Patents Assigned to Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
  • Patent number: 9197118
    Abstract: A machine (1) having a rotor (11) including permanent magnets (PM) and field coils (EC). The magnets are housed in first axial recesses (E1) distributed within a circumferential portion of the magnetic body, thus defining circumferential polar sections. The coils are housed in second axial recesses (E2) distributed within an intermediate portion of the magnetic body and defining pole teeth (RT). The ratio of a width of a pole tooth to a height of a permanent magnet is around 0.65 to around 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Matt, Jean-Claude Mipo, Li Li, Albert Foggia
  • Publication number: 20150311608
    Abstract: An electrical connection unit for electrically interconnecting two electronic boards, is disclosed. The connection unit includes at least one electrical pin for electrically interconnecting the two boards, a mechanical link part for mechanically interlinking the two boards, where the electrical connection unit is disposed to enable concomitantly the electrical connection of the two boards via the pin and the mechanical link of the two boards via the link part, and a body which simultaneously carries the electrical pin and the mechanical link part, the body including a support portion for receiving and supporting one of the electronic boards, the support portion and the link part being disposed in such a way that the electronic board is held in place by being wedged between the support portion of the body and a point at which the mechanical link part is secured to the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventor: Christian Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20150311807
    Abstract: A power supply having a transformer, a magnetizing current regulation circuit, and a device for controlling the regulation circuit intended to switch the regulation circuit alternately from the magnetizing state to the demagnetizing state is disclosed. The control device is intended to prolong the magnetization phase for a magnetization time (TF). The power supply also includes an output capacitor connected to a secondary of the transformer so as to form a resonant circuit with the leakage inductor, the voltage between the terminals of the output capacitor corresponding to the output voltage (VS) of the power supply. The magnetization time (TF) and the value of the output capacitor are such that, on the resonance portion of the magnetization phase, the output voltage (VS) describes a sine wave portion and, starting from an initial value (VS0) below the median value of the sine wave, passes through said median value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Dominique Oswald, Boris Bouchez
  • Publication number: 20150303750
    Abstract: Synchronous electric motor with permanent magnets comprising a wound stator (1) comprising stator teeth extending axially formed in a frame and a rotor (5) comprising a plurality of the magnets extending axially into a cylinder head (6), being embedded according to a flux concentration construction of the rotor (5) in which a first length (Ls1) of the rotor (5) is greater than a second length (Ls1) of the stator teeth and in which a ratio of the first length (Ls1) to the second length (Ls2) is lower than 1.3. The compressor comprises such an electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Lilya Bouarroudj, Mamy Rakotovao, Benoit Walme, Jean-Claude Matt
  • Publication number: 20150303757
    Abstract: A claw rotor (2) provided with an insulator (11) for a field coil (10) and a rotary electric machine equipped with such a rotor, the insulator comprising a plurality of projecting petals (121, 131) intended to engage with the inner inclined periphery of a claw (9). Each of the petals (121, 131) includes: a base (122, 132) solidly connected to the flange (120, 130), side edges (123, 133), and an end (124, 134). The claw-pole rotor (2) is wherein each petal (121, 131) has a thickness (e) at the side edges (123, 133) which increases from the base (122, 132) to the end (124, 134).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Henri DELIANNE, David MARGUERITTE
  • Patent number: 9160218
    Abstract: A machine (1) having a rotor (11) including permanent magnets (PM) and field coils (EC). The magnets are housed in first axial recesses (E1) distributed within a circumferential portion of the magnetic body, thus defining circumferential polar sections. The coils are housed in second axial recesses (E2) distributed within an intermediate portion of the magnetic body. The circumferential polar section includes a third recess (E3), and a portion of the magnetic body forming a bridge having a height of around 0.7 mm to around 2 mm is retained between an apex of the recess and an outer pole face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Matt, Jean-Claude Mipo, Li Li, Albert Foggia
  • Patent number: 9130418
    Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine mainly for the starter of an automotive vehicle, including: a stator having a magnetized structure with permanent magnetization and extending along the circumference of the stator; a rotor; a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor; wherein the magnetized structure (5) of the stator includes at least one sector, between two consecutive magnetic poles (N; S) of the magnetized structure, having a magnetization vector that varies in an essentially sinusoidal manner upon displacement on the stator circumference, and wherein the angular deviation of the neutral line is selected so as to improve the switching during the operation of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean Sébastien Metral, Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Stéphane Plaideau
