Patents Assigned to Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
  • Patent number: 10574013
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a brush cage (13) for a brush holder (10) of an electric motor comprising:—two lateral walls (26) and a connecting wall (28) connecting the two lateral walls (26),—in which cage at least one of the lateral walls (26) has an opening (43) for the passage of a spring arm,—the lateral wall (26) comprising the opening (43) having a length (L0) measured between a first end (51) intended to be furthest from a commutator and a second end (52) intended to be closest to the commutator, wherein the opening (43) comprises at least a first portion (431) between the two ends (51, 52) which widens out towards the second end (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Marie-Ange Nalin, Maximilien Gentil, Alain Bost, Wilfried Pays, Pierre Mollon
  • Patent number: 10566874
    Abstract: The rotary electrical machine comprises, in front, a pulley (3) secured to a shaft (9) of a rotor (20) passing through the front bearing (1a) of a housing. The bearing includes a base, having a nose (18) for mounting a front ball bearing (7) for rotating the shaft (9), and air inlets (15) defined by arms belonging to an outwardly opening area connecting a peripheral strip of material from the base to the nose (18) in order to shift the nose (18) toward the front in accordance with the central body of a device (100) for adjusting the tension of a belt received in the groove (31) of the pulley (3) and attached onto the housing (1a, 1b). The adjustment device (100) comprises at least one idler (200, 201) for tensioning the belt and a central opening (102) enabling passage of air through the air inlets (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Ryadh Ben-Omrane, Christophe Monteil, Blaise Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20200052533
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotating electrical machine (10) for a motor vehicle, comprising:—a rotor;—a stator (11) extending along an axis, said stator (11) comprising a body (24) provided with a plurality of stator teeth (28) defining slots (30, 30?),—the stator (11) comprising a winding with conductors (35) housed in the slots (30, 30?);—in a plane (P) orthogonal to the axis along which the stator (11) extends,—a first slot (30) has a first width (L1) measured in an orthoradial direction, radially in the middle of the first slot (30), and—a second slot (30?), separate from the first slot (30), has a second width (L2) measured along an orthoradial direction, radially in the middle of the second slot (30?); characterised in that the first slot width (L1) is different from the second slot width (L2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Radu Fratila, Jérome Legranger
  • Patent number: 10541589
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a starter for a heat engine of a motor vehicle comprising: at least one electromagnetic switch comprising a positive output terminal, at least one electric motor, said electric motor comprising: a stator comprising coils, each of the coils being wound around a pole piece to form a pole, at least one brush cage (43), at least one positive brush (35) mounted in said brush cage, an electrical path between said positive brush (35) and the positive output terminal (32), and at least one thermal protection (96) located in said electrical path, in which said thermal protection is able to disconnect said two elements (93, 95) when the thermal protection has a temperature above a temperature threshold for electrically disconnecting said positive output terminal with respect to said positive brush (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Thierry Paltrie, Jérémie Chamroux
  • Patent number: 10505409
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to an outer stator (15) for a rotary electric machine, comprising a body (16) provided with a yoke and teeth (25), with slots (28) being defined between pairs of teeth, as well as a winding comprising conductors having segment structures (38) inserted inside the slots (28). In the stator, the ratio between the width of a slot (L1) covered with a slot insulator (145) and the width of a segment structure (38) covered with enamel (L2) is between 0.9 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Ludovic Darras, Vincent Ramet, Mostafa Kadiri, Denis Even, Jean Duquesne, Larry Sapotille
  • Patent number: 10505418
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotary electrical machine comprising a rotor (10) provided with a body (12) with an axis (X), the rotor body (12) comprising a plurality of longitudinal cavities (16) each designed to receive at least one permanent magnet (13); magnetic poles each formed by the permanent magnets (13) accommodated in two adjacent cavities (16) forming a “V” on a plane (P) orthogonal to the axis (X) of the rotor body (12); the rotor (10) comprising at least one part (35) for retention of the permanent magnets (13) in the cavities (16), characterised in that the retention part (35) comprises two elongate strips (36), each strip (36) comprising at least one boss (37) which is designed to apply a force of retention of the corresponding permanent magnet (13) in the cavity (16), and in that the retention part (35) additionally comprises at least two connection arms (40) between the two strips (36), with the boss (37) extending axially between the two connection arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic
  • Publication number: 20190363665
    Abstract: A system for control of a polyphase rotary electrical machine includes a stator provided with a plurality of phases, a synchronous rectifier bridge with a plurality of branches, each associated with a phase, each branch comprising a high transistor and a low transistor, a circuit for control of the high transistor, which can control a state of the said high transistor according to a difference between the positive potential and a reference voltage relative to the phase, a circuit for control of the low transistor, which can control a state of the said low transistor according to a difference between the phase voltage and a reference voltage relative to the negative potential, and, for each phase, a first protection device which is configured to permit a command for the low transistor to go to the switched-on state only if the phase voltage is lower than a threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Pierre Chassard, Laurent De Lamarre, Pierre-François Ragaine, Farouk Boudjemai, Mohamed Gaci
  • Publication number: 20190363656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a regulation system for a control circuit of a rotary electrical machine with a rotor provided with a winding (208), the control circuit being provided with a transistor (205). The regulation system (1) is designed to comprise a signal converter (201) in order to convert an amplitude width modulation signal (PWM) into a reference signal (SREF) with cosinusoidal form parts, and a comparator (202) in order to establish the difference between the reference signal (SREF) and a transistor current (IT), in order to deduce an error signal (ERR) from which a control signal (COM) applied to a gate of the transistor is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Pierre Tisserand, Pierre Chassard, Thibault Girard
  • Patent number: 10491079
