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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Torsten Voigt, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/34 (2006.01); F16D 3/28 (2006.01); F16D 3/40 (2006.01); F16D 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/3435 (2013.01); B60H 1/3442 (2013.01); F16D 3/28 (2013.01); F16D 3/40 (2013.01); F16D 3/42 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3464 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a cardan mounting for an air vent, comprising a fixed part and a moving part, which are each pivotably attached to a cardan ring, wherein the two pivoting axes are arranged at right angles to one another. The cardan ring is elastically deformable, circular-ring-shaped in the uninstalled state and extended along one pivoting axis and compressed along the other pivoting axis, as compared with the circular shape, in the installed state. The invention furthermore relates to an air vent having a cardan mounting of this kind.