Air-conditioning register

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099534-B2
Application number	US-201615194913-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

An interior component has a projecting portion projecting rearward at a position forward and downward from a vehicle occupant when the occupant maintains a sitting posture in a passenger compartment. The interior component has a front inclined surface section and a rear inclined surface section in a lower section of the projecting portion. A retainer and air-direction changing members arranged in the retainer are arranged immediately below the projecting portion at positions forward from the front inclined surface section. A manipulating member is arranged above the rear inclined surface section with at least a part of the manipulating member exposed rearward from the projecting portion. A first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism, which transmit movement of the manipulating member to the air-direction changing members, are arranged in the interior component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising an air-conditioning register and an interior component,
the air-conditioning register comprising:
a retainer having an airflow passage for air-conditioning air and an outlet at a rear end of the retainer;
an air-direction changing member arranged in the retainer to change a flow direction of the air-conditioning air in the airflow passage;
a manipulating member manipulated to operate the air-direction changing member; and
a transmission mechanism arranged in the interior component, wherein the transmission mechanism transmits movement of the manipulating member to the air-direction changing member, and
the interior component comprising:
a projecting portion projecting rearward and being arranged forward and downward from an occupant sitting position in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, wherein the projecting portion has, in a lower section, an inclined surface which is inclined upward toward a rear side,
wherein the air-conditioning register is adapted to be incorporated in the interior component, exposing at least a section of the manipulating member rearward from the projecting portion at a position above the inclined surface,
wherein the retainer and the air-direction changing member are arranged immediately below the projecting portion at a position forward of the inclined surface relative to the occupant sitting position, an upper end of the outlet is connected to a lower end of the inclined surface, and the inclined surface guide is configured to guide air-conditioned air exiting the outlet in a direction along the inclined surface and toward the occupant sitting position, and
wherein the projecting portion projects toward the occupant sitting position and hides the outlet from the occupant sitting position.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the air-direction changing member includes a plate-shaped lateral fin,
the lateral fin extends in a left-right direction,
the lateral fin is arranged in the retainer in a pivotal manner,
the manipulating member is supported in a pivotal manner, and
the transmission mechanism includes a first transmission mechanism for transmitting a pivoting action of the manipulating member to the lateral fin to pivot the lateral fin in an up-down direction.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the air-direction changing member includes a plate-shaped vertical fin,
the vertical fin extends in an up-down direction,
the vertical fin is arranged in the retainer in a pivotal manner,
the manipulating member is supported in a pivotal manner, and
the transmission mechanism includes a second transmission mechanism for transmitting a pivoting action of the manipulating member to the vertical fin to pivot the vertical fin in a left-right direction.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet is inclined downward toward a front side.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein
a plurality of lateral fins are arranged forward from the outlet in a pivotal manner,
the lateral fins configure at least a part of the air-direction changing member,
the lateral fins extend in the left-right direction in a state spaced apart in the up-down direction, and
the lateral fins are arranged such that the lower the position of the lateral fin, the more forward the rear end of the lateral fin becomes.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an upper end of the outlet is connected to a lower end of the inclined surface.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined surface includes
a front inclined surface section inclined upward toward a rear side at a constant angle, and
a rear inclined surface section located rearward from and adjacent to the front inclined surface section, wherein the rear inclined surface section is inclined upward toward the rear side at a constant angle greater than the inclination angle of the front inclined surface section.

8. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the outlet has a laterally elongated rectangular shape a size of which is greater in a left-right direction than in an up-down direction, and
the transmission mechanism is arranged outside the retainer.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the interior component is a console box, which is arranged in a lower part between adjacent vehicle seats and has the projecting portion projecting rearward in a rear section of the console box, and
the outlet of the retainer is arranged immediately below the projecting portion and the outlet opens rearward.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Terai Nobuhiro
• Otake Masaki
• Sakai Hiroshi

Classifications

• B60H1/3421

  using only pivoting shutters · CPC title

• B60H2001/3471

  Details of actuators · CPC title

• B60H1/00535 Primary

  Mounting or fastening of the housing to the vehicle · CPC title