Ceiling grille for air conditioner of recreational vehicle

• US 6,149,513 A
• Filed: 07/12/1999
• Issued: 11/21/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Airxcel Incorporated (Thor Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Lyu, Jeong-Un
• Primary Examiner(s): Joyce, Harold
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOLES, DEREK
• Application Number:
  US09/351,447
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 454/136, 454/137, 454/138, 454/152, 454/108, 454/300, 454/311, 454/323
• US Class Current: 454/152
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00378 for tractor or load vehicle cabins
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/247 Disposition of several air-diffusers in a vehicle for ventilation-air circulation in a vehicle cabin
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/3407 providing an air stream in a fixed direction, e.g. using a grid or porous panel
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/3478 acting on additional damper doors
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 13/00 Control systems or transmitting systems for actuating flying-control surfaces, lift-increasing flaps, air brakes, or spoilers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/082 Grilles, registers or guards
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2221/14 mounted on the ceiling

Abstract

Disclosed is a ceiling grille for an air conditioner of a recreational vehicle. A center grille part is disposed on a lower surface of the ceiling grille for discharging cooled air in a vertical downward direction. The center grille part has a first center opening. A closure member is arranged above the center grille part for opening and closing the center grille part while being moved up and down. The closure member has a second center opening aligned with the first center opening and a cam part placed around the second center opening. A guide section guides upward and downward movements of the closure member. A spring is intervened between the center grille part and the closure member for biasing upward the closure member. A knob is rotatably fitted into the first and second center openings. A cap member is coupled to the knob to be integrally rotated therewith. The cap member has a plurality of projections which slide on an upper end surface of the cam part to cause the closure member to be moved up and down.

Claims

1. A ceiling grille for an air conditioner of a recreational vehicle, comprising:

a center grille part disposed on a lower surface of the ceiling grille for discharging cooled air in a vertical downward direction, the center grille part having a first center opening;

a closure member arranged above the center grille part for opening and closing the center grille part while being moved up and down, the closure member having a second center opening aligned with the first center opening and a cam part placed around the second center opening;

guide means for guiding upward and downward movements of the closure member;

a spring intervened between the center grille part and the closure member for biasing upward the closure member;

a knob rotatably fitted into the first and second center openings; and

a cap member coupled to the knob to be integrally rotated therewith and having a plurality of projections which slide on an upper end surface of the cam part to cause the closure member to be moved up and down.

2. The ceiling grille as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide means comprises:

a vertical wall formed around the first center opening of the center grille part; and

a housing part formed around the second center opening of the closure member such that it is opposed to the vertical wall, the housing part having a circumferential groove into which the vertical wall is fitted.

3. The ceiling grille as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cam part of the closure member has a cylindrical wall-shaped configuration, and the upper end surface of the cam part has a plurality of inclined portions, horizontal portions and stepped portions which are alternately formed.