Ventilation arrangements for motor vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9315090-B2
Application number	US-201213457591-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2012
Priority date	Apr 29, 2011
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A ventilation arrangement includes a console with a surface in which a receptacle is formed. An air outlet is moveably mounted on the console for movement between an opening and a closing position. In the opening position the air outlet protrudes from the receptacle and in the closing position is at least partially flush-mounted in the receptacle. Air guiding elements guide air flowing out of an airflow opening of the air outlet. The air guiding elements are at least partially displaceably mounted on a support structure of the air outlet between an opening and a closing position. The air guiding elements in the opening position are displaceable into working positions in which adjacent air guiding elements have a larger intermediate spacing, and in the closing position into rest positions wherein the elements have a smaller intermediate spacing than in the working positions or lie on one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ventilation arrangement for a motor vehicle, the ventilation arrangement comprising:
a console with a console surface in which a receptacle is formed;
an air outlet moveably mounted on the console for movement between an opening position and a closing position, wherein in the opening position the air outlet protrudes from the receptacle and in the closing position the air outlet is at least partially flush-mounted in the receptacle; and
air guiding elements configured for guiding air flowing out of an airflow opening of the air outlet, wherein the air guiding elements are at least partially displaceably mounted on a support structure of the air outlet for displacement between an opening position and a closing position, and wherein the air guiding elements in the opening position are displaceable into working positions in which adjacent air guiding elements have a larger intermediate spacing, and in the closing position can be displaced into rest positions wherein the adjacent air guiding elements have a smaller intermediate spacing than in the opening position or lie on one another,
wherein the air guiding elements are mounted so that in the opening position they automatically reach the working positions because of gravity.

2. A ventilation arrangement for a motor vehicle, the ventilation arrangement comprising:
a console with a console surface in which a receptacle is formed;
an air outlet moveably mounted on the console for movement between an opening position and a closing position, wherein in the opening position the air outlet protrudes from the receptacle and in the closing position the air outlet is at least partially flush-mounted in the receptacle; and
air guiding elements configured for guiding air flowing out of an airflow opening of the air outlet, wherein the air guiding elements are at least partially displaceably mounted on a support structure of the air outlet for displacement between an opening position and a closing position, and wherein the air guiding elements in the opening position are displaceable into working positions in which adjacent air guiding elements have a larger intermediate spacing, and in the closing position can be displaced into rest positions wherein the adjacent air guiding elements have a smaller intermediate spacing than in the opening position or lie on one another,
wherein the air guiding elements are received in opposite engagement recesses, and wherein intermediate spacings of the opposite engagement recesses grow larger with increasing distance from a console-fixed stop.

3. The ventilation arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the opposite engagement recesses are configured in opposite engagement step sequences.

4. The ventilation arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein between the adjacent air guiding elements at least one elastically deformable intermediate element is arranged to cause the air guiding elements to automatically reach working position.

5. The ventilation arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the air outlet in the closing position forms a part of the console surface.

6. The ventilation arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the air outlet in the closing position closes off flush with the console surface.

7. The ventilation arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the air guiding elements are parallel slats.

8. The ventilation arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the air outlet is pivotably articulated on the console.

9. A motor vehicle comprising:
a ventilation system; and
a ventilation arrangement comprising:
a console with a console surface in which a receptacle is formed, the receptacle coupled to the ventilation system;
an air outlet moveably mounted on the console, wherein the air outlet can be moved into an opening position and a closing position, wherein in the opening position the air outlet protrudes from the receptacle and in the closing position the air outlet is at least partially flush-mounted in the receptacle; and
air guiding elements configured for guiding air flowing out of an airflow opening of the air outlet, wherein the air guiding elements are at least partially displaceably mounted on a support structure of the air outlet for displacement between an opening position and a closing position, and wherein the air guiding elements in the opening position are displaceable into working positions in which adjacent air guiding elements have a larger intermediate spacing, and in the closing position are displaced into rest positions wherein the adjacent air guiding elements have a smaller intermediate spacing than in the working position or lie on one another,
wherein the air guiding elements are mounted so that in the opening position they automatically reach the working positions because of gravity.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the air guiding elements are received in opposite engagement recesses, and wherein intermediate spacings of the opposite engagement recesses grow larger with increasing distance from a console-fixed stop.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the air outlet in the closing position forms a part of the console surface.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the air outlet is pivotably articulated on the console.

Assignees

• Wittorf Marten
• Gm Global Tech Operations Inc

Inventors

• Wittorf Marten

Classifications

• B60H2001/3471

  Details of actuators · CPC title

• B60H1/3421 Primary

  using only pivoting shutters · CPC title