Lever for an air vent assembly
AssigneeFaurecia India Private Limited
InventorsJulien Bleker, Sachin Patil
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Abstract
A lever for an air vent assembly. The lever includes a first arm and a second arm, each extending from a base portion creating a guiding path therebetween. The first arm includes a first portion having a curved profile to facilitate abutment of the first portion with a movable disc of the assembly. The lever has a flexible third arm extending from the base portion and configured substantially parallel to the second arm. This shape and/or material of the third arm facilitates smooth and constant abutment of the first portion with the movable disc, and ensures a soft contact of the first lever against an inner surface of a housing of the assembly.
Claims11
A lever for an air vent assembly of a vehicle, the lever comprising:
- a base portion;
- a first arm, and a second arm, each extending from the base portion such that a guiding path is created between the first arm and the second arm, the guiding path adapted to engage a guiding pin of a movable disc of the air vent assembly;
- wherein a flexible third arm extending from the base portion is adapted to provide a biasing force or biasing effect and thus facilitate smooth and constant abutment of the first arm with an outer surface of the movable disc,
- wherein a first portion of the first arm comprises a curved profile based on a profile of an outer surface of the movable disc to facilitate abutment of the first portion of the first arm with the movable disc;
- wherein a second portion of the first arm is a longitudinal member connecting the first portion of the first arm to the base portion.
A lever for an air vent assembly of a vehicle, the lever comprising:
- a base portion;
- a first arm, and a second arm, each extending from the base portion such that a guiding path is created between the first arm and the second arm, the guiding path adapted to engage a guiding pin of a movable disc of the air vent assembly;
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- a flexible third arm extending from the base portion and adapted to provide a biasing force or biasing effect and thus facilitate smooth and constant abutment of the first arm with an outer surface of the movable disc, wherein the flexible third arm has a smaller cross-sectional thickness compared to a cross-sectional thickness of the lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.