Vane adjustment device and a vehicle air register assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan Lin, Denis Gerard O'Shannessy
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Abstract
A vane adjustment device for an air register having a front vane and a rear vane is disclosed. The vane adjustment device comprises a rear vane connector rotatably connected to the rear vane about a first axis, an intermediate connector rotatably connected to the rear vane connector about a second axis different with the first axis, and a front vane connector rotatably connected to the front vane, the front vane connector including a sliding portion slidably and rotatably connected to the intermediate connector.
Claims20
A vane adjustment device for an air register having a front vane and a rear vane, comprising:
- a rear vane connector connected to the rear vane rotatably about a first axis,
- an intermediate connector connected to the rear vane connector rotatably about a second axis different from the first axis, and
- a front vane connector rotatably connected to the front vane, the front vane connector including a sliding portion slidably and rotatably connected to the intermediate connector.
A vehicle air register assembly, comprising:
- a first front vane,
- a first rear vane, and
- an adjustment device, including
- a rear vane connector connected to the rear vane rotatably about a first axis substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the first rear vane,
- an intermediate connector rotatably connected to the rear vane connector and including an insert substantially perpendicular and intersect with the first axis, and
- a front vane connector rotatably connected to the front vane and including a sliding portion slidably and rotatably connected to the intermediate connector.
A vehicle air register assembly, comprising:
- a housing,
- a first front vane rotatably connected to the housing and including a body portion and an adjustment portion, the adjustment portion having a channel extending along the lengthwise direction of the body portion and receiving a part of the body portion to slide relative to the body portion,
- a plurality front vanes drivably linked with the first front vane,
- a first rear vane rotatably connected to the housing and extending along a direction different with the lengthwise direction of the first front vane, where the first rear vane includes an opening area and a base extending from a surface of the first rear vane adjacent to the edge of the opening area,
- a plurality of rear vanes drivably linked with the first rear vane, and
- an adjustment device, including
- a rear vane connector, wherein the rear vane connector is positioned in the opening area of the first rear vane and rotatably connected to the first rear vane, and the rear vane connector may rotate about a first axis in parallel with the length direction of the first rear vane,
- an intermediate connector rotatably connected to the rear vane connector,
- wherein the intermediate connector includes an insert and a sleeve, the sleeve is formed integrally with the insert and is angled with the insert, the insert is positioned within the rear vane connector and is substantially perpendicular and intersecting with the first axis, and the insert may rotate about an axis in parallel with the lengthwise direction of the insert, and
- a front vane connector, wherein the front vane connector includes a sliding rod and a shaft portion of a second angle with the sliding rod, the sliding rod may slide within the sleeve of the intermediate connector and rotate relative to the sleeve about an axis substantially parallel with the lengthwise direction of the sleeve, the shaft portion rotatably connected with the adjustment portion at the bottom of the adjustment portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.