Patents Assigned to U-SHIN FRANCE
  • Patent number: 11927035
    Abstract: A sheath end piece of a connecting element that connects two vehicle door opening devices includes a base, a mounting element, and a dismounting element. The connecting element includes a cable which is partially covered with a sheath. The base is mounted on an end portion of the sheath and includes a fastening interface to permit the mounting and dismounting of the connecting element on one of the two door opening devices. The mounting element permits exerting a pressure on the fastening interface so as to permit the mounting of the connecting element. The dismounting element permits exerting a traction on the fastening interface so as to permit the dismounting of the connecting element. At least one of the mounting element and the dismounting element protrudes from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Grislain, Herve Boucher, Francois Debroucke
  • Patent number: 11739570
    Abstract: A partial-opening system for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes an actuator having a fixed frame mounted on the opening leaf and an actuating element moveable between a retracted position in which the opening leaf is in a closed position, and a deployed position in which a free end of the actuating element is adapted to bear on the central pillar in order to partially open the opening leaf. The system further includes a device for retaining the opening leaf having a retaining end-piece arranged at the free end of the actuating element of the actuator and a retaining element adapted to be mounted on the central pillar of the vehicle, the retaining device adapted to maintain the opening leaf in its retracted position and to release the opening leaf in the case of an opening action on the opening leaf on the part of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Francois Debroucke, Jean Marc Verbrugghe, Herve Boucher, Kanae Okabe
  • Patent number: 11725432
    Abstract: A handle mechanism includes a handle and control mechanism. The handle is movable between a rest position flush with the door and a working position projecting therefrom. The control mechanism includes a first lever, a second lever, a tie-rod having ends linked to the first lever and the second lever according to hinged linkages at least one of which has a first oblong aperture parallel to the tie-rod, a device for elastically biasing the handle towards the rest position, a cam, a rod linking the cam to the tie-rod and including a pin. The tie-rod further includes a second oblong aperture parallel to the first oblong aperture and through which the pin of the rod extends in order to make the handle slide from the working position to the rest position in a motor-driven way through an over-travel of the cam when the elastic biasing device are not sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: U-Shin Italia S.p.A., U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Anthony Guerin, Simone Ilardo, Alberto Tropini, Antonio Rocci
  • Publication number: 20230235600
    Abstract: A striker includes a striker pad, a wire, a securing element, and a deformable spacer. The securing element exerts a securing force. The spacer includes a first end that receives the securing force and a second end that contacts the vehicle body. The spacer creates a clearance between the striker pad and the vehicle body when a first torque value is applied to the securing element so that the striker pad is movable along a first axis through a force exerted by the latch of a vehicle door, the latch cooperating with the wire when closing the door. The spacer is configured to deform to allow contact between the striker pad and the vehicle body when a second torque value is applied to the securing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: François DEBROUCKE, Benoît FRANKE
  • Patent number: 11654801
    Abstract: An electric lock for a fold-down seat of a motor vehicle is situated inside a housing. The lock includes a locking means, a blocking element, a transmission lever attached to the blocking element so as to move it between a position of blocking the locking means in the catch retention position and a position in which it is effaced with respect to the movement of the locking means. The lock includes an actuator comprising an electric motor, the actuator being able to move the transmission lever. The transmission lever of the lock is able to move about an axis of rotation and has two arms extending radially from the axis, the first arm at its end having a handle and the second arm at its end having a means of attachment to the blocking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventor: Jerry Godard
  • Patent number: 11572717
    Abstract: An electric lock for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes a bolt, a pawl, a central opening lever, and an actuator with three abutment positions and capable of interacting with the central opening lever, the actuator including a driver. The driver includes a toothed driving wheel and a driven wheel. The driven wheel includes a second driving member, a motor intended for driving the actuator, a central transfer lever able to be moved by the driven wheel of the driver by the second driving member and the movement of which is capable of being transmitted to the central opening lever in order to move the pawl into its retracted angular position. One of the wheels of the driver includes a first circle-arc shaped oblong slot and the other wheel includes a first driving member extending through the first circle-arc shaped oblong slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventor: Johann Robert
  • Publication number: 20210123269
    Abstract: A sheath end piece of a connecting element that connects two vehicle door opening devices includes a base, a mounting element, and a dismounting element. The connecting element includes a cable which is partially covered with a sheath. The base is mounted on an end portion of the sheath and includes a fastening interface to permit the mounting and dismounting of the connecting element on one of the two door opening devices. The mounting element permits exerting a pressure on the fastening interface so as to permit the mounting of the connecting element. The dismounting element permits exerting a traction on the fastening interface so as to permit the dismounting of the connecting element. At least one of the mounting element and the dismounting element protrudes from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste GRISLAIN, Herve BOUCHER, Francois DEBROUCKE
