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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Michael Demerath, Hüffler, DE;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
Air vent for a vehicle, including an air duct, which is bounded by a housing ('), with an air inlet end and an air outlet end, wherein an air flow flowing through the air duct can flow from the air inlet end to the air outlet end along a main flow direction and a manual actuating element () for controlling the air outlet direction of the air flow by movement of fins (), wherein, during a translational movement of the manual actuating element along a movement axis the air outlet direction undergoes a change along the movement axis, and wherein, during a tilting movement of the manual actuating element about the movement axis, the air outlet direction undergoes a change perpendicular to the movement axis, wherein the manual actuating element is arranged outside the air flow.