Patents Assigned to VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
  • Patent number: 12779980
    Abstract: Cooling module for a motor vehicle intended to be traversed by an airflow circulating between an air inlet and an air outlet and including: a fairing forming an internal duct that contains a heat exchanger and including a front face that contains the air inlet, —a collector housing designed to receive a turbomachine designed to generate the airflow, fastening elements arranged on both sides of the fairing and enabling the heat exchanger to be fastened to the cooling module, and enabling the module and the heat exchanger to be fastened to a chassis of the vehicle such that the front face of the fairing faces an underbody of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz, Sebastien Garnier, Issiaka Traore
  • Publication number: 20260341572
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a magnetic circuit, and two electrical conductors each having a portion that is arranged around the same part of the magnetic circuit, each of the portions forming, between a first end and a second end, a winding, these two windings being inductively coupled to one another via the magnetic circuit. A support for the two electrical windings is arranged between the electrical conductors and the portion of the magnetic circuit. The support includes a wall around which the electrical windings are arranged; and at least two ribs that extend away from the wall in the direction of the portion of the magnetic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Amaury ROUET, Wendell DA-CUNHA-ALVES, Roger DENIOT, Massourang DIALLO, Baptiste PARIGOT
  • Publication number: 20260341586
    Abstract: A three-phase transformer for an isolated voltage converter includes a magnetic circuit, having a first part and a second part. Each part includes a base with a substantially triangular outline, and three pads each extending towards the base of the other part of the magnetic circuit. Also included three supports of electrical conductors, each support being mounted on two facing pads belonging to one and the other part, respectively, of the magnetic circuit, each support of electrical conductors carrying two electrical windings that are coupled inductively to one another via the magnetic circuit. Each pad of one part of the magnetic circuit defines at least one air gap other than via its cooperation with the pad of the other part of the magnetic circuit that it faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Wendell DA-CUNHA-ALVES, Roger DENIOT, Massourang DIALLO, Julien LEVEQUE, Baptiste PARIGOT, Amaury ROUET
  • Patent number: 12766914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for thermal treatment of air for a vehicle, including a conveying duct, a heating duct and a mixing chamber. A mixing device is configured to be able to move between a first end position, which prevents air from circulating between the conveying duct and the mixing chamber, and a second end position, which prevents the air from circulating in the heating duct. The mixing device includes a main flap and a deflection element projecting from the main flap, the deflection element including at least one front rib and at least one lateral rib extending one end of the front rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Thierry Barbier, Cyril Gontier, Yves Rousseau
  • Publication number: 20260322192
    Abstract: An axial-flux electric machine rotating about an axis of rotation and including at least one rotationally mobile homopolar rotor having p poles. The rotationally mobile homopolar rotor includes an annular disc having an axis of symmetry coincident with the axis of rotation, p/2 upper studs and p/2 lower studs, p being an even whole number, the upper studs being radially further from the axis of rotation than the lower studs, the lower and upper studs alternating circumferentially. At least one concentric rotor winding is mounted radially between the upper and lower studs and such studs not axially facing the rotor winding. The upper and lower studs are able to be polarized by a rotor current (Ir) circulating in the rotor winding to form p poles of the rotor. At least one stator, fixed in terms of rotation, includes at least one stator coil. The rotor winding is fixed in rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 15, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Paul ARMIROLI, Nicolas LABBE
  • Publication number: 20260307472
    Abstract: A thermal module to be placed on the front face of a motor vehicle is disclosed herein. The thermal module includes a heat exchanger, a motor-fan unit, and a guiding device for guiding an air flow. The guiding device and the motor-fan unit overlap a peripheral edge and are attached to each other at a plurality of attachment zones. The guiding device and the motor-fan unit are in contact with each other. The contact between the guiding device and the motor-fan unit is configured to form at least one primary sealing zone including at least one baffle and at least one secondary sealing zone in which the guiding device and the motor-fan unit are in planar abutment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicant: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Remi Tournois, Sebastien Riviere
  • Patent number: 12752594
    Abstract: An HVAC unit including: a case defining a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture, and an outlet aperture, a first door rotatably attached to the case, a second door, rotatably attached to the case, and a third door rotatably attached to the case, with the first door being arranged to partially allow the exterior airflow in its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Timothy Mayer, Cody Barnebee, Steven Marshall, Steve Hruska, James Salo, Jason Kreucher
  • Patent number: 12745351
    Abstract: An item of electrical equipment includes an electronic board, an electronic component fixed onto the electronic board and disposed parallel to the electronic board, and a heat sink configured to dissipate the heat emitted by the electronic component. A retention member supports a bearing element which presses onto the electronic component in a direction orthogonal to the electronic board and in a direction away from the electronic component relative to the electronic board. The bearing element is configured to press the electronic components onto the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventor: Baptiste Parigot
  • Patent number: 12725851
    Abstract: A fluid distribution tank of a heat exchanger includes a pair of plates, including a first plate and a second plate, coupled with each other to define a distribution chamber with a connecting opening between the first plate and the second plate, the connecting opening being adapted to form connection between the fluid distribution tank and a tubular element of the heat exchanger, and at least one dividing wall located between the first plate and the second plate to divide the distribution chamber into at least two sub-chambers. Volumes of the individual sub-chambers are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Donald Boyd, Dominik Sporna, Matt Szymczak, William Dodson, Matthew Bloss, Przemyslaw Trela
  • Patent number: 12722475
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Frederic Vacca, Juan-Carlos De Francisco
  • Patent number: 12697866
