Patents Assigned to Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
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Patent number: 11130474Abstract: The invention relates to a terminal end piece (8) for a wiper blade. The terminal end piece (8) comprises a peripheral wall (20) which separates an external environment of the terminal end piece (8) from an internal space (11) of the terminal end piece (8). The terminal end piece (8) delimits a first housing (21) which is arranged in the internal space (11) and which extends primarily in a first plane (P1). A second housing (22) is interposed between the peripheral wall (20) and the first housing (21). The terminal end piece (8) comprises at least one locking member (37) which is configured to connect the terminal end piece (8) to a flexible support (6) of the wiper blade (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Xavier Bousset, Guillaume Barret, Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Olivier Jomard, Denis Thebault
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Patent number: 11124156Abstract: An adapter (26) for a wiper (10) is disclosed. The wiper includes a body (25) of elongate shape which is shaped to be mounted in a complementary yoke (28) of inverted U-shaped cross section belonging to a wiper arm. The body (25) of the adapter (26) has a locking tab (100, 102) which extends projecting above the upper face of the body (25), which is configured to be received through a hole (39b) in the yoke (28), which bears a rear contact surface (110) for contact with an edge (39b) of the hole (38b) in the yoke (28), and which is connected to the body (25) by an elastically deformable vertical connecting part (114a, 114b).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Vincent Gaucher
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Patent number: 11124160Abstract: 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 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 the rod being configured so as to allow the fluid to flow between them from the inlet flange to the distribution element. A heating element (22) is arranged on the rod (14), between said rod and the movable piston (8), such that the fluid flowing between the rod and the movable piston is set to flow in contact with the heating element (22).Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Philippe Picot, Jordan Vieille, Sébastien Rollet, Grégory Kolanowski, Giuseppe Grasso, Xavier Bousset, Maxime Baudouin
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Patent number: 11124157Abstract: An end piece (1) for a vehicle windscreen wiper blade, the wiper blade comprising at least one flexible support (3) and a strip intended to be applied against the windscreen, the end piece (1) comprising: a housing (5) suitable for receiving an end portion of the flexible support (3), at least one locking means (7) for locking the end portion of the flexible support (3) in a position engaged in the housing (5), characterised in that the end piece (1) comprises at least one securing device (50) for securing the locking means (7), the securing device (50) being arranged to restrict the movement of the locking means (7). Said invention is applicable to motor vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Olivier Jomard, Eric Poton
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Publication number: 20210284189Abstract: The invention relates to a device for remotely giving warning as to the state of wear of at least one blade of a windshield-wiper system of a vehicle comprising means for determining the wear of said blade and means for flagging said wear; said device is noteworthy in that it comprises at least one unit comprising a module called the removable diagnostic connector able to interact with a diagnostic service connector forming an on-board diagnostic input of the vehicle in order to establish a link with said diagnostic connector via the OBD protocol and means for communicating electronically that are coupled to the diagnostic connector and that are able to transmit, to a portable electronic apparatus, via a wireless link, a message indicating the wear of said blade when the means for determining the wear of the blade generate a signal referred to as a wear signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Frederic GIRAUD, Laure IMBERT, Damien COQUET, Eric POTON
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Publication number: 20210284101Abstract: The cleaning device according to the invention comprises at least one fluid inlet and distribution device (D) into which a cleaning fluid and a drying fluid are selectively injected from an inlet nozzle (110, 111) specific to each fluid. Said inlet and distribution device (D) includes separate distribution channels (21, 22) for distributing the cleaning fluid and the drying fluid, respectively, and separate conveying units (112, 114, 21; 113, 22) for conveying each of the fluids from the respective inlet nozzle thereof (110, 111) to the respective distribution channel thereof (21, 22).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Marcel Trebouet
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Patent number: 11117552Abstract: The invention proposes an adapter (26) for a wiper (10) comprising a body (25) of elongate shape which is shaped to be mounted in a complementary yoke (28) of inverted U-shaped cross section belonging to a wiper arm, characterized in that the body (1025) of the adapter (1026) comprises at least one elastic tab (1132a, 1132b) which is deformable in the transverse direction so as to retract as the adapter (1026) is being assembled and/or dismantled with respect to the yoke (28), the elastic tab (1132a, 1132b) being borne by a lateral wall (1026a, 1026b) of the body (1025) of the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Vincent Gaucher
