Air vent for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9358860-B2
Application number	US-201013519231-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2010
Priority date	Dec 28, 2009
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle air vent includes a plurality of vanes installed in an air discharge port in a body to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. By coupling the vanes to each other, when a knob provided on one vane is operated, all of the vanes are rotated together, and a hinge shaft provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of each vane is inserted into and connected to a hinge hole of a spacer provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of the air discharge port of the air vent body. A damper bushing connected to a front end portion of the vane hinge shaft passing through the hinge hole is installed below the hinge hole of a spacer to which each hinge shaft of the vane provided with the knob is connected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle air vent comprising:
a plurality of vanes adapted to be installed at an air discharge port in an air vent body and arranged vertically parallel to each other, the plurality of vanes being coupled to each other to rotate in a horizontal direction all together,
a knob provided on one of the plurality of vanes and operated to rotate the plurality of vanes coupled together,
hinge shafts, each being provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of each of the plurality of vanes to project upwardly and downwardly from each of the plurality of vanes,
spacers adapted to be provided at an upper end and a lower end of the air discharge port of the air vent body, the spacers including a lower spacer provided at the lower end of the air discharge port and having hinge holes through which the hinge shafts are inserted, the lower spacer being arranged to form a damper bushing insertion space having a rectangle at a portion outside the hinge hole through which the hinge shaft of the one of the plurality of vanes having the knob is inserted, and
a damper bushing rotationally connected to one end portion of the hinge shaft of the one of the plurality of vanes passing through the hinge hole, and installed in the damper bushing insertion space,
wherein the damper bushing is made of silicone rubber to obtain smooth feeling at operation of the knob.

2. The vehicle air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the damper bushing is rectangular so as not to float in a horizontal direction in the damper bushing insertion space during rotation of the plurality of vanes.

3. The vehicle air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the hinge shaft of the one of the plurality of vanes having the knob and connected to the space has a length to engage the spacer and the damper bushing.

4. The vehicle air vent according to claim 3 , wherein each of the hinge shafts projects linearly from each end of the plurality of vanes in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of vanes.

Assignees

• Park Ki Young
• Nifco Korea Inc

Inventors

• Park Ki Young

Classifications

• B60H1/3421 Primary

  using only pivoting shutters · CPC title

• B60H2001/3464

  Details of hinges · CPC title

• B60H1/34 Primary

  Nozzles; Air-diffusers · CPC title

• B60H1/30

  Air scoops · CPC title