Patent ID: 7056203

Claim:
An air-conditioning resistor comprising: a panel member formed with an opening for an operating element and an airflow port; a retainer formed on the panel member so as to communicate with the airflow port and to define interiorly an airflow passage for allowing air-conditioning air to flow therethrough; a lateral fin pivotably supported in the retainer and being capable of adjusting a wind direction of the air-conditioning air in a vertical direction; a vertical fin pivotably supported in the retainer and being capable of adjusting the wind direction of the air-conditioning air in the lateral direction; and a spherical operating element which can operate the vertical fin and the lateral fin simultaneously and has a partial spherical surface arranged so as to project from the opening for the operating element, wherein a recess is formed on the spherical operating element; and a ring-shaped operating element on the outer peripheral side of and adjacent to the spherical operating element, wherein the ring-shaped operating element includes a cylindrical dial and is used for adjusting the temperature of the air-conditioning air.