  • Publication number: 20210123271
    Abstract: A latch for a motor vehicle includes a bolt, a pawl, and a striker. The bolt is movable in rotation about a bolt axis. The pawl is movable in rotation about a pawl axis. The latch is configured to move between a partially closed position, a totally closed position, and an open position. In the partially closed position, the pawl abuts against the bolt on a first hooking point of the pawl and the striker is trapped by the bolt. In the totally closed position, the pawl abuts against the bolt on a second hooking point of the pawl, distinct from the first hooking point of the pawl, and the striker is trapped by the bolt. In the open position, the striker is released from the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Laurent DURIEZ, Francois DEBROUCKE, Jean-Baptiste GRISLAIN
  • Publication number: 20210087862
    Abstract: A handle mechanism includes a handle and control mechanism. The handle is movable between a rest position flush with the door and a working position projecting therefrom. The control mechanism includes a first lever, a second lever, a tie-rod having ends linked to the first lever and the second lever according to hinged linkages at least one of which has a first oblong aperture parallel to the tie-rod, a means for elastically biasing the handle towards the rest position, a cam, a rod linking the cam to the tie-rod and including a pin. The tie-rod further includes a second oblong aperture parallel to the first oblong aperture and through which the pin of the rod extends in order to make the handle slide from the working position to the rest position in a motor-driven way through an over-travel of the cam when the elastic biasing means are not sufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: U-Shin Italia S.p.A., U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Simone ILARDO, Alberto TROPINI, Antonio ROCCI
  • Publication number: 20210061145
    Abstract: An electric lock for a fold-down seat of a motor vehicle is situated inside a housing. The lock includes a locking means, a blocking element, a transmission lever attached to the blocking element so as to move it between a position of blocking the locking means in the catch retention position and a position in which it is effaced with respect to the movement of the locking means. The lock includes an actuator comprising an electric motor, the actuator being able to move the transmission lever. The transmission lever of the lock is able to move about an axis of rotation and has two arms extending radially from the axis, the first arm at its end having a handle and the second arm at its end having a means of attachment to the blocking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventor: Jerry GODARD
  • Patent number: 10934746
    Abstract: A lock (1) for a motor vehicle door, comprising: —an assembly of control means (7), each control means being mobile; —an assembly of opening levers (10A, 10B) of said door (2), each lever (10A, 10B) being intended to enable the opening of the door (2) by a control means (7) of the control means assembly, each lever (10A, 10B) comprising a cam (11A, 11B) which can rotate about an axis of rotation (8) and is fixed to said control means (7) in a fixation region (9) so as to be rotated during a movement of the control means (7); —a blocking means (12) configured to take an active blocking position, in which said blocking means (12) blocks an opening lever (10A), and a rest position in which said blocking means (12) authorises the movement of each opening lever (10A, 10B), —a spring-back blocking means (14) configured to switch said blocking means (12) from the rest position to the active blocking position, and —a trigger means (16) configured to take a rest position in which said trigger means (16) blocks the blo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: François Debroucke, Laurent Duriez, Cédric Lamidon
  • Publication number: 20200340277
    Abstract: An electric lock for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes a bolt, a pawl, a central opening lever, and an actuator with three abutment positions and capable of interacting with the central opening lever, the actuator including a driver. The driver includes a toothed driving wheel and a driven wheel. The driven wheel includes a second driving member, a motor intended for driving the actuator, a central transfer lever able to be moved by the driven wheel of the driver by the second driving member and the movement of which is capable of being transmitted to the central opening lever in order to move the pawl into its retracted angular position. One of the wheels of the driver includes a first circle-arc shaped oblong slot and the other wheel includes a first driving member extending through the first circle-arc shaped oblong slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventor: Johann ROBERT
  • Publication number: 20200263459
    Abstract: A partial-opening system for a motor vehicle opening leaf includes an actuator having a fixed frame mounted on the opening leaf and an actuating element moveable between a retracted position in which the opening leaf is in a closed position, and a deployed position in which a free end of the actuating element is adapted to bear on the central pillar in order to partially open the opening leaf. The system further includes a device for retaining the opening leaf having a retaining end-piece arranged at the free end of the actuating element of the actuator and a retaining element adapted to be mounted on the central pillar of the vehicle, the retaining device adapted to maintain the opening leaf in its retracted position and to release the opening leaf in the case of an opening action on the opening leaf on the part of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: U-SHIN FRANCE, U-Shin Ltd.
