Patent ID: 9073407
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60H,F24F

Abstract:
1. An operating element ( 10 ) for an air vent, comprising a narrow passage ( 14 ) from a first side ( 16 ) to an opposite second side ( 18 ) for a blade ( 12 ), the blade having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction that define a plane, the passage extending through the operating element in the longitudinal direction of the blade, the passage ( 14 ) being limited on both sides by frame-shaped lateral portions ( 20 ) spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the blade, at least one of the frame-shaped lateral portions ( 20 ), at a rear side ( 28 ) of the operating element ( 10 ), fully extending across the blade ( 12 ) inserted in the passage ( 14 ) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane, at least one of the frame-shaped lateral portions ( 20 ) comprising a slit ( 24 ) so that at least a part ( 22 ) of the lateral portion ( 20 ) may be deflected elastically wherein the slit ( 24 ) in the frame-shaped lateral portion ( 20 ) extends transverse to the longitudinal direction of the blade and parallel to the blade's plane.