Patents Assigned to Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH
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Publication number: 20250128567Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation, heating and/or air conditioning device for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the device having at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet, the device having at least a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger, at least a part of the device being separated in a left zone and a right zone by a partition wall. The device includes at least one opening located downstream the third heat exchanger so that at least part of the flow of air present in one of the zones fluidly communicates with the other zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: Valeo Klimasysteme GmbHInventor: Peter KOCH
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Publication number: 20250115099Abstract: A thermal management device includes a first connecting element, a second connecting element, and a hollow volume between the first and second ports. The first connecting element includes a first base element with a first side and a second side, at least one first port on the first side and one second port on the second side. The second connecting element includes a second base element with a third side and a fourth side, at least one third port on the third side, and a fourth port on the fourth side. The thermal management device also includes a second hollow volume between the third and fourth sides. The first and second connecting elements are positioned at an angle relative to each other such that a volume for the attachment of a thermal management component to the first or second connecting element is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Andreas Fiene, Satyam Hedaoo
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Publication number: 20240326555Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system for a motor vehicle. The system includes a fresh air inlet, a movably mounted flap, and a water drainage channel. The movably mounted flap is assigned to the fresh air inlet and blocks an air flow through the fresh air inlet in a closed position and allows an air flow through the fresh air inlet in an open position. The water drainage channel at least partially extends on an outer side of the heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system along a lower edge of the fresh air inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Stefan Gaertner, Julian Ponsel, Bodo Gesell, Alexander Bauer
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Publication number: 20240247874Abstract: A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a core with a condenser section and a subcooling section. The core includes a liquid-coolant line and a refrigerant line separate from the liquid-coolant line. The refrigerant line extends from a refrigerant inlet to a refrigerant outlet via the condenser section and through the subcooling section. The heat exchanger includes a cover plate with a liquid-coolant inlet. The cover plate adjoins an end plate of the subcooling section and includes a depression. The depression is closed by the end plate to form a chamber on the side facing the end plate. The liquid-coolant line extends from the liquid-coolant inlet to a collecting section of the core via a subcooling line and a bypass line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Condro Sekti, Kamel Azzouz
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Publication number: 20240198767Abstract: An air conditioning system having: a housing with a second fluid inlet, a second fluid outlet, and a second fluid circuit provided therebetween; a heat exchanger for the first fluid, at least partially encapsulated within the housing; a blower housing with a blower motor configured to accelerate the second fluid circulation through the second fluid circuit. The blower housing is at least partially encapsulated within the housing so that the blower motor is located at the lower level than the heat exchanger. The housing includes a filtering compartment located in the vicinity of the second fluid inlet. The filtering compartment further includes a filtering component, a filter fluid evacuation circuit for condensation fluid that condenses on the surface of the filtering component, and a second opening configured to evacuate the filter fluid from the housing. The second opening is fluidly connected to the filtering compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Stefan GAERTNER, Bodo GESELL
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Patent number: 11787259Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device (10) for a motor vehicle, which device comprises a housing (26), a cold air region (84), a hot air region (86), an evaporator (36) which is configured to provide a cold air stream (50) in the cold air region (84), and a heating element (34) which is configured to provide a hot air stream (48) in the hot air region (86). Furthermore, the device (10) has a one-piece cross-flow deflection device (38), which is covered by the housing (26) and comprises a mixing device (40) and a cover (42), wherein the mixing device (40) has a plurality of mixing chambers (52), each of which is provided for mixing a part of the cold air stream (50) and a part of the hot air stream (48). The cover (42) here separates the cold air region (84) and the hot air region (86) from each other at least in portions. Furthermore, the cover (42) has a fixing device (74) which is provided for fixing the heating element (34).Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Albert Gwosdek, Wolfgang Hopf, Guido Mueller, Andreas Schulz, Ales Vlachynsky
