Patent · US Expired

Ventilation control unit for motor vehicles

US4656926A · kind A · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Preh, Elektrofeinmechanische Werke Jakob Preh, Nachf. GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Karl-Heinz Bauer · Graben-Neudorf, DE
Reinhold Moret · Mellrichstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 1985
Grant date	Apr 14, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2084
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control unit for setting heating, air conditioning and/or ventilation in otor vehicles is provided. The control unit comprises a body adaptable for insertion into the instrument panel of a motor vehicle, said body having a front panel and a rear carrier member. At least one control knob, by means of which a driving bevel gear connected with it drives at least one driven bevel gear, is rotatably mounted in the front panel. An elongated adjusting lever which swings over a limited range cooperates with the driven bevel to actuate a Bowden cable, which in turn is capable of controlling heating, air conditioning or ventilation systems, particularly flaps in the system which control air flow.

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