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US 12,415,405 B2Granted
Air register assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCarmen Frida Vargas Garcia, Luis Adrian Tena Han
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Abstract
An air register assembly for a vehicle includes a barrel and vanes operably coupled to the barrel. A knob assembly is operably coupled to the barrel and the vanes. The knob assembly includes a support body, at least one absorbent basket selectively coupled to the support body, and a cover selectively coupled over the at least one absorbent basket. The cover is configured to rotate between an opened position and a closed position. The opened position is configured to provide fluid communication with the at least one absorbent basket via apertures defined by the cover.
Claims19
A vehicle air register assembly, comprising:
- a housing defining an outlet;
- a barrel disposed within the housing proximate to the outlet, wherein the barrel is rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a frame coupled to the barrel;
- a damper adjustment assembly;
- vanes rotatably coupled to the frame proximate to the outlet;
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- a knob assembly coupled to the frame adjacent to the vanes, wherein the knob assembly is configured to rotate about a horizontal axis to rotate the vanes and configured to rotate the barrel about a vertical axis, wherein the knob assembly includes:
- a support body defining an interior, wherein pivots extend from the support body to engage the frame;
- an engagement shaft extending through the interior of the support body;
- an absorbent basket coupled to the engagement shaft, wherein the absorbent basket is configured to absorb a fluid for providing a scent;
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- a cover selectively coupled over the absorbent basket, wherein the cover defines apertures to provide fluid communication with the absorbent basket, wherein the cover is configured to rotate a first degree of rotation about a rotational axis to rotate between opened and closed positions to control dispersion of the scent and further to rotate a second degree of rotation to rotate the engagement shaft to adjust the damper adjustment assembly between opened and closed positions.
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An air register assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a barrel;
- a damper adjustment assembly;
- vanes operably coupled to the barrel;
- a knob assembly operably coupled to the barrel and the vanes, wherein the knob assembly includes:
- a support body;
- at least one absorbent basket selectively coupled to a downstream edge of the support body, wherein the at least one absorbent basket includes a base forming an annular flange and ribs arranged along the base;
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- a cover selectively coupled over the at least one absorbent basket downstream of the support body, wherein the cover includes grooves configured to receive the ribs to couple the cover to the at least one absorbent basket, wherein the cover is configured to rotate between an opened position and a closed position, the opened position configured to provide fluid communication with the at least one absorbent basket via apertures defined by the cover, wherein the cover is configured to rotate a first degree of rotation about a rotational axis to rotate between opened and closed positions to control dispersion of the scent and further to rotate a second degree of rotation to rotate an engagement shaft to adjust the damper adjustment assembly between opened and closed positions.
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A knob assembly for a vehicle air register, comprising:
- a support body defining a hollow interior between an upstream support and a downstream support;
- an engagement shaft including a bracket coupled to the upstream support, an engagement end extending through the downstream support, and a solid body extending therebetween;
- an absorbent basket including a base and an outer shell defining an interior, the absorbent basket coupled to the engagement shaft, wherein the engagement end is coupled to the absorbent basket at a downstream edge of the support body;
- an absorbing material disposed within the interior of the absorbent basket;
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- a cover selectively coupled over the absorbent basket, wherein the cover defines apertures and is operable between an opened position and a closed position, wherein the cover is configured to rotate a first degree of rotation about a rotational axis to rotate between opened and closed positions to control dispersion of the scent and further to rotate a second degree of rotation to rotate the engagement shaft to adjust a damper adjustment assembly between opened and closed positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.