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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven Crockett, Hampstead, MD (US);
Assignee:
Bowles Fluidics Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
454155 ; 454322 ;
Abstract
A vehicle air outlet having an outlet bell, an upstream shutoff valve having an open and closed position, a directionality control member which is downstream of the shutoff valve. The upstream shutoff valve includes a flow straightener assembly rendered functional when the shutoff valve is in a fully opened position and non-functional when the shutoff valve is in a closed position. The shutoff valve is mounted on a rotary shaft in the air outlet, and the flow straightener is mounted on the same rotary shaft with the shutoff valve and is operated commonly on an operation of the rotary shaft.