Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning register for use in an automotive vehicle has a hollow housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner housing wall. A plurality of pivotable vanes are disposed proximate the outlet, including an outermost vane disposed proximate the inner housing wall that is pivotable to an extreme position. A deflector is disposed between the inner housing wall and the outermost vane, such that the deflector substantially blocks airflow between the inner housing wall when the outermost vane is in the extreme position.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning register for use in an automotive vehicle has a hollow housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an inner housing wall. A plurality of pivotable vanes are disposed proximate the outlet, including an outermost vane disposed proximate the inner housing wall that is pivotable to an extreme position. A deflector is disposed between the inner housing wall and the outermost vane, such that the deflector substantially blocks airflow between the inner housing wall when the outermost vane is in the extreme position.

Abstract: The ends of a cable are attached to the seat belt buckle so that a loop of cable projects from the buckle. A mounting bracket comprised of a stamped metal strap is folded into a U-shape and receives the loop of cable. The ends of the metal strap are attached to the vehicle body. A sleeve of ductile metal is swaged over the cable and interposed between the cable and the bracket. The sleeve has a length greater than the width of the bracket so that the sleeve extends beyond the bracket somewhat to prevent the cable from contact with the bracket. The ductile sleeve yields when a load is imposed upon the cable.

Abstract: An emergency locking safety belt retractor having a safety belt storage spool, a locking ratchet turnable with the spool, a locking pawl for preventing spool rotation when engaged with the locking ratchet, a programming ratchet turnable with the spool and a locking pawl actuating means operable in response to a change in vehicle inertia sensed by a vehicle inertial sensor has an improvement in such locking pawl actuating means including the provision of a flexible member having a programming ratchet engageable tooth provided thereon, a connection between such member and the locking pawl for moving the locking pawl into a lockup with the spool mounted ratchet when the member is moved in response to a change in vehicle inertia sensed by the associated sensor and a closed loop cam way is associated with a follower on the member which causes the flexible member to store energy while being moved by the programming ratchet to cause the locking pawl lockup which is released after such lockup and then moved in a mann

Abstract: A diaphragm cell electrode including a central current feeder and a pair of working faces welded along their central lines to the current feeder, the outer edges being unrestrained so as to be resiliently compressible and expandable.