Patents Assigned to ECIA
  • Patent number: 4925469
    Abstract: The filter comprises a body (10) defining a chamber (101) to which access is had through an opening (102) closed by a cover (103). The chamber is adapted to receive a filtering cartridge (20). The body (10) is made in two semi-shells (110, 120) which are united in a junction plane (100) extending across the chamber (101), the opening (102) for the passage of the filtering cartridge (20) being astride the junction plane (100). A positioning device (30) for the filtering cartridge is carried by the body (10) to permit the insertion or the removal of the cartridge (20) by a movement in translation in a direction substantially parallel to the junction plane (100) and the positioning and the retraction of the cartridge by a displacement in a direction substantially perpendicular to the junction plane (100). Application in automotive vehicle engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: ECIA-Equipments Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventors: Pierre Clement, Thierry Gourlot
  • Patent number: 4916780
    Abstract: The buckle comprises a latch (10) interacting with a keeper consisting of a base (20), of an ejecting guide bolt (30), of an actuating button (50), of a protective casing (60) and of a securing connection (70), among other things. Means (40) having an insertion and retention system (301, 302, 303, 304), a safeguarding arrangement (410, 420) and a guide device (430, 440) make it possible to safeguard the locked latch in the keeper after it has been introduced into a channel (200) and a receptacle (300) which are oblique relative to one another.The invention is used on safety belts for motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: ECIA-Equipements Et Composants Pour l'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Jean-Noel Ballet
  • Patent number: 4916347
    Abstract: Brush-holder plate, for mounting brush holders so that radially inwardly spring-biased brushes are locked in a radially outwardly retracted position to permit axial insertion of a commutator during the assembly of an electric motor. The plate has a first portion (1), for supporting brush holders (2, 3), and a retractable locking device for locking the brushes (12, 13) in the retracted position in the brush holders (2, 3). The locking device (4) includes a locking member (10) having branches (8, 9) extending through corresponding orifices (21, 22) of a second portion (6) of the brush-holder plate axially offset relative to the first portion (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Alain Pillerel
  • Patent number: 4909097
    Abstract: The steering wheel is of the type comprising a rim (2), at least one connecting arm (3), an impact energy absorbing element (4) and a hub (5). The energy absorbing element is a tubular element (4) of a composite material interposed between the at least one arm (3) and the hub 5, one of the ends of the tubular element being fixed to the corresponding end of the at least one arm (3), while the other end of the tubular element (4) is fixed on the hub (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements Et Composants Pour l'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Christain Henigue
  • Patent number: 4895412
    Abstract: Motor-vehicle seat having lateral wings which each comprise a wing wire (7) fastened directly to the frame (3) of the seat. The angular position of each wing is adjusted by means of a control screw (17) and an adjusting member, of which a part forming a nut (26) moves along on the control screw and of which a part forming a hook (24, 25) is fastened directly to the wing wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventors: Serge Deley, Francois Fourrey
  • Patent number: 4877287
    Abstract: The device comprises a frame (2) fixed to the automobile vehicle (3) and a support structure (5) for the armrest (1) which is movable relative to the frame (2) by a reversible motor-speed reducer unit (6) under the control of control means between an active position and a retracted position of the armrest in which the armrest is substantially in the plane defined by the cushion of the seat with which it is associated. The frame has a generally U-shape between the branches (4) of which the support structure (5) of the armrest is movably mounted. The support structure comprises the motor-speed reducer unit (6) which cooperates with means (7) for shifting the support structure and guide means (15,16) adapted to cooperate with curved slots (17,18) in the branches of the frame for guiding the assembly when it is shifted between said two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage
  • Patent number: 4872724
    Abstract: Fixing device for a covering (9), especially a covering of a seat, comprising on the one hand a profiled section (1) having longitudinal slots (15), and on the other hand an edging wire (17, 17a) bent at at least two places to form fasteners (19, 19a) intended to cooperate with the slots, the fasteners (19, 19a) lying generally in a plane inclined to the axis of the edging wire (17, 17a) and being capable of deforming by twisting during their entry into a slot (15) in the profiled section, but resiliently recovering their initial shape and their inclined position after this insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA-Equipements Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventors: Serge Deley, Francois Fourrey
