Cardan mounting for an air vent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071616-B2
Application number	US-201514704149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	May 20, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a cardan mounting for an air vent, comprising a fixed part and a moving part, which are each pivotably attached to a cardan ring, wherein the two pivoting axes are arranged at right angles to one another. The cardan ring is elastically deformable, circular-ring-shaped in the uninstalled state and extended along one pivoting axis and compressed along the other pivoting axis, as compared with the circular shape, in the installed state. The invention furthermore relates to an air vent having a cardan mounting of this kind.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A cardan mounting for an air vent, comprising a fixed part having a first pin and a moving part having a second pin, which are each pivotably attached to a cardan ring via the respective first and second pins about two pivoting axes, wherein the two pivoting axes are arranged at right angles to one another, and wherein the cardan ring is elastically deformable and is extended along a first pivoting axis of said two pivoting axes and compressed along a second pivoting axis of said two pivoting axes in an installed state, as compared with an uninstalled state.

2. The cardan mounting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed part or the moving part causes the extension or the compression of the cardan ring in the installed state.

3. The cardan mounting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed part and the moving part both engage an inside of the cardan ring.

4. The cardan mounting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed part and the moving part both engage an outside of the cardan ring.

5. The cardan mounting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed part and the moving part each engage in the cardan ring by means of pivots.

6. The cardan mounting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cardan ring has a circular ring shape.

7. An air vent for guiding an air stream out of an air feed line in a heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system for passenger compartments in motor vehicles, comprising a housing having a front air outflow opening and a rear air inflow opening and an insert, which is arranged in the housing and by means of which a direction and/or an intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent can be modified, wherein the insert is supported in the housing by means of a cardan mounting as set forth in claim 1 .

8. The air vent as claimed in claim 7 , wherein in a front central region, the insert has an adjusting means for controlling intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent.

9. An air vent for guiding an air stream out of an air feed line in a heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system for passenger compartments in motor vehicles, comprising a housing having a front air outflow opening and a rear air inflow opening and an insert, which is arranged in the housing and by means of which a direction and/or an intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent can be modified, wherein the insert is supported in the housing by means of a cardan mounting as set forth in claim 2 .

10. The air vent as claimed in claim 9 , wherein in a front central region, the insert has an adjusting means for controlling intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent.

11. An air vent for guiding an air stream out of an air feed line in a heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system for passenger compartments in motor vehicles, comprising a housing having a front air outflow opening and a rear air inflow opening and an insert, which is arranged in the housing and by means of which a direction and/or an intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent can be modified, wherein the insert is supported in the housing by means of a cardan mounting as set forth in claim 3 .

12. The air vent as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in a front central region, the insert has an adjusting means for controlling intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent.

13. An air vent for guiding an air stream out of an air feed line in a heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system for passenger compartments in motor vehicles, comprising a housing having a front air outflow opening and a rear air inflow opening and an insert, which is arranged in the housing and by means of which a direction and/or an intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent can be modified, wherein the insert is supported in the housing by means of a cardan mounting as set forth in claim 4 .

14. The air vent as claimed in claim 13 , wherein in a front central region, the insert has an adjusting means for controlling intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent.

15. An air vent for guiding an air stream out of an air feed line in a heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system for passenger compartments in motor vehicles, comprising a housing having a front air outflow opening and a rear air inflow opening and an insert, which is arranged in the housing and by means of which a direction and/or an intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent can be modified, wherein the insert is supported in the housing by means of a cardan mounting as set forth in claim 5 .

16. The air vent as claimed in claim 15 , wherein in a front central region, the insert has an adjusting means for controlling intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent.

17. An air vent for guiding an air stream out of an air feed line in a heating, ventilation or air-conditioning system for passenger compartments in motor vehicles, comprising a housing having a front air outflow opening and a rear air inflow opening and an insert, which is arranged in the housing and by means of which a direction and/or an intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent can be modified, wherein the insert is supported in the housing by means of a cardan mounting as set forth in claim 6 .

18. The air vent as claimed in claim 17 , wherein in a front central region, the insert has an adjusting means for controlling intensity of the air stream emerging from the air vent.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Voigt Torsten

Classifications

• B60H1/3442 Primary

  the frame being spherical · CPC title

• F16D3/42

  with ring-shaped intermediate member provided with bearings or inwardly-directed trunnions · CPC title

• F16D3/28 Primary

  in which the interconnecting pivots include elastic members · CPC title

• B60H2001/3464

  Details of hinges · CPC title

• B60H1/3435 Primary

  using only a pivoting frame · CPC title