Abstract: A vehicle that includes a cabin air conditioning system, having a driver air distribution circuit provided with a plurality of driver blowing vents arranged to blow air directly into the driver's area. At least 75% of the driver blowing vents are carried by the driver's seat.

Abstract: A valve comprises a valve body, a flap, and a shaft driving the flap. At least one first bearing guides a first end of the shaft. The first end of the shaft includes an inner housing emerging axially. The first bearing includes a barrel axially engaged in the inner housing, such that no accumulation of condensates can occur in the inner housing when the first end of the shaft points downward.

Abstract: A thermal regulation element that includes an intermediate cover interposed between the first and second levels of electricity storage cells, with first and second flow volumes for a thermal regulation fluid being formed on first and second major faces of the intermediate cover, a first thermally conductive plate being disposed against the first major face of the intermediate cover and closing the first flow volume, and a second thermally conductive plate being disposed against the second major face of the intermediate cover and closing the second flow volume.

Abstract: An assembly includes a heat exchanger, a bypass conduit defining a path for passage for the exhaust gases and bypassing the heat exchanger, and a valve adjusting the amounts of exhaust gases circulating through the heat exchanger and through the bypass conduit respectively. The valve has a driving shaft, and the assembly further comprises a fluid box that is in fluid communication with a heat transfer fluid circulation side of the heat exchanger and arranged around the driving shaft to cool the driving shaft.

Abstract: A heat recovery device extends between an inlet and an outlet for exhaust gas, and includes a valve delimiting a direct passage for gas between the inlet and the outlet. The valve comprises a valve body housing a gate movable between a closing off position and a released position. A heat exchanger has an exchanger inlet upstream of the gate and an exchanger outlet downstream of the gate. The valve comprises a tube partially extending inside the valve body up to a mouth edge at a distal end, with the mouth edge extending in a plane. The gate has a plane contact surface configured to come in a direct contact with the mouth edge when the gate is in the closing off position.

Abstract: The exhaust line comprises an injection segment including at least one cup having a large upstream face directly sprayed with the exhaust gases and dividing a circulation passage into an upstream space and a downstream space. The injection segment comprises at least one circumferential conduit fluidically connecting the upstream space to the downstream space. The cup defines at least one injection channel and at least one guiding area laid out so as to guide as far as said injection channel a portion of the exhaust gases spraying the large upstream face. An injection device includes a reagent injector that is oriented to inject the reagent substantially with a co-current or counter-current of the exhaust gases in the injection channel, with the latter extending from the injector as far as the inlet of the conduit.

Abstract: An assembly includes a heat exchanger, a bypass conduit defining a path for passage for the exhaust gases and bypassing the heat exchanger, and a valve adjusting the amounts of exhaust gases circulating through the heat exchanger and through the bypass conduit respectively. The valve has a driving shaft, and the assembly further comprises a fluid box that is in fluid communication with a heat transfer fluid circulation side of the heat exchanger and arranged around the driving shaft to cool the driving shaft.

Abstract: A heat recovery device extends between an inlet and an outlet for exhaust gas, and includes a valve delimiting a direct passage for gas between the inlet and the outlet. The valve comprises a valve body housing a gate movable between a closing off position and a released position. A heat exchanger has an exchanger inlet upstream of the gate and an exchanger outlet downstream of the gate. The valve comprises a tube partially extending inside the valve body up to a mouth edge at a distal end, with the mouth edge extending in a plane. The gate has a plane contact surface configured to come in a direct contact with the mouth edge when the gate is in the closing off position.

Abstract: An actuator includes a slider intended to actuate a gate, movable between first and second positions, and an urging member to apply an urging force to drive the slider towards a first position when a temperature of the urging member is greater than a predetermined value. The actuator includes an elastic member that applies on the slider a return force towards a second position. The return force is less than the urging force. The urging member is a helical member with shape memory, and is ductile when its temperature is less than the predetermined value, and is formed towards a predefined helical shape when its temperature is greater than the predetermined value.

Abstract: A valve comprises a valve body, a flap, and a shaft driving the flap. At least one first bearing guides a first end of the shaft. The first end of the shaft includes an inner housing emerging axially. The first bearing includes a barrel axially engaged in the inner housing, such that no accumulation of condensates can occur in the inner housing when the first end of the shaft points downward.

Abstract: An ammonia generating device for treating exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, notably of automobile vehicles, includes a reservoir having a body capable of releasing ammonia by desorption and a heating device positioned inside the reservoir to heat the body in the reservoir. The heating device comprises a heat generating element that has an elongated form. The heating device further includes at least one heat transfer feature laid out along an axial direction of the heat generating element and extending in a direction radial to the heat generating element.

