Valeo Securite Habitacle

Valeo Comfort and Driving Assistance

Karim Namar

Benoît Delande

The invention relates to a button of the push-button type, comprising: a fixed part () forming a chassis, a mobile part () capable of translational movement between a rest position, adopted in the absence of actuation by a user, and an actuating position, adopted when the mobile part () is depressed with respect to the fixed part (), a switch () toggling from a first state to a second when the mobile part () is brought into the actuating position, a flexible membrane () positioned between the mobile part () and the switch (), connected by its edges to the fixed part () and returning the mobile part () to the rest position in the absence of actuation by the user, characterized in that: the membrane () has a thinning () of its thickness facing the switch (). The invention also relates to the vehicle key module comprising at least one such button ().

Push button for motor vehicle key module

The present invention relates to a key (), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: &#x2014;a housing (), &#x2014;an insert () mounted pivotally about a pivoting axis (A) and comprising a key-bit support () and a key bit (), &#x2014;a mechanism for deploying the insert () mounted in said housing () and comprising: &#x2022; a push button () axially received in a housing (), and &#x2022; an elastic return element () for the insert (), wherein a first end () is connected to the insert () at the support (), said support () or said button () comprising two retaining lugs () ascending parallel to the pivoting axis (A) and positioned facing each other and symmetric relative to said pivoting axis (A), said retaining lugs () defining, on each side of the pivoting axis (A), a space () for the angular displacement of the first end () or of the second end () according to an angle of between 10&#xb0; and 90&#xb0;.

Key having a retractable insert and corresponding deployment module

A motor vehicle key includes a casing, an insert, a mechanism for deploying the insert, an upper rim of an upper area of the support, and a lower rim of a lower area of the support, the upper rim and the lower rim extending between a rotation end of the key and a blocking end, the upper area and the lower area forming a movement sector of the support, a first play between the rotation end and the support. The movement sector of the support includes at least one constriction point, exhibiting a second play, smaller than the first play, in relation to said support.

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Creteil, France

Karim Namar