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John Robert Tresh

Steven Nicholas Fidh

Prashanth Ganapathi Pai

An air register having a plurality of pivotable vanes, including at least two horizontal vanes, each horizontal vane having an outer section and an inner section, and a linking member connecting the inner sections together. The outer sections of the horizontal vanes are each pivotably connected to a housing of the air register, and at least one of the inner sections includes an inner pivot pin connected to a annular grommet, which is in turn, connected to the linking member. The annular grommet is disposed within a cavity of the linking member and contributes to generating effort felt by a user when adjusting a pivot position of the horizontal vanes.

Air register having a vane linking member coupled to a grommet for use in effort generation

A method for controlling an air plume expelled from an air register includes configuring a plurality of vanes of the air register to provide the air plume with a width Wwhen in a first position to direct the air plume in a first direction, such as toward an individual in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and a width Wwhen in a second position to direct the air plume in a second direction such as away from the individuals where W&#x3e;W.

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