Patents Assigned to Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
  • Publication number: 20220201897
    Abstract: A cooling unit for dissipating the heat generated by electronic components (40) of an electrical assembly (1) is disclosed. The cooling unit has a first portion (20) and a second portion (30), each of which form a hollow part, of substantially parallelepipedal shape. The first and second portions meet at a joining zone (51) of the cooling unit, the first and second portions each comprising a first external surface that is turned towards the other portion, and said first external surfaces each comprising a receiving zone intended to receive one or more of said electronic components (40). At least one of said portions comprises a connection opening configured to be connected to another part of said cooling module (10) that is separate from said cooling unit. The cooling unit also comprises at least one orifice (55) formed in one of the portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Legendre, Aurelien Pouilly
  • Patent number: 11356026
    Abstract: An electrical system having, among other things, a resonant DC-DC voltage converter with two resonant capacitors, a control unit having a first module for determining a maximum value and a minimum value of the voltage at the terminals of each resonant capacitor as a function of an output voltage of the converter, a module for comparing between the maximum value and respectively a minimum value of the voltage at the terminals of each resonant capacitor and a failure detection element configured to detect a failure of the converter if the maximum value is greater than or equal to the upper voltage limit, or the minimum value is less than or equal to the lower voltage limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Huan Zhou, Gang Yang
  • Publication number: 20220163568
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device comprising a support comprising a holding member, and an electrical circuit (12) housed at least partially in the support and comprising an array of electrical tracks (122) and a receiving portion (121) designed to receive a magnetic field sensor. The electrical circuit (12) is configured so as to create an electrical link between the magnetic field sensor, on the one hand, and an electronic board external to the electrical device, on the other hand. The holding member comprises at least one bearing portion forming a stop so as to create a mechanical link between the support and the electronic board. Said receiving portion (121) forms an exposed surface configured so as to create an electrical connection with said magnetic field sensor through plane-to-plane contact between the receiving portion (121) and a face of the magnetic field sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Legendre, Aurelien Pouilly
  • Publication number: 20220163570
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device (1) comprising a support (11) comprising a holding member (111), and an electrical circuit (12) housed at least partially in the support (11) and comprising an array of electrical tracks (122) and a receiving portion (121) designed to receive a magnetic field sensor. The electrical circuit (12) is configured so as to create an electrical link between the magnetic field sensor and an electronic board external to the electrical device (1). The holding member (111) comprises at least one bearing portion (112) forming a stop so as to create a mechanical link between the support (11) and the electronic board so as to position the magnetic field sensor in a free volume formed in an electrical conductor in order to enable the magnetic field sensor to perform measurements of a magnetic field induced by a current flowing in the electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Legendre, Aurelien Pouilly
  • Publication number: 20220159871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module (1), configured to cool at least one electrical module, the cooling module (1) comprising two fluid inlet/outlet orifices (12), and a cooling channel (11) formed in the cooling module (1). The cooling channel (11) has a U-shaped section forming two branches such that said cooling channel (11) ensures U-shaped circulation of the cooling fluid between the two fluid inlet/outlet orifices (12), the cooling module (1) comprising at least one housing (13), between the two branches, which is suitable for allowing the sealed insertion of said at least one electrical module, so as to cool said at least one electrical module by thermal conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Aurelien Pouilly, Alexandre Legendre
  • Patent number: 11337341
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of two housings, a first housing comprising a first cooling circuit portion and a second housing comprising a second cooling circuit portion, said of this cooling circuit portions being configured to form a cooling circuit with a fluid, each housing comprising a flat face comprising an opening of a respective cooling circuit portion and defining an interface of said cooling circuit, said cooling circuit portions being configured to be fluidically connected by plane-plane contact between said flat faces, said openings being arranged substantially opposite each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Aurélien Pouilly, Sébastien Hary, Philippe Mercier
  • Patent number: 11330730
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical insulation module configured to determine at least one leakage path between an electrical component and a casing receiving said electrical component. The electrical insulation module, being made of electrically insulating material, comprises a spacer configured to define the at least one leakage path between said electrical component and said casing. Said spacer comprises a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, in which the peripheral wall follows a direction different from that of the bottom wall, an inner angle being formed between the bottom wall and the peripheral wall; and the at least one leakage path comprises at least one dimension of a surface corresponding to a portion of the bottom wall and/or a dimension of a surface of a portion of the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Pierre Smal, Mahi-Eddine Tsouria-Belaid
  • Patent number: 11297743
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling circuit, notably for a casing of an electrical equipment, comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first and second portions of the cooling circuit being complementary and respectively comprising hollow parts and projecting parts configured to fit one into the other so as to form by assembly a circulation channel for a coolant, said circulation channel being configured to generate a flow extending over different levels laid out successively one after the other along said circulation channel, said hollow parts and said projecting parts being configured to fit one into the other thanks to a functional clearance enabling the imbrication of said hollow parts and said projecting parts, one at least of said first and second complementary circuit portions comprising at least one deflector configured to divert the coolant from said functional clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Sébastien Douillard, Anthony Lamarche
  • Patent number: 11270818
    Abstract: The subject-matter of the invention is an electrical device comprising: a casing comprising a cavity receiving an electrical component, and at least two conductors connected to the electrical component so as to supply it with electric energy, both conductors being superimposed with each other and extending in parallel, said device being characterised in that it comprises an electric insulating film folded on itself around a fold, and a first part of which located on a side of the fold comes against a surface of the first conductor so as to electrically insulate it, and a second part of which located on the other side of the fold is inserted between both conductors so as to electrically insulate them from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Eloi Mortain, Alwin Moceri, Baptiste Parigot
  • Patent number: 11264894
