US 11,858,338 B2
Device for closing a motor vehicle cooling module
Reinhold Brückner, Herzebrock-Clarholz (DE); and Christian Schneider, Bad Lippspringe (DE)
Assigned to HBPO GmbH, Lippstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 17/440,045
Filed by HBPO GmbH, Lippstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/055897
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/187590, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 106 828.2 (DE), filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185099 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 11/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/085 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for closing a motor vehicle cooling module, comprising:
a closure element for closing air inlets in a motor vehicle,
a guide element for guiding the closure element during an opening and a closing movement, and
a control element for controlling the opening and closing movements of the closure element,
wherein
the closure element and the guide element are arranged with respect to one another and can be controlled by the control element in such a way that air inlets in the motor vehicle can be opened and closed by the closure element along a vehicle width, and two air inlets arranged opposite one another along the vehicle width can be opened and closed simultaneously by the closure element, wherein the closure element is configured in the form of a textile, wherein the control element is at least partially conically shaped, wherein the closure element comprises a first finishing strip arranged within a first finishing area and a second finishing strip arranged within a second finishing area for attachment to the control element, wherein the guide element and the control element are connected to one another via a gear mechanism, a first gear being arranged on the guide element and a second gear being arranged on the control element, and the first and second gear being arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the guide element can be guided via the control element.