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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
Tony Ercolano, Wavignies, FR;
Didier Ponthieu, La Neuville Saint Pierre, FR;
Pascal Rumigny, Grouy en Thelle, FR;
Cédric Habert, Le Fay Saint Quentin, FR;
Pierre Guerreiro, Sannois, FR;
Guy Heriquet, Saint-Gratien, FR;
Stéphane Dannenhoffer, Nerville la Forêt, FR;
Tony Ercolano, Wavignies, FR;
Didier Ponthieu, La Neuville Saint Pierre, FR;
Pascal Rumigny, Grouy en Thelle, FR;
Cédric Habert, Le Fay Saint Quentin, FR;
Pierre Guerreiro, Sannois, FR;
Guy Heriquet, Saint-Gratien, FR;
Stéphane Dannenhoffer, Nerville la Forêt, FR;
Faurecia Interieur Industrie, Nanterre, FR;
Abstract
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.