US 11,951,808 B2
Slim type air vent for vehicle and method of operating the same
Yoyng Pyo Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,762.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0156078 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153093 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3421 (2013.01) [B60H 2001/3464 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air vent for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing having a discharge port, through which air is discharged in a direction toward a vehicle interior;
an upper horizontal wing accommodated in a region of the discharge port and rotatably coupled to the housing;
a lower horizontal wing which is disposed under the upper horizontal wing in the region of the discharge port and is rotatable according to a preset rotation direction of the upper horizontal wing;
a spacer which is accommodated in the region of the discharge port and rotatably supports the upper horizontal wing and the lower horizontal wing; and
a rotation link which connects the upper horizontal wing to the lower horizontal wing and controls the lower horizontal wing to rotate according to a rotation direction of the upper horizontal wing,
wherein the lower horizontal wing includes:
an auxiliary wing of which an end portion disposed in the direction toward the vehicle interior is rotatably coupled to the spacer;
a guide wing having a first end rotatably coupled to the auxiliary wing and a second end slidably coupled to the spacer; and
a self-hinge which is rotatably inserted into an end portion of the auxiliary wing and an end portion of the guide wing to couple the auxiliary wing and the guide wing to each other.