Abstract: A device for controlling the displacement of a moving member by means of of a fluid distributor connecting a single-acting actuator for displacing the moving member to a source of fluid under pressure and to an exhaust, wherein the fluid distributor comprises a fixed element (68) having hoses providing fluid connections to the actuator, to the source of fluid under pressure, and to the exhaust, a moving element (64) constrained to be displaced by manually-operated control means, and a moving element (66) constrained to move with the moving member or the piston rod of its actuator. The invention is particularly applicable to controlling the displacement of flaps in an installation for heating and ventilating or for air conditioning a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a joint for connecting an elastically-deformable hose (14) and a rigid tube (22) having a smooth cylindrical outside surface. The tube (22) has a radial projection (26) on its outside surface which constitutes an abutment for the end of the hose (14) and also an anchor point for a clamping ring (28). The invention is applicable to mounting rubber hoses to rigid water inlet and outlet fittings on heat exchangers in motor vehicles, in particular.

Abstract: The device for controlling the displacement for a moving member such as a flap (46) includes a fluid distributor valve (10) actuated by control means (18) and suitable for connecting a single-action actuator (38) to a source of fluid under pressure, or to an exhaust, or for isolating said actuator from said source and said exhaust. The piston rod (40) of the actuator is connected to a moving element (14) of the distributor valve and also to the moving member (46) by common motion transmission means. The invention is applicable, in particular, to controlling flaps in installations for heating and ventilating or for air conditioning motor vehicles.

Abstract: A header of plastic material for a heat exchanger of the tube type has two identical faces provided with projecting ribs. The internal partition-wall of a water box is fitted between the ribs of one header face while the ribs of the other face are applied against an end fin of the tube bank.

Abstract: The invention provides a power assisted hydraulic control system suitable for actuating clutches and brakes. The system incorporates a master cylinder having a master piston therein defining a control chamber, a hydraulic power assistance unit, and a distributor adapted to connect, by means of a slide valve, the power assistance unit with the hydraulic receiver controlling the brake or clutch unit. The distributor comprises a slide-valve having a plunger one end of which is subjected to the pressure in the control chamber and the other end of which is subjected to the pressure in the receiver.A bypass channel links the control chamber of the master cylinder to the pipeline connecting the operating port of the distributor to the receiver. The bypass channel has a bypass valve controlled by a spring which opens in the event of failure of the power assistance to permit manual operation by the master piston.

Abstract: A power-assisted steering device for a vehicle comprises a two-part steering column which parts are capable of limited relative angular displacement, and a hydraulic power-assistance mechanism responsive by means of a hydraulic distributor to relative angular displacement of the parts. The distributor comprises a stator having a pressure orifice connected to a hydraulic pump, a return orifice connected to a fluid reservoir, and two service orifices connected to the assisting jack. Two adjacent rotors are located within the stator and these are rotatable respectively with said two parts, the first rotor having distribution passages interacting with the stator pressure and return orifices, and the second rotor having distribution passages interacting with the first rotor distribution passages and the stator service orifices.

Abstract: A power-assisted steering device for a vehicle comprises a two-part steering column, which parts are capable of limited relative angular displacement, and a hydraulic power-assistance mechanism having a distributor responsive to relative angular displacement of the parts and comprising two rotors, each rotationally integral with a corresponding part of the steering column. One or both of the steering column parts has a prism-shaped cavity in its end, a prism-shaped plug being received in the cavity with an angular offset and being connected to the other part, thus providing the limited angular play between the two parts. The plug may either be a separate element received in cavities in both parts of the steering column, or may be received in a cavity of only one part and integrally formed with the other part. A thin corrugated tooth annular element may act as a rotational lock between each part and the corresponding rotor of the distributor.

Abstract: A clutch release bearing is disclosed comprising an operating element having a transverse annular flange, a bearing plate lining one side of the annular flange and clips being provided for a relative elastic snap-fit engagement on the associated clutch fork. The clips are independent, generally U-shaped parts having a bight portion which is interposed between the bearing plate and the transverse annular flange of the operating element under a radial lug of the bearing plate. Alternatively, the bight portion extends on the side of the transverse annular flange remote from the bearing plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a torsional-vibration damping hub for a clutch friction plate. The hub comprises two coaxial parts mounted for limited relative angular displacement against the action of circumferential springs disposed between the parts. Axially-acting spring means are also provided for acting on friction means disposed between the parts, and these spring means comprise a clamping disc provided with elastically deformable, radially projecting lugs. These lugs extend from the internal periphery of the clamping disc and are each bent to form a dihedral angle.This arrangement enables an improved distribution of the axial clamping force over known arrangements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clutch release bearing, particularly for motor vehicles, of the kind comprising an operating element, which is acted on by a clutch fork, a drive element, which, under the action of the operating element, acts on the disengaging mechanism of the clutch, and axially acting elastic means, which are supported by the operating element and bear on the drive element in order to hold the latter against a bearing plate which is axially fast with the operating element. According to the invention, the circumference along which these axially acting elastic means bear on the drive element has a diameter which is approximately equal to the diameter of the circumference along which the drive element is capable of bearing on the disengaging mechanism of the clutch. As a result, the axially acting elastic means are not able to cause a rocking torque on the drive element, which is thus maintained in axial alignment with the operating element.

Abstract: This relates to a diaphragm clutch mechanism comprising a cover, and a diaphragm spring connected to the cover for rocking movement with respect thereto. A pivot ring is provided as a support for the diaphragm spring, and this ring is anchored, at its internal periphery, between a bent-back part of the lugs fixing the diaphragm spring in a pivoting manner to the clutch cover, and a shoulder formed on the axial part of these lugs. This shoulder is in contact with only one of the axial edges of the axial part of the respective lug, so that the other axial edge of the axial part is substantially rectilinear.