CN106541805B

CN106541805B - Air supply opening for ventilating vehicle interior space

Info

Publication number: CN106541805B
Application number: CN201610806540.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A.西斯马诺格鲁
Original assignee: Volkswagen AG
Current assignee: Volkswagen AG
Priority date: 2015-09-23
Filing date: 2016-09-07
Publication date: 2020-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 2036-09-07
Also published as: CN106541805A; DE102015218309A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a supply opening (10) for ventilating a vehicle interior, wherein the supply opening (10) has at least two air-guiding elements (11, 12) which can be actuated by at least two actuating elements (20, 21), and so that the air-guiding members may be moved in a common direction or in different directions, characterized in that the at least two actuating elements (20, 21) can be moved with at most two fingers (25, 42, 43) of one hand, in order to move at least two air guiding elements (11, 12) in a common direction or in different directions, wherein the at most two fingers (25, 42, 43) can couple the at least two actuating elements (20, 21) to one another and be driven together, or only cause the at least two actuating elements (20, 21) to be driven together.

Description

Air supply opening for ventilating vehicle interior space

Technical Field

The invention relates to a supply opening for ventilating a vehicle interior, having at least two air guiding elements which can be actuated by at least two actuating elements and which can be moved in a common direction or in different directions.

Background

As is generally known from the prior art, the vehicle interior can be ventilated by a plurality of supply air openings. Each of these supply vents can be individually adjusted by itself and divert the air flow in only one direction. In order to be able to divert a plurality of air flows in different directions, two air supply openings each having an actuating element are generally provided in the region of the center console.

DE 102006001798 a1 also discloses a blower opening which is suitable for dividing an air flow into a plurality of air flows. For this purpose, coupling means are required which couple or decouple the groups of air-guiding elements driven together, depending on whether the air flow is to be deflected in one direction or in a different direction. But this coupling means a rather costly construction. For coupling and decoupling, it requires a further actuating element arranged in the region of the air supply opening.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the invention is to further develop such an air supply opening such that it can be produced with low outlay and is easy to use.

The object is achieved by a blower opening of the aforementioned type, wherein according to the invention at most two actuating elements can be moved with at most two fingers of one hand in order to move at least two air-guiding elements in a common direction or in different directions, wherein at most two fingers can be coupled to each other and can be driven jointly or only a minimum of two actuating elements can be driven jointly. Since the actuating elements are coupled or decoupled by the fingers of the user, no complex coupling mechanisms are required, which also has a favorable effect on the production costs.

The blower outlet known from DE 102006001798 a1 does not teach that an air flow can be distributed with it. Furthermore, the comfort of use is greatly limited. This is particularly true for rental vehicles, where the driver is essentially unaware of the specifics of the vehicle. In contrast, special actuating elements for coupling and decoupling the air-guiding elements are no longer necessary for the blower outlet according to the invention. Thereby improving the comfort of use.

In order to actuate the actuating element, the user can place his finger on the end face or free side of the external actuating element, for example, in order to move the actuating element and thus the air guiding element in a common direction in the first actuation situation. At least two actuating elements are thus coupled to one another by at most two fingers of one hand to form a joint. This positioning of the fingers corresponds to the finger positioning known from conventional blow openings, by means of which the air flow can be set but cannot be divided. Thus, the vehicle occupant can operate the tuyere according to the invention in a customary manner so that the air-guiding elements move in a common direction.

In order to move the actuating element in different directions in the second actuation situation, a finger can be placed, for example, on the end face of the actuating element to be moved. It is possible, for example, to place the thumb and one of the other fingers of a hand on the end face of the actuating element and then to separate the fingers from one another in order to disperse the air flow in the desired different directions. The positioning of the finger in the second manipulation case may be the same as it was in the first manipulation case. Only the direction of movement of the finger is different in the two manipulation cases. Users have become accustomed to this positioning of their fingers from conventional air delivery vents. This allows the user to intuitively operate the supply air outlet as desired in both operating situations.

At least two actuating elements can be arranged side by side or side by side. This helps to improve the comfort of use. Furthermore, a plurality of actuating elements arranged next to one another makes it easier for the vehicle occupant to intuitively actuate the blower opening. This arrangement makes it immediately obvious that the air blower according to the invention can be used to direct air in different directions or in a single common direction.

When, for example, two actuating elements are arranged next to one another or next to one another, it is even possible to couple the two actuating elements to one another and to be driven with a single finger or to drive only the two actuating elements. For this purpose, fingers can be placed simultaneously on the adjacent end regions of the actuating element lying next to one another in order to move them jointly in the same direction. The actuating elements arranged side by side can then be moved together. It is of course also possible to separate the air flows with one finger. For this purpose, the vehicle occupant merely places a finger at or on the selected actuating element in order to merely steer this actuating element in the desired direction. It is no longer necessary to decouple the actuating element, since in this case it is also possible to actuate with one finger.

