System of controlled flaps for a vehicle, comprising two sets of flaps
AssigneeValeo Systemes Thermiques
InventorsJerome Ripa, Enzo Mitidieri, Pierre Alexandre Langlet
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system (1) of controlled flaps comprising two sets (10a, 10b) of flaps (100), each set (10a, 10b) of flaps (100) being able to adopt an open position (p1) and a closed position (p2), characterized in that said system (1) of controlled flaps further comprises an actuator (11) that is configured to bring one (10a) of the sets (10a, 10b) of flaps (100) into the open position (p1) before the other (10b) of the sets (10a, 10b) of flaps (100).
Claims11
A system of controlled flaps for a vehicle, comprising:
- two sets of flaps, each set of flaps being able to assume an open position and a closed position;
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- an actuator configured to drive one of the sets of flaps into the open position before the other of the sets of flaps;
- a spring connecting the two sets of flaps;
- an upper lever with a primary lost motion cam configured to be driven by a connecting rod disposed opposite to the spring and that rotates the upper lever and the primary lost motion cam;
- a lower lever with a secondary lost motion cam configured to be driven by the actuator;
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- the connecting rod connected to the actuator and connecting the upper lever and the lower lever;
- wherein the upper lever and the lower lever each attach to both sets of flaps on a first side of the flaps opposite from a second side of the flaps to which the spring attaches;
- wherein the spring comprises a first end connected to a primary connecting part on a surface of one of the sets of flaps and a second end connected to a secondary connecting part on a surface of the other of the sets of flaps.
A method for controlling flaps of a vehicle, the flaps forming part of two sets of flaps, each set of flaps being able to assume an open position and a closed position, wherein the control method comprises:
- driving one of the sets of flaps into the open position before the other of the sets of flaps;
- wherein the two sets of flaps are connected by a spring;
- wherein driving one of the sets of flaps comprises using an actuator to drive a connecting rod disposed opposite to the spring;
- wherein an upper lever and a lower lever each attach to both sets of flaps on a first side of the flaps opposite from a second side of the flaps to which the spring attaches;
- wherein the spring comprises a first end connected to a primary connecting part on a surface of one of the sets of flaps and a second end connected to a secondary connecting part on a surface of the other of the sets of flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.