  • Patent number: 4871192
    Abstract: The mechanism intended to be fastened to a structure (10) is composed of a body (20), a guide (30), a spring (40) and a band support (50).The guide is equipped with cells (312) with stays (313) where a reinforcement (53) of the support (50) can rest. In order to shift the support, the reinforcement is freed from a cell counter to the force of the spring and is made to slide along the base of the rear of the latter.The invention is used for motor-vehicle safety belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA-Equipements Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventors: Gerard Escaravage, Michel Henriot
  • Patent number: 4871298
    Abstract: The blade (10) for a propeller constituted by a hub (20) to which the feet (12) are fixed has a leading edge (14) and a trailing edge (15) which is formed by two arcs (152, 153) having respective mean radii of curvature (.rho.2, .rho.3) which are different and interconnected without an angular point. These edges are both curved in the downstream direction and define a blade which narrows from the axis to the periphery of the propeller. Application in propellers of motorized fans associated with automobile vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipments Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automoblie
    Inventor: Jean C. Vera
  • Patent number: 4867390
    Abstract: This detector of the type comprising a supporting structure (1) having a seat (2) for the ball (3) and a locking lever (4) articulated (at 5) on the supporting structure about a rotation axle and movable by means of the ball between a retracted position and a position for locking the reeling mechanism is characterized in that the supporting structure (1) possesses two arms (8), at the end of which are formed notches (9) for receiving projecting parts of the lever and constituting the rotation axle of the latter, the lever having a hook (12) designed to interact with a stop surface (13) of the supporting structure in order to keep the projecting parts of the lever in position in the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA- Equipements et Composants pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Jean Marcel Joly
  • Patent number: 4867477
    Abstract: The device comprises a body (10), a lock (20) and a strap holder (30) and is adapted to be fixed to a structure (50). The body comprising a support (11) and a base (12) which is provided with a slot (13) receiving the keeper (21) of the lock. This keeper, which is normally biased by a spring (23) into the engaging position in which it traps the catch 22 of the lock, is movable to a disengaging position in which the catch, which is connected to the strap holder, can be shifted between various positions. Application in the chest part of a safety belt strap for an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements Et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage
  • Patent number: 4858954
    Abstract: The device comprises a guide rail (1) fixed to a post of the vehicle and including an opening (3) in which is movable a fixing pin (4) of the strap return element (5), the pin having a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage
  • Patent number: 4848796
    Abstract: The device comprises a guide rail (1) fixed to a post of the vehicle and including an opening (3) in which is movable a fixing pin (4) of the strap return element (5). This pin has a base (10). An element (11) constituting a lock and defining an opening (12) having a generally S-shape and a width less than the dimension of the base (10) of the pin (4), is provided between the base and the rail (1) and mounted to be movable by control means (13, 14) between a first locking position in which the two ends of the S-shaped opening (12) of the element (11) are in confronting relation to the opening (3) of the rail (1) so as to define two apertures for locking the pin (4) in position, and a second position for shifting the pin (4) and the return element, in which the rest of the S-shaped opening (12) of the element (11) is in confronting relation to the opening (3) of the rail (1) to permit the shifting of the pin (4) and the return element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA-Equipements ET Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage
  • Patent number: 4844375
    Abstract: The winder, which is more particularly of the type comprising a spring-biased tightener and is automatically locked under the control of an inertia unit, comprises a strap hub mounted on a base to be rotatable about its axis and movable in a direction perpendicular to the axis. This hub carries journals engaged in bearings (50) which are directly or indirectly connected to the base by at least one element (51) which is preferably in the form of a deformable and relatively elastic small bar. Application in safety belts for automobiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA-Equipments et Composants pour l'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Jean-Noel Ballet
  • Patent number: 4840403
