Patents Assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques
  • Patent number: 11946708
    Abstract: Support frame (4) configured to bear a heat exchanger comprising a flange (22) for coolant to pass through, the frame comprising a lateral wall (12) in which a light (28) is produced, which is configured to be passed through by the flange (22), characterized in that the lateral wall (12) comprises at least one edge (34, 36) placed near an end of the light (28) and arranged at least partially through the light (28) so as to define an insertion path for the flange which is inclined relative to the normal to the lateral wall, the edge also being configured to form a point on which the flange pivots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Fabien Bireaud, Rémi Tournois, Emmanuel Henon, Stephan Andre
  • Publication number: 20240100912
    Abstract: A refrigerant fluid circuit for a heat treatment system, including a main branch starting at a first convergence point and terminating at a first divergence point and including at least one accumulator, a compression device and a first heat exchanger, the refrigerant fluid circuit including a first branch and a second branch, both starting at the first divergence point and terminating at the first convergence point, the first branch including a second heat exchanger, the second branch including a third heat exchanger. The refrigerant fluid circuit includes a bypass branch which starts at a second divergence point situated on the second branch, downstream of the third heat exchanger, and which terminates at a second convergence point situated on the main branch, downstream of the at least one accumulator and upstream of the compression device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventor: Mohamed YAHIA
  • Publication number: 20240100909
    Abstract: Thermal conditioning system including a refrigerant circuit successively including: a compression device; a first two-fluid heat exchanger arranged on a first loop of a heat transfer liquid circuit; a second two-fluid heat exchanger arranged on a second heat transfer liquid loop; a first expansion device; a third two-fluid heat exchanger arranged on a third heat transfer liquid loop. The first loop has a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with a first air flow. The second loop has a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with a second air flow. The third loop has a third heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the first air flow. The first loop includes a fourth heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the second air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Mohamed YAHIA, Bertrand NICOLAS, Stefan KARL
  • Patent number: 11942616
    Abstract: Structure (1) for the heat treatment of an electrical storage device (2) for a motor vehicle, the structure (1) including at least one heat exchange plate (10, 11, 12) intended to be in contact with the electrical storage device (2) and having a thickness (5) defined by two external surfaces (3, 4), the heat exchange plate (10, 11, 12) comprising at least one channel (6, 61, 62) formed in its thickness (5) and opening at at least one end (7) into the thickness (5) of the heat exchange plate (10, 11, 12), characterized in that, at the level of the end (7) of the channel (6, 61, 62), the external surfaces (3, 4) of the heat exchange plate (10, 11, 12) are separated from one another by a distance (53) less than the thickness (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Eric Tudeau, Frédéric Tison, Jean Damien Muller, Antonio Figueiredo
  • Patent number: 11938786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (1) for managing the thermal comfort of a person, in particular on board a motor vehicle, this system being designed to use at least one state characteristic of the person and/or of their thermal environment, this characteristic being able to adopt a plurality of values, this system being designed to: acquire, using a sensor, data relating to the person and/or to their thermal environment, this sensor being in particular a camera designed to acquire an image of the person and/or of their thermal environment, evaluate, on the basis of these acquired data, the probability of the state characteristic adopting a first value by associating a first confidence level with this first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Daniel Neveu, Jeremie Zoubairi
  • Patent number: 11938949
    Abstract: An interactive system (1) for interacting with a user is disclosed. The interactive system (1) includes at least one interface (3), a measuring device (5), and a processing unit (7) comprising an interpretation module for receiving a physiological parameter obtained by the measuring device (5) and for defining, based on the physiological parameter, a datum representative of the physiological state of the user (U). The processing unit (7) comprises a data communication module for communicating data with a server (11) storing a library of applications, a data processing module for selecting an application on the basis of the datum representative of the physiological state, an information module for notifying the user (U) of the selected application, and detecting a validation action from the user (U) validating the notified application, and a download module for downloading the validated application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Antoine Boilevin
