Patents Assigned to AKWEL
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Patent number: 12209438Abstract: This device includes a base, a handle lever mounted so as to pivot on the base about an axis, a kinematic chain configured to transmit a movement of the handle lever to a lock of the opening control to unlock the door, an inertial safety member having a main body forming an inertial mass and a main locking element connected to the body and configured to pass, by inertia effect in the event of impact, from an inactive idle position to at least one active position of locking at least one movable element of the kinematic chain. The inertial member is movably mounted so as to pivot on the base about a second locking axis and is configured to operate in a reversible mode by adopting at least one reversible locking position and to operate in an irreversible mode by adopting at least one irreversible locking position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN S.LInventors: Alberto Diez Estevez, Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, José Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20250012392Abstract: A fluidic coupler includes male and female connectors, each including an inner fluid duct and a valve that is elastically displaceable in the duct wherein the valves interact with one another by mutually pushing one another into a fluidically open position in a coupling configuration and wherein the valves are elastically returned to a position in which the duct is sealed closed by closing heads in a configuration in which the two connectors are uncoupled, the body of one of the valves including a section for connecting the closing head to the free joining end with a portion that is convergent in the direction of a neck and a portion that is divergent up to the free joining end to define a widened end joining surface, and the closing head of the other valve is truncated at its free joining end to define a widened end joining surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: AKWELInventors: Stéphane BOREL, Peter FAULSTRONH
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Publication number: 20250003494Abstract: A seal includes an undulating profile following a circumferential path centered on a main axis, such that the path has a variable axial amplitude relative to a reference transverse plane perpendicular to the main axis between two, lower and upper, transverse planes and defines a non-planar geometric profile of the seal. The undulating profile has at least two peaks and at least two troughs that are formed by axial excursions relative to the transverse reference plane so that compression of the seal follows a stepped profile in which the steps are defined by the upper and lower planes and intermediate planes located between the upper and lower planes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: AKWEL SWEDEN ABInventors: Jan OLOFSSON, Cécilia LOFGREN
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Publication number: 20240200674Abstract: This check valve includes a casing delimiting an internal volume provided with an inlet, an outlet, a membrane, extending at least partially inside the internal volume of the casing, the membrane having a contact portion radially elastically deformable between a sealing position wherein the contact portion contacts an internal wall of the internal volume and a fluid opening position wherein the fluid can flow from the inlet to the outlet around the membrane. The membrane axially having a decreasing cross section, the casing includes on the inlet side an internal seat for receiving the distal portion and on the outlet side, an axial extension pin configured to extend inside the proximal portion of the membrane wherein the membrane is immobilized axially between the seat and the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: AKWELInventor: Christophe Bondran
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Publication number: 20240123927Abstract: A thermal protection device includes a cover including a wall, according to a longitudinal axis, with a rear portion adapted to be mounted on the connector so as to surround it at least partially and with a front portion adapted to be mounted on the tubular element and to hold it by a mechanical connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AKWELInventors: Alexandra CARLE, Jérémy DREUX
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Patent number: 11953130Abstract: A cylindrical cavity for receiving the tubular article and a metal casing body delimiting a seat substantially inside which the insert is wrapped around the article, the insert having an external projection which extends radially towards the exterior of the insert and is configured to cooperate with a corresponding orifice formed in the seat of the metal body so as to position the insert inside the body, the projection comprising a base attached to the insert and a head provided at the periphery of the head with a protruding clipping edge configured to hold the insert inside the metal casing body. The insert has, at the base of the projection, a through hole extending in line with the clipping edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AKWEL SWEDEN ABInventors: Cécilia Lofgren, Jan Olofsson
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Publication number: 20240076914Abstract: The arrangement includes a latch pivotally mounted to cooperate with a catch, a lock member including a locking ratchet arranged to cooperate with the latch between initial and intermediate locking configurations of the latch, following at least one movement control action of the ratchet by an actuator, an ejector arranged to drive, with the ejection thereof, the pivoting of the latch and the lifting of the hood, the latch and the ejector forming an ejection member of the striker. During the movement of the ratchet from the initial configuration to the final configuration, the lock member is arranged to pivot the ejection member in an ejection direction against the resultant torque of the weight of the hood exerted on the ejector via the striker in order to enable the lifting of the hood.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Agustin REGUEIRO BLANCO, Javier GONZALEZ NOVO, Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, David MARTINEZ NOVAS
