Automotive air vent actuators

Abstract

In some embodiments, an automotive air vent actuator may include a housing having an upper housing and a lower housing. The housing may define a hollow cavity. The actuator may include a motor vertically arranged within the hollow cavity. The motor may comprise a stator assembly and a rotor assembly separable from the stator assembly. The rotor assembly may include a rotating shaft extending between an upper end and a lower end. The upper housing and the lower housing may each define a mounting groove positioned to correspond to an upper end and a lower end of the rotating shaft. The upper end of the rotating shaft may be configured to be disposed in the mounting groove of the upper housing and the lower end of the rotating shaft may be configured to be disposed in the mounting groove of the lower housing to support the rotating shaft.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.