Air vent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9605866-B2
Application number	US-201414278825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2014
Priority date	May 16, 2013
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

An air vent having a housing, a first control element and a second control element, wherein the housing forms a flow passage, wherein the first control element is supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and the second control element is supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, wherein the second axis of rotation is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation, wherein the first control element is connected to the second control element by a coupling element and the control elements are movable relative to one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air vent comprising:
a housing forming a flow passage;
a first control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation;
a second control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being perpendicular to the first axis of rotation; and
a coupling element adapted to connect the first control element to the second control element,
wherein the first and second control elements are movable relative to one another,
wherein the coupling element is guided in a slide-type guide in the first control element, and
wherein the second control element has a plurality of air deflection elements that are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to one another about a common, third axis of rotation, wherein the third axis of rotation is perpendicular to the second axis of rotation in its orientation.

2. An air vent comprising:
a housing forming a flow passage;
a first control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation;
a second control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being perpendicular to the first axis of rotation; and
a coupling element adapted to connect the first control element to the second control element,
wherein the first and second control elements are movable relative to one another,
wherein the second control element has a plurality of air deflection elements that are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to one another about a common, third axis of rotation, wherein the third axis of rotation is perpendicular to the second axis of rotation in its orientation, and
wherein a rotation of the air deflection elements relative to one another about the third axis of rotation is produced by a rotation of the first control element about the first axis of rotation.

3. An air vent comprising:
a housing forming a flow passage;
a first control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation;
a second control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being perpendicular to the first axis of rotation; and
a coupling element adapted to connect the first control element to the second control element,
wherein the first and second control elements are movable relative to one another,
wherein the second control element is supported in the housing by openings or at least one opening of the first control element, wherein the openings are composed of two oblong holes arranged essentially opposite one another or the at least one opening is composed of an oblong hole, and wherein the oblong holes have or the oblong hole has a radial orientation around the circumference of the first control element, and
wherein a relative motion of the first control element about the second control element is delimited by walls that delimit the openings in the second control element.

4. The air vent according to claim 1 , wherein a rotation of the second control element about the second axis of rotation is executed without reaction with regard to a constrained motion of the first control element and/or of the air deflection elements.

5. An air vent comprising:
a housing forming a flow passage;
a first control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation;
a second control element supported on the housing so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being perpendicular to the first axis of rotation; and
a coupling element adapted to connect the first control element to the second control element,
wherein the first and second control elements are movable relative to one another, and
wherein the second control element is composed of a rotationally symmetric hollow body or of a hollow, cylindrical body, and wherein an opening is provided in the external surface of the hollow body or of the hollow cylinder through which the coupling element passes.

6. The air vent according to claim 1 , wherein a connection between the first control element and the air deflection elements of the second control element are produced through the coupling element.

7. The air vent according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first axis of rotation is essentially parallel in its orientation to a primary flow direction of the flow passage.

8. The air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the first control element and the second control element are arranged inside of the housing or wherein the first control element is arranged outside of the housing and the second control element is arranged inside of the housing.

9. The air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the slide-type guide is configured such that, when the second control element is rotated about the second axis of rotation, the coupling element is movable in the slide-type guide without affecting the first control element and/or the air deflection elements.

10. The air vent according to claim 5 , wherein the opening of the second control element is an oblong hole and wherein a rotational motion of the first control element about the first axis of rotation causes the coupling element to be carried along by the oblong hole of the second control element via which a rotation of the air deflection elements relative to one another about the third axis of rotation is produced.

11. The air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the air deflection elements are implemented as a stack of annular disks, as a swirl element, or as a swirler.

12. The air vent according to claim 3 , wherein the oblong holes have a lenticular, convex, concave, or biconvex or biconcave cross-section.

13. The air vent according to claim 1 , wherein the slide-type guide is a groove provided in an inner surface of the first control element.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Rais Thomas
• Komowski Michael

Classifications

• B60H2001/3471

  Details of actuators · CPC title

• F24F13/065 Primary

  formed as cylindrical or spherical bodies which are rotatable · CPC title

• B60H1/3442

  the frame being spherical · CPC title