Closable air vent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214125-B2
Application number	US-201816178900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2018
Priority date	Nov 6, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A closable air vent may be bonded to a laminated or tempered windshield used on UTV or other types of vehicles. The air vent may include a vent body with a flap opening and a bond channel, a flap pivotably secured in the flap opening on a flap pivot, and an actuator coupled with the flap via a roll pin and displaceable between a flap closed position and a flap open position. In the flap closed position, the roll pin is disposed on one side of the flap pivot, and in the flap open position, the roll pin is disposed on an opposite side of the flap pivot.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air vent attachable to a windshield, the air vent comprising:
a vent body including a flap opening and a bond channel;
a flap pivotably secured in the flap opening on a flap pivot, the flap including a bracket with a first opening;
an actuator coupled with the flap and displaceable between a flap closed position and a flap open position, the actuator including a key with a second opening in alignment with the first opening; and
a spring loaded roll pin extending into the first opening and the second opening to connect the actuator and the flap, wherein the spring loaded roll pin is displaceable in the second opening and relative to the actuator, wherein the second opening comprises an oblong hole, and wherein the spring loaded roll pin is disposed in the oblong hole, wherein in the flap closed position, the spring loaded roll pin is disposed on one side of the flap pivot, and in the flap open position, the spring loaded roll pin is disposed on an opposite side of the flap pivot.

2. An air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the bond channel extends across a width of the vent body and along sides of the vent body.

3. An air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the flap comprises an angled section at a distal end relative to the flap pivot.

4. An air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the spring loaded roll pin is freely displaceable in the oblong hole.

5. An air vent according to claim 4 , wherein the spring loaded roll pin is displaceable in the oblong hole between a closed position and an open position, and wherein a lever arm between the actuator and the spring loaded roll pin in the open position is longer than the lever arm in the closed position.

6. An air vent according to claim 4 , wherein the actuator is linearly displaceable between the flap open position and the flap closed position by virtue of the oblong hole in the actuator.

7. A windshield comprising:
a glass panel;
at least one scallop cut disposed in a periphery of the glass panel; and
a corresponding at least one air vent secured in the at least one scallop cut, the air vent comprising:
a vent body including a flap opening and a bond channel,
a flap pivotably secured in the flap opening on a flap pivot, the flap including a bracket with a first opening,
an actuator coupled with the flap and displaceable between a flap closed position and a flap open position, the actuator including a key with a second opening in alignment with the first opening, and
a spring loaded roll pin extending into the first opening and the second opening to connect the actuator and the flap, wherein the spring loaded roll pin is displaceable in the second opening and relative to the actuator, wherein the second opening comprises an oblong hole, and wherein the spring loaded roll pin is disposed in the oblong hole, wherein in the flap closed position, the spring loaded roll pin is disposed on one side of the flap pivot, and in the flap open position, the spring loaded roll pin is disposed on an opposite side of the flap pivot.

8. A windshield according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one air vent is secured in the at least one scallop cut via an adhesive disposed in the bond channel.

9. A windshield according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one scallop cut is positioned in a lower edge of the glass panel.

10. A windshield according to claim 7 , comprising a plurality of scallop cuts in the glass panel.

11. An air vent attachable to a windshield, the air vent comprising:
a vent body including a flap opening;
a flap pivotably secured at a proximal end in the flap opening on a flap pivot;
a bracket connected to the flap and including a spring loaded roll pin opening;
a manually-operated linear actuator including an oblong hole, the actuator being coupled with the flap via a spring loaded roll pin disposed in the spring loaded roll pin opening of the bracket and extending into the oblong hole, wherein the spring loaded roll pin is displaceable in the oblong hole relative to the actuator.

Assignees

• Taylor Made Group Llc

Inventors

• Bender Thomas J

Classifications

• B60H1/00678

  the axis of rotation being in the door plane, e.g. butterfly doors · CPC title

• B60H2001/00707

  Details of pivots of damper doors · CPC title

• B60H1/267 Primary

  Openings in or near to vehicle windows · CPC title

• B60H2001/3471

  Details of actuators · CPC title

• B60H1/3407

  providing an air stream in a fixed direction, e.g. using a grid or porous panel · CPC title