Faurecia Interieur Industrie

Stéphane Dannenhoffer

Didier Ponthieu

Pierre Guerreiro

Tony Ercolano

Cédric Habert

Pascal Rumigny

Guy Heriquet

An opening/closing device includes a bistable device having a fixed member () delimiting one side of an opening providing access to a compartment, and a flexible mobile member (), articulated on the fixed member proximate the ends of the access opening. The fixed and mobile members () delimit jointly the entire access opening, and the mobile member () has two stable positions, one wherein it is adjacent to the fixed member (), the other wherein only its ends are adjacent to the fixed member (). The mobile member () is elongated and has naturally two stable positions with opposite convexities. The invention is applicable to vehicle passenger compartments.

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Nerville la Forêt, France

Stéphane Dannenhoffer