    Inventors: Francois DEBROUCKE, Jean Marc VERBRUGGHE, Herve BOUCHER, Kanae OKABE
  • Patent number: 10710551
    Abstract: An ignition device for a motor of an automotive vehicle is provided that the device includes a rotor configured to receive a key and mounted in rotation on a bracket, the rotor including a retainer configured to retain the rotor in translation relative to the bracket, and a first push back device configured to apply a linear force between the bracket and the rotor along an axis parallel to the axis of the rotation of the rotor. The bracket and the retainer are configured to cooperate so as to inhibit the rotation of the rotor in a predetermined direction from a predetermined angular position and to allow the rotation of the rotor beyond the predetermined angular position in the predetermined direction upon preliminarily applying a force on the rotor in an opposite direction to the direction of the linear force applied by the first push back device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Philippe Demptos, Christophe Perrin
  • Patent number: 10577837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock (1) for an openable body section of a motor vehicle including: a lever (10) for opening said openable body section intended for allowing the opening of the openable body section; a locking means (12) configured to adopt an operative locking position in which said locking means (12) locks said opening lever (10) and an inoperative position in which said locking means (12) allows the movement of said lever (10); a resilient locking return means (14) configured so as to move said locking means (12) from the inoperative position to the operative locking position; and a triggering means (16) configured so as to adopt an inoperative position in which said triggering means (16) locks the locking means (12) in the inoperative position thereof and an operative unlocking position in which said trigger (16) releases said locking means (12) in order for the later to pass from the inoperative position to the operative locking position, the opening lever (10) including a driving means (11c)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: François Debroucke, Laurent Duriez, Cédric Lamidon
  • Patent number: 10434983
    Abstract: A lock for an antitheft device for a motor vehicle steering column is provided and includes a stator having a stator head with an opening, a rotor rotatably mounted about an axis with respect to the stator having an annular flange, a cam to rotate as one with the rotor, and an elastic element arranged between the cam and the rotor in order to exert a thrust load axially on the rotor. The opening of the stator is designed to engage with the annular flange to prevent the rotor from rotating in a predetermined rotation direction from a predetermined angular position and allows the rotor to rotate beyond the predetermined angular position by prior depression of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Christophe Perrin, Patrice Poggi, Philippe Demptos, Patrick Tapin
  • Patent number: 10099654
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antitheft device for a motor vehicle steering column, comprising: —a locking means mounted in a movable manner between an unlocked position in which it is intended to be disposed away from the steering column and a locked position in which it is intended to prevent said steering column from moving, and—a cam (12) intended to rotate as one with a lock plug (5) in order to actuate the locking means depending on the position of the lock plug (5), characterized in that the cam (12) comprises: —a nonreturn profile (13) intended to engage with a complementary assembly member (15) that is configured to prevent the cam (12) from rotating in the opposite direction once it has reached a predetermined angular position, and —a push-locking recess (14) intended to receive a stop (20, 21) that is intended to engage with a complementary assembly member (15) that is configured to prevent the cam (12) from rotating in a predetermined direction of rotation from a predefined angular position and to a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Patrice Poggi, Alix Della Fiorentina
  • Publication number: 20180009415
    Abstract: An ignition device for a motor of an automotive vehicle is provided that the device includes a rotor configured to receive a key and mounted in rotation on a bracket, the rotor including a retainer configured to retain the rotor in translation relative to the bracket, and a first push back device configured to apply a linear force between the bracket and the rotor along an axis parallel to the axis of the rotation of the rotor. The bracket and the retainer are configured to cooperate so as to inhibit the rotation of the rotor in a predetermined direction from a predetermined angular position and to allow the rotation of the rotor beyond the predetermined angular position in the predetermined direction upon preliminarily applying a force on the rotor in an opposite direction to the direction of the linear force applied by the first push back device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Philippe DEMPTOS, Christophe PERRIN
  • Publication number: 20170342748
    Abstract: A lock (1) for a motor vehicle door, comprising:—an assembly of control means (7), each control means being mobile;—an assembly of opening levers (10A, 10B) of said door (2), each lever (10A, 10B) being intended to enable the opening of the door (2) by a control means (7) of the control means assembly, each lever (10A, 10B) comprising a cam (11A, 11B) which can rotate about an axis of rotation (8) and is fixed to said control means (7) in a fixation region (9) so as to be rotated during a movement of the control means (7);—a blocking means (12) configured to take an active blocking position, in which said blocking means (12) blocks an opening lever (10A), and a rest position in which said blocking means (12) authorises the movement of each opening lever (10A, 10B),—a spring-back blocking means (14) configured to switch said blocking means (12) from the rest position to the active blocking position, and—a trigger means (16) configured to take a rest position in which said trigger means (16) blocks the blocking
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: François Debroucke, Laurent Duriez, Cédric Lamidon
  • Patent number: 9812017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection device (1) for a motor vehicle (VI) comprising at least one optical detector (3). Said at least one optical detector (3) being configured for detecting the approach of a person (U) in a predefined area in the vicinity of the vehicle in order to activate opening command means of a device for opening a movable panel (5, 7) of the vehicle (VI). According to the invention: —said detection device (1) comprises switching means for switching the function of the at least one optical detector (3) to a detecting function of an obstacle (V2) at a predefined distance of the vehicle (VI) when the identifier of an authorized person (U) is detected inside the vehicle (VI) and the vehicle movable panels (5, 7) are closed, and wherein—said detection device (1) comprises processing means configured to react depending on a detection of an obstacle (V2) by the optical sensor (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Dietmar Krauss, Hervé Calor