IP Library Granted Patent US 12673537
Granted Patent B2
US 12673537 · App. 18/432,501 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Wind direction adjusting device for vehicle register

Inventors: Masakazu Okabe (Ota, JP); Mamoru Sugawara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Shigeru Co., Ltd.; Subaru Corporation
B60H1/3421B60H1/34
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Patent No.
US 12673537
App. No.
18/432,501
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wind direction adjusting device includes a center fin on a downstream side extending in a direction crossing an upstream side fin, an operation knob and an elastic member. The operation knob is slidably attached to the center fin and interlocked with the upstream side fin. A direction of the upstream side fin can be adjusted by sliding the operation knob. The elastic member is disposed between the operation knob and the center fin, generating sliding resistance when the operation knob is slid. A protrusion protruded toward the center fin is disposed in the operation knob. A receiving recess movably receiving the protrusion is formed in the center fin along a sliding direction of the operation knob. Stopper portions blocking movement of the protrusion are formed in opposite ends of the receiving recess. The elastic member is disposed between the protrusion and the stopper portions.

Claims (9)

1 . A wind direction adjusting device for a vehicle register comprising:

a downstream side fin extending in a direction crossing an extending direction of an upstream side fin;

an operation knob slidably attached to the downstream side fin, the operation knob interlocked with the upstream side fin, a direction of the upstream side fin being adjusted by sliding of the operation knob; and

an elastic member disposed between the operation knob and the downstream side fin, the elastic member generating sliding resistance when the operation knob is slid,

wherein a protrusion is disposed in one of the operation knob and the downstream side fin, the protrusion protruded toward the other of the operation knob and the downstream side fin,

wherein a receiving recess is formed in the other of the operation knob and the downstream side fin along a sliding direction of the operation knob, the receiving recess relatively movably receiving the protrusion, stopper portions blocking relative movement of the protrusion and the receiving recess with respect to each other formed in opposite ends of the receiving recess, and

wherein the elastic member is disposed between the protrusion and the stopper portions.

2 . The wind direction adjusting device for the vehicle register according to claim 1 , wherein a hole portion is formed in the elastic member, and

wherein the protrusion is fitted in the hole portion and surrounded by the elastic member.