Flap with a counterweight for an air extractor of a motor vehicle
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorLaurent Huët
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a flap (214) for an air extractor (210), in particular of a motor vehicle, said flap comprising a rigid or semi-rigid wall (242), articulation means (240) to allow a pivoting of the flap about an axis (A) substantially parallel to the wall, and at least one counterweight at a distance from said wall and removably connected to said wall (242). It also relates to an air extractor (210), in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising a support (212) having at least one window (218) defining an opening for the passage of air and at least one flap as described above and movable between a position of closure of the opening and a position of opening up this opening.
Claims14
A flap (214, 314) for an air extractor (210), said flap comprising a rigid or semi-rigid wall (242, 342), articulation means (240) to allow a pivoting of the flap about an axis (A) substantially parallel to the wall, and at least one counterweight (270, 370), characterized in that said at least one counterweight is at a distance from said wall and is connected removably to said wall (242).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.