Air conditioning register

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9724981-B2
Application number	US-37646107-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2007
Priority date	Aug 9, 2006
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

There is provided an air conditioning register which can prevent or effectively suppress a reduction in an effective opening surface area at an air-conditioned air blow-out portion, and which has good blow-out efficiency of air-conditioned air. A first flow path 42 and a second flow path 44 , whose directions toward a blow-out bezel 26 differ, are formed within a retainer 12 of an air conditioning register 10 . A first damper 52 and plural second dampers 58 , which are interlocked with one another, are provided at the retainer 12 . The first damper 52 opens and closes the first flow path 42 , and the second dampers 58 open and close the second flow path 44 . The first damper 52 and the second dampers 58 are operated such that either one of the first flow path 42 and the second flow path 44 is opened and the other is closed, and the flow path of the air-conditioned air is switched. In this way, a blow-out direction of the air-conditioned air from the blow-out bezel 26 is controlled, while a reduction in an effective opening surface area at the blow-out bezel 26 is prevented or effectively suppressed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioning register comprising:
a register main body having an air blow-out port which opens toward a vehicle cabin interior, the register main body passing air-conditioned air which has been sent from an air conditioner main body and blowing the air-conditioned air out from the air blow-out port toward the vehicle cabin interior; and
an air-direction controlling unit that adjusts a direction of a flow of the air-conditioned air and controls a blow-out direction of the air-conditioned air from the air blow-out port, wherein
an operation part is provided at a side wall of the register main body,
the air-direction controlling unit comprises a flow path shape changing part,
the flow path shape changing part comprises a first air-conditioned air guiding member and a second air-conditioned air guiding member, the first air-conditioned air guiding member being provided at a lower end of the register main body with respect to a side view of the register main body, and the second air-conditioned air guiding member being fully enclosed inside of the register main body, and wherein the first air-conditioned air guiding member is formed by two plate members connected together at corresponding lengthwise ends of the two plate members such that orientations of the two plate members can be different from one another,
a proximal end side of the first air-conditioned air guiding member is provided at one inner wall of mutually opposing inner walls of the register main body, and, due to the first air-conditioned air guiding member rotating around the proximal end side thereof according to operation of the operation part, a distal end side of the first air-conditioned air guiding member approaches and moves away from the one inner wall and an angle of inclination of the first air-conditioned air guiding member with respect to a wall surface of the one inner wall changes, and
a proximal end side of the second air-conditioned air guiding member is provided at the other inner wall of mutually opposing inner walls of the register main body, and the second air-conditioned air guiding member rotates around the proximal end side thereof interlockingly with rotation of the first air-conditioned air guiding member, and, due to the rotation of the second air-conditioned air guiding member, a distal end side of the second air-conditioned air guiding member approaches and moves away from the other inner wall and an angle of inclination of the second air-conditioned air guiding member with respect to a wall surface of the other inner wall changes in accordance with the angle of inclination of the first air-conditioned air guiding member,
a plurality of air-conditioned air flow paths are formed at the register main body, the plurality of air-conditioned air flow paths intersect at a position that is located at a downstream side from the plurality of air-conditioned air flow paths and an upstream side from the air blow-out port, and
the effective opening surface area, through which the air-conditioned air flow passes, is not reduced.

2. The air conditioning register of claim 1 , wherein the first air-conditioned air guiding member and the second air-conditioned air guiding member have shapes that are non-symmetrical to each other with respect to a side view of the register main body.

3. The air conditioning register of claim 1 , wherein the first air-conditioned air guiding member and the second air-conditioned air guiding member are connected by a connecting piece such that the first air-conditioned air guiding member and the second air-conditioned air guiding member can rotate about respective axes with the connecting piece as a rotation center.

Assignees

• Sakakibara Kimio
• Nonoyama Michiyo
• Tanaka Keiko
• Inoue Makoto
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakakibara Kimio
• Nonoyama Michiyo
• Tanaka Keiko
• Inoue Makoto

Classifications

• B60H2001/3478

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• B60H2001/3464

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• B60H1/3421 Primary

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• B60H1/12

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• B60H1/34 Primary

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