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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2004
Makoto Okada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mitsuo Ogura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kenji Asano, Aichi, JP;
Junichiro Kako, Aichi-ken, JP;
Makoto Okada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mitsuo Ogura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kenji Asano, Aichi, JP;
Junichiro Kako, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An air-conditioning register includes a cylinder-shaped retainer having opposite inner surfaces, a fin assembly including a plurality of fin members disposed in the retainer, a first connector connecting the fin members, a second connector, and a guide guiding the second connector on a predetermined track. The fin members includes paired fin members disposed in proximity to the opposite inner surfaces of the retainer, at least one of the paired fin members swinging by a swing angle smaller than that of all of the other fin members, and functioning as a dummy fin member keeping a constant angle independently within a predetermined swing-angle range where all of the other fin members swing. The second connector connects the dummy fin member and all of the other fin members while absorbing a swing-angle difference between the dummy fin member and all of the other fin members.