LOCK FOR MOTOR VEHICLE OPENING LEAF FITTED WITH A SPRING

• US 20120267905A1
• Filed: 12/02/2010
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Debroucke, François
• Application Number:
  US13/510,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20120267905A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/336.3
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 15/04 Spring arrangements in locks E05B3/065, E05B15/101, E05B15/143, E05C19/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/10 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/57 Operators with knobs or handles

Abstract

The system (2) for an opening leaf (22) of a vehicle comprises: at least one upstream member (60), at least one spring (162), and at least one downstream member (64) capable of causing the opening leaf to open. The spring extends in series between the upstream member and the downstream member with reference to a kinematic chain along which a command to open the opening leaf is transmitted from the upstream member to the downstream member.

Claims

1. An opening system for a vehicle opening leaf, comprising:

at least one upstream member;

at least one spring; and

at least one downstream member configured to command opening of the opening leaf,

the spring extending in series between the upstream member and the downstream member with reference to a kinematic chain for transmitting a command to open the opening leaf from the upstream member to the downstream member.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upstream member transmits the opening command to the downstream member only via the at least one spring or springs.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upstream member bears directly against the downstream member to transmit the opening command.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring lies between two rotary levers of the system.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring lies in a portion of the kinematic chain commandable only from an exterior handle of the opening leaf

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring between a handle and a first rotary lever lies after the handle in the kinematic chain.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring lies upstream of a cable of a lock.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring lies between two levers of the system lying upstream of a cable of a lock.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring lies between two sections of a cable of a lock.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one spring lies downstream of a cable of a lock.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a lock, wherein the spring or at least one of the springs lies between a clutch lever of the lock and a lever of the lock lying upstream of the clutch lever.