  • Patent number: 11936019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a loop (14) for heat transfer liquid (48) for a vehicle comprising a first network (70) and a second network (71), a means (42) for circulating the heat transfer liquid (48), a first heat exchanger (100) configured to be thermally coupled to a first element (40) of an electric drivetrain of the vehicle, a means (72) for moving the heat transfer liquid (48), a second heat exchanger (200) configured to be thermally coupled to a second element (49) and a radiator (51) arranged to be traversed by an external air flow (EF), the radiator (51) comprising a first cooling zone (74) and a second cooling zone (75), a first output (54) of the radiator (51) being connected to the first heat exchanger (100) and a second output (53) of the radiator (51) being connected to the second heat exchanger (200). Application to motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Mohamed Yahia
  • Patent number: 11932081
    Abstract: A method for controlling a system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The system includes an actuator, a volatile memory (RAM) in which an item of position information of the actuator (IPRAM) is stored, and a long-term memory (EPROM). The following are stored in the long-term memory (EPROM): at least one item of position information (IPROM) of the actuator and an item of information relating to the powering down of the actuator (IHT), which assumes a first value (v1) when the system has been powered down in a controlled manner and assuming assumes a second value (v2) when the system has suffered a fault causing the current value of the position of the actuator stored in the volatile memory (RAM) to be deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Muriel Porto, Thomas Guenet, Jin-Ming Liu, Wissem Nouainia
  • Patent number: 11933529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a thermal management device (1) of a motor vehicle comprising a refrigerant-fluid circuit comprising a compressor (3), a first heat exchanger (5), an expansion device (7) and the second heat exchanger (9), said thermal management device (1) further comprising an electric heating device (60), said control method involving, upon a starting of the thermal management device (1) from cold, the following steps: direct or indirect heating of the internal air flow (20) by the electrical heating device (60) alone until said internal air flow (200) reaches a target temperature and/or until a predetermined timer has run out, —when the internal air flow (200) has reached its target temperature and/or when the timer has run out, starting the compressor (3) so that the refrigerant-fluid circuit draws heat energy from the external air flow (100) at the second heat exchanger (9) and gives up said heat energy at the first heat exchanger (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jugurtha Benouali, Régis Beauvis, Jin-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20240077088
    Abstract: A fan shroud for a vehicle heat-exchange module, having a wall configured to at least partially block the airflow through the fan shroud between a front and a back thereof, with a first opening for enabling airflow through the fan shroud between a front and a back thereof. The fan shroud further includes fasteners adapted to mount the fan shroud in an inclined position with respect to the ground, and a first drainage opening for a fluid, arranged at a bottom of the fan shroud and a first slope with a lowest point being at the level of the first drainage opening when the fan shroud is in the inclined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Roy RISKI, Davide MOLINARI, Catalino LOREDO GUZMAN
  • Publication number: 20240075790
    Abstract: A fluid management module for a vehicle, including a block with at least a valve, and a unit. The unit includes a transferring plate, shaped to form at least one channel for receiving the fluid, and a flat support plate. The block and the unit are fluidly connected together, the valve being configured to distribute the fluid in the channel of the unit. An intermediary channel extends non-collinearly with an inlet part and an outer part of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Michal BELZOWSKI, Tomasz STRAMECKI, Damian JURKIEWICZ
  • Publication number: 20240066976
    Abstract: An air flow control device for a front face module of a motor vehicle, the control device including a frame and a plurality of vanes extending within and attached thereto in a rotatable manner, each vane being rotatable about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the main extension direction of each vane. The vanes being able to rotate between an open position and a closed position. The frame includes an integral support bar extending in direction perpendicular to the main extension direction of the vanes, with the vanes having fins configured to rest on the support bar when the vanes are closed and pressured towards the support bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Victor Manuel MINERO RAMALES
  • Publication number: 20240066975
    Abstract: Cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle (10), the module being intended to allow an airflow (F) to pass through from an air inlet (22a) to an air outlet (22b) and comprising a fairing (40) forming a duct which extends between an upstream end (40a) and a downstream end (40b) and inside which at least one heat exchanger (24, 26, 28) is arranged, the fairing (40) comprising at least one junction wall (410) defining the duct, the junction wall (410) comprising a suction opening (01, 02, 03) forming the air inlet (22a) arranged upstream of the heat exchanger(s) (24, 26, 28), the cooling module also comprising a manifold box (41) located next to the downstream end (40b), the manifold box (41) being configured to receive a tangential-flow turbomachine (30) which is configured to generate the airflow (F), the manifold box (41) also comprising the air outlet (22b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz, Sebastien Garnier, Issiaka Traore
  • Patent number: 11916461
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for supporting a motor (1), which comprises two coaxial rings, these being an inner ring (3) able to receive one or more elements of the said motor and an outer ring (4) able to be fixed to a housing forming a structural element (2). The assembly comprises means for limiting the tilting of the inner ring (3) with respect to the outer ring (4), these means including an element (34) which projects from a first of the two rings to become housed in a housing (42) formed in the second of the two rings, and means (7, 22) for reducing the excursion of the element (34) inside the said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Morgan Le Goff, Geoffroy Capoulun, Emmanuel Rudloff
  • Patent number: 11912100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal conditioning circuit (1) for a hybrid or electric motor vehicle, in which a refrigerant can circulate, said circuit (1) comprising a compressor (3), a condenser (5), an evaporator-condenser (7), an evaporator (9) and a heat exchanger (11) thermally coupled to an electric member, e.g. a vehicle electric battery, characterized in that the circuit is configured to operate at least in the following three modes in which the refrigerant can circulate in a cascade and successively:—via the condenser (5), the evaporator-condenser (7) and the evaporator (9) in a first mode;—via the condenser (5), the evaporator (9) and the evaporator-condenser (7) in a second mode; and—in another mode, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia
  • Patent number: 11917791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat dissipation device comprising a support (10) and a heat sink (12) designed to be cooled by an air flow passing through the sink (12), the support (10) having a first housing inside which the sink (10) is held, the support (10) being further configured to accommodate an electronic control module (2) designed to be cooled by the sink (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Ismaël Franco, Mickaia Rabenja, Johan Kaes
  • Publication number: 20240060731
    Abstract: A header-tank assembly for a fluid, including: a header, a cover, a first baffle forming an end wall for a fluid channel at an end of the header, a second baffle including a first opening configured to provide a fluidal communication between the header-tank assembly and a fluid loop, a distribution device located between the first baffle and the second baffle, the distribution device including a first open end and a second open end. The first open end of the distribution device is in a contact with the first baffle and the second open end is fluidly connected with the first opening of the second baffle. The first baffle includes a sealing portion configured to be fixed to the first open end of the distribution device to form a fluid-tight connection blocking the exit of the fluid from the first open end of the distribution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Jan FORST, Lukas BERANEK, Martin MYSLIKOVJAN
  • Publication number: 20240059140
    Abstract: A shut-off device including: a support frame having four sides, a first and second levers configured to be set in motion by an actuator, a first connecting part connected with the first lever, and a second connecting part connected with the second lever, a first set of flaps and a second set of flaps, fastened respectively to the first and second connecting parts. Each flap includes a flap lever arm connecting the flap to the respective first or second connecting part. The first lever includes a primary lever arm connecting the first lever to the first connecting part. The second lever includes a secondary lever arm connecting the second lever to the second connecting part. Each flap lever arm is shorter than any of the primary and secondary lever arms. The first lever and the second lever are connected to one another by a connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Frederic VACCA, Enzo MITIDIERI, Karim ARAB, Laura MARION, Victor Manuel MINERO RAMALES, Eng KUACH
  • Publication number: 20240042830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module for a motor vehicle, comprising a fairing forming an internal duct inside which at least one heat exchanger intended to have an air flow (F) passing through it is arranged, a collector housing positioned downstream of the fairing and further comprising one or more side walls which extend in the continuation of the internal duct of the fairing, the cooling module being characterized in that the at least one side wall comprises at least one vent (E) intended to discharge the air flow (F), as well as at least one shut-off device for shutting off the at least one vent (E), said shut-off device being able to move between a position in which said at least one vent (E) is open and a position in which said at least one vent (E) is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz, Issiaka Traore, Sebastien Garnier
  • Publication number: 20240042829
    Abstract: Thermal regulation circuit for a vehicle, said circuit comprising first (2) and second (4) heat exchangers that are situated in series along a direction of circulation of an air flow intended to pass through them in this order, said circuit comprising a third heat exchanger (6) intended to be passed through by an ambient air flow, said circuit being configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate in series in the first (2) and third (6) heat exchangers and a heat-transfer fluid to circulate in the second heat exchanger (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia, Jugurtha Benouali, Stefan Karl, Yvan Lechat