    Abstract: A shut-off device including: a support frame with a front face and a rear face and having four sidewalls, at least one flap which is disposed within the support frame and is able to pivot about a pivot axis between a first, open, end position and a second, closed, end position, the flap being connected to the support frame by a pivot connection. The pivot connection has an open receiving recess disposed on one of the faces of the support frame and is intended to receive the pivot axis of the flap, the shut-off device further including: a retaining bar which covers an aperture of the receiving recess and is intended to retain the pivot axis of the flap within the receiving recess, and two guides which are aligned and disposed so as to retain the retaining bar above the aperture of the receiving recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Vijendra Kumar, Sebastien Velasco, Vladimir Szegeny, Frederic Vacca
  • Publication number: 20260221834
    Abstract: A stator of an axial flux electric machine, the axial flux electric machine having an axis of rotation. The stator includes a plurality of electrical windings, a plurality of teeth each supporting one of the electrical windings. A multifunctional support, or interconnection support, configured to support the plurality of teeth, and said multifunctional support being provided with electrical interconnection conductors arranged to be connected to the electrical windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Khadija EL BARAKA, Svetislav JUGOVIC
  • Patent number: 12691750
    Abstract: A flap including an extruded flap body with two outer walls connected edge to edge and delimiting an inner cavity, the flap including an end piece at each of the ends of the flap body, the end pieces including an inner part inserted into the cavity and an outer part protruding from the flap body, the flap body including, within its cavity, two lateral walls connecting the inner faces of the outer walls, the inner part of at least one end piece including a first and a second oblique tooth projecting towards the outside of the inner part, the end of the first tooth being intended to come into contact with one lateral wall, and the end of the second tooth being intended to come into contact with the other lateral wall, the teeth being oriented so as to oppose the extraction of the end piece from the flap body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Enzo Mitidieri, Laura Marion
  • Publication number: 20260215293
    Abstract: A power module including electrical conductors, each of which has an upper face, at least one semiconductor component attached to the upper face of one of the conductors, and an overmoulding that extends over at least one portion of the upper face of each of the conductors. At least one of the upper faces has, in its overmoulded portion, at least one attachment groove which is filled by the overmoulding and passes through a point (P) on the upper face that experiences a mechanical stress (T) as a result of the overmoulding. The attachment groove forming, at this point (P), at a predefined temperature, an angle with the mechanical stress (T) of between 60° and 120°, preferably between 85° and 95°, and more preferably 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Gabriel KOPP, Laurent MASSOL
  • Patent number: 12687352
    Abstract: A stone guard including: a guard member configured to allow a flow of air to pass through the guard member and block stones from passing through the guard member; and a first guide member extending from the guard member, configured to divide the flow of air passing through the guard member into a first stream of air and a second stream of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Youssef Beddadi, Roy Riski, Jesus Leyja, Catalino Loredo, Pedro Francisco Valero, Ricardo Sanchez, Bruno Demory, Mohamed Alaoui, Dominik Sporna
  • Publication number: 20260196405
    Abstract: An electronic component including a housing, a magnetic circuit and two electrical conductors, each of which has a portion arranged around the same part of the magnetic circuit, each of the portions forming, between a first end and a second end, a winding, these two windings being inductively coupled to one another via the magnetic circuit. A support for the two electrical windings is arranged between the electrical conductors and the portion of the magnetic circuit. The support incorporates a system for holding on to the housing, in particular to the body of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Amaury ROUET, Wendell DA-CUNHA-ALVES, Roger DENIOT, Massourang DIALLO, Baptiste PARIGOT, Julien LEVEQUE
  • Publication number: 20260196404
    Abstract: An electronic component comprising a magnetic circuit, two electrical conductors each having a portion arranged around a single part of the magnetic circuit, each of the portions forming a winding between a first and a second end, these two windings being inductively coupled to each other via the magnetic circuit. A support for the two electrical windings is arranged between the electrical conductors and the part of the magnetic circuit. The support incorporates a guiding system for guiding at least one of the two electrical conductors outside the electrical winding that it defines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Amaury ROUET, Wendell DA-CUNHA-ALVES, Roger DENIOT, Massourang DIALLO, Baptiste PARIGOT, Julien LEVEQUE
  • Publication number: 20260189072
    Abstract: A secondary resonant circuit for wireless power transmission in a recharging mode by way of resonant inductive coupling with a primary resonant circuit includes at least a first capacitor and a first inductance. The power transmission is directed to the resistive load coupled to the secondary resonant circuit, the resistive load having an equivalent impedance. The secondary resonant circuit includes a second capacitor of value Cs and a second inductance of value Ls, magnetically and partially coupled to the first capacitor and the first inductance, and a decoupling assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Nicolas ALLALI, Geoffrey DEVORNIQUE
  • Publication number: 20260171945
    Abstract: A control system and angle adaption circuit for shifting an angle used by a control system of an electrical machine. The angle adaption circuit includes at least one input for receiving information of a torque and/or information of a speed of the electrical machine. The angle adaption circuit includes an adaption module connected with the at least one input. The adaption module is configured to process the information received via the at least one input and to output an angle offset to be applied to an angle value of the electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
    Inventors: Andreas HELD, Muhamad-Ikhwan BIN-ISMAIL
  • Publication number: 20260168736
    Abstract: A connection block is configured to sealingly connect an expansion member to a heat exchanger. The connection block includes a refrigerant inlet, first and second refrigerant outlets, and receiving means for receiving the expansion member. The refrigerant inlet and the first and second refrigerant outlets are arranged on a contact surface with the heat exchanger. The receiving means are connected by a branch of the connection block to the refrigerant inlet, by a first passage of the connection block to the first refrigerant outlet and by a second passage of the connection block to the second refrigerant outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Valeo Electrification
    Inventors: Christophe Denoual, Frederic Tison