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US 2018/0022193 A1Published application
Air register assemblies in a vehicle and methods to assemble the same
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan Lin, Jude D'Souza, Matt Zhou, Evan Tian
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Abstract
An air register assembly is provided. The air register assembly includes a housing having an open end, a flange disposed at the open end of the housing, a pair of retainers connecting a plurality of vanes in the housing. The retainers are positioned on external sides of opposite side walls of the housing and adjacent to the flange. The vanes are disposed in the housing and rotatably connected to the retainers.
Claims20
An air register assembly comprising:
- a housing having an open end;
- a flange disposed at the open end of the housing;
- a pair of retainers disposed at external sides of opposite side walls of the housing and adjacent to the flange;
- and
- a plurality of vanes disposed in the housing and rotatably connected to the retainers.
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An air register assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first open end and a second open end opposite to the first end, the first open end in communication with an air outlet pipe of an air conditioning system;
- a flange connected to an external peripheral of the second open end;
- a pair of first retainers connected to external sides of two opposite longitudinal side walls adjacent to the second open end;
- and
- a first vane set including a plurality of first vanes, each of the first vanes being disposed in the second open end and rotatably connected to the first retainers.
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A method for assembling an air register assembly comprising:
- positioning a plurality of vanes;
- arranging a housing with an open end around the vanes such that the vanes is enclosed in the open end of the housing;
- connecting a pair of retainers to external sides of opposite side walls of the housing;
- and
- connecting each of the vanes to the retainers via a plurality of through holes in each of the side walls so that each of the vanes is rotatably connected to the retainers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.