US 12,434,542 B2
Register device for vehicle
Kazuaki Hoshi, Ota (JP); and Hiroshi Nakamura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SHIGERU CO., LTD., Ota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokoyo (JP)
Filed by SHIGERU CO., LTD., Ota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,952.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-179326 (JP), filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137960 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3421 (2013.01) [B60H 2001/3471 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A register device for a vehicle comprising:
a register body including an air passage having a configuration in which a dimension in a first direction is smaller than a dimension in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
a plurality of first fins supported by the register body so as to be rotatable about a first rotation axis extending in the first direction, the first fins arranged in the second direction;
a single second fin disposed in the air passage at a location on a blow outlet side with respect to the first fins, the second fin supported by the register body so as to be rotatable about a second rotation axis extending in the second direction, the second fin extending in the second direction; and
an operation knob supported by the second fin so as to be slidable in the second direction, the operation knob, as it is slid, rotatably operating the first fins,
wherein the second fin includes a pair of flat plate portions extending in the second direction parallel to each other,
wherein the operation knob is disposed between the pair of flat plate portions so as to be fit in a space between the pair of flat plate portions in the first direction,
wherein an air passageway is formed in the space between the pair of flat plate portions, and wherein the operation knob, as it is slid, is formable the air passageway on opposite sides, one side or the other side of the operation knob in the second direction,
wherein an air inlet is formed in the space between the pair of flat plate portions of the second fin on an upstream side, the air inlet extending in the second direction, the air inlet formed corresponding to a slidable region of the operation knob, and wherein the operation knob, as it is slid, opens opposite end portions, one end portion or the other end portion of the air inlet in the second direction to form the air passageway, and
wherein the air inlet is formed in a middle portion of the second fin in the second direction, and wherein a closing portion that connects upstream ends of the pair of flat plate portions to close the space between the pair of flat plate portions is disposed on opposite sides of the air inlet in the second direction.