A nozzle to output air onto an interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle is includes: a housing including: a first opening configured to receive air output by a blower; a second opening to output air toward the interior surface of the windshield; N sets of tracks formed in the housing, where N is an integer greater than 1; N vanes that are flexible and that each slide along a respective one of the N sets of tracks; and an actuator that is coupled to each of the N vanes and that is configured to slide along the N vanes along the N sets of tracks, respectively.

Disclosed herein is a system for controlling direct and indirect multifunctional air vents, which includes an air vent mounted inside a dashboard in an interior of a vehicle, and configured to guide air flowing from a vehicle air conditioner to the interior of the vehicle while switching to a direct wind mode or an indirect wind mode, a mode input module provided outside the vehicle such that a user selects one of the direct wind mode and the indirect wind mode, and a controller configured to control the air vent to switch the mode of the air vent in response to the mode selected by the user through the mode input module.

A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes: a duct disposed in a seat of a vehicle, air flowing through the duct from an air conditioning unit; a rear seat outlet formed on a back face of a backrest portion of the seat to blow out the air from the duct toward a rear seat of the vehicle; and an air flow deflection member that partitions the rear seat outlet into a first region and a second region to define a first passage through which the air flows from the duct through the first region in a first direction in a vehicle cabin and a second passage through which the air flows from the duct through the second region in a second direction more downward than the first direction in the vehicle cabin.

An air vent assembly for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The assembly may comprise an inner airflow guide, an outer airflow guide and a drive mechanism comprising an inner airflow mechanism to actuate the inner airflow guide and an outer airflow mechanism to actuate the outer airflow guide. The drive mechanism when operated in a first direction will actuate the inner airflow mechanism and when operated in a second direction will actuate the outer airflow mechanism. The drive mechanism may comprise a clutch mechanism to engage the inner airflow mechanism when operated in the first direction and to engage the outer airflow mechanism when operated in the second direction. The clutch mechanism may comprise a set of one-way bearings. The inner airflow guide may comprise a vertical blade set; the outer airflow guide may comprise a horizontal blade set. The drive mechanism is operated by a motor and rotating shaft.

An air vent assembly for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The assembly may comprise an inner airflow guide, an outer airflow guide and drive mechanism comprising an inner airflow mechanism to actuate the inner airflow guide and an outer airflow mechanism to actuate the outer airflow guide. The drive mechanism when operated in a first direction will actuate the inner airflow mechanism and when operated in a second direction will actuate both the inner airflow mechanism and the outer airflow mechanism. The drive mechanism may comprise a clutch mechanism to engage the inner airflow mechanism when operated in the first direction and to engage both the inner airflow mechanism and the outer airflow mechanism when operated in the second direction. The inner airflow guide may comprise a vertical blade set; the outer airflow guide may comprise a horizontal blade set. The drive mechanism is operated by motor and rotating shaft.

A damper dial for a vehicle air vent has a dial body, a first dial bush, a second dial bush, an O-ring, and a dial fixture. A hinge hole is formed to penetrate a center portion of the dial body. A dial is formed on a front surface portion of the dial body. A hinge protrusion protrudes from one side surface of the first dial bush. A support pin extends from a distal end portion of the hinge protrusion. An insertion groove is inwardly formed on one surface of the second dial bush. An annular groove is formed outside the insertion groove. The O-ring installed so that an outer surface of the O-ring makes contact with one side surface of the dial body. An assembling hole is perforated and formed in the dial fixture.

An air vent for an automobile comprises a duct in which a passage having an air inlet and an air outlet communicating with each other is formed; a duct cover fixed to a front surface of the duct; a knob mount fixed to a front surface of the duct cover; a knob installed in the knob mount and configured to be laterally movable; a nozzle installed in a direction of the air outlet of the duct and configured to be vertically rotatable; a front vane connected to the nozzle and configured to be laterally rotatable; a damper plate having one side end portion connected to the nozzle and an other side end portion to be moved along a guide groove formed in the duct; and a damper configured to be rotatable to open or close the passage.

A vent unit includes a bezel installed on a vehicle and formed in a ring shape with a flow hole at the center, and a spacer overlapping and coupled to the bezel and formed in a ring shape rotating relative to the bezel. The bezel has a plurality of first through-holes circumferentially spaced apart from one another, and the spacer has a plurality of second through-holes circumferentially spaced apart from one another such that conditioning air is discharged to an interior through the second through-holes and the first through-holes when the second through-holes are aligned with the first through-holes by circumferential rotation. The vent unit further includes a wing disposed in the flow hole of the bezel and coupled to the spacer through a hinge shaft. The wing controls discharge of conditioning air through the flow hole by axially rotating, and circumferentially relatively rotating together with the spacer.

An air vent for ventilating a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The air vent includes an air channel, which is divided, by an air splitter, into two partial air channels, which can be steplessly partially or completely blocked for air passing through, by blocking elements, which are pivotably mounted at the air splitter. The blocking elements may be displaced by way of a ram, which can be moved in the air splitter transversely to the air channel. Either one or the other blocking element can be selectively displaced by way of the ram. The respective other blocking element, in an open position, then rests against the outside of the air splitter.

A vehicle air vent includes a primary vane system pivotal about a horizontal axis to direct an airflow from an outlet of the vehicle air vent in an up/down direction, a secondary vane system pivotal about a vertical axis to direct an airflow from an outlet of the vehicle air vent in a side-to-side direction. A primary vane of the primary vane system is co-located along an airflow path through the vehicle air vent with a secondary vane of the secondary vane system. The vehicle air vent further includes an airflow volume control system adapted to adjust the volume of airflow through the vehicle air vent, and a joystick controller adapted to independently operate the primary vane system, the secondary vane system, and the airflow volume control system.