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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2022
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Manfred Groben, Gau-Bickelheim, DE;
Günther Krämer, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, DE;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A device for manipulating an actuator, designed in particular in the form of a throttle valve or closure flap, of an air vent, wherein the actuator is optionally designed as an air-directing element or as part of a package of air-directing elements. The device has a motor-operated, in particular electromotive, drive, which is or can be coupled mechanically to the actuator in such a way that the actuator can be adjusted relative to the housing of the air vent by activating the drive. The device also has a sensor system for, in particular, directly sensing a real actual position of the actuator relative to the housing of the air vent.