Societe Anonyme Francaise Du Ferodo

Rene Elie Neveux

A ventilation or aeration device comprising an air vent for warm and/or fresh air. When used in a vehicle the device may serve as a window defogger by blowing warm air as well as a ventilator. In normal operation the vent may be manually manipulated as desired. When used as a defogger, opening of the warm air passage automatically directs the vent towards the window to be defogged or defrosted.

Ventilation device

A rotatable distributor comprising a frame section and a plate section which is associated with a coupling having clip means which press the plate against the frame. The device further comprises an incrementing or indexing element and a rotational guiding surface for guiding the plate with respect to the frame.

Rotatable distributor

The assembly of an enclosure containing a fluid, and a capsule comprising a casing which contains a heat-sensitive element, the capsule being mounted in a wall of the enclosure through a mounting arrangement comprising a metal part forming one end of the casing and engaging the heat-sensitive element, a seat formed in the wall and having a bottom provided with an opening which opens into the interior of the enclosure, a lateral orifice which opens to the outside, and an inner surface having an annular zone between the opening and the orifice, and means for inserting and holding the capsule inside the seat to seal the opening by urging the metal part towards the annular zone with the possible interposition of a seal.

Fitting of a heat-sensitive capsule in a wall of a water chamber or the

A safety belt device with a winder/unwinder, especially for an automobile. This device comprises a continuous belt strap, one end of which is fixed to an anchorage point on the vehicle structure and the other end of which is connected to a strap winder/unwinder. The structure of the vehicle is equipped with an attachment means with which the said strap is adapted to cooperate by sliding to provide, under the condition of use of the device, a subabdominal portion and a cross-belt portion which come from the said winder/unwinder. The said anchorage point includes a buckle component which is customary for safety belts and is adapted to be activated directly or indirectly so as to provide separation of the strap end which is fixed to the anchorage point from the structure of the vehicle, this occurring without touching the stop.

Safety belt device with a winder/unwinder especially for automobiles

Modular storage unit

A deflector for heat exchanger tube is provided which enhances exchange of heat between the various portions of the liquid flowing in the tube. It comprises a tail piece offset laterally relatively to the body of said deflector which prevents it from being swept away by the liquid, said tail piece being adapted to come into abutment with the edge of the tube.

Deflector for heat exchanger tube, its manufacturing method and

Apparatus for cooling liquids, especially lubricating oil for internal combustion engines or heat engines, etc., including a heat exchanger formed by at least one tube for circulating said liquid to be cooled, immersed in a cooling liquid. The exchanger is connected to the outside circuit by connectors passing through the wall of the container of the cooling liquid. These connectors are formed in two parts, one of which projects externally, said parts being so shaped that when assembled they jointly form an annular cavity which surrounds the edge of the opening formed in the container wall; the volume of said cavity diminishes gradually when said two parts are joined together whereby to confine and tighten a flexible seal placed within said cavity.

Liquid cooling apparatus

Fitting of a fluid temperature switch unit of the kind including an enclosure having an end face at one end and a bimetal disc at the other end, in a chamber containing a fluid and having a wall comprising a recess having a bottom-face formed with an opening leading into the chamber. The bottom-face is covered by a metal plate, and the opening is sealed by urging the metal plate toward the recess wall, while the end of the unit containing the bimetal disc is pressed against the metal plate.

Fitting of a fluid temperature switch in a wall

A control valve of the type comprising a rotatable distributing member having a distributing surface having a plurality of coaxial ribs intersected by radially extending rib portions projecting on the distributing surface and engaging a smooth surface of a stationary valve body to define therewith a plurality of coaxial part-annular channels for selectively interconnecting selected ones of a plurality of passages bored through the valve body and opening in the smooth surface. The distributing member is retained in engagement with the valve body by a corrugated spring washer clamped between the outer face of the distributing member and a cap or hood member fastened to the valve body, and the spring washer is fastened against rotation relative to the cap member, while the outer face of the distributing member has a plurality of recesses for receiving the corrugations of the spring washer to hold the distributing member in any one of several angular positions.

Vacuum control valve

Radiator for an air-conditioning system of an automobile. The stack of fins for the heating of the circulating air is traversed by tubes in which circulates hot water. The fins are rectangular and their small edges are folded according to an obtuse angle. A band of foam material surrounds the stack along the edges of the folds and along the end fins. The band comprises holes which are traversed by the tubes protruding from the end fins. The band is wider than the small edge of the fins and the parts of the band projecting from the stack of fins contribute to the tightness of the mounting of the radiator on the conduit provided for the air to be conditioned.

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Les Clayes-sous-Bois, France

Rene Elie Neveux