US 12,485,745 B2
Device for shutting off an air flow for a motor vehicle front end, comprising a plurality of support frames
Vijendra Kumar, Chennai (IN); Vladimir Szegeny, Prague (CZ); Frederic Vacca, La Verriere (FR); and Sebastien Velasco, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES, La Verriere (FR)
Appl. No. 18/247,979
Filed by VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES, La Verriere (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/076547
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/073793, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2010226 (FR), filed on Oct. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382216 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/085 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shut-off device for an air intake for a motor vehicle front end, comprising:
a first support frame having four sidewalls,
a second support frame having four sidewalls,
at least one flap disposed within each of the first and the second support frames, the at least one flap being able to pivot about a pivot axis between a first, open, end position and a second, closed, end position,
the first and the second support frames being mechanically fixed directly to one another at one of their sidewalls, referred to as a fixing sidewall,
the first and the second support frames each having at least one drive device dedicated to moving the at least one flap.