Air conditioning register

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11254191-B2
Application number	US-202016925734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2020
Priority date	Jul 16, 2019
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

An air conditioning register includes: a downstream side fin; an upstream side fin; an operation knob; and a fork including a pair of transmission pieces, and connected to the operation knob. A transmission shaft is provided in the upstream side fin, and is interposed between the pair of transmission pieces. The transmission shaft is provided with a stopper that regulates further displacement of the fork. A surface of the stopper is an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a center axis of the transmission shaft so as to be located outside in a radial direction centering on the center axis of the transmission shaft as approaching an end of the transmission shaft. An inclination angle of the inclined surface with respect to the center axis of the transmission shaft is an angle equal to or greater than 9° and equal to or less than 14°.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioning register comprising:
a downstream side fin that extends in a first direction which is a direction intersecting a flow direction of air-conditioning air and that is configured to be rotatable around an axis extending in the first direction;
an upstream side fin that is disposed upstream of the downstream side fin in the flow direction and that extends in a second direction which is a direction intersecting both the flow direction and the first direction;
an operation knob supported by the downstream side fin so as to rotate together with the downstream side fin; and
a fork that includes a pair of transmission pieces separated from each other in the first direction, and that is connected to the operation knob, wherein:
a transmission shaft extending in a direction intersecting the first direction is provided in the upstream side fin, and the transmission shaft is interposed between the pair of transmission pieces in the first direction;
the transmission shaft is provided with a stopper that regulates further displacement of the fork, when at least one of the pair of transmission pieces contacts the stopper by the displacement of the fork caused by the rotation of the operation knob and the downstream side fin;
a surface of the stopper contacting the transmission piece is an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a center axis of the transmission shaft so as to be located outside in a radial direction centering on the center axis of the transmission shaft as approaching an end of the transmission shaft;
an inclination angle of the inclined surface with respect to the center axis of the transmission shaft is an angle equal to or greater than 9° and equal to or less than 14°; and
a center axis of the stopper is inclined with respect to the center axis of the transmission shaft so that an inclination angle of the inclined surface at a portion on the upstream side in the flow direction of the stopper is greater than an inclination angle of the inclined surface at a portion on the downstream side in the flow direction of the stopper.

2. The air conditioning register according to claim 1 , wherein
the stopper is configured so that a diameter thereof gradually increases as the stopper approaches the end of the transmission shaft.

3. The air conditioning register according to claim 1 , wherein:
a base end of the fork is supported in a rotatable state with respect to the operation knob;
when the fork does not contact the stopper, the fork is displaced in a state where an angle formed by the operation knob and the fork is maintained when the operation knob is rotated;
when the fork approaches the stopper and the transmission piece contacts the portion on the upstream side in the flow direction of the stopper, the angle formed by the operation knob and the fork is changed by further rotation of the operation knob, and a contact portion between the stopper and the transmission piece is displaced to the downstream side in the flow direction; and
when the transmission piece contacts the portion on the upstream side in the flow direction of the stopper and the displacement of the fork is regulated by the stopper, the further rotation of the operation knob is regulated.

Assignees

• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Ito Kenichi
• Tanikawa Tatsuya
• Mitsui Yasuyuki

Classifications

• B60H1/3421 Primary

  using only pivoting shutters · CPC title

• B60H2001/3471

  Details of actuators · CPC title