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Publication number: 20230191900Abstract: The invention relates to an air inlet arrangement for a vehicle, having a frame-like carrier element in which at least one first ventilation flap is arranged, the at least one first ventilation flap being rotatable about an axis of rotation between a first, closed position and a second, opened position, the at least one first ventilation flap having a first terminal end portion and a second terminal end portion as viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, the first end portion being at least indirectly rotatably mounted on the carrier element and being fixed against an axial stop as viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, and the second terminal end portion being at least indirectly connected by means of a connecting element to an actuating drive for rotating the at least one first ventilation flap about the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Valeo Klimasysteme GmbHInventors: Grechanyy VADIM, Christian KUTTIG, Alexander BOJDOW
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Publication number: 20220410650Abstract: A heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning unit (10) for a car is specified, having a first air guide (22) for guiding a first, cold air stream and having a second air guide (24) for guiding a second, warm air stream which is separate from the first air stream, wherein a heating device (26) for warming the second air stream is arranged in the second air guide (24). The heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning unit (10) furthermore has a first mixing chamber (28) and a second mixing chamber (30), wherein the first mixing chamber (28) and the second air guide (24) each have at least one inlet opening (32, 34) to the second mixing chamber (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Bodo Gesell, Peter Koch, Stefan Gaertner
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Patent number: 11097594Abstract: A heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle, including a first device component (10) which has a latching receptacle (12) with a receiving opening (14) for inserting a rigid latching tongue of a second device component which extends substantially along a mounting axis (24), wherein a first peripheral portion (16) of the receiving opening (14) is formed by a wall portion of the first device component (10) and wherein a second peripheral portion (18) of the receiving opening (14) that is opposite to the first peripheral portion (16) is designed to be substantially flexurally stiff, and third and fourth peripheral portions (20,22) which are situated peripherally between the first peripheral portion (16) and the second peripheral portion (18) are designed as a bending portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventor: Jens Weber
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Publication number: 20210206227Abstract: The invention concerns a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning system (10) for a vehicle comprising a main housing (2) characterized in that said main housing (2) comprises a first sound absorption means in form of at least one internal air duct (3) disposed therein and adapted to guide at least a portion of fluid flowing there through; wherein said internal air duct (3) comprises an air tight and noise permeable material adapted to absorb and dissipate at least a portion of acoustic energy of noise for at least partially attenuating the noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Sebastian Muhr, Ralph Stroehla, Peter Koch
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Publication number: 20200353788Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device (10) for a motor vehicle, which device comprises a housing (26), a cold air region (84), a hot air region (86), an evaporator (36) which is configured to provide a cold air stream (50) in the cold air region (84), and a heating element (34) which is configured to provide a hot air stream (48) in the hot air region (86). Furthermore, the device (10) has a one-piece cross-flow deflection device (38), which is covered by the housing (26) and comprises a mixing device (40) and a cover (42), wherein the mixing device (40) has a plurality of mixing chambers (52), each of which is provided for mixing a part of the cold air stream (50) and a part of the hot air stream (48). The cover (42) here separates the cold air region (84) and the hot air region (86) from each other at least in portions. Furthermore, the cover (42) has a fixing device (74) which is provided for fixing the heating element (34).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Albert Gwosdek, Wolfgang Hopf, Guido Mueller, Andreas Schulz, Ales Vlachynsky
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Publication number: 20190389276Abstract: Heating, ventilating and/or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, comprising a control device (12), at least one functional component (16) and at least one driver device (14) which is implemented separately from the control device (12) and from the at least one functional component (16), wherein the control device (12) is connected to the at least one driver device (14) in terms of information technology by means of a bus system (18), and wherein the driver device (14) has at least one driver (24) for the functional component (16), which can operate the functional component (16)Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Michael Schramm, Bodo Gesell, Peter Koch, Heiko Reiss, Anton Herzog, Siegfried Derx
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Patent number: 10516317Abstract: A motor bearing arrangement for a motor (22) of a fan (20) of a vehicle air-conditioning unit has a frame (16), a support (26) which partially overlaps the frame (16) at least in a connecting region, and multiple damping elements (36) which are provided between the frame (16) and the support (26) in the connecting region, wherein the support (26) is held on the frame (16) by means of the damping elements (36).Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Alexander Hesselmann, Ralph Ströhla, Siefried Derx
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Patent number: 10507721Abstract: There is described a closure unit (14) for an air inlet of a motor vehicle which comprises three closure flaps (18, 22, 26) which can be pivoted about a rotation axis (16, 20, 24). In a closed position, the closure flaps (18, 22, 26) close the air inlet and a closure flap which is referred to as a second closure flap (22) abuts a closed position stop (36). In an open position, the closure flaps (18, 22, 26) release the air inlet and a closure flap which is referred to as the third closure flap (26) abuts an open position stop (40). Furthermore, a method for detecting defective closure flaps (18, 22, 26) of such a closure unit (14) is explained. Furthermore, a motor vehicle having one or more air inlets is presented, wherein at least one of the air inlets is provided with such a closure unit (14).Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Vincent Tran, Bernd Noatsch