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Publication number: 20210276514Abstract: A cleaning device (100), intended to spray at least one fluid towards a surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, such as an optical surface of a sensor of an optical detection system, said cleaning device comprising at least one conveying body (1) and a delivery ramp (2) for delivering one or more cleaning and/or drying fluids, and attachment means (101) for attaching a connecting portion (20) of the delivery ramp (2) to an end of the conveying body (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Maxime Baudouin, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Thibaud Passerieux, Philippe Picot, Jordan Vieille
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Patent number: 11110897Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (200) for connecting a windscreen wiper drive arm to a vehicle drive shaft, the connection assembly (200) comprising at least one fixing device (220) configured to rotatably connect the drive arm to the drive shaft and at least one cover (210) mounted pivotably on the fixing device (220) by means of a pivoting connection (600), the cover (210) being configured to adopt a closed position in which it prohibits access to a fixing zone (300) between the fixing device (220) and the drive shaft or an open position in which it permits access to the fixing zone (300) between the fixing device (220) and the drive shaft, this pivoting connection (600) comprising at least one bore and at least one trunnion received in the bore, characterized in that the connection assembly (200) comprises at least one device for locking the open position of the cover (210), this locking device being arranged on the inner perimeter of the bore and on the outer perimeter of the trunnion.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Richard Charbonnier, Benjamin Chabannes
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Publication number: 20210268994Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) to clean a vehicle window (1), with a wiper blade body (18), with the wiper blade adapter (14) to fasten the wiper blade (10) to a wiper arm (12), with at least one spray opening (20) arranged on the longitudinal side of the wiper blade body (18) for spraying a cleaning medium on the vehicle window (1), wherein the at least one spray opening (20) is hydraulically connected to a supply element (30) arranged in the area of the wiper blade adapter (14), and wherein the supply element (30) has at least one connection element (31, 32) to supply at least one cleaning liquid (2) to the supply element (30). It is provided according to the invention that the supply element (30) has a device (40) to supply air and a mixing device (35) to generate a cleaning foam as a cleaning medium, the cleaning medium being composed of the cleaning liquid (2) and the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Michael Buss, Wolfgang Scholl
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Patent number: 11097693Abstract: The invention proposes an adapter (26) for a windscreen wiper, having a body (25) which is delimited by two external lateral faces (29a, 29b) and which is configured to be mounted in a complementary yoke (28) of a wiper arm having a pair of front locking pegs (44a) and an abutment surface (39) which cooperate with associated parts of the adapter, each of the lateral faces of the adapter (26) having a front locking notch (59) which receives a front locking peg (44b), and wherein the adapter (26) is provided with a resilient branch (62) bearing an unlocking button (64) which cooperates with the abutment surface (39), characterized in that the resilient branch (62) extends longitudinally beyond a transverse end face (27b) of the body (25) of the adapter (26).Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Patrick Moneyron, Philippe Espinasse, William Terrasse
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Patent number: 11097668Abstract: A device for cleaning a camera lens (6), by means of a cleaning head, comprises a fixed cleaning head and a camera that is made mobile by means of drive means (10), the head being accommodated in a structural element (2) of the vehicle. The drive means are suitable for generating a relative movement of the camera in relation to the cleaning head, between a passive image capture position in which the camera is disposed accommodated in said structural element of the vehicle facing the cleaning head, and an active position in which the camera is deployed at a distance from the structural element of the vehicle to allow image capture. The device is particularly effective when applied to the cleaning of a reversing camera implanted in motor vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Marcel Trebouet
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Patent number: 11097692Abstract: An adapter (112) for connecting a wiper blade to a drive arm, the adapter comprising two substantially parallel walls (28) connected together by at least one connecting element (30), said walls comprising first inner side faces (28a) between which said at least one connecting element extends, and outer side faces (28b) comprising protruding sliding guide patterns (132), characterised in that said patterns are divided into lines and columns.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Qibin Wang
