Patents Assigned to AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
  • Publication number: 20240076914
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Agustin REGUEIRO BLANCO, Javier GONZALEZ NOVO, Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, David MARTINEZ NOVAS
  • Patent number: 11898384
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11686133
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11607932
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Javier Gonzalez Novo
  • Publication number: 20230081813
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, José Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Oscar PAMPIN AGRA, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20230049181
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, José Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Oscar PAMPIN AGRA, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Patent number: 11542729
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo
  • Patent number: 11519204
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11512508
    Abstract: The control comprises a handle flush mounted in a support and a kinematic chain for driving the handle in movement, comprising at least one rotary element for driving the handle in angular movement and at least one driving member configured to accumulate mechanical energy by mechanical work during a push-in action of the handle and to restitute mechanical energy to the drive kinematic chain after release of the handle. The handle includes a means for stabilizing the kinematic chain configured to limit the angulation of the rotary element of the chain during the push-in of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira, Alberto Diez Estevez, Javier Casal Gomez, Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo, Julio Garcia Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20220307300
    Abstract: A control is configured for being integrated and concealed in a pillar of a window of the door, and includes a base secured to the pillar, trim configured for externally cladding the opening control on the pillar and supported by the base, and a control interface for electrical actuation of a lock of the door. The trim of the pillar is conformed to follow the external shape of the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, José Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20220298833
    Abstract: A control configured for being integrated and concealed in a window pillar of the door, the control including a manual maneuvering member of the gripping pallet type, an interface base arranged on the pillar and on which the pallet is mounted articulated between an idle position integrated in the pillar so as to be flush and a deployed working position projecting from the pillar. It includes a mechanism for articulating the pallet on the base configured for allowing a movement of the pallet on a path in elevation and pivoting with respect to the base. Furthermore, the pallet includes a trim on the pillar, secured to the pallet, conformed for at least partially cladding the periphery of the pillar and for covering the interface base in the idle position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Agustin REGUEIRO BLANCO, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20220290470
    Abstract: A control includes a door lock configured for being actuated mechanically and/or electrically, the control being configured for being mounted on a structure element of the door of the vehicle so as to be integrated in a trim panel of the structure element. It includes a facade panel of an interior face of the door delimiting a decorative external visible face and an opposite masked internal face, the control includes an electric control member of an electrical actuator of the lock, extending on the internal face of the panel and a control interface associated with the electric control member, including a control region extending on the external face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, José Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Oscar PAMPIN AGRA
  • Publication number: 20210285264
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Jose Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20200318397
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Alberto DIEZ ESTEVEZ, Jose Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO
  • Publication number: 20200199918
    Abstract: The control comprises a handle flush mounted in a support and a kinematic chain for driving the handle in movement, comprising at least one rotary element for driving the handle in angular movement and at least one driving member configured to accumulate mechanical energy by mechanical work during a push-in action of the handle and to restitute mechanical energy to the drive kinematic chain after release of the handle. The handle includes a means for stabilizing the kinematic chain configured to limit the angulation of the rotary element of the chain during the push-in of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Alberto DIEZ ESTEVEZ, Javier CASAL GOMEZ, Jose Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20200199919
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Alberto DIEZ ESTEVEZ, Javier CASAL GOMEZ, Jose Oscar VAZQUEZ CARBALLO, Julio GARCIA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20190291543
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Alberto DIEZ ESTEVEZ, Javier CASAL GOMEZ, Javier GONZALEZ NOVO
  • Publication number: 20190283555
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: AKWEL VIGO SPAIN SL
    Inventors: Delmiro Javier COUTO MAQUIEIRA, Alberto DIEZ ESTEVEZ, Javier CASAL GOMEZ