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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2011
Steve Kober, Treuen, DE;
Marco Kuesperth, Wiesau, DE;
Steve Kober, Treuen, DE;
Marco Kuesperth, Wiesau, DE;
ITW Fastener Products GmbH, Iserlohn, DE;
Abstract
An air vent () having a housing () and an air guiding means () that is swivel-mounted in the housing () includes a mounting () by means of which the air guiding means () is mounted on the housing () for swiveling about at least one swivel axis, the mounting () being formed by a ball joint () having a bearing shell () and a ball head () mounted in the bearing shell (), and the ball head () being of a multipart configuration with at least two spherical segments (), and a spring member () being provided that acts upon the spherical segments () of the ball head () with a force that seeks to push the spherical segments () apart.