Abstract: Shutter device for a front grille of a vehicle that according to one embodiment includes a frame, a driving flap pivotally coupled to the frame and suitable for pivoting between an airflow blocking position and an opening position. The driving flap is coupled to a rotary actuator by a rotary shaft for moving the driving flap. The shaft includes a first stop configured for being supported on a first final stop of the frame when the driving flap is arranged in the blocking position. The shaft also includes a second stop arranged on the shaft, the second stop being axially and angularly displaced with respect to the first stop, and is also configured for being supported on a second final stop of the frame when the driving flap is arranged in the blocking position.

Abstract: An adjustable pedal that includes a first body with a shoe, a second body pivotable about a shaft, the first body being movably coupled with respect to the second body, a third body being pivotable with respect to the second body and movably coupled with respect to the first body, the third body being coupled to an actuator through a coupling, and a control device suitable for adjusting the position of the pedal. The first body and the second body are telescopically coupled to one another, the control device controlling the distance between the rotating shaft and the coupling by moving the three bodies relatively to one another, keeping the ratio of the distance between the shaft and the shoe and the distance between the shaft and the coupling substantially constant.

Abstract: A pedal apparatus for a motor vehicle that includes a support piece adapted to be fixed to a part of the motor vehicle. According to one implementation the pedal apparatus includes a shaft having a plastic body having a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion disposed between the first and second end portions, each of the first and second end portions being supported on the support piece. The shaft also includes a metal body disposed on an exterior surface of the central portion of the plastic body. A pedal with a hollow bushing at one end is arranged on the shaft with an interior surface of the hollow bushing being supported on an external surface of the metal tube, the dimensional characteristics of the hollow bushing and metal tube permitting the hollow bushing to rotate about the shaft.

Abstract: Unit for picking up a spare wheel of a vehicle. According to one implementation the unit includes a gear assembly configure to apply a torque on a drum supporting a cable, the gear assembly having a cam that wobbles as the gear assembly transmits the torque. A rotatable stop is situated adjacent a side edge of the cam and is configured to act on the edge of the cam to limit the travel of the cam during the wobbling movement. The stop has a first contact surface and a second contact surface with the edge of the cam configured to slide along the first contact surface as the drum is rotated in at least one direction by operation of the cam. A guide surface is provided to interact with the second contact surface to limit the rotation of the stop when the edge of the cam acts on the stop.

Abstract: Pedal assemblies for motor vehicles. In one implementation a pedal is pivotable around a shaft that is releasably fixed in a housing of a support piece by a retention member. The retention member is moveable between a first position corresponding to a normal operating condition and a second position corresponding to a head-on collision condition. In the first position a first part of the retention member rests against and holds the rotating shaft in the fixed position within the housing of the support piece and a first surface of the retention member rests against a guide surface of the support piece.

Abstract: A mechanism for the adjustment of an accelerator pedal, comprising a support part (2) which is fixed to the vehicle, a control part (3) which can move in relation to the support part (2), a pedal (4) which pivots in relation to a rotary shaft (5) which is connected to the control part (3), and actuation means (6) for moving the control part (3) in relation to the support part (2). Each side of the control part (3) is equipped with at least two pins (7,8) which are housed in respective guide grooves (9,10) in the support part (2), such that the actuation means (6) can move said control part (2) along a curvilinear path.

Abstract: According to an implementation a method for manufacturing a pedal for a motor vehicle is provided. The method comprising inserting into a hollow profile a flexible yet substantially incompressible retainer member and subsequently applying one or more forces to an external surface of the hollow profile to induce a change in shape of the hollow profile from a first shape to a second shape. The substantial incompressibility of the retainer member inhibiting deformations in the internal wall surface of the hollow profile as the one or more forces are applied to the external wall surface of the hollow profile so that the internal wall surface is substantially free of deformations upon the hollow profile assuming the second shape, the flexibility of the retainer member allowing it to bend in the direction of the applied one or more forces to accommodate a change in shape of the hollow profile from the first shape to the second shape.

Abstract: According to an implementation a method for manufacturing a pedal for a motor vehicle is provided. The method comprising inserting into a hollow profile a flexible yet substantially incompressible retainer member and subsequently applying one or more forces to an external surface of the hollow profile to induce a change in shape of the hollow profile from a first shape to a second shape. The substantial incompressibility of the retainer member inhibiting deformations in the internal wall surface of the hollow profile as the one or more forces are applied to the external wall surface of the hollow profile so that the internal wall surface is substantially free of deformations upon the hollow profile assuming the second shape, the flexibility of the retainer member allowing it to bend in the direction of the applied one or more forces to accommodate a change in shape of the hollow profile from the first shape to the second shape.

