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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344438 | Air conditioner for vehicle There is provided an air conditioner for a vehicle, including an air intake provided on a vehicle compartment inner side of a quarter inner panel and on the side of the quarter inner panel, a fan provided on the side of the air intake port and performs forced ventil... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7278912 | Air duct outlets having self-oscillating air deflection members An air duct outlet housing has spaced-apart top and bottom walls, and spaced-apart first and second side walls that define an air passageway with an inlet and outlet. First and second air deflection members include elongated first and second panels with respective p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7195555 | Air duct outlets having return air passageways that facilitate oscillating air flow An air duct outlet includes a housing having spaced-apart top and bottom walls, and spaced-apart first and second side walls extending between the top and bottom walls to define an air passageway having an inlet and outlet. A first air return passageway is located a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6902474 | Air duct outlet with single vane air stream direction control An air duct outlet that allows a user to redirect an air stream within a wide range of directions includes a housing having a planar first wall and a convexly-curved second wall in adjacent, spaced-apart relationship and that define an air passageway having an inlet... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6840852 | Air duct outlets with manual and automatic air stream direction control Air duct outlets provide automatic oscillation of air flow and also allow users to manually redirect air streams. An air duct outlet includes a housing having an air passageway that terminates at an air outlet. A drive source is operably connected to a reciprocating... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6736719 | Air duct outlet with joystick louver control Air duct outlets having joystick controls are provided. A housing has an inlet, an outlet and a frame secured within the housing between the inlet and outlet. A louver assembly is operably coupled to the frame and includes a first set of louvers and a second set of ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6347987 | Vehicle air conditioner with louver operation control A vehicle air conditioner includes an air conditioning unit where temperature adjustments of both right and left-seat side air-conditioning zones are independently performed. In the vehicle air conditioner, a swing range of right-seat side center louvers ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6302780 | Ceiling grille for rooftop air conditioner unit A ceiling grille for directing conditioned air from an air conditioning unit mounted upon the roof of a motor vehicle wherein comfort air is delivered into a plenum located inside the vehicle. The plenum has front and rear deflector vanes rotatably mounte... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6196914 | Ceiling grille for air conditioner of recreational vehicle A ceiling grille for an air conditioner of a recreational vehicle having a blade capable of being automatically pivoted. The ceiling grille comprises: a cam rotated by a motor for providing upward and downward moving forces, the cam having a camming surfa... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6179708 | Air-conditioning equipment for vehicles In a casing 11, a rear guide 23 is formed above a cylindrical impeller 13 and a stabilizer 24 is formed below the impeller. A minimum gap dimension between the cylindrical impeller 13 and the stabilizer 24 on the outlet port 17 side has a value of 14% to ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6131403 | Refrigerator with a cool air dispersing device capable of preventing backflow of air in a cooling compartment Disclosed is a refrigerator having a cool air dispersing device. A duct housing forming a cool air duct is installed on a rear part of a cooling compartment, and many cool air discharge ports open into the cooling compartment are formed on the duct housin... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5766069 | Air flow direction adjusting apparatus for an air conditioner This invention provides an air blowing direction adjusting apparatus for an air conditioner providing any desired blowing directions for a heat-exchanged air to be discharged indoor, the apparatus including a dynamic force generating unit mounted upon one... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5738580 | Air blowing direction adjusting apparatus for an air conditioner An air blowing direction adjusting apparatus for an air conditioner is provided in which for various discharging directions of the air and a guaranteed transmission of driving force for an accurate phase control is accomplished. There is provided an air b... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5688167 | Auto louver system for a vehicle An automatic louver system for a vehicle having a plurality of wind screens, includes a mechanism for generating a reciprocation movement, a mechanism which rotatably moves according to the reciprocation movement, and a mechanism for moving the plurality ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5385503 | Temperature controller air outlet Control of temperature of air efflux from an air outlet is by control of the oscillation of a fluidic oscillator. Directionality of efflux is by control of nibs at the outlet.... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5338251 | Wind direction controlling apparatus A wind direction controlling apparatus capable of reducing variations in the level of noise which can be caused when vertical fins are at reversal points of their swinging. A rod (17) for swinging vertical fins has a portion for friction-clutch engagement... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5259815 | Air outlet with aperiodic oscillation A air outlet for a passenger compartment of a vehicle has a duct forming a jet of air, a pair of lateral sidewalls, bounded by the top and bottom walls diverging from each other from their upstream ends to their downstream ends at a rate sufficient to pre... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5072657 | Blowing louver with swinging fins for air conditioners Blowing louver for air conditioners provides plural swinging fins for shifting the direction of the wind conditioned. Each fin has first and second swinging axes which are pivotably supported by first and second link members. The first link member is manu... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4676146 | Fin swinging angle control apparatus The swinging angle of fins of an air conditioner or the like is controlled by control apparatus including a fin driver for swinging the fin about a pivot thereof, fin swinging angle adjusting means and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the center of th... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4428277 | Oscillating reed and method There is disclosed an oscillating reed particularly for use in generating a sweeping or oscillating air flow pattern which is rendered clickless by limiting directions of bending of the reed element to an axis transverse to the direction of air flow. This... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4407186 | Flow outlet structure for automotive air conditioner A flow outlet structure for an automotive air conditioner which is equipped with a louver having a plurality of movable slats and a fluidic element to cyclically change the direction of flow laterally of the automobile as long as the angle of the slats of... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4365540 | Underdash air sweep system for automobiles An underdash automobile air flow system having an oscillatory member which is rendered oscillatory solely by air flow, has the oscillations sustained, when the outlet is at least partially blocked, by a pair of laterally positioned underdash apertures or ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 3948154 | Air circulation system An air circulation system for periodically varying the volume and/or direction of the air flow applied to the occupant in a room.... | 04/06/1976 |
