IP Library Granted Patent US 11,473,655
Granted Patent B2
US 11,473,655 · App. 13/916,995 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Transmission element for a motor vehicle

Inventor: Bernd Knauer (Esslingen, DE)
Assignee: Magna Exteriors (Germany) GmbH
F16H21/44B60K11/085Y02T10/88Y10T74/1892
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Patent No.
US 11,473,655
App. No.
13/916,995
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission element for a controllable air inlet of a motor vehicle and configured to produce a pivoting movement to pivotably mounted closing elements. Each closing element is connected by a link part which is arranged outside the pivot axis, to a corresponding link element of the transmission element (Ü).

Claims (9)

1. A transmission arrangement for a radiator grille of a motor vehicle, the radiator grille including a frame, a strut which separates air passage openings of the radiator grill from each other, and a controllable air inlet having at least one closing element mounted for pivoting movement about a pivot axis, the transmission arrangement comprising:

a transmission element mounted to the strut for displaceable movement relative thereto in both a rectilinear and a curved direction which controls the pivoting movement of the at least one closing element, the transmission element comprising a single plastic component having at least one elongate transmission element body with a tapering web and a link member arranged at a connection region of the tapering web in a flexible elastic manner, the link member being connected to the at least one closing element via a pin member arranged outside the pivot axis of the at least one closing element in a manner permitting the pivoting movement of the at least one closing element during the displacement movement of the transmission element.

2. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the transmission element is mounted displaceably for movement in a direction of extension of the strut.

3. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one elongate transmission element body is configured to transmit tensile forces and shearing forces.

4. The transmission arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the link member comprises a receptacle configured to receive the pin member of the closing element.

5. A transmission element for controlling movement of an air inlet of a motor vehicle, the air inlet including at least one closing element mounted for pivoting movement about a pivot axis, the transmission element comprising:

a transmission element body comprising a single plastic component having at least one elongate transmission element body with a tapering web and a link member arranged at a connection region of the tapering web in a flexible elastic manner, the link member being connected to the at least one closing element via a pin member arranged outside the pivot axis of the at least one closing element in a manner permitting the pivoting movement of the at least one closing element during the displacement movement of the transmission element.

6. A transmission element for controlling movement of an air inlet of a motor vehicle, the air inlet including at least one closing element mounted for pivoting movement about a pivot axis, the transmission element comprising:

a transmission element body comprising a single plastic component having at least one elongate transmission element body with a web member and a link member arranged at a connection region of the web member in a flexible elastic manner, the link member comprising a pin receptacle to receive a pin member arranged outside the pivot axis of the at least one closing element in a manner permitting the pivoting movement of the at least one closing element during the displacement movement of the transmission element, wherein the web member is tapered in a direction of the pin receptacle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 17, 2021
From: DECOMA (GERMANY) GMBH
To: MAGNA EXTERIORS (GERMANY) GMBH
Reel/Frame 057537/0707 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2013
From: KNAUER, BERND
To: DECOMA (GERMANY) GMBH
Reel/Frame 030607/0129 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102012011595.4 · Jun 13, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130333501A1 · Dec 19, 2013
Cited By (1)
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