  • Publication number: 20150244243
    Abstract: A connection device is provided for a rotary electric machine of the type supplied with power by a plurality of first pins arranged on a bearing of an axis of the machine at predetermined angular intervals around the axis at a first predetermined distance. The connection device includes a plurality of second pins that are arranged around the axis at a second predetermined distance, which is greater than the first predetermined distance, and that are electrically connected to a plurality of first terminals able to be connected to the first pins. The connection device also includes a main part made of plastics material with a plurality of overmoulded metal bars connecting the second pins and the first terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Fabien Guerin, Philippe Baudesson, Patrick Lebrasseur, Amine Bencheikh, Amaury Rouet
  • Publication number: 20150245542
    Abstract: An electronic assembly for a rotary electric machine for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The electronic assembly includes electronic component blocks having different thermal dissipation needs, the blocks including a power block and a control block. The assembly also includes a device for cooling the blocks and having a protective cover suitable for covering the power and control blocks. The protective cover includes a first set of openings configured to be positioned opposite a first cooling element coupled to the power block, and opposite the control block, the first cooling element being a first dissipator provided with a base plate, the base plate protruding with respect to the power block to create a first radial flow of cooling air (F1) for the power block and a second radial flow of cooling air (F2) for the control block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Manuel Falguier, Michel Fakes, Fabien Guerin, Yannick Le-Meitour, Alexis Hosni
  • Publication number: 20150239334
    Abstract: A device for a motor vehicle transmission assembly, comprising:—an electric machine (3) comprising a rotor (9) able to rotate about an axis X and a stator (8), the rotor (9) being arranged inside the stator (8), separated from the stator (8) by an annular air gap space (300),—a clutch (2) coaxial with the electric machine comprising a reaction plate (10), the reaction plate (10) rotating as one with the rotor (9) and being positioned an axial distance from said rotor (9) in order to leave space between the electric machine (3) and the reaction plate (10), the assembly being fitted with a dust ring (301) positioned axially in the space between the electric machine (3) and the reaction plate (10) and extending radially far enough to cover the annular air gap space (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic
  • Publication number: 20150211583
    Abstract: A preassembled module for a motor vehicle transmission to be arranged between an engine block and gearbox is disclosed. A support element has elements for fixing to the engine block and/or the gearbox. A clutch bearing is mounted on the support element for actuating a clutch. An intermediate rotatable shaft has a splined end to collaborate with a hub of a friction disk of the clutch, and the intermediate shaft collaborates with the support element via a bearing supporting and guiding the rotation of the intermediate shaft with respect to the support element. An electric machine has an external stator supported by the support element and a rotor having a central opening through which the intermediate shaft passes. The rotor rotates as one with the intermediate shaft. A reaction plate of a clutch, on the gearbox side, which rotates as one with the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Svetislav Jugovic, Khadija El Baraka, Gilles Lebas, Fabien Lebeau, Christophe Mollier
  • Patent number: 9088228
    Abstract: The signalling method is implemented in an electronic power system (6) of a multiple-phase alternator. The system (6) is of the type comprising a set of rectifiers (5) capable of rectifying the voltage of phases (Ph1, Ph2, Ph3, Ph4, Ph5, Ph6) produced by the alternator, and a control assembly (2, 3) capable of controlling an excitation current from the alternator, of monitoring the conformity of at least one current characteristic of at least one (Ph) of the voltage of phases (Ph1, Ph2, Ph3, Ph4, Ph5, Ph6) in relation to a nominal characteristic, and of signalling any non conformity. In accordance to the method of the invention, the non conformity of at least one current characteristic of at least one (Ph) of the voltage of phases (Ph1, Ph2, Ph3, Ph4, Ph5, Ph6) is simulated in case of impaired function of at least one of the rectifiers (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Raymond Rechdan, Christophe Louise
  • Patent number: 9080543
    Abstract: The combustion engine starter with output pinion (18) comprises a front bearing (12) provided with a front face (120) having an opening (312), a drive assembly equipped with a bush (26) passing through the opening (312) and bearing the output pinion (18) outside the front bearing (12), complementary splines (67,167). A groove (64, 164) interrupts the splines (67) of the bush (26) in order to mount a stop (60, 160) for immobilizing the pinion, a play-compensating spring (61) urging the pinion into contact with the stop (60, 160) formed by a spring ring which has a height greater than its thickness and which is housed with radial clearance at least partially in an annular recess (62) made in the front face (183) of the pinion (18); the internal periphery of the spring ring (60, 160) being mounted in the groove (64, 164) in the bush (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Guillaume Seillier, Laurent Boisserenq
