System for managing the front-end air inlet of a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11413956-B2
Application number	US-201716074118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2017
Priority date	Feb 3, 2016
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A system for managing the air of a front-end air inlet of a motor vehicle may include at least one flap and a holding frame for holding the at least one flap. The flap may include a pivot pin for pivoting the flap. A support with at least one bearing may receive the pivot pin and a closing element for closing the bearing. A control device may control the movement of the flap between a sealed position in which the air inlet is sealed and at least one open position in which the air inlet is open by pivoting the pivot pin in a region of the bearing. The flap may include an actuating finger for actuating the flap, integral in movement with a rod controlled by the control device. The closing element forms a guide for the rod.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for managing an air of a front-end air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one flap and a holding frame for holding said at least one flap, said at least one flap being provided with a pivot pin for pivoting said at least one flap;
a support provided with at least one bearing configured to receive said pin for pivoting said at least one flap and a closing element for closing said at least one bearing, the closing element comprising:
two rails, each rail having an undulating shape;

a control device for controlling the movement of said at least one flap between a sealed position in which the air inlet is sealed and at least one open position in which the air inlet is open by pivoting the pivot pin in a region of the bearing,
said at least one flap comprising an actuating finger for actuating said at least one flap, wherein the actuating finger translates in conjunction with translational movement of a rod controlled by the control device, the actuating finger extending parallel to the pivot pin,
wherein the closing element forms a guide which prevents deviation of the rod from a path of translational movement and the undulating shape of each of the two rails corresponds to the translational movement of the rod.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which the closing element comprises a closing wall for closing said at least one bearing.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2 , in which the closing element comprises a bearing wall bearing on the frame.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a retaining means for holding the closing element to the holding frame.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , in which one end of the closing element is shaped to form the retaining means.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 , in which the end of the closing element comprises a leg configured to cooperate with one end of a slide of the closing element so as to clamp a part of the frame and/or a part of the support of said at least one bearing and/or a lug for holding the leg against the frame.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of flaps.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuating finger is mounted at the rod for pivoting movement with respect to the rod.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the rod includes a main body comprising a hole, and the actuating finger is mounted to pass through the hole.

10. A system for managing an air of a front-end air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least one flap and a holding frame for holding said at least one flap, said at least one flap being provided with a pivot pin for pivoting said at least one flap;
a support provided with at least one bearing configured to receive said pin for pivoting said at least one flap and a closing element for closing said at least one bearing;
a control device for controlling the movement of said at least one flap between a sealed position in which the air inlet is sealed and at least one open position in which the air inlet is open by pivoting the pivot pin in a region of the bearing,
said at least one flap comprising an actuating finger for actuating said at least one flap, wherein the actuating finger translates in conjunction with translational movement of a rod controlled by the control device, the actuating finger extending parallel to the pivot pin, the rod including a main body comprising a hole, the actuating finger is mounted at the rod for pivoting movement with respect to the rod and to pass through the hole;
wherein the closing element forms a guide which prevents deviation of the rod from a path of translational movement.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10 , in which the closing element comprises a slide for guiding the rod.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 , in which the slide comprises two rails, each of the rails having a shape that corresponds to the translational movement of the rod.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12 , in which each rail has an undulating shape.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10 , in which the closing element comprises a closing wall for closing said at least one bearing.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14 , in which the closing element comprises a bearing wall bearing on the frame.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising a retaining means for holding the closing element to the holding frame.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 , in which one end of the closing element is shaped to form the retaining means.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17 , in which the end of the closing element comprises a leg configured to cooperate with one end of the slide so as to clamp a part of the frame and/or a part of the support of said at least one bearing and/or a lug for holding the leg against the frame.

19. The system as claimed in claim 10 , comprising a plurality of flaps.

Assignees

• Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Inventors

• Gerber Sylvain

Classifications

• Y02T10/88

  Optimized components or subsystems, e.g. lighting, actively controlled glasses · CPC title

• B60K11/085 Primary

  with adjustable shutters or blinds · CPC title