Illinois Tool Works Inc.
DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING AN ACTUATOR, IN PARTICULAR IN THE FORM OF A THROTTLE OR CLOSURE FLAP, OF AN AIR VENT, AN AIR VENT COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN ACTUATOR, IN PARTICULAR IN THE FORM OF A THROTTLE OR CLOSURE FLAP, OF AN AIR VENT

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.