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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Joachim Pestke, Enkenbach-Alsenbom, DE;
Günther Krämer, Enkenbach-Alsenbom, DE;
Sabine Steinbeiss, Selb, DE;
Marek Prod{hacek over (e)}lal, Jicin, CZ;
Thomas Pacher, Sembach, DE;
Manfred Groben, Gau-Bickelheim, DE;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An operator element for an air vent of a vehicle, wherein the operator element is slidably or rotatably mounted relative to a carrier element, and wherein the operator element is associated with a friction brake having an elastically deformable friction body, which elastically springingly pushes against the operator element and/or the carrier element, such that the friction brake moves the operator element relative to the carrier via friction. The friction body is aligned at least in regions in the longitudinal direction of the movement path of the operator element and has at least in regions a cross-section with an at least substantially star-shaped, in particular X-shaped or Y-shaped, cross-sectional surface or a polygonal cross-sectional surface having at least three corners or a cross-sectional surface having circumferentially distributed tooth regions.