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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2021
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, La Verriere, FR;
Vijendra Kumar, Chennai, IN;
Sebastien Velasco, Chennai, IN;
Vladimir Szegeny, Prague, CZ;
Frederic Vacca, La Verriere, FR;
Valeo Electrification, Cergy Pontoise, FR;
Abstract
A shut-off device including: a support frame with a front face and a rear face and having four sidewalls, at least one flap which is disposed within the support frame and is able to pivot about a pivot axis between a first, open, end position and a second, closed, end position, the flap being connected to the support frame by a pivot connection. The pivot connection has an open receiving recess disposed on one of the faces of the support frame and is intended to receive the pivot axis of the flap, the shut-off device further including: a retaining bar which covers an aperture of the receiving recess and is intended to retain the pivot axis of the flap within the receiving recess, and two guides which are aligned and disposed so as to retain the retaining bar above the aperture of the receiving recess.