Abstract: A technology that further improves an air conditioning function of a vehicle air conditioning duct device 1 is provided. The vehicle air conditioning duct device 1 includes: a housing 2 disposed on a lateral side of a seat and on a side opposite to a vehicle door with respect to the seat; a blowout port 3 provided at a position, in the housing 2, between a vehicle compartment floor upper surface 93 and a seat surface 94 of the seat; and a duct 4 having therein a flow path 40 for conditioned air, the duct 4 being disposed inside the housing 2 and connected to a vehicle air conditioner and the blowout port 3. The vehicle air conditioning duct device 1 is configured to blow out the conditioned air from the blowout port 3 obliquely forward with respect to the seat.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes an outlet and an inlet. The outlet is provided on a side surface of a center console that is located, in the vehicle width direction, on the inner side of a seat, in which an occupant of the vehicle is seated. The outlet blows out air toward the occupant. The inlet is provided on a side surface of a door trim, which is located on the outer side of the seat in the vehicle width direction, and draws in air that has been blown out from the outlet.

Abstract: A duct body F30 having a straight tubular shape is provided to a duct F3 of an air conditioning function-equipped console device F1, a fin member F35 provided inside the duct body F30 faces a front blowout port F33 of the duct body F30, fin bodies F36 of the fin member F35 are arranged in an axial direction of the duct body F30, and projected areas of the respective fin bodies F36 when projected in the axial direction increase from the fin body F36 on an inflow port F31 side toward the fin body F36 on a rear blowout port F32 side. Alternatively, a damper S4 is disposed on a far side of a blowout port S2 of a duct S3 in an air conditioning duct device S1, an operation portion S5 connected to the damper S4 and partially exposed in a vehicle compartment S95 is provided, the blowout port S2 has a long shape, and at least a part of the operation portion S5 is located on an outer side in a short-side direction with respect to the blowout port S2.

Abstract: A double opening storage device includes: a box body; a lid member; an open/close mechanism for opening/closing the lid member around a first or second rotation shaft; and an actuation device provided at the lid member and receiving power from the box body side via a wiring member. The open/close mechanism has a hinge member having one end supported swingably around the first rotation shaft by the lid member and another end supported swingably around the second rotation shaft by the box body. In opening/closing the lid member around the first rotation shaft, the hinge member stays at the box body without following the lid member, and in opening/closing the lid member around the second rotation shaft, the hinge member swings from the box body, following the lid member. The wiring member has a hinge wiring portion extending and wired along the hinge member between the one and other ends.

Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.

Abstract: Provided is a novel heating system for an electric vehicle. A heating system for a vehicle compartment includes: a heat source storage chamber disposed below a vehicle compartment floor of an electric vehicle and configured to store at least one heat source element unit selected from an automotive battery, a motor, a converter, and an inverter; and a connection chamber configured to connect between the heat source storage chamber and the vehicle compartment. A heat exchange medium flows in the heat source storage chamber and the connection chamber. The heat source element unit and air in the vehicle compartment exchange heat with each other through the heat exchange medium.

Abstract: A low-profile air-conditioning register includes a retainer, which has an air passage, a fin, an operation knob assembly, and a transmission mechanism. The air passage has an outlet port having a pair of short side portions and a pair of long side portions. The retainer includes a pair of inclined surfaces at a downstream end of the retainer. The fin is arranged upstream of the inclined surfaces and is swingably supported by the retainer with a fin pivot, which extends in an extension direction of the long side portions. The operation knob assembly is provided at a downstream section of the retainer. The transmission mechanism is configured to transmit a motion of the operation knob assembly to the fin such that the fin is swung in a direction of as opposite trend to an operated direction of the operation knob assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes an outlet and an inlet. The outlet is provided on a side surface of a center console that is located, in the vehicle width direction, on the inner side of a seat, in which an occupant of the vehicle is seated. The outlet blows out air toward the occupant. The inlet is provided on a side surface of a door trim, which is located on the outer side of the seat in the vehicle width direction, and draws in air that has been blown out from the outlet.

Abstract: An air-conditioning register includes a downstream fin, upstream fins, a coupling rod, a shut-off damper, an operation knob, a transmission shaft, an upstream universal joint, a downstream universal joint, and a transmission mechanism portion. The operation knob includes a rotation member. The upstream universal joint couples an upstream end of the transmission shaft to the shut-off damper. The downstream universal joint couples a downstream end of the transmission shaft to the rotation member. The transmission mechanism portion transmits swinging motion of the transmission shaft caused by sliding of the operation knob to the central upstream fins, and prevents swinging motion of the transmission shaft caused by operation of the operation knob to tilt the downstream fin from being transmitted to the central upstream fins.

Abstract: An air conditioning round register includes a cylindrical retainer, an annular outlet ring supported so as to be able to be rotated in any direction, an opening and closing fin body supported so as to be able to be tilted, a control rotated with fingers, and a mechanism that converts rotation of the control into tilt of the fin body. The control includes a branch connection part placed on a central axis of the outlet ring, and three branches radially extending from the branch connection part and disposed at regular angular intervals around the central axis. At the branch connection part, a front end of each crotch surface portion between adjacent branches has a radius of 10 to 30 mm in front view. The front end of each crotch surface portion protrudes farther forward than a front end of the retainer by 8 to 15 mm.

