Coupling device with integrated clearance compensation
AssigneeAdvanced Comfort Systems SAS—Acs France
InventorsAnthony Jean, Maxime Nee
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Abstract
A device for closing (1) a bay arranged in a structure comprises a support (7) intended to receive a drive device (8) and to be fixed to said structure. The support (7) comprises a plate (10), intended to be fixed to said structure and receive said drive device (8) and a cover (12), receiving a coupling portion (60) of a transmission means (6) towards the bay. The support (7) is capable of assuming at least one free state, wherein the cover (12) and the plate (10) are free in translation in relation to one another; and a locked state, in which the cover (12) and the plate (10) are immobile in relation to one another.
Claims17
A closure device for closing a bay arranged in a structure, the closure device comprising a fixed part, wherein an opening is defined, and at least one movable panel guided sliding along two guide rails mounted on one face of said fixed part, between a closed position, closing said opening, and at least one open position,
- at least one of said guide rails guiding in translation a shuttle ensuring the passage of the movable panel from said closed position to said at least one open position, and vice versa, said shuttle being configured to be connected to a drive device offset in relation to said shuttle and connected to said shuttle by means of a cable moving within at least a first sheath portion so as to form a transmission means, one part of said cable being engaged with a gearwheel of said drive device,
- wherein the closure device comprises a support configured to receive said drive device, the support being configured to be fixed to said structure and comprising two parts:
- a first part formed as a plate, configured to be fixed to said structure and to receive said drive device, and
- a second part formed as a cover, secured to said first sheath portion of said transmission means,
- the cover being mounted on the plate so that the support is capable of taking at least two states:
- a free state, wherein the cover and the plate are free in translation in relation to one another, said translation between the cover and the plate moving said gearwheel along the cable, inducing a variation of a tension of the cable;
- a locked state, wherein the cover and the plate are immobile in relation to one another.
A Motor vehicle comprising at least one closure device for closing a bay arranged in a structure, the closure device comprising a fixed part, wherein an opening is defined, and at least one movable panel guided sliding along two guide rails mounted on one face of said fixed part, between a closed position, closing said opening, and at least one open position,
- at least one of said guide rails guiding in translation a shuttle ensuring the passage of the movable panel from said closed position to said at least one open position, and vice versa, said shuttle being configured to be connected to a drive device offset in relation to said shuttle and connected to said shuttle by means of cable moving within at least a first sheath portion so as to form a transmission means, one part of said cable being engaged with a gearwheel of said drive device,
- wherein the closure device comprises a support configured to receive said drive device, the support being configured to be fixed to said structure and comprising two parts:
- a first part formed as a plate, configured to be fixed to said structure and to receive said drive device, and
- a second part formed as a cover, secured to said first sheath portion of said transmission means,
- the cover being mounted on the plate so that the support is capable of taking at least two states:
- a free state, wherein the cover and the plate are free in translation in relation to one another, said translation between the cover and the plate moving said gearwheel along the cable, inducing a variation of a tension of the cable;
- a locked state, wherein the cover and the plate are immobile in relation to one another.
A Method for assembling a closure device comprising the steps of:
- receiving a closure device the support of which is in the free state;
- securing the fixed part of the said closure device to the edges of said bay;
- securing the plate of the said support to the said structure;
- adjusting the position of said cover in relation to said support so that said drive means is suitably positioned in relation to said shuttle;
- and
- locking said support, by passing from said free position to said locked position.
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