Patents Assigned to Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
  • Publication number: 20210101565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning a vehicle window that includes a foam generator that is configured to draw in air and a cleaning fluid (L) and mix them and at least partially convert them into a foam form; and further includes, a regulating means for regulating the air flow drawn in by the foam generator and a control unit that is configured to control an air flow regulating means on the basis of at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Gerald CAILLOT, Jean Michel JARASSON, Vincent IZABEL
  • Publication number: 20210094474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor module for a vehicle, the sensor module comprising at least one housing which houses at least one first detection device that is adapted to collect information about the vehicle's environment; the housing comprising one base adapted to be fixed to the vehicle, at least one cover joined to the base and at least one optical face joined to both the cover and the base; characterized in that the first detection device comprises at least one sensor, a casing which receives the sensor and an electric motor adapted to rotate the casing at sufficiently high-speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Dominik VETTER, Markus MILLER, Maxime BAUDOUIN, Jordan VIEILLE
  • Patent number: 10960852
    Abstract: A wiping system for a motor vehicle having a blade configured to move in linear translation over a window and in a direction parallel to two opposite sides of this window, is disclosed. The wiping system also includes a first rail and a second rail which are arranged at the sides of the window, the rails having a curvature to espouse the shape of the window and for housing a first runner and a second runner which are respectively connected to first and second ends of the blade, and a first drive motor and a second drive motor arranged respectively at the first rail and at the second rail to drive the first and second runner via a first coupling mechanism and second coupling mechanism, the first and second drive motors being operated by a control unit configured to synchronize movements of the first and second runners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Stéphane Gorce
  • Patent number: 10960853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10) with a shaft (30) for driving a wiper arm (1), wherein the shaft (30) projects through an opening (31) of a housing (15) and in the region of the opening (31) is mounted radially in a bore (55) of at least one substantially sleeve-shaped element (40), and wherein the sleeve-shaped element (40) is fixed at least axially in the region of the housing (15). According to the invention, it is provided that the sleeve-shaped element (40) has at least two different cross-sections (41, 42), a first cross-section (41) which is designed to protrude axially through the opening (31) and a second cross-section (42) which is designed to be accommodated in an axially fixed manner within said opening (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Harald Kapitza, Siegfried Stefani
  • Patent number: 10965195
    Abstract: A geared motor (1) for a motor-vehicle wiping system including an electric motor (2) is disclosed. The geared motor has a rotor (20) including magnetic elements, a stator (21) having the electromagnetic excitation windings, a rotary shaft (22) rigidly connected to the rotor, a reduction gear (3) linking the rotary shaft (22) and an output shaft of the geared motor, and a casing (4) forming a protective envelope for said reduction gear or the electric motor (2). The reduction gear (3) includes a worm screw and worm wheel gear, the worm screw (30) being rigidly connected to the rotary shaft of the rotor (22), the worm wheel (31) rigidly connected to an output shaft (8) of the geared motor, bearing means (23, 24) for guiding the rotary shaft of the rotor (22) in rotation in relation to the casing (4), and a determination device for determining the angular position of the rotor including a multi-pole magnet (5) that is rigidly connected to the rotary shaft (22) of the rotor (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Jose Luis Herrada
  • Patent number: 10953855
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (3) for protecting an optical sensor (13) for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the protection device (3) comprises: a housing (4) which is mounted in such a way that it rotates about a rotational axis (A1) and has a receiving element (19) designed to receive the optical sensor (13) such that the optical axis (15) of the optical sensor (13) merges with the rotational axis (A1), a transparent optical element (9) constrained to rotate with the housing (4) and designed to be arranged in front of the housing (4) facing the road and such that it is centred in relation to the optical sensor (13), and an actuator (5) for rotating the housing (4), so as to clean said optical element (9) by means of a centrifugal effect. The invention also relates to a driving assistance system (1) corresponding in this way to a cleaning method implementing such a protection device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Bretagnol, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Marcel Trebouet
