Closable air vent

US11214125B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TAYLOR MADE GROUP, LLC · US

Inventor

• Thomas J. Bender · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60H2001/3471
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A closable air vent may be bonded to a laminated or tempered windshield used on UTV or other types of vehicles. The air vent may include a vent body with a flap opening and a bond channel, a flap pivotably secured in the flap opening on a flap pivot, and an actuator coupled with the flap via a roll pin and displaceable between a flap closed position and a flap open position. In the flap closed position, the roll pin is disposed on one side of the flap pivot, and in the flap open position, the roll pin is disposed on an opposite side of the flap pivot.