Register

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11173770-B2
Application number	US-201916380145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2019
Priority date	Apr 18, 2018
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

A register for air conditioning, includes: a tubular body forming a ventilation flue and an outlet of air for air conditioning; a damper plate including an upstream piece and a downstream piece; and an adjustment mechanism including: a rotatable operation part; a dia shaft fixed to the damper plate; and a link connected to the dia shaft and the operation part to transmit the rotation of the operation part to the dia shaft. The damper plate rotates from an open position to an closed position in a direction where the upstream piece rotates to the downstream side and the downstream piece rotates to the upstream side by an operation of the operation part, and a rotation torque generated when a wind of the air acts on the upstream piece is greater than a torque generated in the downstream piece at least in the vicinity of the closed position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A register for air conditioning, comprising:
a tubular body forming a ventilation flue and an outlet of air for air conditioning;
a damper plate including an upstream piece and a downstream piece capable of rotating between an open position where the ventilation flue is fully opened and a closed position where the ventilation flue is fully closed, wherein the damper plate rotates about a damper shaft extending across the ventilation flue upstream of the outlet of the ventilation flue, and the upstream piece extends in an upstream direction from the damper shaft and the downstream piece extends in a downstream direction from the damper shaft at the open position; and
an adjustment mechanism including: a rotatable operation part disposed to be operable by an occupant; a dia shaft fixed to the damper plate; and a link connected to the dia shaft and the operation part to transmit the rotation of the operation part to the dia shaft,
wherein the damper plate rotates from the open position to the closed position in a direction where the upstream piece rotates in the downstream direction and the downstream piece rotates in the upstream direction by the operation of the operation part, and a rotation torque generated when the wind of the air for air conditioning acts on the upstream piece is greater than a torque generated in the downstream piece at least when the damper plate is in the vicinity of the closed position,
the downstream piece of the damper plate has a flat plate shape, and when the damper plate is in the closed position, the upstream piece is bent toward the upstream direction at a location that is spaced apart from the damper shaft to form a bending angle with respect to the flat plate shape, and
wherein a curved portion of the upstream piece is located between two straight end portions of the upstream piece.

2. The register for air conditioning according to claim 1 , wherein the bending angle of the upstream piece is 120° to 150°, and the bending angle is substantially equal to a connection angle of a duct to be connected to the register for air conditioning.

3. The register for air conditioning according to claim 1 , wherein in the damper plate, the area of the upstream piece is larger than that of the downstream piece.

4. The register for air conditioning according to claim 1 , wherein the operation part is an operation part in which a part of an outer circumferential surface is exposed, when the operation part is rotated by 40° to 50°, the damper plate is rotated by 75° to 90° to move from the open position to the closed position, and an angle formed between the dia shaft and the link is 145° to 155° at the closed position.

5. The register for air conditioning according to claim 1 , wherein a soft damper seal is disposed on an outer circumference of the damper plate.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Ito Kenichi
• Otake Masaki
• Yonese Akihiro

Classifications

• B60H1/3421 Primary

  using only pivoting shutters · CPC title

• B60H2001/3478

  acting on additional damper doors · CPC title