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Publication number: 20190359027Abstract: A heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle, comprising a first device component (10) which has a latching receptacle (12) with a receiving opening (14) for inserting a rigid latching tongue of a second device component which extends substantially along a mounting axis (24), wherein a first peripheral portion (16) of the receiving opening (14) is formed by a wall portion of the first device component (10) and wherein a second peripheral portion (18) of the receiving opening (14) that is opposite to the first peripheral portion (16) is designed to be substantially flexurally stiff, and third and fourth peripheral portions (20,22) which are situated peripherally between the first peripheral portion (16) and the second peripheral portion (18) are designed as a bending portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Valeo Klimasysteme GmbHInventor: Jens WEBER
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Patent number: 10461676Abstract: A Method for detecting stalling of an electric stepper motor (18), with the following steps is shown: a) samples of the voltage at a coil of the stepper motor (18) are taken continuously or in regular intervals, b) a deviation value is determined corresponding to the deviation between the measured voltages of the two samples, and c) the deviation value is used to determine whether the electric motor (18) is stalling. Further, a stepper motor and a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system is shown.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Philippe Guyon, Daniel Garcia, Ralf Jahnig, Markus Luig
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Patent number: 10399413Abstract: A vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning device (10) comprising a housing (12), in which at least two hot-air guiding ducts (18, 19) are formed for different vehicle interior regions, the hot-air guiding ducts (18, 19) being separated by a housing wall (28). A common heating device (30) and a common air treatment element (32) are provided which are arranged in each case in both hot-air guiding ducts (18, 19), the air treatment element (32) being arranged in the air flow downstream of the heating device (30). The air treatment element (32) has a dividing wall (34) which divides the air treatment element (32) into at least two part regions which are assigned to in each case one hot-air guiding duct (18, 19).Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Valeo Klimasysteme GmbHInventors: Siegfried Derx, Alexander Karl
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Publication number: 20190214690Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module for the active cooling of a battery (10) which has at least two battery modules (12), with a profile element (20) which has at least one interior space (22) for the passage of a cooling medium and at least two side surfaces (24) which face away from one another and are designed to be assigned in each case to one of the battery modules (12), wherein filling material (26) for producing a heat-conducting connection between the profile element (20) and the battery modules (12) is arranged on the side surfaces (24). With the cooling module, cost-effective and reliable cooling of a battery is achieved by the fact that a contact surface (25) which is formed between the respective side surface (24) and the filling material (26) arranged on said side surface (24) is smaller than the respective side surface (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventor: Roland Haussmann
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Publication number: 20190023121Abstract: There is described a closure unit (14) for an air inlet of a motor vehicle which comprises three closure flaps (18, 22, 26) which can be pivoted about a rotation axis (16, 20, 24). In a closed position, the closure flaps (18, 22, 26) close the air inlet and a closure flap which is referred to as a second closure flap (22) abuts a closed position stop (36). In an open position, the closure flaps (18, 22, 26) release the air inlet and a closure flap which is referred to as the third closure flap (26) abuts an open position stop (40). Furthermore, a method for detecting defective closure flaps (18, 22, 26) of such a closure unit (14) is explained. Furthermore, a motor vehicle having one or more air inlets is presented, wherein at least one of the air inlets is provided with such a closure unit (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventors: Vincent Tran, Bernd Noatsch
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Patent number: 10112476Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module (10) of a vehicle air conditioning system in particular for trucks, having a fan (12) which has an air inlet (14) and an air outlet (16) and generates an air flow in an air flow direction (18) from the air inlet (14) to the air outlet (16), a condenser (20) which can be flowed through bidirectionally for liquefying a refrigerant of the vehicle air conditioning system, which condenser (20) has an air flow cross section (A1) and is arranged so as to be adjacent to the air outlet (16) of the fan (12), wherein the air flow cross section (A1) has a first part cross section (22) and a second part cross section (24) which is different from the first part cross section (22), wherein the air outlet (16) of the fan (12) is assigned exclusively to the first part cross section (22) and loads the latter in the air flow direction (18) with the entire air flow of the fan (12), and wherein the second part cross section (24) can be flowed through during operation of the fan (12) selecType: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBHInventor: Roland Haussmann