Patent ID: 11958339
Assignee: MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A method for providing and operating an air vent apparatus in a vehicle, said method comprising:
providing the air vent apparatus with at least one air directing flap, at least one air diffusing flap, at least one closing flap, an air diffusing flap actuator and a closing flap actuator;
concealing the air vent apparatus in a vehicular structure;
directing an air flow in selective directions in an occupant compartment through the at least one air directing flap according to a user requirement;
diffusing uniformly the air flow in the occupant compartment through the at least one air diffusing flap by moving the air diffusing flap to an air diffusing position through the air diffusing flap actuator based on an input from a controller unit to the air diffusing flap actuator; restricting the air flow to the occupant compartment by moving the at least one closing flap to a closed position through the closing flap actuator based on an input from the controller unit to the closed flap actuator; and
providing user defined inputs to the controller unit through at least one of a user interface unit and an electronic device, and accordingly the controller unit actuates at least one of an air directing flap actuator, the air diffusing flap actuator and the closing flap actuator based on the user requirement
wherein,
the user interface unit is at least a touchscreen having a plurality of air vent control icons and the electronic device is at least one of a smartphone or a computing means.