US 12,246,575 B2
Ventilation outlet with a control element and an actuating knob
Volker Doll, Ranschbach (DE)
Assigned to Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenbach (DE)
Filed by Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenbach (DE)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,288.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 212 344.9 (DE), filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147414 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/0065 (2013.01) [B60H 1/3421 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3471 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ventilation outlet, comprising:
one or more flow directing elements arranged movably in a housing;
an actuating element mounted movably on the housing;
an actuating knob for actuating at least one flow directing element for controlling a ventilation gas flow; and
a light source for illuminating the actuating knob, wherein a movable mounting of the actuating element permits a movement of the actuating element with at least one degree of freedom, wherein the light source is arranged outside the actuating knob in such a way that light emitted from the light source is directed into the actuating knob and at least partially illuminates an operating side of the actuating knob from inside the actuating knob, wherein the light source is arranged to generate a light beam which propagates along an axis in a cavity, wherein the actuating element is at least one of displaceable along the axis or mounted so as to be pivotable about the axis in such a way that a light incidence surface of the actuating knob is intersected by the axis in each functional position of the actuating element, and wherein in each functional position of the actuating element, the light beam enters the actuating knob.