Cardan mounting for an air vent
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorTorsten Voigt
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cardan mounting for an air vent, comprising a fixed part and a moving part, which are each pivotably attached to a cardan ring, wherein the two pivoting axes are arranged at right angles to one another. The cardan ring is elastically deformable, circular-ring-shaped in the uninstalled state and extended along one pivoting axis and compressed along the other pivoting axis, as compared with the circular shape, in the installed state. The invention furthermore relates to an air vent having a cardan mounting of this kind.
Claims18
A cardan mounting for an air vent, comprising a fixed part having a first pin and a moving part having a second pin, which are each pivotably attached to a cardan ring via the respective first and second pins about two pivoting axes, wherein the two pivoting axes are arranged at right angles to one another, and wherein the cardan ring is elastically deformable and is extended along a first pivoting axis of said two pivoting axes and compressed along a second pivoting axis of said two pivoting axes in an installed state, as compared with an uninstalled state.
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