Abstract: The exhaust line comprises an injection segment including at least one cup having a large upstream face directly sprayed with the exhaust gases and dividing a circulation passage into an upstream space and a downstream space. The injection segment comprises at least one circumferential conduit fluidically connecting the upstream space to the downstream space. The cup defines at least one injection channel and at least one guiding area laid out so as to guide as far as said injection channel a portion of the exhaust gases spraying the large upstream face. An injection device includes a reagent injector that is oriented to inject the reagent substantially with a co-current or counter-current of the exhaust gases in the injection channel, with the latter extending from the injector as far as the inlet of the conduit.

Abstract: An ammonia generating device is delimited by an outer casing that includes a main reservoir and a secondary reservoir. The main reservoir is capable of reloading with ammonia the body in the secondary reservoir. A heater is capable of heating the bodies in each reservoir. A connector connects the main reservoir to the secondary reservoir. The heater comprises first and second heating devices respectively installed inside the main reservoir and the secondary reservoir and operating independently. The main reservoir is thermally decoupled from the secondary reservoir to generate a temperature gradient between both reservoirs.

Abstract: A spiral exchanger has a winding axis and includes an outer sheet and an inner sheet secured to one another in a fastening plane before winding, and delimiting a space for a fluid between them. The outer sheet and the inner sheet are wound on themselves and each sheet includes a plurality of flexible areas and a plurality of rigid areas. The flexible areas are more flexible than the rigid areas during folding. The flexible areas and the rigid areas are extended along the winding axis, and at least one flexible area of the outer sheet and at least one flexible area of the inner sheet that delimit the space between them form a pair of flexible areas that are aligned in the same radial direction.

Abstract: A driving device comprises a support, an actuator provided with an output shaft and fixed to the support, and an arm having a distal point provided to be connected to the closing member. A kinematic chain converts a rotation of the output shaft into a rotational movement of a proximal point of the arm around a rotation axis. The proximal and distal points are situated at opposite ends of the arm. The kinematic chain comprises a link connecting the arm to the support. The link is arranged to guide the proximal point of the arm in rotation around the rotation axis, and to transmit, between the arm and the support, radial orientation forces relative to the rotation axis.

Abstract: A pump includes a chamber defined by a piston movable in a body comprising an intake opening able to communicate with the chamber and a first non-return member authorizing passage of fluid from the opening toward the chamber, and prohibiting the passage from the chamber toward the opening. An expulsion opening is between the chamber and a duct, and a second non-return member authorizes passage of fluid from the chamber toward the duct, and prohibits passage from the duct toward the chamber. The body includes a discharge opening communicating with the duct and able to communicate with the opening, and a third non-return member movable between an open position, in which the duct communicates with the opening, and a closed position prohibiting the passage of fluid between the duct and the opening. The pump includes a member to move the third non-return member.

Abstract: An exhaust line of a motor vehicle includes an upstream monolith and a downstream monolith for treating exhaust gases passing along the exhaust line. The upstream and downstream monoliths are positioned in series. An injection portion is positioned between an upstream face defined by the upstream monolith and a downstream face defined by the downstream monolith and includes a duct through which a stream of exhaust gas flows. The duct extends from the upstream face to the downstream face and has a central line of a set length between the faces. A reagent injector is mounted on the injection portion and is designed to inject reagent in gaseous form into the injection portion. At least one cup is positioned inside the duct in the path of the exhaust gas stream so that a mean path of the exhaust gas stream line is at least 20% longer than the set length.

Abstract: An exhaust line includes a spiral heat exchanger having a first passage for a first fluid and a second passage for a second fluid. The second passage is arranged in a manner such that the second fluid circulates from an inlet firstly in at least one first circumferential segment disposed in a proximity of a first axial end and then into a plurality of second circumferential segments shifted towards a second axial end relative to the first circumferential segment. The second fluid advances axially in a counter current flow against the first fluid towards the first axial end while passing from one second circumferential segment to the next.

Abstract: The heat exchanger comprises a lower metal sheet, —an upper metal sheet, and a fin sheet delimiting the fins. The lower metal sheet, the upper metal sheet and the fin sheet form a three-layer structure wound in a spiral, whereby the lower metal sheet and the upper metal sheet delimit a first passage for the circulation of a first fluid. The heat exchanger has a set of spacers arranged in the first passage, whereby these spacers are rods separate from the lower and upper metal sheets.

Abstract: A spiral exchanger has a winding axis and comprises an outer sheet and an inner sheet secured to one another in a fastening plane before winding and delimiting a space for a fluid between them. The outer sheet and the inner sheet are wound on themselves and each comprises a plurality of flexible areas and a plurality of rigid areas, the flexible areas being more flexible than the rigid areas during folding. The flexible areas and the rigid areas are extended along the winding axis, and at least one flexible area of the outer sheet and at least one flexible area of the inner sheet that delimit the space between them form a pair of flexible areas that are aligned in a same radial direction.