  • Patent number: 9077271
    Abstract: The starter motor circuit (1) comprises a combination (10) of a starter motor and of a device (LPF) for stepping up the battery voltage. The device for stepping up the battery voltage is intended to prevent a drop in battery voltage caused by a current spike that appears in a power circuit of the starter motor when power is applied thereto. The starter motor in the conventional way comprises an electric motor (DCM) and an electromagnetic contactor (EC). The device for stepping up the battery voltage is a filtering device of the inductive type which is mounted in series with the electric motor in the power circuit and comprises a casing made of magnetic material, a primary winding circuit intended to be inserted in series in the power circuit, and a secondary winding circuit mounted as a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Patent number: 9071115
    Abstract: A stator which comprises a core, slots provided in the core and a coil comprising a plurality of windings, in which each winding consists of at least one conductor which is arranged in slots of the core associated with the winding, forming axial ripples and forming overall a spiral coaxial to axis A of the core which consists of a set of turns radially superimposed, wherein each conductor comprises a pair of electrical lead wires which are adjacent and which are arranged at the same radial dimension relative to one another, at each point of the conductor. The invention also proposes a method for constructing the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Denis Bodin, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Alain Defebvin, Michel Jaze, Denis Even
  • Patent number: 9071177
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to produce a supply voltage (B+) in an on-board system of a vehicle in response to an excitation current (I_ROTOR) applied to a rotor of the alternator. The method is of the type that consists in: limiting the resisting torque by determining a maximum cyclic ratio (DC_C_LIMIT) of the excitation current as a function of variables taken from a group containing a rotational speed (V_ROTOR) of the rotor, a temperature of the rotor, the excitation current and the supply voltage (B+). The maximum cyclic ratio is determined as a function of at least two of the variables in the group. According to one specific embodiment, the variables are rotational speed and temperature. According to another embodiment, the variables are rotational speed and excitation current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Pierre Chassard, Pierre Tisserand, Laurent Labiste
  • Patent number: 9038589
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle associated micro-hybrid system. The system includes a reversible rotary electrical machine that is connected to a thermal engine of a motor vehicle. The method includes: controlling a step of pre-fluxing of a rotor of the reversible rotary electrical machine when a control module receives an instruction to start the thermal engine via the reversible rotary electrical machine; measuring a speed of the rotor of the reversible rotary electrical machine; and, demanding stoppage of the pre-fluxing step when the speed of the rotor is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed threshold value. The method avoids the generation of overvoltages in an electrical distribution network formed by an onboard network of the vehicle and by an energy storage unit of the micro-hybrid system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipement Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Cyril Granziera
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9016610
    Abstract: A method and device for winding a rotor or a stator (2), of a rotary electrical machine, having a series of teeth (21) which are delimited by notches (22). In each notch there are inserted M continuous electric wires (3) constituting a turn; M being equal to 1 or more, characterised in that n×M wires (3) are wound simultaneously in a number n of notches (22), n corresponding to the number of phases and being ?2. The assembly of the M wires (3) constituting a phase, being inserted in a single notch (22). The device for winding has at least two carriages (4, 5), with a series of teeth, delimited by n notches (40, 50). And, likewise corresponding to the winding, each set of M continuous electric wires (3) constituting a turn, is characterised in that M×n wires (3) are inserted simultaneously in the extension of the n notches (22) of the rotary electrical machine in the n notches (40, 50) in the respective carriages (4, 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Xavier Dunesme, Jérôme Fournier, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Ludovic Darras, Alain Defebvin, Stéphane DeClercq, Olivier Luittre, David Desmet, Nicolas Langlard
  • Patent number: 9006950
    Abstract: A machine (1) having a rotor (11) including permanent magnets (PM) and field coils (EC). The magnets are housed in first axial recesses (E1) distributed in a circumferential portion of the magnetic body, thus defining circumferential polar sections. The coils are housed in second axial recesses (E2) distributed in an intermediate portion of the magnetic body and defining polar teeth (RT). The circumferential polar section includes a third recess (E3) having a maximum width at the top thereof, and the ratio of the maximum width of the third recess to a pole width of the circumferential polar section has a value of around 0.13 mm to around 0.44 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Matt, Jean-Claude Mipo, Li Li, Albert Foggia