At least two actuating elements can be associated with a respective recess. The recess may preferably be located in the middle of the operating element. Preferably, the recess is a placement or placement surface for fingers, which improves the comfort of use. The vehicle occupant can further intuitively know the different actuating possibilities of the blower opening via the recess.

Furthermore, the actuating element can be provided with a half-recess in the adjoining end regions thereof, wherein the two half-recesses together form a complete recess extending over the adjoining end regions of the actuating element. Thus, the vehicle occupant can move two actuating elements adjacent to one another in the same direction more safely with only one finger, wherein the two actuating elements are coupled to one another more reliably.

In order to improve the feel and the adhesion, the surface of the groove may be provided with a coating having improved adhesion or be roughened.

In order to also increase the comfort of use, the mutually adjacent end regions of at least two actuating elements are designed in color such that the user can directly recognize that these are separate actuating elements which can be moved in a common or different direction.

For this reason, double arrows can be formed on each of the at least two actuating elements.

When at least two of the operating elements are also able to display the direction of the air flow out of the supply opening, the vehicle occupant is also able to obtain visual information about the exact setting of the supply opening.

Expediently, the plurality of air guiding elements can be moved jointly by means of one of the at least two actuating elements. They are coupled as a united body, thereby improving the operability and directivity of the blowing ports.

The air guiding element may be a sheet structure arranged swingably about a swing axis extending parallel to the vehicle transverse axis. The air guiding element can thus divert the air flow in the vehicle interior towards the middle, towards the left or towards the right.

It is structurally simple that the at least two actuating elements can be moved back and forth jointly or separately on a sheet structure arranged parallel to the transverse axis of the vehicle. It is clear that the actuating element can also be arranged movably on a plurality of different sheet structures.

At least two actuating elements can together occupy the same installation space as conventional actuating elements with which the air flow cannot be divided.

Drawings

Embodiments of the supply air opening according to the invention are further elucidated on the basis of the drawing.

The attached drawings are respectively as follows:

fig. 1 shows the supply air opening in a first operating state;

fig. 2 shows the supply air opening in a second operating state;

FIG. 3 shows the supply air outlet in a third operating condition;

FIG. 4 shows the supply air outlet in a fourth operating condition;

fig. 5 shows a top view of two actuating elements.

Detailed Description

The air supply opening 10 for ventilating the vehicle interior has a first air guide member 11 and a second air guide member 12 configured in the shape of a plate structure, which are coupled to each other with a first coupling rod 13 and a second coupling rod 14 and thus constitute a first coupling body 15 and a second coupling body 16.

The first air guiding element 11 and the second air guiding element 12 are pivoted about a first pivot axis 17 and a second pivot axis 18 extending parallel to the vehicle height axis in order to divert the air flow 19 in a defined direction in the vehicle interior.

In order to pivot the first air guiding element 11 and the second air guiding element 12, a first actuating element 20 and a second actuating element 21 are provided. First fork 22 and second fork 23 are mounted on first actuating element 20 and second actuating element 21, and an end region of one of first air guide element 11 and second air guide element 12 is held in an opening of first fork 22 and second fork 23 in order to pivot this end region and first air guide element 11 and second air guide element 12 coupled thereto.

When the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 are moved upward in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1, the first air guiding element 11 and the second air guiding element 12 are pivoted counterclockwise in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1. If the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 are moved downward in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1, the first air guide element 11 and the second air guide element 12 are pivoted clockwise in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1 (see fig. 2 to 4). The first air flow 19 is diverted in the respective direction depending on the respective position of the first air guiding element 11 and the second air guiding element 12. The first air stream may also be divided into air streams, second air stream 30, third air stream 31, fourth air stream 40 and fifth air stream 41 (see fig. 3 and 4).

The first and

second operating elements

20, 21 can be moved to and fro along a plate structure 24 arranged parallel to the transverse axis of the vehicle.

The first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 are arranged side by side or side by side. The first finger 25 rests on the end face on the adjacent end regions of the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 next to one another (see fig. 2). The first finger 25 thus couples the first operating element 20 and the second operating element 21 to one another and drives them jointly so that they can be moved back and forth jointly along a sheet structure 24 arranged parallel to the transverse axis of the vehicle in order to divert the first air flow 19 in the same direction in the vehicle interior.

Alternatively, the first finger 25 can be placed on the free side of the first actuating element 20 (free end face) or on the end face of the first actuating element 20 and moved downward in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1. In this case, the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 do not have to be coupled to one another by the first finger 25. If it is desired to divert the first air flow 19 in the opposite direction, the first finger 25 is placed on the free side of the second actuating element 21 or on the end face of the second actuating element 21 and is moved upward in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1. In this way, the first actuating element 20 is automatically moved upward together in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1.

