Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operating device of air conditioner for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车用空调机操作装置
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Application No.: US10947336Application Date: 2004-09-23
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Publication No.: US07381128B2Publication Date: 2008-06-03
- Inventor: Satoshi Ogawa , Tomoyuki Shibata , Yoshiyuki Aoki
- Applicant: Satoshi Ogawa , Tomoyuki Shibata , Yoshiyuki Aoki
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: JPP.2003-332058 20030924
- Main IPC: B60H1/00
- IPC: B60H1/00 ; G05G1/10 ; F16H35/18

Abstract:
A gear portion is provided on the inner peripheral surface of a dial, and a large diameter portion of a main driving gear is mated with the gear portion. A driven gear is mated with a small diameter portion of the main driving gear, and the state of an air conditioner is switched based on the moving operation of a cable through the gear portion, the main driving gear and the driven gear in the rotating operation of the dial. With this structure, it is not necessary to provide a rotary shaft as a member for transmitting an operating force to the central part or the dial. Consequently, it is possible to maintain a space in the central part of the dial. Thus, restrictions can be decreased in the case in which a knob is to be arranged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050064807A1 Operating device of air conditioner for vehicle Public/Granted day:2005-03-24
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