An air vent dial for an automobile includes an air vent housing having an air path and a damper for opening or closing the air path; a dial housing provided in the air vent housing and having an opening and holding projections; and a dial assembly having a dial knob to be fitted into the opening and a rear fixing plate connected to the damper through a link member to control the opening and closing degrees of the damper. The dial housing has the holding projections at positions corresponding to opening and closing positions of the damper. The dial assembly has a dial elongated hole and fixing projection projecting inwards and contacting the holding projections while being guided and moving along the rear outer peripheral surface of the dial housing at outside of the rear fixing plate having the dial elongated hole.

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to assisting in closing a door of a vehicle by leveraging a Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) system in the vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a position of at least one vehicle door, and when the position of the at least one vehicle door is an open position, determining whether to activate the HVAC system to reduce air pressure in a cabin of the vehicle. The method includes, in response to determining to activate the HVAC system, pumping air out of the cabin such that at least some of any increased air pressure caused by a vehicle door closure is removed from the cabin. The method includes, when the position of the at least one vehicle door has changed from the open position to a closed position, deactivating the HVAC system to stop pumping air out from the cabin.

The invention concerns a control device (1) for a heating and/or ventilation and/or air conditioning installation of a motor vehicle, the installation comprising an air treatment unit (9) comprising air outlets intended to open into a zone (ZG, ZD) of the passenger compartment of the vehicle, including at least first and second air outlets, and at least first (21) and second (23, 25) members for mixing the air flow. According to the invention, the device (1) comprises a user interface (5) comprising at least first (51) and second (53) control members, and a control circuit (7) for receiving, from each control member (51, 53), an input signal with its own temperature setpoint, and for delivering separate control signals for controlling the first and second mixing members (21, 23, 25).

The invention relates to a system (10) for controlling industrial or all-terrain vehicle functions, which comprises data processing means (20), such as a computer, and a plurality of devices (10a-10g) for controlling industrial or all-terrain vehicle functions. The control devices are arranged in a network with the data processing means (20) according to a master-slave model, and each control device comprises at least one first control member (3a) sensitive to contact and connectors (2), a computing circuit (1) with at least one data processing unit (MC), a memory in which is stored a unique identifier associated with said control device, and at least one first control state visualization member (4a). The data processing means (20) are configured to transmit to each identified control device (10a-10g) a request to obtain a feedback of information from the associated processing unit.

A control element (16) for an air vent (10) in a vehicle has a bearing portion which serves for the air-vent-side bearing of the control element (16) and includes a receptacle (22), in particular for a slat (12) of an air vent (10), and a spring element (34) which protrudes into the receptacle (22) of the bearing portion, wherein the spring element (34) is integrally molded to the control element (16).

An air outlet assembly for airflow in a vehicle interior is disclosed. The air outlet assembly may comprise a housing, a vertical guide assembly, a horizontal guide assembly and an operator control to actuate a vertical guide mechanism and a horizontal guide mechanism. The operator control may comprise a knob and a shaft providing an axis. Rotation of the operator control may comprise rotation of the shaft about the axis; pivoting of the operator control may comprise linear movement of the knob between a raised position and a lowered position. The operator control may translate to actuate an air door assembly to permit airflow and to obstruct airflow. Translation of the operator control may comprise linear movement of the shaft in a direction along the axis. The operator control may actuate the vertical guide mechanism independently of the horizontal guide mechanism.

A user-actuated control mechanism that controls airflow to an air nozzle device in a vehicle includes a push button, an actuating mechanism, and a flow control valve. The button, in a first actuating sequence, translates from an initial position to an end position and back to the initial position, so that the mechanical actuating mechanism displaces the control valve from an open position to a closed position. In a second actuating sequence, the button translates from the initial position to the end position and back to the initial position, so that the mechanical actuating mechanism displaces the flow control valve from the closed position to the open position. The valve is displaced in both sequences when the button is translated from the initial position to the end position, or is displaced in both sequences when the button is translated from the end position to the initial position.

A control and display device for a vehicle includes a control element and an associated display area. In the display area are superimposed: a first layer that is opaque except for a translucent complex pictogram, the complex pictogram combining two separate elementary pictograms; two separate filtering areas, each filtering area having the shape of a corresponding single elementary pictogram, each filtering area transmitting wavelengths within a respective range, the respective ranges of wavelengths being disjoint; and a light source suitable for emitting within the respective different ranges of wavelengths, concomitantly or alternately. The two filtering areas are positioned between the light source and the complex pictogram on the opaque layer.

A register includes an annular fin that can improve the directivity of air conditioning air while suppressing increase in the number of parts. A front fin includes an annular-shaped annular fin portion. A bezel has upstream side inclined surfaces formed on inner peripheral surfaces facing with each other in the shorter side direction (vertical direction) of an air blow outlet. The upstream side inclined surfaces incline toward a direction of approaching the annular fin portion from an upstream side toward a downstream side of an air blowing direction. An air conditioning air flowing in the air blowing direction is guided to the annular fin portion side by the upstream side inclined surfaces.

Disclosed herein is an air vent device, the air vent device including a garnish including an opening in which an air vent hole is located, a grille unit located between an outer surface of the air vent hole and an inner surface of the garnish, a first wing located at an outer side of the air vent hole in a lateral direction and configured to be pivoted based on one end of the grille unit, a deco part located on an outer surface of the garnish, and a knob configured to control a direction of a wind discharged from the air vent hole, wherein the knob is located to surround a portion of the deco part and configured to be capable of controlling a direction of a wind in a vertical direction by operating the first wing.