| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 454309000 | Louvered air distributor | 26 |
| 20080293351 | SELF LOUVER OPENING - A louvered housing for an air conditioning unit includes a base structure with a plurality of openings and elongated bodies with a V-cross-sectional shapes and being connected to the base structure at their ends. The louvers are formed in a two-step process including first a stamping and then a forming process, with neither step resulting in scrap material. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090258591 | MOTORIZED AIR VENT - A motorized air register, air diffuser or vent for HVAC systems in commercial and residential applications comprises a supporting frame abutting a floor, wall or ceiling and a second depending frame for enclosing a damper. The damper is motor driven from a first fully open position to a second fully closed position. The damper can be controlled remotely from a wall consol or in accordance with thermostat logic. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110065374 | Grille Cover and Contaminant Level Indicator - A disposable cover for an air flow grille of the type permitting air flow through a plurality of air flow openings in a predefined array of said openings, each said air flow opening having a forward inlet aperture and a passage wall extending from said forward opening to a discharge aperture on a downstream side of said air flow grille, said disposable cover being made from a thin walled mouldable plastics material having passage means corresponding to the predefined array of said openings in said air grille and being engageable therein during use of the disposable cover, said disposable cover, in use, covering at least forward facing regions of said air flow grille and at least a portion of each of the passage walls extending towards the discharge aperture on the downstream side of said air flow grille. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20140134939 | AIR CONDITIONING INDOOR UNIT - A wall-mounted air conditioning indoor unit includes a casing, and an air flow direction adjustment unit with plural guide blades positioned between right and left side walls of the outlet passage of the casing. A first of the guide blades is positioned closest to a predetermined side wall of the right and left side walls. In a state in which the first guide blade is postured closer to the predetermined side wall as the first guide blade extends on a downstream side, first and second gaps are formed between first and second sections of the first guide blade and the predetermined side wall, respectively. The first section is part of an end portion of the first blade on the downstream side. The second section is outside the first section. The first gap is equal to or less than 10 mm. The second gap is greater than 10 mm. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140335777 | Cooling System - The invention is a cooling system comprising adjacent cooling deltas ( | 11-13-2014 |
| 20160201939 | OFFSET LOUVER GRILLE | 07-14-2016 |
| 454310000 | Concentric | 2 |
| 20090233539 | ANEMOSTAT - The present invention defines the anemostat that includes: | 09-17-2009 |
| 20140273804 | INJECTION MOLDED HVAC DIFFUSER ASSEMBLY - An air diffuser for use at a ventilation outlet of an HVAC system. The air diffuser comprises a base platform having an opening plenum formed from injection-molded plastic, the base platform including a collar for attachment to the outlet, the plenum defined by a perimeter rim, the edges of the rim lying substantially within a first common plane, at least one first diffuser plate positioned over the plenum, the first diffuser plate formed from injection-molded plastic and having edges lying substantially within a second common plane, and a plurality of stems integrally molded with one or more of the first diffuser plate and the base, the stems configured to secure the first diffuser plate to the base platform, each of the stems having a first end sized to fit within a complimentary female receptacle formed in one of the first diffuser plate and the base platform, the stems being formed via injection molding with one of the first diffuser plate and the base platform. | 09-18-2014 |
| 454313000 | Moveable | 18 |
| 20120003918 | SELF-POWERED FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS - A self-powered fluid control apparatus includes a casing having an interior section defined by a plurality of walls, at least one louver positioned within the interior section and extending along a plane, and a fluid flow-driven electrical generator positioned within the interior section substantially along the plane, the fluid flow-driven electrical generator being configured to generate an output current when sufficiently driven by a fluid flow stream through the generator. The flow control apparatus also includes a motor coupled to the at least one louver and a controller configured to generate and provide the control signal to the motor, in which the motor and the controller are powered solely by the output current generated by the fluid flow-driven electrical generator. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120171948 | AIR FLOW DIRECTION CHANGING DEVICE FOR AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - An air flow direction changing device of an air conditioning device according to the present invention includes: a lateral louver which is rotatably provided on the front side of a blowout port of a cabinet; a control section which changes the blowout direction of air sent from a fan by rotatably driving and controlling the lateral louver in the front surface of the blowout port; and a straightening plate which is provided on the rear side of the lateral louver in the blowout port and straighten the air flow from the fan located on the rear side in the passageway, and is configured such that the control section improves the blowing performance by controlling the rotation attitude of the lateral louver in such a manner that, when the lateral louver is held in an upward blowout attitude, an air blowing guide passage longer than the depth length of the lateral louver itself is formed by cooperation of the upper surface of the lateral louver with the upper surface of the straightening plate. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20140342655 | Adjustment Device with Drive Unit; Air Inlet with Such an Adjustment Device; Motor Vehicle with Such an Air Inlet - An adjustment device for adjusting an air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle between at least a first position in which the air inlet is substantially open and a second position in which the air inlet is substantially closed, comprising a drive unit for adjusting the air inlet between at least the first position and the second position, wherein the drive unit comprises a compound drive system. | 11-20-2014 |
| 454314000 | Aligned mutiple, movable sets of vanes | 4 |
| 20140302768 | AIR-CONDITIONING VENT VANE ADJUSTING DEVICE - An air-conditioning vent vane adjusting device includes a driving board for driving a vane to rotate, a push-button installed on the wind gate panel, and a connecting element of the driving board. The connecting element includes a fixed plate coupled to the push-button and moved together with the push-button, and the fixed plate has a guide notchnotch tilted with respect to the lengthwise direction of the driving board. The driving board has a lug accommodated in the guide notchnotch and capable of sliding in the guide notchnotch. With the tilted guide grove and the lug, the driving board can be moved reciprocally to overcome the problems of requiring a large operating force of the push-button of the tight assembly of the conventional driving board and connecting element and the difficulty of opening and closing a vane. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150338124 | WIND DIRECTION ADJUSTING DEVICE OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air flow direction adjusting device of an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a base member including attachment shafts; air flow direction adjusting members individually attached to the attachment shafts such that the air flow direction adjusting members are allowed to rotate; and a link plate configured to rotate the air flow direction adjusting members in an interlocked manner. At least one of the air flow direction adjusting members includes a rotation shaft attachment portion attached to the corresponding one of the attachment shafts, a link plate engagement portion to be engaged with the link plate, and an operation member attachment portion to which a manual operation member for manually adjusting orientation of the air flow direction adjusting members is attached. The manual operation member is not attached to at least one of the air flow direction adjusting members. | 11-26-2015 |
| 454315000 | Serially arranged sets | 2 |
| 20140302769 | REGISTER - A register has a narrow and long air outlet that is long in the longitudinal direction and short in the short-side direction, includes, but is not limited to a front movable louver that changes the wind direction in the short-side direction arranged inside the air outlet, and includes a rear movable louver that changes the wind direction in the longitudinal direction arranged upstream from the front movable louver. A back movable louver is arranged upstream from the rear movable louver in order to change the wind direction in the short-side direction. The back movable louver changes the wind direction by turning in a direction opposite to a direction in which the front movable louver is turned in the short-side direction. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140308889 | REGISTER - A front movable louver is configured for one central horizontal fin axially supported to be turnable in the horizontal direction substantially at the up-down center inside an air outlet, while an upper auxiliary horizontal fin is axially supported so as to be storable and turnable in the horizontal direction in a storing recess provided on an upper wall surface inside the air outlet, and a lower auxiliary horizontal fin axially supported to be storable and turnable in the horizontal direction in a storing recess provided on a lower wall surface inside the air outlet. The central horizontal fin is axially supported to be turnable by pivots provided to project substantially at the centers of both sides. The upper auxiliary horizontal fin and the lower auxiliary horizontal fin are axially supported to be turnable in a manner of sticking out downstream-side end portions to a passage side. | 10-16-2014 |
| 454317000 | Rotating disks | 5 |
| 20080318512 | Louver roller - The invention relates to a louver roller ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100197217 | Damper blade and damper blade assembly for an air duct - A damper plate assembly adapted for installation in a circular air duct having tubular walls defining a bore about a central air flow axis with a set of coaxial apertures in opposing walls, the damper plate assembly including:
| 08-05-2010 |