  • Patent number: 10923985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10), with a shaft (28) for driving a wiper arm (1), wherein the shaft (28) projects through an opening (29) of a housing (15) and wherein in the region of the opening (29) the shaft (28) is mounted radially in a bore in an at least substantially sleeve-shaped element (30; 30a), wherein the sleeve-shaped element (30; 30a) is fixed at least axially in the region of the housing (15), and wherein the sleeve-shaped element (30; 30a) has at least two different cross-sections (33; 33a, 34), a first cross-section (33; 33a) which is designed to protrude axially at least through the opening (29) and a second cross-section (34) which is designed to be axially fixed within said opening (29) or within a receiving space (25) of said housing (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Siegfried Stefani
  • Patent number: 10923976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor (1) of a rotary electric machine, comprising: a body (3) comprising a cylindrical central core (5) and a circumferential plurality of arms (B1 . . . B18) extending radially out from the cylindrical central core (5), the body (3) being intended to be mounted with the ability to move about an axis of rotation X, a coilset produced by windings of turns and forming at least one series of coils (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?, C1? . . . C9?, C1?? . . . C9??), a coil (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?, C1? . . . C9?, C1?? . . . C9??) comprising a predetermined number of turns around at least two arms (B1 . . . B18) of the body, two adjacent coils (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?, C1? . . . C9?, C1?? . . . C9??) of a series being angularly offset from one another with a partial overlap, in which the rotor (1) comprises at least one additional retaining loop (S1, S1?, S2, S2?) wound around at least two arms (B1 . . . B18) of which at least one is common to the arms (B1 . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jose-Luis Herrada, Quentin Aubugeau
  • Patent number: 10919502
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rear view system (1) of a motor vehicle comprising:—an optical image capturing sensor (3),—a protective support (5) comprising a transparent and flat protective screen (7), the optical sensor (3) being installed on the protective support (5) in such a way as to point through said protective screen (7), and—a scraper blade (9) for cleaning the protective screen (7) disposed on the face of the protective screen (7) opposite that of the optical sensor (3) side, characterised in that it further comprises an electromagnetic actuation device (11) for actuating said scraper blade (9) in translation on the protective screen (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Jean-François Rousseau
  • Patent number: 10919501
    Abstract: A telescopic cleaning device, for a glass surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, includes at least one hollow conveying body (5) for the cleaning fluid, closed at an upstream end by an inlet flange (12) and accommodating a movable piston (8) which is configured so as to slide in said hollow conveying body (5). The hollow conveying body (5) additionally accommodates a rod (14) which extends jutting out from the inlet flange and around which the movable piston is capable of sliding, the movable piston and/or the rod being configured so as to allow the fluid to flow between them from the inlet flange to the distribution element. The rod comprises a heating device (22), which comprises at least one heating element (24) extending in the interior of a heat conducting tube (26), along the axis of elongation (X) of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Picot, Jordan Vieille, Sébastien Rollet, Grégory Kolanowski, Giuseppe Grasso, Xavier Bousset, Maxime Baudouin
  • Patent number: 10919499
    Abstract: A windscreen wiper blade including: a monolithic support frame that includes an inner housing formed within a body of the support frame; a wiping strip with a wiping edge able to engage with a surface of a window and a top heel that engages with the support frame; a pair of ribs that: extend from a bottom face of the support frame, and latch onto the top heel of the wiping strip; a central spine disposed within the inner housing; and an aerodynamic deflector that extends from a top face of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Jarasson, Sébastien Jallet, Flavien Dubief
  • Patent number: 10919500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (100) intended for spraying at least one fluid onto a surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, such as an optical sensor of an optical detection system, in which a movable piston (3), sliding inside a hollow body (1) about a stationary rod extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and carrying a cleaning fluid distribution element (8, 9) at one end, allows a fluid to be conveyed towards the distribution element (8, 9) via passage channels (12) arranged between the piston and the rod and having different axial dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Marcel Trebouet, Frédéric Giraud
  • Patent number: 10882494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10), with an output shaft (11) which rotates in exclusively one direction (12) and is designed at least indirectly to move at least one wiper blade (1) between two reversal positions (A, B). According to the invention, it is provided that the wiper motor (10) has means (30) which are designed at least indirectly to activate a pump (25) for conveying a cleaning fluid in such a manner that cleaning fluid can be applied to a vehicle window (2) exclusively in front of the wiper blade (1) in the respective wiping direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Siegfried Stefani, Jörg Bürkle
