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Air vent for a vehicle

US11618303B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Motherson Innovations Company Limited · GB

Inventors

Romeo Wieczorek · Eßlingen, DE
Torsten Weingärtner · Göttingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24F2013/144
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air channel between the air inlet and the air outlet; at least one rigid air directing body arranged within the air channel; and an actuator arranged within the housing in order to act on the rigid air-directing body to determine a direction of an air stream exiting the air outlet, where the actuator includes a shape memory alloy element, and the rigid air-directing body is pivotably arranged within the housing by being affixed to a first axis which runs parallel to a second axis to which the actuator is affixed to be pivotably arranged within the housing.

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