Hutchinson

Hutchinson, Sa

Denis Godeau

Philippe Exandier

Anthony Garcia

Gilles Briet

Stéphane Ully

Philippe Grouillet

Sébastien Andre

Damien Gillet

Katarzyna Avril

Céline Girault

Luc Milanini

Jean-Luc Faillu

Raphaël Nadjar

Jean-Baptiste Bongiorni

Yann Sinault

Provided is an emergency shelter that is able to occupy a first, folded position for storage and transport and a second deployed position that is suitable for sheltering at least one person, a method for reversibly converting the shelter from this first position to this second position, and a module of contiguous shelters of this kind. The emergency shelter includes an inflatable tent and a retention device in the form of a column that is preassembled with the inflated tent in said second position. The column is suitable for inflating the tent and holding it deployed around the former in said second position.

Emergency shelter for at least one person, method for converting this from a folded position to a deployed position, and module of such shelters

A fluid-transfer coupling device designed to couple a rigid male endpiece to a flexible female pipe and to the production method therefor. The device includes a sleeve for gripping around the pipe and locking the endpiece, the sleeve having a radially inner part surrounding an annular sealing lining mounted in abutment on the endpiece; and a metal socket having a tubular portion gripped by the pipe and ending in a collar formed by a radial step which extends in an axial end and has a radial height, the axial end being mounted inside and in contact with the radially inner part and forming the base of a groove receiving the lining, the device comprising means for fitting the sleeve to the collar and comprising a continuous peripheral projection formed in one piece with the sleeve. According to the invention the projection projects radially in abutment against the step aver most of the radial height.

Device for coupling a rigid male endpiece to a flexible female pipe, and production method therefor

Locking member having a male end-piece having a collar, a female end-piece having a ring which receives the male end-piece, and two flaps configured to be pushed in through two apertures of the ring and which are blocked behind the collar following insertion of the male end-piece, each flap having an inner and outer faces connected to each other by front and rear faces, relative to the insertion of the male end-piece. Each flap has inclined portions formed on the front face and set back from a foremost portion of this front face and including a guiding portion connecting the foremost portion to the inner face and cooperating with the end of the male end-piece to guide insertion thereof, and a blocking portion connecting the foremost portion to the front face and blocking the flaps against front edges of the apertures to act counter to opening of the member.

Locking member for a connection device for fluid transfer, this device and the locking method therefor

A connection device including a tubular male termination, a connecting means adapted to be mounted around and accommodated in a groove of the female termination, and a locking member for locking these means in the female termination to be mounted around the male termination to reversibly move these means into a locking position in the groove. The device includes means for immobilizing and releasing the locking member that are rigidly fastened to the male termination, these means being adapted to prevent the connecting means from being moved to the locking position unless the male termination occupies a predetermined insertion position in the female termination and, only if the male termination has reached that position, to release the locking member, while allowing its movement toward the female termination so that a thrust on this member moves the connecting means into the locking position.

Fluid transfer connection device, circuit incorporating it and its mounting/demounting

A snap-fastenable coupling for a low pressure fluid transfer hose, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprises two semicylindrical pieces mounted on a portion of hose made of rubber or the like that is engaged on an insert. The two pieces are fixed together by resilient snap-fastening and they simultaneously secure the hose to the insert in sealed manner. The pieces have elastically deformable front ends enabling them to snap-fasten resiliently onto a peripheral projection of the endpiece.

Snap-fastenable coupling for a fluid-transfer hose

A snap-fastenable coupling for a fluid duct, in particular for a motor vehicle, the coupling comprising a cylindrical bushing secured to one end of a duct for coupling to a tubular endpiece which is designed to be inserted into the bushing and which has a peripheral projection in the vicinity of its free end, and a cylindrical locking member fitted around the bushing and designed to co-operate with a portion of the bushing and with the peripheral projection on the endpiece to hold the endpiece engaged in the bushing, wherein the locking member has at least one longitudinal slot and is formed with two side tabs organized on respective opposite sides of said slot to enable the locking member to be opened for disconnection of the duct from the endpiece by applying thrust in two opposite directions on the tabs. The invention applies in particular to circuits for fluids under relatively high pressure in motor vehicles.

Snap-fastening coupling for a fluid duct, in particular for a motor

Quick connection device for fluid conduit under pressure

A device for shaping a duct made of plastics material or of deformable elastic material comprises two half-cages molded out of rigid plastics material and fastened together by resilient snap-fastening or hooking, the two half-cages when assembled together defining between them a housing that has the shape which is to be imparted to a portion of the duct. The invention is particularly suitable for mounting ducts of relatively large diameter in the engine compartments of motor vehicles.

Device for shaping a duct of plastic material or material that is

The present invention relates mainly to a method of making an endpiece, to an endpiece and a connector made by said method, and also to a circuit including such a connector. According to the invention, a single gasket is provided which serves simultaneously to ensure sealing between a tubular duct and an endpiece-forming sleeve, and also between the male and female endpieces of the connector. The present invention is applicable to making a fluid circuit, in particular in the automobile industry. A main application of the present invention lies in making connectors for air conditioning circuits or oil circuits in motor vehicles.

Method of making an endpiece, an endpiece and a connector made by the

The present invention relates mainly to interconnection apparatus in particular for hydraulic and pneumatic purposes, for interconnecting the various members of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine. A rigid cradle of the invention includes means for fixing to the engine unit and means for fixing to elongate interconnection bodies, in particular rigid tubular ducts, hoses, electric cables, optical fibers, and/or bundles of cables. The present invention is mainly applicable to the automotive industry.

Apparatus for optimizing the interconnection paths of elongate conduits

The present invention relates mainly to interconnection apparatus, in particular hydraulic and pneumatic interconnection apparatus for the various members of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine. According to the invention, rigid elongate conduits are assembled together to form a self-supporting interconnection frame. Advantageously, the conduits are completed and/or extended by hoses where passages are difficult and/or in zones subjected to severe stresses, in particular vibration. Advantageously, the frame includes means for fixing electric cables, optical fiber cables, and/or bundles of cables. The present invention is mainly applicable to the automotive industry.

Interconnection frame for an engine having rigid elongate conduits

A waterproof coupling between at least one tube and at least one endpiece by means of a molded portion secured to the tube and providing means that provide sealing between the tube and the endpieces, wherein said portion which is made of a material of the elastomer type or of a material having analogous properties, and that has been vulcanized or cross-linked after molding, is also secured, after vulcanization or cross-linking, to a ring or sleeve by means of which the tube is suitable for being assembled to the endpiece.

Watertight coupling between a tube and an endpiece and method of

A device for bleeding or draining a duct comprises a member for closing a passage that opens out into the duct, the member having a helical groove formed in its peripheral surface enabling it to be moved in the passage by screwing and unscrewing on a helical rib of a collar embedded in the material defining the passage.

Device for bleeding or draining a duct

A quick and leaktight joining device for tubular pipes having two tubular elements to be joined together, a device for locking in the joined condition, and a connection and/or locking telltale which can move between a first, visible, position and a second, concealed, position. Upon joining, one of the tubular elements to be joined and/or a locking device ensure(s) that the telltale is driven from the first, visible, position into the second, concealed, position. The quick and leaktight joining device is used, particularly in the motor industry for joining an engine cooling circuit to the water box of a unit heater or to the joining of a medium-pressure oil circuit of a motor vehicle power-assisted steering circuit.

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Vieilles Maisons, France

Denis Godeau