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Air flow control device for an engine block in a motor vehicle

US10900409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FLEX-N-GATE GERMANY GMBH · DE

Inventors

Yann Clapie · Stammham, DE
Bertrand Thoulouze · Gaimersheim, DE
Daniel Eichlinger · Stadthagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/88
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for controlling an air flow in a motor vehicle compartment. The device includes: a frame defining an opening; a plurality of slats extending across the frame, arranged above one another; and an actuator connected to each of the slats by a respective fastener. Each slat extends in a respective air deflection plane, and is movable via the actuator, between: a closed position, in which the slats cooperate with one another to block the passage of the air through the opening, and an open position, in which the slats allow the air to flow through the opening, the deflection planes of the slats intersecting upstream from the frame. Each fastener is mounted rotatably only on the actuator, around a respective actuating axis.

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