US 12,391,099 B2
Wind direction adjusting apparatus
Kenichi Kamio, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya (JP)
Filed by NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya (JP)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,586.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-011068 (JP), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234426 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3421 (2013.01) [B60H 2001/3471 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind direction adjusting apparatus comprising:
a case body in which air flows;
at least one guide louver that is provided in the case body and guides a flow of the air; and
an operation knob slidably attached to the at least one guide louver,
wherein the operation knob includes
a knob body portion provided with an insertion portion through which the at least one guide louver is inserted, and
a friction member that is held in the knob body portion in a state of being in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the at least one guide louver to generate a frictional force with the at least one guide louver,
the friction member has elasticity and has at least one compression portion including a portion that is compressed by being pressed against the at east one guide louver, and
the compression portion has a shape in which a dimension of the compression portion along a sliding direction of the operation knob gradually decreases in a pressing direction against the at least one guide louver.