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Publication number: 20210253067Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for cleaning an optical sensor (3), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one projection member (5) for protecting a cleaning fluid, characterized in that the system (1) includes a confinement wall (11) that supports the at least one projection member (5) and can move from a retracted position in which the confinement wall is designed to be outside the field of view of the optical sensor (3) and a cleaning position in which the confinement wall (11) is designed to be located across from the optical sensor (3) and in which the at least one projection member (5) is positioned in such a way as to project the cleaning fluid against the optical sensor (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher
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Publication number: 20210253068Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic cleaning device intended to spray at least a first fluid and at least a second fluid toward an exterior surface of a motor vehicle's sensor/emitter, the telescopic cleaning device including at least a first distribution orifice for a first fluid and at least a second distribution orifice for a second fluid, the telescopic cleaning device being configured to deploy along a deployment (D) axis where the first distribution orifice and the second distribution orifice are offset from one another along the cleaning device's axis of deployment (D).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Maxime BAUDOUIN, Jordan VIEILLE, Jean-Francois ROUSSEAU, Philippe PICOT
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Patent number: 11091126Abstract: An end joining piece (4) for a windscreen wiper for a glazed surface of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The end piece has at least a receipt receptacle (410) for receiving an end part of a longitudinal vertebra (20), and at least one flexible tongue (6a, 6b) which is configured to go from a first, position of rest, to a second, retracted position, by displacement in a first direction (F2a, F2b) during the insertion of the longitudinal vertebra in the receipt receptacle (410), the flexible tongue including an engagement ramp along which the vertebra is made to thrust, to provide the tongue with its second, retracted position. The engagement ramp (620a, 620b) has an inclination which is configured to exert on the longitudinal vertebra a force which tends to displace this vertebra in a second direction (F3a, F3b), which, together with the first direction of displacement, forms a non-zero angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Guillaume Mouleyre, Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Laurent Thierry Andre Masse
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Patent number: 11084465Abstract: Streamlined flat windscreen wiper (1), in particular of a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises: a longitudinal wiper blade (8), at least one longitudinal stiffening spine (6), a longitudinal member (7) for holding said wiper blade and said stiffening spine, a longitudinal fairing (2, 3) comprising two end caps (3) and a central mount (2) extending between the end caps and being linked thereto, the mount comprising means for fixing to said stiffening spine or to said member for holding this spine.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher
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Patent number: 11088590Abstract: The invention relates to a connection unit (20; 20a) for a wiper motor (100) for windshield wiper systems, with a plug connector element (22) for the reception of electric connection lines (24), which are formed for the at least indirect contacting of a commutator (6) of an electric motor (1), and with a carrier element (26; 26a) in which connection elements (40) for contacting the commutator (6) and/or at least one component of an electric circuit are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Siegfried Stefani, Christof Heuberger, Harald Kapitza, David Rignault
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Patent number: 11079592Abstract: The present invention relates to a device 3 for protecting an optical sensor 13 for an automotive vehicle that is intended to be attached to the optical sensor, characterized in that the device includes:—a transparent optical element 9 exhibiting rotational symmetry and being rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, configured to be positioned upstream of the optical sensor 13 so that the axis of rotation of the optical element 9 is merged with the optical axis 15 of the optical sensor 13; and—an actuator 5 that is coupled to the optical element 9 so as to rotate the optical element 9 in order to allow soiling to be removed by a centrifugal effect.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Frédéric Bretagnol, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Marcel Trebouet
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Patent number: 11075557Abstract: 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?), a coil (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?) comprising a predetermined number of turns around at least two arms (B1 . . . B18) of the body (3), two adjacent coils (C1 . . . C9, C1? . . . C9?) of a series being angularly offset from one another with a partial overlap, in which the last coil (C9, C9?), situated radially furthest towards the outside, comprises a predetermined number of turns that is lower than the predetermined number of turns of the other coils of the series (C1 . . . C8, C1? . . . C8?).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Jose-Luis Herrada, Quentin Aubugeau