    Abstract: The device is of the type comprising a guide rail (1) mounted on the post (2) of the vehicle and on which is movable the strap return element (3). The return element comprises a first planar portion (8) from which extend two wings (9) disposed on each side of the guide rail (1) and between which wings is provided a blocking plate (11) which extends behind the rail, is downwardly inclined toward the rear side of the rail and cooperates with locking means (12) provided on the rear side of the rail for locking the strap return element (3) in position. Elastic means (13) are provided for biasing the blocking plate (11) to the locking position and the first planar portion (8) of the strap return element (3) to a position in which it bears against the front side of the rail (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: Ecia - Equipements et Composants pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage
  • Patent number: 4838072
    Abstract: The proposed technique makes use of a non-deformable sealed tank (10) of specific volume, a pressurized-fluid supply (30) equipped with a connector (31) intended to be connected to an orifice in the hollow component (50), a liquid delivery (20) for filling and emptying the tank, once the component has been submerged in it, and a sensor (40) for detecting the variation in volume of the liquid in the tank resulting from the deformations of the casing of the component which are caused by the set pressure of the fluid prevailing in it. The invention is used to assess the probable emission capacity of components during their design, in particular intake-line of motor-vehicle engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Jean C. Vera
  • Patent number: 4834451
    Abstract: Seat element for an automobile vehicle affording a particularly easy mounting and fixing of the covering. It comprises a tubular reinforcement (3) forming a closed frame supporting hooking rods (5, 7) and upholstery (9) covered with a covering (11) fixed to the hooking rods. A detachable element (22) for putting the covering under tension and maintaining this tension, is fittable on the reinforcement frame and constitutes the back or bottom of the seat element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements et Composants Pour l'Industrie Automobile
    Inventors: Claude Meunier, J-Marc Coussemacq, Francois Fourrey
  • Patent number: 4825594
    Abstract: This window-raiser device, of the type comprising means for actuating a mechanism for raising and lowering the window, with arms in an X (1,2), in which the ends of the arms comprise pads (3,4) sliding in a slide (5) of a support structure (6) comprising means (7) for fastening the window, is characterized in that breakable stop means (8,9) are provided in the path of movement of the pads (3,4) in the slide, such that when the pads are up against these stop means (8,9) they lock the support structure (6) in position with respect to the pads (3,4) and therefore to the window-raiser mechanism and thereby determine a position for mounting the window in the means (7) for fastening the window on the support structure (6), the stop means (8,9) being breakable by the pads (3,4) at the time of the first maneuver tending to separate them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA - Equipements ET Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage
  • Patent number: 4819961
    Abstract: Device for a steering wheel having a hub (2) with an axial bore (3) having a portion (4) defining a frustoconical surface adapted to cooperate with a portion (5) of the column (1) of complementary shape and first splines (6) arranged angularly in accordance with a given pitch. A screw (7) is provided for clamping the hub (2) to the column (1). The column is in the form of a tube in which is disposed an intermediate member (8) including a portion (9) defining a frustoconical surface adapted to cooperate with a portion (10) of the inner surface of the column having a complementary shape and second splines (13) adapted to cooperate with the first splines (6) forming splines of the hub (2) for preventing rotation between the hub and the intermediate member. The screw (7) clamps the hub (2) and the intermediate member (8) in such manner as to jam the column (1) between the hub and the intermediate member (8) and thus lock the steering wheel in the desired position of adjustment of the steering wheel on the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Ecia Equipements et Composants pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Christian Henigue
  • Patent number: 4801156
    Abstract: The device for adjusting the position of a strap return element (1) of in particular a safety belt for a motor vehicle is characterized in that the strap return element is mounted to be movable between two end positions by driving means comprising an electric motor supplied with current through the medium of a control element controlling the position of the strap return element at any point of the travel of the latter defined by the two end positions. The strap return element (1) is disposed on an anchoring pin (4) mounted on the stator of the electric motor whose hollow rotor is provided with an internal screwthread cooperating with a screwthreaded rod mounted on the vehicle for shifting the electric motor and therefore the strap return element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: ECIA--Equipements et Composants Pour L'Industrie Automobile
    Inventor: Gerard Escaravage