Patent ID: 7887400
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioning register for regulating a direction of an air blown from an air conditioner into a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising: a tubular retainer; a ventilation passage provided within the retainer, the ventilation passage circulating the air; and a rectangular opening provided in a downstream end of the retainer for blowing off the air, wherein the retainer is constituted by four wall portions surrounding the ventilation passage, wherein two of the wall portions that correspond to short sides of the opening form first wall portions, and the other two wall portions that correspond to long sides of the opening form second wall portions, wherein at least three plate-like fins are provided within the retainer and extend along the long sides of the opening, wherein the fins are arranged along the short sides of the opening and away from each other, wherein the fins are provided with a plurality of support shafts , respectively, each support shaft supporting the corresponding fin so that the fins are tiltable about the corresponding support shafts, wherein the fins include two end fins, which are adjacent to the second wall portions, respectively, wherein each of the end fins has rigidly attached an extension portion, which is bent at an upstream end of the end fin and extends toward the corresponding second wall portion, wherein a space is provided near each second wall portion in the ventilation passage, the space being closed by the corresponding extension portion when the corresponding end fin is arranged at a maximum inclined position at which the upstream end of the corresponding end fin is most separated from the second wall portion, and wherein the extension portion enters the space when the end fin is arranged at a position different from the maximum inclined position, wherein a downstream end of the corresponding second wall portion protrudes toward a center of the ventilation passage to form each of the spaces, wherein an upstream side fin is provided in the retainer at a position upstream of the downstream side fins, and wherein the upstream side fin is located upstream of the protruded portion of the second wall portion and extends in a direction differing from the direction in which the downstream side fins extend.