Abstract: A device for manipulating an actuator (1) of an air vent (2), wherein, for generating as required an adjustment movement acting on the actuator (1), the device has a preferably manually actuable actuating element (3) and a drive mechanism (6) with a motor drive (7). The drive mechanism (6) is assigned a resetting mechanism which is designed to make an adjustment movement, brought about previously by the drive (7), of the actuator (1) relative to the housing (10) of the air vent (2) reversible again, if required, such that the actuator (1) is then again in a position relative to the housing (10) of the air vent (2) that was set previously by actuation of the actuating element (3).

Abstract: An operator element for an air vent of a vehicle, wherein the operator element is slidably or rotatably mounted relative to a carrier element, and wherein the operator element is associated with a friction brake having an elastically deformable friction body, which elastically springingly pushes against the operator element and/or the carrier element, such that the friction brake moves the operator element relative to the carrier via friction. The friction body is aligned at least in regions in the longitudinal direction of the movement path of the operator element and has at least in regions a cross-section with an at least substantially star-shaped, in particular X-shaped or Y-shaped, cross-sectional surface or a polygonal cross-sectional surface having at least three corners or a cross-sectional surface having circumferentially distributed tooth regions.

Abstract: An air vent for a motor vehicle includes a housing having an insert rotationally and/or pivotably supported in the housing about a bearing system with at least one assembly for guiding and/or deflecting a supplied air flow, and an element arranged centrally in the insert. The element is connected to the assembly for guiding and/or deflecting a supplied air flow. The bearing system is arranged on the central longitudinal axis of the housing and is carried out by a bearing. An optical fiber is accommodated in the bearing. For the at least regional lighting of the air vent, at least one light source is arranged in the housing on the central longitudinal axis upstream of the bearing system, such that the light emitted by the at least one light source is at least partially couplable, as needed, into the first optical fiber via a photometric coupling in the bearing.

Abstract: An air vent for a motor vehicle includes a housing having an insert rotationally and/or pivotably supported in the housing about a bearing system with at least one assembly for guiding and/or deflecting a supplied air flow, and an element arranged centrally in the insert. The element is connected to the assembly for guiding and/or deflecting a supplied air flow. The bearing system is arranged on the central longitudinal axis of the housing and is carried out by a bearing. An optical fiber is accommodated in the bearing. For the at least regional lighting of the air vent, at least one light source is arranged in the housing on the central longitudinal axis upstream of the bearing system, such that the light emitted by the at least one light source is at least partially couplable, as needed, into the first optical fiber via a photometric coupling in the bearing.

Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing (10) and an air-guiding element (30), wherein the air-guiding element (30) is mounted in the housing (10) so as to be pivotable in different directions about at least one centre of rotation (D), wherein a first drive element acts on the air-guiding element (30) at a first engagement point (A1), and a second drive element acts on the air-guiding element (30) at a second engagement point (A2), wherein the second engagement point (A2) defines, with the at least one centre of rotation (D) of the air-guiding element (30), a first pivot axis (S1) about which the first drive element pivots the air-guiding element (30), and wherein the first engagement point (A1) defines, with the at least one centre of rotation (D) of the air-guiding element (30), a second pivot axis (S2) about which the second drive element pivots the air-guiding element (30).

Abstract: An automatic air outlet system for supplying air into a vehicle interior of a vehicle, wherein the automatic air outlet system includes a plurality of air outlets that are motorized and may be automatically adjusted and that respectively include a plurality of setting parameters, a storage unit for storing a plurality of ventilation situations, wherein in the case of each of the plurality of ventilation situations a specific configuration of the setting parameters of each air outlet of the plurality of air outlets is specified, the configuration being adjusted to the corresponding ventilation situation, a specification unit for the purpose of specifying a ventilation situation to the plurality of ventilation situations that are stored in the storage unit, and a control unit for the purpose of controlling the plurality of air outlets such that the air outlets fulfil the ventilation situation that is specified by the specification unit.

Abstract: An air vent (1) for a motor vehicle, wherein the air vent (1) includes a housing (2) having an air inlet region (3) and an opposite air outlet region (4). In the housing (2) of the air vent (1), an airflow splitter (5), which extends at least regionally or partially transversely to the housing longitudinal direction, is arranged such that a first air guiding region (6) and a second air guiding region (7) are formed, wherein, for the purpose of air deflection as needed in a first direction, in particular in a vertical direction, the air vent (1) includes a device for airflow control, via which device a portion of the total airflow flowing through the housing (2), the portion flowing through the first and/or second air guiding region (6, 7), is adjustable.

Abstract: A device for manipulating an actuator, designed in particular in the form of a throttle valve or closure flap, of an air vent, wherein the actuator is optionally designed as an air-directing element or as part of a package of air-directing elements. The device has a motor-operated, in particular electromotive, drive, which is or can be coupled mechanically to the actuator in such a way that the actuator can be adjusted relative to the housing of the air vent by activating the drive. The device also has a sensor system for, in particular, directly sensing a real actual position of the actuator relative to the housing of the air vent.

Abstract: An operator element for an air vent of a vehicle, wherein the operator element is slidably or rotatably mounted relative to a carrier element, and wherein the operator element is associated with a friction brake having an elastically deformable friction body, which elastically springingly pushes against the operator element and/or the carrier element, such that the friction brake moves the operator element relative to the carrier via friction. The friction body is aligned at least in regions in the longitudinal direction of the movement path of the operator element and has at least in regions a cross-section with an at least substantially star-shaped, in particular X-shaped or Y-shaped, cross-sectional surface or a polygonal cross-sectional surface having at least three corners or a cross-sectional surface having circumferentially distributed tooth regions.

Abstract: A drive unit (1) for actuating a plurality of functions of an air vent system or of an air distribution system, having an electric motor drive (3) with a drive shaft which can be driven in a first rotational direction or in a second rotational direction, and a switching mechanism with at least one first and one second output shaft (5), via which functions of the air vent system can be actuated, the switching mechanism being configured, during a drive of the drive shaft in the first rotational direction, to transmit a torque from the drive shaft only to the first output shaft (5), and, during a drive of the drive shaft in the second rotational direction, to transmit a torque from the drive shaft only to the second output shaft (5).

Abstract: A device for manipulating an actuator (1) of an air vent (2), wherein, for generating as required an adjustment movement acting on the actuator (1), the device has a preferably manually actuable actuating element (3) and a drive mechanism (6) with a motor drive (7). The drive mechanism (6) is assigned a resetting mechanism which is designed to make an adjustment movement, brought about previously by the drive (7), of the actuator (1) relative to the housing (10) of the air vent (2) reversible again, if required, such that the actuator (1) is then again in a position relative to the housing (10) of the air vent (2) that was set previously by actuation of the actuating element (3).

Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle includes a housing (10) and an air-guiding element (30), wherein the air-guiding element (30) is mounted in the housing (10) so as to be pivotable in different directions about at least one centre of rotation (D), wherein a first drive element acts on the air-guiding element (30) at a first engagement point (A1), and a second drive element acts on the air-guiding element (30) at a second engagement point (A2), wherein the second engagement point (A2) defines, with the at least one centre of rotation (D) of the air-guiding element (30), a first pivot axis (S1) about which the first drive element pivots the air-guiding element (30), and wherein the first engagement point (A1) defines, with the at least one centre of rotation (D) of the air-guiding element (30), a second pivot axis (S2) about which the second drive element pivots the air-guiding element (30).