In a third actuation mode, two fingers, not shown in detail here, are placed on the end faces of the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21. These two fingers likewise couple the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 to one another in this way. The put-on finger can then be moved up or down together in the drawing plane of fig. 1.

In a fourth alternative, two fingers, not shown in detail here, are placed on the free side of the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21, so that the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 can likewise be coupled to one another and moved together in the plane of the drawing of fig. 1 upwards or downwards.

Starting from the operating state of fig. 1, it is also possible to move only the second air-guiding element 12 of the second combination 16, but to hold the first air-guiding element 11 of the first combination 15 in its position. Since the first and

second associations

15 and 16 are not mechanically coupled to each other, but may be coupled to each other only by one or two fingers, the first and

second associations

15 and 16 do not have to be disconnected from each other to move the second association 16 away from the first association 15. For this purpose, the second actuating element 21 can be moved downward in the plane of the drawing in fig. 1 with a single finger or also with two fingers, while the first actuating element 20 remains free of actuation. It is thus possible to divide the air flow with one finger or with two fingers into a second air flow 30 and a third air flow 31 (see fig. 3) which are turned in different directions.

If it is desired to form a distributed fourth air flow 40 and fifth air flow 41 from the operating state shown in fig. 1, a second finger 42 and a third finger 43 can be placed on the first actuating element 20 and the second actuating element 21 and can be simultaneously separated from one another in different directions (see fig. 4).

Fig. 5 shows a third actuating element 50 and a fourth actuating element 51. The third actuating element 50 is provided with a first recess 52 and the fourth actuating element 51 with a second recess 53. Furthermore, the third actuating element 50 and the fourth actuating element 51 are each associated with a first recess half 54 and a second recess half 55, the first recess half 54 and the second recess half 55 together forming a complete recess, the complete recess extending in the end region of the third actuating element 50 adjoining the fourth actuating element 51.

The first recess 52, the second recess 53, the first recess half 54 and the second recess half 55 are intended to receive a finger not further shown here. This therefore increases the comfort and indicates to the vehicle occupant that the third operating element 50 and the fourth operating element 51 can be moved with the fingers in this position.

List of reference numerals

10 air supply outlet

11 first air guiding element

12 second air guiding element

13 first coupling rod

14 second coupling rod

15 first combo

16 second coupling body

17 first axis of oscillation

18 second axis of oscillation

19 first air flow

20 first operating element

21 second actuating element

22 first fork member

23 second fork

24-piece structure

25 first finger

30 second air flow

31 third air flow

40 fourth air flow

41 fifth air flow

42 second finger

43 third finger

50 third operating element

51 fourth operating element

52 first recess

53 second groove

54 first half groove

55 second half groove

Claims

1. An air outlet for ventilating a vehicle interior, having at least two air-guiding elements which can be actuated by means of at least two actuating elements and can be moved in a first actuation situation in a common direction or in a second actuation situation in different directions, characterized in that the at least two actuating elements can be moved with a maximum of two fingers of one hand in order to move the at least two air-guiding elements in a common direction or in different directions, wherein the maximum of two fingers can couple the at least two actuating elements to one another and be driven together or only the at least two actuating elements are driven together, and wherein the at least two air-guiding elements in the first actuation situation divert the air flow in a single common direction, in the second operating condition, the at least two air guiding elements distribute the air flow in two different directions, wherein the at least two air guiding elements are arranged separately from one another in the supply opening.

2. An air supply opening according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the at least two operating elements can be coupled to each other and driven or only driven with a single finger.

3. An air supply opening according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that at least two operating elements are arranged side by side.

4. An air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that at least two operating elements are each provided with a recess.

5. An air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the actuating element is provided with a respective half-recess in their adjacent end regions, wherein the two half-recesses together form a complete recess extending over the adjacent end regions of the actuating element.

6. The air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the adjacent end regions of the two actuating elements are colored in such a way that the vehicle occupant can intuitively recognize: these are separate actuating elements which can be moved in a common or different direction.

7. An air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that double arrows are provided on at least two of the operating elements, respectively.

8. An air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that at least two manoeuvering members also indicate the direction of the air flow from the air supply opening.

9. An air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the plurality of air guiding elements are jointly movable by means of one of the at least two operating elements.

10. An air delivery opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the air guide element is a flap structure arranged swingably about a swing axis extending parallel to the vehicle height axis.

11. An air supply opening according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that at least two operating elements can be reciprocated on a plate structure arranged parallel to the transverse axis of the vehicle.