Air ventilator for an automobile
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorHyo Keun Kim
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Abstract
An air ventilator for ventilating cold or heated air into the interior of an automobile from a duct is provided. The air ventilator includes a pair of wing units having a plurality of wings fixed in various angles, a housing for receiving the wing units, and a gear mounted between the wing units and engaged to be driven by a motor to rotate the wing units simultaneously to automatically change the direction of ventilated air. The pair of wing units preferably have their wings twisted to direct air flow in opposite directions.
Claims2
An air ventilator for ventilating air into the interior of an automobile, comprising a pair of wing units, a housing for receiving said wing units, and a gear, wherein
- each wing unit comprises an outer circular frame having blades on an outer circumference thereof, a center circular frame having a center aperture and a plurality of wings disposed radially from the center circular frame to the outer circular frame;
- wherein said housing comprises two spaces for mounting the wing units respectively, and comprises an inner housing located at a rear side of one of said wing units, a support bar for fixing a shaft passed through the center aperture of said one wing unit, and an outer cover combined with the inner housing and located at a front side of said one wing unit;
- wherein said gear is meshed with the blades of the wing units and connected to a motor for rotating the wing units simultaneously;
- and
- wherein said wings of each wing unit are divided into a first wing group and a second wing group, wherein the first and second wing groups are each twisted with at an angle so that when the wing units are mounted in the housing the twisted direction of the wings of the first wing group are opposite to the twisted direction of the wings of the second wing group to supply different directions of air flow.
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