Patents by Inventor Virginie Leroy

Virginie Leroy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10992204
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotary electrical machine including: a bearing (12); a stator (11) including a stator body (13); and a tubular ring (27), said stator body (13) being mounted braced in the ring (27); a cooling chamber (28) for circulating coolant liquid defined by an outer periphery of said tubular ring (27) and an inner periphery of said bearing (12); said bearing (12) including an intake and an outlet of coolant liquid, said machine including a separating wall (42) for separating said cooling chamber (28) extending between said intake and said outlet of coolant liquid, said separating wall (42) being added relative to said tubular ring (27) and including at the ends thereof attachment members for holding said wall (42) on said tubular ring (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Michaël Hanquez, Hugues Gervais
  • Publication number: 20210066988
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to an electrical connection device comprising: an internal connection member surrounding an axis X having a plot, and a plurality of connectors; a first external connection member surrounding the axis X and being stacked axially with the internal connection member, comprising a plot, and a plurality of connectors; the device being characterized in that each plot has a wavy shape forming troughs comprising internal troughs situated facing the axis X and external troughs situated on an external periphery, each connector of the internal connection member being connected in an internal trough of the plot of the internal connection member and each connector of the first external connection member being electrically connected in an external trough of the plot of the first external connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Michaël Hanquez
  • Patent number: 10615662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine which comprises: a stator provided with a body; a casing in at least two parts; an annular chamber for cooling the machine (30) delimited by an outer wall (23) that belongs to one of the parts of the casing (2, 3) and is made of a moldable material such as aluminium; and an inner wall (31) belonging to a steel part (31) which is thinner than the outer wall (23) and shaped so as to have a region (33) for mounting the stator body and two docking regions (22, 24) each having a seal (36) by virtue of their arrangement on either side of the mounting region (33) of the stator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Equipments Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Michaël Hanquez, Hugues Gervais, Virginie Leroy, Michel Le Douarin
  • Patent number: 10320248
    Abstract: A rotor with permanent magnets for a rotary electric machine including a plurality of alternating north poles and south poles and made up of a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in first recesses extending axially and distributed regularly between a circumferential portion and a central portion of the magnetic mass of the rotor such as to define a plurality of circumferential polar sections, the first recesses being separated by central tabs with a thickness E, the permanent magnets having a polygonal radial section that comprises a substantially rectangular portion next to the circumferential portion adjacent to a substantially trapezoidal portion next to the central portion. The rotor having a ratio R0 (h/E) of a first height h of the trapezoidal portion to the thickness E of a central tab is predetermined such as to maximize the efficiency of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Lilya Bouarroudj, Virginie Leroy, Nam-Gook Kim
  • Publication number: 20190149017
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotary electrical machine including: a bearing (12); a stator (11) including a stator body (13); and a tubular ring (27), said stator body (13) being mounted braced in the ring (27); a cooling chamber (28) for circulating coolant liquid defined by an outer periphery of said tubular ring (27) and an inner periphery of said bearing (12); said bearing (12) including an intake and an outlet of coolant liquid, said machine including a separating wall (42) for separating said cooling chamber (28) extending between said intake and said outlet of coolant liquid, said separating wall (42) being added relative to said tubular ring (27) and including at the ends thereof attachment members for holding said wall (42) on said tubular ring (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Michaël Hanquez, Hugues Gervais
  • Publication number: 20180278120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine which comprises: a stator provided with a body; a casing in at least two parts; an annular chamber for cooling the machine (30) delimited by an outer wall (23) that belongs to one of the parts of the casing (2, 3) and is made of a mouldable material such as aluminium; and an inner wall (31) belonging to a steel part (31) which is thinner than the outer wall (23) and shaped so as to have a region (33) for mounting the stator body and two docking regions (22, 24) each having a seal (36) by virtue of their arrangement on either side of the mounting region (33) of the stator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Michaël Hanquez, Hugues Gervais, Virginie Leroy, Michel Le Douarin
  • Publication number: 20170141629
