Brake device for an adjustable vent outlet of a motor vehicle
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJoachim Pestke, Günther Krämer
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Abstract
A brake device (100) for braking the movement of at least one movable element (1) relative to a housing (2) of an air outlet, wherein the movable element (1) is an air-flow-directing and/or air-flow-limiting element and/or an actuation element, wherein the brake device (100) has at least one resilient element (4), wherein the resilient element (4) has a main extent direction which is orientated at least substantially perpendicularly to a movement path of the at least one movable element (1). An air outlet, having such a brake device, is also provided.
Claims12
A brake device for braking the movement of at least one movable element relative to a housing of an air outlet,
- wherein the movable element is at least one of an air-flow-directing element or air-flow-limiting element or an actuation element,
- wherein the brake device has at least one resilient element,
- wherein the resilient element is spaced apart from a pivot axis of the at least one movable element, such that the resilient element brakes the movement in a region which is arranged remote from the pivot axis;
- wherein the resilient element is arranged in a recess of the movable element;
- wherein the brake device further has at least one pin, which is arranged on the movable element;
- wherein the pin is also arranged in the recess, wherein the resilient element is arranged at least partially between the pin and the movable element;
- wherein the pin includes a free end that is located outside of the recess and that extends beyond an external end of the resilient member;
- wherein the resilient element includes at least one retention device, positioned within the recess, and engaged with the recess to retain the resilient element in the recess.
A brake device for braking the movement of at least one movable element relative to a housing of an air outlet,
- wherein the movable element is at least one of an air-flow-directing element, an air-flow-limiting element or an actuation element,
- wherein the brake device has at least one resilient element,
- wherein the resilient element is spaced apart from a pivot axis of the at least one movable element, such that the resilient element brakes the movement in a region which is spaced from the pivot axis;
- wherein the resilient element is arranged in a recess of the movable element;
- wherein the brake device further has at least one pin, which is arranged on the movable element;
- wherein the pin is also arranged in the recess, wherein the resilient element is arranged at least partially between the pin and the movable element;
- wherein the resilient element has two members whose outer side or outer face presses in regions against mutually opposite inner faces of a slot of the housing;
- wherein the pin includes a free end that is located outside of the recess and that extends beyond an external end of each of the two members and through the slot of the housing;
- wherein at least one retention device is positioned within the recess and configured to retain the resilient element within the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.