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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Minoru Shibata, Aichi, JP;
Etsuo Ozawa, Aichi, JP;
Katsuhiro Katagiri, Aichi, JP;
Toyoda Gosei. Co. Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An air-conditioning resistor has a panel member formed with an opening for an operating element and an airflow port, a retainer formed on the panel member so as to communicate with the airflow port and to define interiorly an airflow passage for allowing air-conditioning air to flow therethrough, a lateral fin pivotably supported in the retainer and being capable of adjusting the wind direction of the air-conditioning air in the vertical direction, a vertical fin pivotably supported in the retainer and being capable of adjusting the wind direction of the air-conditioning air in the lateral direction, and a spherical operating element which can operate the vertical fin and the lateral fin simultaneously and has a partial spherical surfaces arranged so as to project from the opening for the operating element.