    Abstract: A converter configured to supply an energy consuming element during an operating phase and may charge a capacitor during a pre-charging phase prior to the operating phase. The converter may have a power factor correction circuit having the capacitor and thyristors. The converter may also have a control system configured to control the pre-charging phase. The control system may have a control unit configured to, during the operating phase, detect the state of charge of the capacitor, and generate a control signal configured to control the thyristors as a function of the state of charge of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Norbert Messi Bene Eloundou, Singaravelu Mani
  • Patent number: 11219139
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly including: at least one electrical device comprising a first face for being pressed against a surface, at least one pressing member positioned on a second face of the electrical device opposite to the first face, said pressing member being intended to participate in pressing said electrical device on said surface, at least one holding part which holds said pressing member on the second face of said electrical device by being attached around the pressing member on a peripheral portion of the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Legendre, Aurélien Pouilly
  • Patent number: 11205537
    Abstract: The magnetic component comprises: a magnetic core comprising an E-shaped lower part, an E-shaped upper part and an I-shaped central part closing both the lower part and the upper part such that the lower part and the central part define two lower magnetic circuits and the upper part and the central part define two upper magnetic circuits; a first coil and a second coil wound around a central branch of the lower part to be coupled to one another; a third coil wound around a central branch of the upper part, the third coil being connected in series with the second coil. The central part has a reluctance lower than both that of the lower part along each lower magnetic circuit and that of the upper part along each upper magnetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Gang Yang
  • Patent number: 11201008
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an electrical assembly, in particular a capacitive block, comprising a capacitive element, at least one electric connector secured to said capacitive element and a casing having a bottom, a side wall and an aperture through which the capacitive element is inserted, said casing comprising at least one shoulder on the side of the aperture, said shoulder forming a stop configured to receive in abutment said at least one electric connector, so as to support said capacitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Eloi Mortain, Alwin Moceri
  • Patent number: 11143676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a casing element of a first equipment, said casing element being configured to house at least one electrical conductor configured to receive an electric current, said casing element being notable in that it comprises a pair of slots provided in a wall of the casing element, the pair of slots comprising a slot on either side of a reception area configured to house said electrical conductor, and said pair of slots being provided to allow the insertion of a part with a U-shaped section, comprising a base and two arms parallel to one another and orthogonal to the base, said arms being configured to be inserted in said slots on either side of said reception area, so that the part is able to guide a magnetic flux generated by an electric current circulating in said electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Arnaud Mas
  • Patent number: 11142148
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an electrical connection bar configured to electrically connect a first electrical equipment and a second electrical equipment, notably in a vehicle, the electrical connection bar comprising an electrical connection module configured so as to supply the first electrical equipment with an electrical energy controlled by the second electrical equipment. The electrical connection bar further comprises a transmission module configured to transmit into the second electrical equipment an electrical signal representative of a physical property of the first electrical equipment, the transmission module being integrated with the electrical connection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Aurélien Pouilly, Bruno Condamin, Alexandre Legendre
  • Patent number: 11075600
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is a method for controlling a three-phase electrical machine from an inverter. Each sector of the complex representation of the space vector modulation being subdivided into three subsectors, comprising a central subsector centred on the active vector, a first lateral subsector associated with the first zero-sequence vector, and a second lateral subsector, opposite the first lateral subsector relative to the central subsector, associated with the second zero-sequence vector, it comprises a step of control of the voltage at the terminals of each phase of the electrical machine, measured relative to neutral, with the value defined by the control vector associated with the subsector in which the control vector is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Pierre-Alexandre Chauvenet
  • Publication number: 20210195787
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrical equipment comprising: a heatsink comprising an internal volume delimited by at least two opposite faces, a busbar, said busbar coming against said two opposite faces of the heatsink in such a way as to be cooled by said heatsink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Legendre, Aurélien Pouilly
  • Patent number: 10978985
    Abstract: The control device includes: a unit for receiving, for a time period, phase voltage setpoints forming a setpoint vector in vector space; a unit for selecting at least N+1 states of the inverter which are associated, respectively, with at least N+1 predetermined vectors (M1 . . . M27) defining a volume in the vector space (Esp) containing the setpoint vector; a unit for controlling the inverter, over the time period, in order to place it successively in the selected states so that it substantially applies, on average over the time period, the phase voltage setpoints. The at least N+1 states of the inverter are selected from among groups of at least N+1 states of the inverter, the at least N+1 states of the inverter of at least one of the groups being associated, respectively, with at least N+1 predetermined vectors (M1 . . . M27), at least N of which are formed by predetermined zero-sum phase voltages and at least one of which is formed by predetermined nonzero-sum phase voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Pierre-Alexandre Chauvenet
  • Patent number: 10966336
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical equipment, in particular for electrical or hybrid vehicles, comprising a casing, said casing comprising a casing element comprising a side wall and defining an inner space. The side wall of the casing element comprises a material offset towards the inner space thereof forming a zone for connecting the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the electrical energy source such that said material offset overlaps the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor only making visible, from the outside of said side wall, the positive visible terminal and the negative visible terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Roger Deniot
  • Patent number: 10953825
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical busbar (400) intended for electrically connecting an electrical component, said electrical busbar (400) including: at least one electrically conductive part (410); a coating (420) made of electrically insulating material covering said part (410) at least in a main plane of the busbar (400), the electrically conductive part (410) including: a first end forming an electrical connection terminal; a planar portion extending so as to follow said main plane; and an electrically conductive cylinder (414) which extends away from a first surface of the planar portion in a transverse direction relative to the main plane, the inner wall of the cylinder extending away from an opening located in the planar portion so as to receive a rod in order to rest the distal end (414a) of the cylinder (414) on a terminal of the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Sanvito, Pierre Smal