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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, La Verriere, FR;
Frederic Vacca, La Verriere, FR;
Juan-Carlos De Francisco, Saragossa, ES;
Valeo Electrification, Cergy Pontoise, FR;
Abstract
A frame for an air intake regulating device of a vehicle, including at least two walls participating in defining an opening zone for receiving a set of movable flaps arranged parallel to one another, at least one movable flap being movable in rotation about at least one pivot axis, at least one bearing supported by an elastically deformable tab, the bearing being configured to receive a pin participating in defining the pivot axis of the movable flap, the tab being delimited in a wall of the frame by a U-shaped groove, the groove including a base and two arms respectively extending an end of the base, each of the arms having a free end opposite the base. The groove includes a clearance zone positioned at one of the free ends of the arms of the groove, the clearance zone laterally extending the corresponding arm while forming at least one protuberance.