Abstract: An air conditioning register includes: a retainer, fins, a connecting plate and a drive mechanism; wherein: connecting pins of the fins are engaged with cam grooves provided in the connecting plate so that all fins are connected to the connecting plate, wherein: each of the cam grooves has a parallel blowing zone for bring adjacent fins into a parallel blowing mode, and has a diffusion blowing zone for bringing adjacent fins into a diffusion blowing mode; and the drive mechanism is provided with an allowing part which allows the connecting plate to move in the arrangement direction of the fins, while maintaining the zone where each connecting pin is positioned in each cam chamber in the parallel blowing zone, when the operation of tilting the fins is performed with the fin shafts as a fulcrum, and only when each connecting pin is in the parallel blowing zone.

Abstract: A low-profile air-conditioning register includes a retainer, which has an air passage, a fin, an operation knob assembly, and a transmission mechanism. The air passage has an outlet port having a pair of short side portions and a pair of long side portions. The retainer includes a pair of inclined surfaces at a downstream end of the retainer. The fin is arranged upstream of the inclined surfaces and is swingably supported by the retainer with a fin pivot, which extends in an extension direction of the long side portions. The operation knob assembly is provided at a downstream section of the retainer. The transmission mechanism is configured to transmit a motion of the operation knob assembly to the fin such that the fin is swung in a direction of as opposite trend to an operated direction of the operation knob assembly.

Abstract: An interior component has a projecting portion projecting rearward at a position forward and downward from a vehicle occupant when the occupant maintains a sitting posture in a passenger compartment. The interior component has a front inclined surface section and a rear inclined surface section in a lower section of the projecting portion. A retainer and air-direction changing members arranged in the retainer are arranged immediately below the projecting portion at positions forward from the front inclined surface section. A manipulating member is arranged above the rear inclined surface section with at least a part of the manipulating member exposed rearward from the projecting portion. A first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism, which transmit movement of the manipulating member to the air-direction changing members, are arranged in the interior component.

Abstract: A shut-off damper of an air-conditioning register has a damper body serving as a frame portion and a sealing portion softer than the damper body. The sealing portion includes a distal sealing portion caused to contact an inner wall surface of a retainer at a closed position and a flexible joint portion joining the distal sealing portion and the damper body together. The distal sealing portion has a cross section configured by a projected curved portion and contacts the inner wall surface of the retainer at the curved portion. At least a part of the joint portion has an increased thickness portion having a thickness increasing toward the damper body.

Abstract: An air conditioning register includes: a retainer, fins, a connecting plate and a drive mechanism; wherein: connecting pins of the fins are engaged with cam grooves provided in the connecting plate so that all fins are connected to the connecting plate, wherein: each of the cam grooves has a parallel blowing zone for bring adjacent fins into a parallel blowing mode, and has a diffusion blowing zone for bringing adjacent fins into a diffusion blowing mode; and the drive mechanism is provided with an allowing part which allows the connecting plate to move in the arrangement direction of the fins, while maintaining the zone where each connecting pin is positioned in each cam chamber in the parallel blowing zone, when the operation of tilting the fins is performed with the fin shafts as a fulcrum, and only when each connecting pin is in the parallel blowing zone.

Abstract: An air-conditioning register includes a downstream fin, upstream fins, a coupling rod, a shut-off damper, an operation knob, a transmission shaft, an upstream universal joint, a downstream universal joint, and a transmission mechanism portion. The operation knob includes a rotation member. The upstream universal joint couples an upstream end of the transmission shaft to the shut-off damper. The downstream universal joint couples a downstream end of the transmission shaft to the rotation member. The transmission mechanism portion transmits swinging motion of the transmission shaft caused by sliding of the operation knob to the central upstream fins, and prevents swinging motion of the transmission shaft caused by operation of the operation knob to tilt the downstream fin from being transmitted to the central upstream fins.

Abstract: An air-conditioning register includes a retainer, fins, a coupling plate, and a drive mechanism. The fins are tiltably supported by the retainer with fin pivots. Each fin has a coupling pin at a position displaced from the fin pivot. The coupling plate couples the fins together at the coupling pins. The drive mechanism changes the position of the coupling plate in the flowing direction. The coupling pins are engaged with cam grooves provided in the coupling plate. Each cam groove includes a parallel blow zone and at least one non-parallel blow zone. The drive mechanism includes an allowing portion. When operation is executed to tilt the fins about the fin pivots, the allowing portion allows the coupling plate to move in an arrangement direction of the fins, while maintaining the coupling pins in the current zones in the cam grooves.

Abstract: An air conditioning round register includes a cylindrical retainer, an annular outlet ring supported so as to be able to be rotated in any direction, an opening and closing fin body supported so as to be able to be tilted, a control rotated with fingers, and a mechanism that converts rotation of the control into tilt of the fin body. The control includes a branch connection part placed on a central axis of the outlet ring, and three branches radially extending from the branch connection part and disposed at regular angular intervals around the central axis. At the branch connection part, a front end of each crotch surface portion between adjacent branches has a radius of 10 to 30 mm in front view. The front end of each crotch surface portion protrudes farther forward than a front end of the retainer by 8 to 15 mm.

Abstract: Each fin shaft of auxiliary fins passes through each of upper and lower bearing parts in a first wall part. A pair of transmission shafts provided for the upper and lower fin shafts is arranged outside of the first wall part. A cam member is rotationally arranged outside of the first wall part. A fin shaft of a main fin is rotationally supported by the first wall part. The fin shaft of the main fin has an arm and a transmission shaft. The cam member has cam holes in which the transmission shafts of the upper auxiliary fin are fitted, cam holes in which the transmission shafts of the lower auxiliary fin are fitted, and a long hole in which the transmission shaft of the fin shaft of the main fin is fitted.