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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A. Rooney, Troy, MI (US);
Dan M. Bui, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/34 ;
Abstract
An air outlet system of a sphere and socket type. The air outlet system includes a housing, a hollow sphere rotatably mounted therein, and a bearing therebetween; and pluralities of openings in respective predetermined shapes formed in oppositely disposed portions of the hollow sphere for dispersing air supplied thereto from a remote source in respective diffused or straight paths, depending upon the rotational position of the hollow sphere in the housing. An intermediate position of the sphere between the oppositely disposed openings serves to block the flow of air.