  • Publication number: 20200406862
    Abstract: A spoiler (16) for a wiper system (1), particularly of a motor vehicle, which extends in a main direction of elongation and is configured to be mounted on an arm (4) or a wiper (2) of the wiper system (1), said spoiler (16) being formed predominantly by a one-piece main layer (60), wherein said spoiler (16) comprises at least one engraving zone (64) in which the main layer has a cavity to house at least one secondary layer distinct from the main layer, the engraving zone being configured in such a way that said at least one secondary layer (62) extends while being at least partially covered by the main layer (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventor: Vincent GAUCHER
  • Patent number: 10875505
    Abstract: The invention proposes a system (10) for wiping a vehicle window (12), comprising: at least one windscreen wiper blade (14) adapted to be driven by a drive arm (16) of the wiper system (10) with alternating movements sweeping at least one portion of the exterior surface of a window to be wiped between two positions at which the sweeping direction is reversed; a device (18) for spraying a liquid onto the exterior surface; a pump for feeding the sprayer device (18) with liquid; a circuit (CP) for controlling the feeding of the sprayer device (18) by the pump (38) as a function of the sweeping direction, characterized in that it includes a sensor (CA) of acceleration of the windscreen wiper that is carried by the windscreen wiper and that is connected to the control circuit (CP) in order to supply to the control circuit (CP) signals representing the value of the acceleration of the windscreen wiper (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Guillaume Mouleyre, William Terrasse
  • Patent number: 10875504
    Abstract: A wiper blade end cap (22 and 22?), comprising at least one sealing element (22a) for sealing a channel for delivering windscreen washer fluid of a member of the blade (10), characterised in that said at least one sealing element (22a) comprises a channel (22a1), referred to as the end channel, intended to be brought into communication with said delivery channel when said delivery channel is sealed, and at least one spray opening (22a2 and 22a2?) originating at said end channel (22a1) and emerging on the outside of said cap (22 and 22?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Gérald Caillot
  • Patent number: 10873231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brushless dc electric motor (1) comprising: a rotor (3) comprising at least two pairs of poles, a stator (5) having a plurality of teeth (D1, D2) around which windings (B1, B2, B3, B?1, B?2, B?3) forming coils for electromagnetic excitation of the rotor (3) are wound, wherein the stator (5) comprises a first type of tooth (D1) covering a first electrical angle and a second type (D2) of tooth covering a second electrical angle different from the first electrical angle and wherein a phase of the motor is formed by windings (B1, B?1 or B2, B?2 or B3, B?3) wound onto teeth of the first type (D1) and second type (D2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Jose Luis Herrada
  • Patent number: 10870415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (100) for projecting at least one fluid onto a surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, such as an optical sensor of an optical detection system, wherein a mobile piston (3) sliding in a hollow body (1) around a fixed rod extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and carrying at one end a cleaning fluid dispensing element (8, 9) enables the fluid to flow to the dispensing element (8, 9), through passage channels (12) arranged between the piston and the rod and having different axial dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Giraud, Marcel Trebouet
  • Patent number: 10843668
    Abstract: The invention concerns a protection device (3) for protecting an optical sensor (13) for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the protection device (3) comprises: —a transparent optical element (9) mounted rotatably movable about an axis of rotation (A1), configured to be arranged upstream from an optical unit (14) of the optical sensor (13) such that the axis of rotation (A1) of same coincides with the optical axis (15), and —a motor (5) comprising a rotary shaft (51) configured to rotate about an axis of rotation (A2), and configured to rotate said optical element (9) such that the axis of rotation (A1) of said optical element (9) further coincides with the axis of rotation (A2) of the rotary shaft (51) of the motor (5). The invention also concerns a corresponding driver assistance system (1) and a cleaning method implementing such a protection device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Bretagnol, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Marcel Trebouet
  • Patent number: 10843667
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a deflector (2; 20) for a wiper blade (1; 10) for a motor vehicle, made from a flexible material characterised in that it is split longitudinally by a groove (11; 110) communicating with a longitudinal cavity (8; 80) of the deflector (2; 20) in such a way as to form two half-foil members (2a, 2b; 20a, 20b) that can assume a deformed position in which the deformed half-foil members (2a, 2b; 20a, 20b) increase the deflection surface area of the deflector (2; 20). The present invention also concerns a wiper blade (1; 10) comprising such a deflector (2; 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Yvan Gironde