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotary electrical machine for a motor vehicle, comprising: a heat dissipater (65); two power modules (50) integrated in the heat dissipater (65), each comprising rectifier elements (53) which form three rectifier bridge arms (52), connection terminals (58) associated with the rectifier bridge arms (52), and a control unit which can control the rectifier bridge arms; and a connector (61) which establishes electrical connections, in particular between the terminals (58) for connection of the power modules (50) and the phase outputs of the rotary electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Svetislav Jugovic, Fabrice Tauvron, Farouk Boudjemai, Pierre-François Ragaine, Laurent De Lamarre, Hugues Tempez
  • Publication number: 20190341823
    Abstract: The invention proposes a stator for a rotating electric machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, the stator (15) including: —a body (27) including notches (37) that are opened radially into an internal wall (40) of said body, —at least one winding (43) forming a phase of the stator, the winding formed from turns (54) includes a first half-phase (49) and a second half-phase (50) that are superposed radially in the notch (37), each turn including a series of axial strands (44) that are received in a series of associated notches and connecting strands (45, 46) that connect the successive axial strands (44) by extending alternatively to protrude with respect to the body (27). A length of wire of each turn of one of the half-phases is larger than the length of wire of each turn of the other half-phase. Furthermore, one of the half-phases has a number of turns higher than that of the other half-phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Vincent Ramet, Eric Delcroix, Sébastien Leclercq, Alain Defebvin
  • Patent number: 10447122
    Abstract: Rotating electric machine provided with an axis X. The machine comprises a front part and a rear part. The machine comprises a rotor of axis X comprising two axial end surfaces, each provided with fan blades. The axial surfaces located on the side of the front part and on the side of the rear part. A stator comprises a stator body having slots. The stator comprises a winding installed in the slots and forming a front winding head and a rear winding head. The rotor and the stator are placed in a casing. The front winding head completely masks the blades of the axial surface located on the front side of the machine, along a direction perpendicular to axis X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Stéphane Desenclos, Eric Delcroix, Mostafa Kadiri, Ludovic Doffe, Benjamin Pouchelle, Patrice Azoulay
  • Publication number: 20190296604
    Abstract: Starter (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising:—a casing (3);—a rear bearing (5) secured to a rear end of the N casing (3);—a seal between the rear bearing (5) and the casing (3); the starter (1) further comprising:—a lateral opening along the outer periphery (32) of the casing (3);—a grommet (37), mounted in the lateral opening, for leading electric wires, which supply power to the starter (1), through the casing (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Fabrice Marsac, Thierry Paltrie
  • Publication number: 20190267851
    Abstract: The invention mainly relates to a claw-pole rotor (2) for a rotating electric machine, characterized in that said rotor comprises a plurality of magnets (20) that are located between the poles and are made of neodymium-iron-boron having a dysprosium content of less than 2% by weight. By keeping the dysprosium content in the magnets of the rotating electric machine to a minimum, the invention thus does away with the problems associated with the limited dysprosium supplies and its cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dubus, Benoit Walme, Johnny Duarte, Mamy Rakotovao
  • Patent number: 10389188
    Abstract: The invention essentially relates to an outer stator (15) for a rotary electric machine, comprising a body (16) equipped with a yoke and teeth (25) arranged on the internal periphery of the yoke (26), with slots (28) being defined between pairs of teeth (25), in which the teeth do not have roots and the stator also comprises corners (31) at the free ends of the teeth (25) that are curved according to a radius (R), known as the radius of entry (R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Ludovic Darras, Vincent Ramet, Mostafa Kadiri, Denis Even, Jean Duquesne, Larry Sapotille
  • Publication number: 20190238031
    Abstract: The invention mainly relates to a rotating electrical machine (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: —a heat sink (58) having at least one receptacle, —an electric module positioned in the receptacle and comprising at least one connection terminal, —a connector (55) comprising at least one track (54) electrically connected to the connection terminal and a receptacle (84) for receiving a connecting means, in particular a head (83) of a screw (74), ensuring the mechanical and electrical connection between the track (54) of the connector (55) and the heat sink (58), and —an anti-loopback air flow element (93) inserted between a bearing (18) of the rotating electrical machine (10) and the connector (55), characterised in that the anti-loopback air flow element (93) comprises at least one sealing plug (101) for the receptacle (84) for the connecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Fabrice Tauvron, Svetislav Jugovic, Farouk Boudjemai
  • Patent number: 10355597
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Dominique Oswald, Boris Bouchez
  • Patent number: 10355633
    Abstract: The inventive method is of the type of those comprising a control stage for driving mode operation of the machine (12) in which currents of the phases in phase windings (u, v, w) of a stator (10) of the machine, which is connected to an on-board power system (2, 15) supplied by a battery (2) providing a predetermined nominal voltage (Ubat), is “full wave” controlled. In accordance with the invention, the control stage is preceded by a pre-magnetizing stage of the stator in open circuit, in which an electromotive peak force between phases substantially equal to the nominal voltage is created by a rotor excitation current (Ir) of a rotor (8) of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Luc Kobylanski
  • Patent number: 10326327
    Abstract: A claw pole rotor comprises a shaft, first and second polar wheels fastened to the shaft, a winding provided with a winding insulator and surrounded by the first and second polar wheels, a commutator provided with at least one commutator ring, a fan fastened to the first polar wheel and disposed between the winding and the at least one commutator ring, at least one end-of-winding wire being linked to one of the at least one commutator rings, passing through a radial cavity provided between the fan and the first polar wheel. The winding insulator comprises a clip retaining the one end-of-winding wire. The retaining clip is fastened to the winding insulator and comprising crimping means intended to be disposed in the radial cavity to crimp the part of the end-of-winding wire extending into the radial cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Herve Ribot, Daniel Hirsou, Pascal Leborgne
  • 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