Air Diffuser for a Vehicle
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsGünther Krämer, Laurent Le Tohic
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Abstract
An air vent (1) for a vehicle. The air vent (1) includes a housing (2) and a stationary flow body (5) inside it, around which air flow (F) can pass as it moves through the housing (2). The vent also includes an air-guiding assembly (6) with one or more air-guiding elements (7, 7.1). This assembly (6) is mounted so that it can pivot around at least one axis (8), moving between a neutral position and one or more deflected positions. When in its neutral position, the air-guiding assembly (6) is positioned—looking in the direction the air flow (F)—upstream of the flow body (5). In particular, it is arranged so that, when looking straight down at the air outlet area (4) of the housing (2), the air-guiding assembly (6) is not visible.
Claims15
An air vent (1) for a motor vehicle, the air vent (1) comprising:
- a housing (2) having an air inlet region (3) and an air outlet region (4);
- a flow body (5) arranged at least partially in the housing (2) and around which an air flow (F) flowing through the housing (2) can flow, which flow body is designed to be stationary relative to the housing (2);
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- an air-guiding element arrangement (6) having at least one air-guiding element (7, 7.1), wherein the air-guiding element arrangement (6) is mounted to be pivotable relative to the housing (2) and relative to the flow body (5) between a neutral position and at least one deflected position about at least one axis of rotation (8),
- wherein the air-guiding element arrangement (6) is arranged at least in its neutral position – as seen in a main flow direction of the air flow (F) flowing through the housing (2) – upstream of the flow body (5), such that the air-guiding element arrangement (6) is not optically visible in a top view of the air outlet region (4) of the housing (2) of the air vent (1).
The air vent (1) according to claim 7, wherein, viewed in cross-section along the flow direction, the flow body (5) has an egg-shaped, oval-shaped, or drop-shaped embodiment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.