Valeo Securite Habitacle

Renault

Valeo Securite Habitacle Renault

Louis Canard

Fabrice Giacomin

Hervé Calor

Philippe Garcin

Michel Eychenne

St&eacute;phane Barbier

A device for positioning and holding a key in a container including a cover and a casing. The device includes an opening/closing mechanism enabling the cover and the casing to be mobile in relation to each other at least in rotation, about a rotational axis, between an open position providing access to a housing of the container and a closed position. The device also includes a locking/unlocking mechanism of the cover and the casing, at least in a closed position, comprising a locking/unlocking control device which is mobile in translation following a translation axis.

Device for positioning and holding an emergency key

The invention provides a key (), of the type comprising a stem () which is retractable in relation to a case (), in which the stem () comprises a lug (), by means of which it is articulated in relation to the case (), which comprises angular locking means () for locking the stem () in the retracted position and angular locking means () for locking the stem () in the deployed position, characterized in that the locking means comprise a single locking element () mounted such that it can move inside the case (), which co-operates directly with the lug () of the stem () in order to lock the stem () in the retracted or deployed position.

Key with retractable stem, comprising means for moving the stem into a deployed position

A key including a retractable shaft mounted pivotably with respect to a case forming an operating head of the key, between a retracted position in which the shaft extends in a substantially longitudinal direction inside a housing of the case, and a deployed position in which the shaft extends outside the case. The shaft has a first end forming a heel by which the shaft is pivoted about a vertical pivot axis orthogonal to the axis of the shaft. The key includes a drive mechanism for driving the shaft toward one of the retracted position or the deployed operating position. The drive mechanism includes a resiliently deformable element, which exerts a resilient force to return the shaft toward the retracted or deployed position, according to the angular position of the shaft with respect to an intermediate position of the shaft between the deployed position and the retracted position.

Retractable insert key comprising insert driving means

The invention relates to a key housing with an emergency key, having a key head forming a grip part joined to an insert for insertion in an emergency lock in a vehicle when applied and an insert housing with a longitudinal form, for housing the insert when the emergency key is not in use. The emergency key can be separated from the housing if the emergency key is to be used. The key head is fixed to the insert by of a joint.

Key housing

The invention provides a motor vehicle antitheft system of the type in which the latch bolt ( ) is held radially in the pulled-in retracted position by a member ( ) for retaining the latch bolt ( ) which is mounted to move between an effaced or retracted position and an active latch bolt retaining position toward which it is elastically urged ( ) and in which a retaining finger ( ) belonging to the latch bolt retaining member ( ) is accommodated in a complementary notch ( ) of the latch bolt, wherein the member ( ) for retaining the latch bolt ( ) is mounted to slide in the housing of the antitheft system ( ) parallel to the axis (A) of displacement and of rotation of a manual control member ( ), and wherein the finger ( ) for retaining the latch bolt ( ) is formed at the front free end of the latch bolt retaining member.

Motor vehicle antitheft system comprising improved latch bolt retaining means

The invention provides a system comprising an antitheft mechanism ( ) comprising a housing ( ) in which a member ( ) for manually controlling the starting of the vehicle engine and the locking of the steering can move axially ( ) between a pulled position in which it locks the steering and a pushed position in which it unlocks the steering, is mounted so that it can rotate ( ) between an angular position of rest and an angular position of use, and is connected in terms of rotation to a cam ( ) for controlling the latch bolt ( ), wherein the antitheft system comprises an electromagnet ( ) for immobilizing the control member ( ) in terms of rotation with respect to the housing ( ), the release of which is controlled when an encoded antitheft signal is supplied by the identification unit to an electronic circuit that controls the immobilizing member and a switch ( ) which triggers an interrogation and identification step, which is carried by the housing ( ) and is triggered by the manual control member ( ).

Electronic antitheft system for a motor vehicle

The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle steering column anti-theft device of the type including a casing in which a lock is mounted rotationally between an angular locking position in which a legitimate key can be axially introduced (conventionally from the rear towards the front) or removed, and at least one angular utilization position, in which said key cannot be extracted from the lock, said lock including a rotary projecting part forming a cam that can cooperate with a control finger carried by a bolt to control the axial movements of said bolt which can slide in said casing in an axial direction between two positions: a retracted position in which it is retracted into said basing, and a forward anti-theft position towards which it is pushed elastically and in which it projects from said casing axially via a hole in said casing and prevents a part on the steering column from rotating when said lock is in said locking position with said key extracted, wherein said bolt carries a locking finger projecting radially towards the axis of said casing and penetrating a locking recess formed in a lateral face of said projecting part when said bolt is in said forward anti-theft position, to prevent or limit movement of said bolt towards said retracted position; said locking finger is automatically pushed out of said recess during rotation of said lock from said locking position into said utilization position; and said bolt is held in said retracted position, in the presence of said key, by a mobile restraining mechanism which move to an inoperative position in which said bolt is no longer held when said key is withdrawn.

