Seal for a door, door and vehicle fitted with same
AssigneeFaiveley Transport Tours
InventorsOlivier Salles, Damien Morand, Thierry Montanie
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Abstract
The invention relates to a seal including a body having a built-in chamber in which a switching element is arranged, and a lever for actuating the switching element. The lever can tilt relative to the body in two different directions. The range of movement and shape of the lever and/or the arrangement thereof relative to a wall of the chamber are such that the tilting of the lever, in a first of the different directions, does not deform the chamber, or does not deform same enough for the switching element to switch, and such that the tilting of the lever in the second direction deforms the chamber so that the switching element switches.
Claims8
A set of seals comprising:
- a front male seal for a door, the front male seal comprising:
- a seal body comprising a chamber delimited by a wall projecting into a space;
- a switching-over element arranged in the chamber and actuated by deformation of the chamber;
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- a lever for actuating the switching-over element, the lever tilting with respect to the body including the chamber in a first direction and a second direction, and the lever including:
- on a side facing the space, a surface pressing directly on the wall of the chamber during tilting, and
- on an opposite side, a protuberance which, under a force exerted by an external activation element, tilts the lever,
- wherein the lever is arranged so that tilting of the lever in the first direction, does not deform the chamber to actuate the switching-over element, and tilting of the lever in the second direction, deforms the chamber to actuate the switching-over element and
- a front female seal having a hollow arranged to receive the lever of the front male seal and where the lever is able to move in the first direction or the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.