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Granted Patent B2
US 11,884,130 · App. 17/420,094 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Bearing arrangement and air vent having such a bearing arrangement

Inventors: Daniel Kamm (Altenkunstadt, DE); Dominic Horner (Kronach, DE)
B60H1/00678B60H2001/00707B60H2001/3478
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Patent No.
US 11,884,130
App. No.
17/420,094
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearing arrangement has a bearing pin and a coupling pin, and a second bearing component, which components are mounted on a wall so as to be rotatable about a common axis of rotation. The bearing pin extends along, and the coupling pin extends eccentrically to the axis of rotation. The bearing pin is accommodated in a bearing opening of the wall. The coupling pin is accommodated in a guide slot of the wall and projects from the guide slot. The second bearing component has a first opening, in which the bearing pin is accommodated, and a second opening arranged eccentrically to the first opening, in which second opening the coupling pin is accommodated. The bearing pin is connected to the second bearing component via a lock, and the second bearing component is supported on the coupling pin.

Claims (20)

1. A bearing arrangement with a first bearing component, comprising a bearing pin and a coupling pin, and a second bearing component, the bearing components being mounted on a wall to be rotatable about a common axis of rotation, wherein

the bearing pin extends along the axis of rotation and the coupling pin extends eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation,

the bearing pin is received in a bearing opening of the wall,

the coupling pin is received in a guide slot of the wall and projects out of the guide slot,

the second bearing component has a first opening, in which the bearing pin is received, and a second opening, which is arranged eccentrically with respect to the first opening and in which the coupling pin is received,

the bearing pin is connected with the second bearing component by way of a detent and

the second bearing component is supported on the coupling pin.

2. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second bearing component is resiliently supported on the coupling pin.

3. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first bearing component and the second bearing component are supported on the wall at opposite sides.

4. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling pin has at least one shoulder on which the second bearing component is supported.

5. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing pin comprises a detent element which by comparison with a bearing section adjoining along the axis of rotation has a larger diameter which is greater than the diameter of the first opening of the second bearing component, and wherein the detent element engages behind the first opening of the second bearing component.

6. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second bearing component is constructed to be radially resilient in the region of the first opening and/or the bearing pin is constructed to be radially resilient.

7. The bearing arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the first bearing component and/or the first opening of the second bearing component has or have chamfers configured to facilitate insertion of the detent element.

8. The bearing arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first bearing component has a support element directed towards the wall.

9. The bearing arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the second bearing component has at least two support sections, which are displaceable relative to one another in the axial direction of the first opening, for the detent element.

10. An air vent with a housing and at least one bearing arrangement according claim 1 , wherein the first bearing component is constructed as an air guide element and the bearing pin and the coupling pin are received in a bearing opening and a guide slot of a wall of the air vent, and wherein the second bearing component is constructed as a lever and the air guide element is mounted free of play on the wall by way of the bearing pin, the coupling pin, a support element, a support element at the wall and a detent element.

11. The air vent according to claim 10 , wherein the bearing pin of the bearing arrangement comprises a detent element which by comparison with a bearing section adjoining along the axis of rotation has a larger diameter which is greater than the diameter of the first opening of the second bearing component, and wherein the detent element engages behind the first opening of the second bearing component.

12. The air vent according to claim 11 , wherein the first bearing component and/or the first opening of the second bearing component has or have chamfers configured to facilitate insertion of the detent element.

13. The air vent according to claim 11 , wherein the second bearing component has at least two support sections, which are displaceable relative to one another in the axial direction of the first opening, for the detent element.

14. The air vent according to claim 10 , wherein the first bearing component has a second support element directed towards the wall.

Assignments (2)
TRANSFER AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 24, 2025
From: DR. SCHNEIDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE GMBH
To: MOTHERSON DRSC DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 071029/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2021
From: KAMM, DANIEL; HORNER, DOMINIC
To: DR. SCHNEIDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE GMBH
Reel/Frame 056842/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 100 496.9 · Jan 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220080804A1 · Mar 17, 2022