Steering column anti-theft device for motor vehicle

The invention proposes an arrangement ( ) of the type in which the unit comprises a controlled member ( ) for locking the immobilizing lever ( ), characterized in that the immobilizing member is a member which is controlled manually by a first &ldquo;on&rdquo; push-button ( ) mounted to slide between a pushed-in &ldquo;on&rdquo; position in which the immobilizing lever ( ) is locked in the immobilizing position, and an &ldquo;out&rdquo; position of rest, and in that there is a retaining mechanism ( ) for automatically keeping the first push-button ( ) in the &ldquo;on&rdquo; position, the release of which is controlled by a second &ldquo;off&rdquo; push-button ( ) which is mounted to slide between an &ldquo;out&rdquo; position of rest and a pushed-in &ldquo;off&rdquo; position in which the first &ldquo;on&rdquo; push-button ( ) is free to slide.

Arrangement for the interchange of data between a rigid or semi-rigid data medium and a data interchange device

The disclosure concerns a vehicle steering column anti-theft device of the type including a casing in which a rotationally mounted lock rotor drives rotationally a rotary projecting part forming a cam that can cooperate with a bolt to control the movements of this bolt, said rotor being of the type in which its cylindrical front end section is engaged in a rear bore of said projecting part and in which said rotor and said projecting part are immobilized rotationally and axially relative to each other, wherein the means of axial immobilization of said projecting part relative to said rotor include a restraining part in the form of a spring clip carried by said projecting part including an elastically deformable section of which one active end projects radially inwards into said rear bore to engage a notch in the peripheral surface of said front end section of said rotor, and wherein, to enable automatic assembly of these parts, the rotor includes means for automatic engagement of said active end of said restraining part in said notch of said rotor.

The invention proposes an arrangement of the type comprising a unit into which a badge is introduced manually into a housing in the unit, and which comprises a lever for immobilizing the badge in an active position in the unit and an electromagnet made to lock the immobilizing lever, wherein this arrangement comprises a member for manually unlocking the immobilizing lever which acts on the mobile core plunger of the electromagnet. It is applicable on board of a motor vehicle in which the anti-theft functions are partially or completely fulfilled by data processing, some of which data represents an authorized user of the vehicle.

Arrangement for immobilizing a data medium in a data interchange device

The invention provides a theft deterrent (,) comprising a body (,) in which there is mounted, so that it can slide, a lock bolt (,) associated with an immobilizing finger (,) housed in an immobilizing housing belonging to the deployment member (,) of a rotary lock (,), and associated with a puller (,), one tab (,) of which can be retained by a hook-shaped (,) retaining rocker (,) to release the steering column shaft to allow the vehicle to be used, wherein the immobilizing finger (,) belongs to an immobilizing member (,) carried by the lock bolt (,) with respect to which it is mounted to pivot, about a transverse axis (B) perpendicular to the axial direction of the sliding of the lock bolt, against a return spring (,) which constantly urges it angularly in the direction corresponding to the housing of the immobilizing finger (,) in the immobilizing housing.

Motor vehicle theft-deterrent steering lock

The disclosure relates to an anti-theft device notably for a motor vehicle. The anti-theft device includes an electrical switch for the detection of key insertion into the anti-theft device. A pusher also included in the anti-theft device slides in both the proximal and distal directions parallel to a key insertion axis. The pusher activates the switch by using an elastic force that tends to move the pusher back against a stop, which holds the pusher in a retracted rest position when the key is withdrawn.

Anti-theft device including an electric switch for detection of key insertion

The invention proposed an arrangement of the type comprising a unit into which the medium is introduced manually, and the type in which a device comprises means for longitudinally holding the data medium in an active position and means providing assistance with introducing and extracting the data medium, wherein the data medium has a window, and where the unit comprises a lever for immobilizing the medium which is mounted so that it can pivot, between a stable immobilizing position towards which the immobilizing lever is elastically returned and in which an immobilizing finger of the immobilizing lever extends vertically into the window, and a stable retracted position, to allow the data medium to be extended from the unit.

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Nevers, France

Louis Canard