Abstract: A pedal covering having an elastic covering cap. The pedal covering includes a plurality of protuberances, a plate including a base that is disposed on the elastic covering cap and which includes a plurality of holes in which the protuberances are inserted. The plate has at least one main projection including a first segment that extends continuously from the base and a second segment continuous to the first segment, the maximum width of the second segment being greater than the maximum width of the first segment. In addition, the elastic covering cap includes, for each main projection, a housing with a groove, the width of the groove being smaller than the maximum width of the second segment, and the groove being passed through by the main projection, with the result that the second segment comes up against the elastic covering cap once it has passed through the groove.

Abstract: A pedal covering having an elastic covering cap, adapted to a foot-pedal. In one embodiment, the pedal covering includes a plurality of protuberances, a plate including a base that is disposed on the elastic covering cap and which includes a plurality of holes in which the protuberances are inserted. The plate has at least one main projection including a first segment that extends continuously from the base and a second segment continuous to the first segment, the maximum width of the second segment being greater than the maximum width of the first segment. In addition, the elastic covering cap includes, for each main projection, a housing with a groove, the width of the groove being smaller than the maximum width of the second segment, and the groove being passed through by the main projection, with the result that the second segment comes up against the elastic covering cap once it has passed through the groove.

Abstract: A vehicle jack with a reinforced nut and a device to eliminate noise when the jack is in the folded position. The nut is composed of two bodies (5, 5′), outer and inner, respectively, which have mutual additional surface contact point (6, 20) and (11, 17) and the reinforcing part has some lugs (34) that engage the more forward or front end of the screw spindle.

Abstract: A tension device for cables, in particular for the handbrake cable of automobile vehicles. It includes a simple mechanism with a cable finishing part (10) with a spherical end (5) that can become wedged between a disc (4) and a bowl (3) mounted on a bushing (7) on which the brake lever (9) also turns. This lever includes a ratchet (1) that travels along a toothed portion (12) of the disc (4).

Abstract: A vehicle jack of the type known as "Y-jacks". It has a base plate (1) with perforated fins that receive and fix, in a particular way, the protruding necks on the wings of the jack body. A nut (13) is secured to the end of the body, with easy entrance into the end and fixed by some lugs (14) which are bent over the central portion of the nut. The arm (3) of jack also has two protruding necks towards the interior, on which a cross member is received, formed by a part with a U-shaped section whose wings or sides clasp on to the necks, are made with U-shaped openings. The base of the cross member is controlled by a special easy entrance holder plate on the housing on the arm. An arm (30) of a specially designed shape acts in combination with a holder plate-cross member, whose seating for the vehicle has a metal insert. This holder plate-cross member is provided with an external retainer on which the end of the screw spindle is supported.

Abstract: This is an articulated jack with two pairs of arms, connecting at one end with a nut (11) and at the other with a bar (12). Both these are in turn connected by a spindle worked by a crank winding handle. The other ends of the arms rotate around a base (1) and a gripping device (2.about.. The outer arms (3, 4) and inner arms (5, 6) are in turn connected by auxiliary parts (18). The actual size of the jack has been considerably reduced.

Abstract: An automatic tensioning device for hand brake levers, with an enclosed casing (9) and rectangularly hollow in its interior, which is situated on the lever or on its support base. The interior of the casing is hollow, with one of its ends being tapered at the sides (24), and receives a square-shaped slide (1) with toothed sides (2) inside this hollow. This slide combines with two other attached parts (13, 14) that are toothed on the corresponding sides and that have wedge-shaped ends (23). These attached parts (13, 14) are forced by a spring against the narrowing taper of the casing, and the front end (4) of the slide is secured to the brake cables.

Abstract: A lightweight vehicle jack of the "Y" type includes aluminum, particularly in the arm (2) and the central body of the device (1). A gripping device (7) provides a larger surface area to take the edge of the body of the vehicle. On the side to which the nut (4) is fitted, the body of the device (2) has lateral reinforcing vertical ribs at 90 degrees, and there is an L-shaped internal reinforcement device (20) between the gripper (7) pivot and the pivot of the shaft of the bar (5), to reduce the thickness of the arm (1). The support base controls the body's passage to the interior of the jack.

Abstract: A vehicle jack that provides a rotation shaft (4) for the support plate (3) on the vehicle support arm (2) and a nut to be received in the end of the jack support leg (1), through which the screw-threaded spindle shaft passes. The rotation shaft (4) rests on and passes through sets of holes in the vehicle support arm (2) and the support plate has downwardly projecting side fins (6), through which the said shaft also passes. The nut (12) determines a set of diametrically opposed projections (22) with an irregular outer surface, through which it is fixed to the holes (16, 18) cut in the side end wings of the vehicle support arm.

Abstract: A vehicle jack that provides a rotation shaft (4) for the support plate (3) on the vehicle support arm (2) and a nut to be received in the end of the jack support leg (1), through which the screw-threaded spindle shaft passes. The rotation shaft (4) rests on and passes through sets of holes in the vehicle support arm (2) and the support plate has downwardly projecting side fins (6), through which the said shaft also passes. The nut (12) determines a set of diametrically opposed projections (22) with an irregular outer surface, through which it is fixed to the holes (16, 18) cut in the side end wings of the vehicle support arm.