Motor vehicle equipment module
AssigneeValeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
InventorVincent Izabel
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Abstract
A motor vehicle equipment module having at least first and second components in which first and second fixing zones are designed to be fixed to a structural element of the vehicle with a common fixing element. The module includes links which link together the two components when the module is to be mounted on the vehicle structural element. An elastic element is axially interposed between the links and the second component. The links are interposed between the common fixing element and the structural element when the module is fixed on the vehicle.
Claims20
A motor vehicle equipment module which includes at least first and second components, with first and second fixing areas in the form of plates with orifices connectible to be fixed to a structure element of the vehicle by means of a common fixing element, and having an elastic element interposed between the second fixing area and the structure element, the module comprising:
- connecting means for connecting the first and second fixing areas together when the module is supplied for mounting on the structure element of the vehicle,
- the elastic element interposed axially and radially between the connecting means and the second fixing area of the second component;
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- the connecting means interposed between the common fixing element and the structure element when the module is fixed so that the first component is immobilized with respect to the structure element and the second component is mechanically decoupled with respect to the first component to filter vibrations without compressive load from the common fixing element being applied to the elastic element.
A motor vehicle equipment module including:
- at least first and second devices for controlling a door, each of the at least first and second devices including, respectively, first and second fixing areas, a first orifice in the first fixing area, a second orifice in the second fixing area, the first orifice and the second orifice coaxially arranged and adapted to be fixed to a structural element of the vehicle using a fixing element;
- strut means for coupling the first and second fixing areas together, the strut means interposed between the fixing element and the structural element;
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- an elastic element interposed axially between the strut means and the second fixing area, and wherein the first device is immobilized with respect to the structural element and the second device is mechanically decoupled with respect to the first device without compressive load from the common fixing element being applied to the elastic element.
In a motor vehicle equipment module having at least first and second components with first and second fixing areas in the form of plates with orifices intended to be fixed to a structural element of the vehicle by a common fixing element, the improvement comprising:
- an elongate connector having a through passage for operably receiving the common fixing element extending therethrough, the elongate connector for connecting the first and second fixing areas together to define a module for mounting on the structural element of the vehicle, the elongate connector having radially extending first and second collars adjacent corresponding longitudinal ends of the connector and an intermediate radially extending collar located axially between the first and second collars of the connector to define first and second peripheral surfaces between the first and second collars, the first peripheral surface for receiving and axially immobilizing the first fixing area with respect to the connector, and the second peripheral surface for receiving, elastically dampening and mechanically decoupling the second fixing area with respect to the connector;
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- an elastic element interposed axially and radially between the connector and the second fixing area of the second component, the connector interposed between the common fixing element and the structural element when the module is fixed so that the first component is immobilized with respect to the structural element and the second component is mechanically decoupled with respect to the first component to filter vibrations without compressive load from the common fixing element being applied to the elastic element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.