Adjustable air vent and method of controlling the same
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorWon Sik Kim
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Abstract
An air vent that enables both the adjustment by a knob and the adjustment by an external adjuster by applying an independent knob that is not mechanically connected to the air vent, along with a method for controlling the same, is disclosed. The air vent includes: a wind direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a wind direction of a wind discharged from the air vent; an actuator configured to drive the wind direction adjustment mechanism; a knob configured to control the actuator to adjust the wind direction adjustment mechanism; and a position sensor configured to detect a position of the wind direction adjustment mechanism. The knob is electrically connected to the actuator and is not mechanically connected to the wind direction adjustment mechanism.
Claims11
An air vent comprising:
- a wind direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a wind direction of wind discharged from the air vent;
- an actuator configured to drive the wind direction adjustment mechanism to adjust the wind direction;
- a knob configured to control the actuator to adjust the wind direction adjustment mechanism;
- an external adjuster configured to output a wind direction adjustment signal for controlling the actuator to adjust the wind direction adjustment mechanism;
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- a position sensor configured to detect a position of the wind direction adjustment mechanism,
- wherein the knob is electrically connected to the actuator and is not mechanically connected to the wind direction adjustment mechanism, and
- the knob is attached to a front of the air vent, which has an outlet open toward an inside of a vehicle and from which the wind is discharged, and positioned between an upper garnish and a lower garnish without interfering with the upper garnish and the lower garnish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.