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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Jack E Elder, Rochester, MI (US);
Fickenscher America, L.L.C., Richmond, IN (US);
Abstract
An air vent assembly for directing airflow includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The air vent assembly further includes a first plurality of vanes, each of said first plurality of vanes rotatably secured to the housing. A first link member is rotatably secured to each of the first plurality of vanes such that rotation of one of the plurality of first vanes rotates each of the first vanes. The air vent assembly further includes a second plurality of vanes, each second vane is rotatably secured to the housing. A second link member is rotatably secured to each of the plurality of second vanes such that rotation of one of the plurality of second vanes rotates each of the plurality of second vanes. Each of the first vanes rotates about one of a first set of parallel axes and each of the second vanes rotates about one of a second set of parallel axes. The first set of axes is coplanar with, and nonparallel to, and the second set of axes.