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Patent number: 11898384Abstract: An opening control of a motor vehicle opening has a housing, a handle rotatably housed completely or partially in the housing, in an ejected position the handle extends at least partially from the housing, the handle actuating a door lock, a lock cylinder adjacent to the door handle, and a flap articulated to the housing and to cover the lock cylinder while being flush with the handle, and, when the flap is actuated by hand, exposes the lock cylinder; the flap articulated about an axis of rotation extending with respect to the lateral edge of the handle to a distance greater than or equal to 10 mm and the lateral edge of the handle includes a gripping device, capable of receiving a member inserted between the open flap and the lateral edge of the handle enabling the manual actuation of the handle from the flush position to the ejected position.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11692377Abstract: An opening control device including a base, a handle lever configured to be pivotally mounted on the base about a handle axis, a kinematic chain configured to transmit a movement from the handle lever toward a latch of the opening control device to unlock the door leaf, the chain including at least one active branch of the handle lever, an inertial safety member including a main body forming an inertial mass and a blocking element linked to the body and configured to prevent by wedging the transmission of movement by the kinematic chain. According to the invention, the inertial member is kinematically coupled to the secondary branch of the handle lever and extends on the side of the secondary branch with respect to the handle axis opposite to a gripping main branch.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN S.LInventors: Javier Casal Gomez, Alberto Diez Estevez, Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira
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Patent number: 11686133Abstract: The opening control includes a handle pivotally mounted on a support prone to adopt a pushed position, an intermediate rest position and an ejected position as well as electrical and mechanical means for driving in movement the handle and coupled with the handle of the vehicle such that the application of a predefined force on the handle causes the mechanical or electrical activation. It includes a hard point crossing means configured to define a pattern of evolution of a value of a force applied on the handle as a function of a push-in stroke of the handle between its rest position and the pushed position, including a crossing of a hard point separating first and second portions of the stroke.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11679651Abstract: An opening control device including a case, a handle movably mounted between at least a flush position in which the handle is entirely or partially housed within the case and an ejected position in which the handle is at least partially emerged from the case. The opening control device includes a mechanism configured to be mechanically triggered in response to a push-in action into the case of the handle, the completion of the push-in action being adapted to cause the triggering of the mechanism. Furthermore, the mechanism is configured to automatically drive in movement the handle over all or part of a stroke starting from a pushed position of the handle to the flush position through the ejected position.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN S.LInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez
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Patent number: 11674481Abstract: The resonator is configured to attenuate the noise in a duct delimiting an internal channel for the flow of a fluid according to a reference axis, of the type including an annular compartment configured to extend around the channel and provided with at least one orifice forming a neck for communication with the flow channel so as to form a resonance chamber. Accordingly, the compartment has an inner structure with a geometry shaped so as to produce a revolution annular asymmetry of the resonance chamber about the reference axis, adapted to generate a phase shift of an acoustic pressure wave reflected inside the chamber relative to an acoustic pressure wave incident from the main flow.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: AKWELInventors: Pascal Guerry, Adrien Eustache, Michel Robinault
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Patent number: 11607932Abstract: The opening control device includes a fixed support configured to be mounted on the door leaf, a handle movably mounted on the support, a mechanism for electrical and mechanical activation of an unlocking of a latch of the motor vehicle door leaf respectively for electrically and mechanically actuating the unlocking of the latch, the mechanism being mechanically coupled with the handle of the vehicle such that the application of a predefined pulling force on the handle causes the electrical or mechanical activation of the unlocking of the latch. The activation mechanism includes a first lever for electrical activation of the latch and a second lever for mechanical activation of the latch movably mounted relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Javier Gonzalez Novo