| 20130065505 | AIRTIGHT BUSHING FOR DUCTWORK DAMPER AND THE LIKE AND DUCTWORK DAMPER UNIT INCORPORATING SAME - A bushing is disclosed for pivotally mounting a damper in ductwork of the type generally used with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The bushing is a circular shaped member of silicone rubber material, which is particularly configured and dimensioned to provide an airtight fit with the ductwork to prevent loss of conditioned air at the pivot location, without compromising the rotational capability of the damper to alter the direction of the conditioned air. The bushing is dimensioned to be inserted into the ductwork and includes a peripheral groove which receives the ductwork in a manner which compresses the inner surface of the groove to provide the airtight seal. The bushing also includes a longitudinally tapered square central opening, which opening is dimensioned to engageably receive the damper pivot rod snugly to provide additional sealing at the interface between the bushing and the pivot rod. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130337736 | HVAC DAMPER SYSTEM - An illustrative damper system includes a damper blade that is configured to be positioned within a duct, such as a bypass duct of an HVAC system. A shaft is in communication with the damper blade, and an actuator or force adjustment mechanism is in communication with the shaft. The actuator or force adjustment mechanism may include a housing and a spring therein, where the spring is in communication with the shaft. The shaft, the damper blade, and the spring may be configured such that the shaft may affect movement of the damper blade about a rotation axis offset from a diametrical axis of the damper blade. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140206276 | ADAPTER STRUCTURE OF VENTILATING FAN - An adapter structure of a ventilating fan includes an oval metal adapter and an oval metal shutter provided in the metal adapter having a shape corresponding to the oval metal adapter. A symmetry axis of a longitudinal cross-section of the oval metal shutter in the horizontal direction is a major axis, and a symmetry axis in the vertical direction is a minor axis. The shutter rotates through a rotating shaft in the metal adapter, a curve point is provided between a projection point of a center line of the rotating shaft on the minor axis and a tail of the shutter a curved portion of the shutter is formed by curving the shutter from the curve point to an inner surface side of the shutter along the minor axis. Vibration of the shutter is suppressed in a position where the shutter is opened and turbulent flow is prevented. | 07-24-2014 |
| 454318000 | Louver vanes form valve | 3 |
| 20130165037 | Novel Louver System - A louver system for controlling airflow in a duct from a forced air heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system with a housing and a louver located on a mounting fascia. The system having a longitudinal slat located in the perimeter wall that is movable between the fully open position and the fully closed position via a slat positioning assembly. The slat positioning assembly is powered by a mainspring assembly. A winding assembly is operatively coupled to the mainspring assembly which is wound by a motor or a hand crank. A local control system having a microprocessor, a transmitter, and a receiver sends a positioning signal to the slat positioning assembly that rotates the slat to a specified position via power from the mainspring assembly. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130231041 | AIR GUIDING APPARATUS - An air guiding apparatus includes a frame, a rotating structure, and a plurality of louvers. The frame defines an opening. The rotating structure is received in the opening and rotatable relative to the frame about an axis. The plurality of louvers are attached to the rotating structure and are rotatable relative to the rotating structure about a direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the axis. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140120826 | AIR CONDITIONING REGISTER - An air conditioning register is provided that includes a case, a downstream fin, a specific upstream fin extending in a direction perpendicular to the downstream fin, and an operation knob. The specific upstream fin includes a fin main body pivotally supported by the case via an upstream fin shaft and a transmission body pivotally supported by the case via a pivot located further upstream than the upstream fin shaft. The fin main body and the transmission body are coupled to each other. The operation knob is mounted slidably on the downstream fin and includes a pair of fork portions sandwiching a transmission shaft portion of the transmission body therebetween. When the operation knob is operated to slide and thereby the transmission shaft portion is moved, the fin main body of the specific upstream fin is tilted. | 05-01-2014 |
| 454319000 | Plural vanes pivoting about individual axes | 3 |
| 20080318513 | Ventilation system diffuser and conduit - An improved diffuser connectable to a duct of a ventilation system has a diffuser body, a collar extending outwardly away from the diffuser body, and a conduit slideably mounted in the collar. The conduit is slideably extendable from a retracted configuration, wherein substantially all of the conduit is enclosed in the diffuser body and the collar, into at least one extended position wherein at least a portion of the conduit is extended out of the retracted configuration away from the diffuser body and out of the collar for connection to the duct. Thus, the diffuser may be compactly stored for transport in the retracted position and then extended for attachment to the duct in the extended configuration. A retaining member on the conduit prevents the conduit from being involuntarily retracted back into the retracted configuration. A conduit for attachment to a diffuser is also provided. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100087135 | METHOD AND THROTTLING DEVICE TO CONTROL AN AIR FLOW IN A CHANNEL OR IN A CHANNEL SYSTEM - A method and a throttling device to control an air flow in a channel ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100291860 | Parallel control damper with support - A damper support mechanism to reinforce a plurality of damper blades which are actuated together. When the blades are in a closed position, actuating brackets attached to each damper blade and a vertical bar are used to support the blades and preventing them from bending or breaking. The vertical bar is fixedly held in a stop mechanism located at the top or bottom of the vent opening. | 11-18-2010 |