    Abstract: A rotor with permanent magnets for a rotary electric machine including a plurality of alternating north poles and south poles and made up of a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in first recesses extending axially and distributed regularly between a circumferential portion and a central portion of the magnetic mass of the rotor such as to define a plurality of circumferential polar sections, the first recesses being separated by central tabs with a thickness E, the permanent magnets having a polygonal radial section that comprises a substantially rectangular portion next to the circumferential portion adjacent to a substantially trapezoidal portion next to the central portion. The rotor having a ratio R0 (h/E) of a first height h of the trapezoidal portion to the thickness E of a central tab is predetermined such as to maximise the efficiency of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Lilya BOUARROUDJ, Virginie LEROY, Nam-Gook KIM
  • Patent number: 9030073
    Abstract: The claw rotor (2) comprises: an axial symmetry axis (X-X); two magnet wheels having a core and teeth (9); insulation (11?) for a field coil (10) mounted onto the core; and permanent magnets mounted between two adjacent teeth (9) belonging to one and the other of the magnet wheels, wherein the insulation (11?) comprises a hub and a flange on each end of the hub (110), each flange having a plurality of projecting petals for engaging with the angled inner periphery (90) of a tooth (9). At least some petals of a flange (120) corresponding to the permanent magnets (38) are split into a plurality of portions, namely, a main petal (121a) for engaging with the inner periphery (90) of a tooth of the magnet wheel (8) in question and at least one side secondary petal (121b) that is lower, when seen in the radial direction, than the main petal. The rotating electrical machine comprises such a rotor. The invention is of use in a claw rotor for motor vehicle alternator or alterno-starter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Vincent Foveau
  • Publication number: 20130009504
    Abstract: The claw rotor (2) comprises: an axial symmetry axis (X-X); two magnet wheels having a core and teeth (9); insulation (11?) for a Held coil (10) mounted onto the core; and permanent magnets mounted between two adjacent teeth (9) belonging to one and the other of the magnet wheels, wherein the insulation (11?) comprises a hub and a flange on each end of the hub (110), each flange having a plurality of projecting petals for engaging with the angled inner periphery (90) of a tooth (9). At least some petals of a flange (120) corresponding to the permanent magnets (38) are split into a plurality of portions, namely, a main petal (121a) for engaging with the inner periphery (90) of a tooth of the magnet wheel (8) in question and at least one side secondary petal (121b) that is lower, when seen in the radial direction, than the main petal. The rotating electrical machine comprises such a rotor. The invention is of use in a claw rotor for motor vehicle alternator or alterno-starter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Vincent Foveau
  • Patent number: 8120227
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine comprising a rotor shaft, a stack of laminations, which is coaxial to the rotor shaft and which comprises at least two radially-projecting poles, a field coil which is wound around each pole, such that the ends of the coil project out axially in relation to each external axial end radial face of the lamination stack and two plates for supporting the lamination stack, which are disposed axially on either side of the stack, housings being provided in the internal radial face of each plate for receiving the coil ends. At least one of the housings comprises a contact surface with the external radial face of the associated coil end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Marc Tunzini
  • Publication number: 20100090561
    Abstract: A rotor of a rotary electric machine comprising a rotor shaft, a stack of laminations, which is coaxial to the rotor shaft and which comprises at least two radially-projecting poles, a field coil which is wound around each pole, such that the ends of the coil project out axially in relation to each external axial end radial face of the lamination stack and two plates for supporting the lamination stack, which are disposed axially on either side of the stack, housings being provided in the internal radial face of each plate for receiving the coil ends. At least one of the housings comprises a contact surface with the external radial face of the associated coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Virginie Leroy, Marc Tunzini
  • Publication number: 20050119077
    Abstract: This invention proposes a combination of a drive pulley (30) with the rotor of a rotary electrical machine for a motor vehicle, especially an alternator or alternator-starter, comprising, firstly, a shaft (18) carrying a rotor and a front ball bearing (26), and secondly, a pulley (30) which has a peripheral working zone (92) arranged to cooperate with a drive belt, together with a central hub (93) which has an axial hole (94) for the rotor shaft (18) to pass through it, characterised in that the pulley (30) has a splined internal portion (95) such that it can be force-fitted on a complementary splined external portion of the rotor shaft (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Guy Faucon, Virginie Leroy, Karine Stofleth