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Publication number: 20230081813Abstract: A device includes a support, a handle mounted pivotably with respect to the support, a lever for actuating a lock of the door configured to cooperate with an extension element of the handle extending transversely from an inner face of the handle. Moreover, the lever is mounted movable on an axis of articulation of the support against a resilient return member between a first rest configuration of the member in which it extends across a path of the extension element to generate a stress resisting the pivoting of the handle and a second configuration of actuation of the lock in which it is driven in rotation about said axis by the extension element during the pivoting of the handle after having overcome the resisting stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, José Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Oscar PAMPIN AGRA, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
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Patent number: 11598458Abstract: A hinged connection device includes first and second tubular components around a main axis which respectively include a first male hinge member provided with an end head shaped as a spherical segment and a second female hinge member provided with a complementary seat receiving movably inside the end head of the first member. The first member is configured to be housed at least partially inside the first component and to be assembled to the second component throughout the second member. The second member is configured to be mounted around the second component and assembled to the first component over the first member such that the two tubular components are assembled together by the reciprocal intersection of the two hinge members.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: AKWEL VANNES FRANCEInventors: Michel Robinault, David Gateau, Hervé Simon, Pascal Guerry
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Patent number: 11592131Abstract: A end-piece having a hollow tubular body having a longitudinal main axis X and provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots extending from an open end of the end-piece and delimiting a plurality of snap-fitting tabs, each provided with a snap-fitting leg delimited axially by a radial shoulder and extending axially by a guide ridge towards said free end, the guide ridge having a top corresponding to a maximum snap-fitting force linked to the crossing of said top. At least first and second tabs defining respectively first and second tops, the tops are axially shifted relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: AKWELInventor: Quentin Derom
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Publication number: 20230046790Abstract: A cylindrical cavity for receiving the tubular article and a metal casing body delimiting a seat substantially inside which the insert is wrapped around the article, the insert having an external projection which extends radially towards the exterior of the insert and is configured to cooperate with a corresponding orifice formed in the seat of the metal body so as to position the insert inside the body, the projection comprising a base attached to the insert and a head provided at the periphery of the head with a protruding clipping edge configured to hold the insert inside the metal casing body. The insert has, at the base of the projection, a through hole extending in line with the clipping edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: AKWEL SWEDEN ABInventors: Cécilia LOFGREN, Jan OLOFSSON
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Publication number: 20230049181Abstract: A bracket to be mounted in a cut-out in a panel of the door, a gripping handle hingedly mounted with respect to the bracket. The handle includes a body of generally elongate shape having an end portion for hinging to the bracket about a hinge axis substantially parallel to the plane of the panel of the door and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handle. The bracket has a body of casing defining a cavity open to the outside, which the handle partially closes off in a rest position leaving a concave access recess for gripping an internal face of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, José Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Oscar PAMPIN AGRA, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
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Patent number: 11542729Abstract: The system includes a bracket, a handle pivotally mounted about a handle axis and including a main gripping branch and a secondary branch each extending on either side of the handle axis, a safety device configured to block an ejection of the handle towards its open position in the event of an impact. The device includes a blocking pawl elastically biased into a position of blocking the pivoting of the secondary branch according to a handle ejection direction and at least one lever for releasing the secondary branch in the ejection direction, the release lever being configured to drive the pawl, against its elastic biasing force, into a release position of the secondary branch, consecutively to a manual mechanical action of pushing in the handle from its flush position and/or to the triggering of an electric actuation for ejecting the handle from its flush position.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo
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Patent number: 11519204Abstract: An opening control has a case and a handle mounted so as to tilt about an axis relative to the case between at least one rest position and an ejected position, a lever for pivoting the handle in ejection and/or retraction and electrical actuation element of the pivot lever. The lever is configured to pivot about an axis common to the handle and has a member for elastically returning into a return position in which it is adapted to retain the handle in its rest position. The actuation element is configured to make the lever pivot against the return force of the return member so as to drive in its rotational movement the handle from its rest position to its ejected position.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SLInventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez