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Vehicle vent positioning apparatus

  • US 9,862,249 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 01/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle vent positioning apparatus comprising:

  • a motion sensor installed to a vehicle and detecting changes in direction of movement of the vehicle;

    a blower of an HVAC system within the vehicle operable to move air into a passenger compartment of the vehicle;

    at least one vent assembly installed within the vehicle to direct airflow from the blower into a passenger compartment, the vent assembly including at least one vane positionable to aim airflow moving through the vent and into the passenger compartment in a plurality of differing airflow directionsa positioning device connected to the vane; and

    a controller connected to the motion sensor and the positioning device, the controller being configured to operate the positioning device to re-position the vane from aiming the airflow in a first airflow direction to aiming the airflow in a second airflow direction in response to the controller determining via signals from the motion sensor that the vehicle is changing direction of movement, and the controller is further configured to operate the positioning device to re-position the vane aiming airflow in the second airflow direction to aiming airflow in the first airflow direction in response to the controller determining via signals from the motion sensor that the vehicle has completed changing direction of movement.

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