guide louver.

9. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the air guide louver and the decorative louver together form a complete louver pair of the air vent assembly, and wherein the air vent assembly has a plurality of complete louver pairs that are arranged parallel to and spaced apart from one another.

10. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the side edge of the air guide louver is oriented perpendicular to the trailing edge and the leading edge and the side edge of the decorative louver is oriented perpendicular to the visible edge.

11. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the trailing edge and the visible edge are aligned along the rotation axis, such that each of the trailing edge and the visible edge are visible to an occupant inside of the motor vehicle that is facing the air vent assembly.

12. The air vent assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the pivot pin protrudes from the side edge of the decorative louver and is inserted into a pin receiver provided in the side edge of the air guide louver.

13. The air vent assembly according to claim 12 , wherein a central axis of the pivot pin extends along the rotation axis, such that the air guide louver pivots about the rotation axis via the pivot pin.

14. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the side edge of the air guide louver and the side edge of the decorative louver lie flush against one another in a pivoted position of the air guide louver.

15. The air vent assembly according to claim 1 , wherein flow surfaces of the air guide louver and of the decorative louver are formed without raised areas at least in the flow direction.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Rottmann Johannes

Classifications

• B60H1/3421 Primary

  using only pivoting shutters · CPC title

• B60H2001/3471

  Details of actuators · CPC title