Patents Assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
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Publication number: 20250001976Abstract: An arm of a wiping system is disclosed. The arm includes a part extending longitudinally. The part is configured to be connected by a first end to an arm drive device and by a second end to an attachment device for attaching the arm to a wiper blade. The part includes a main beam extending in the longitudinal direction. The part is in a single piece and the part also includes at least one additional beam extending in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Gerald Caillot, Alexandre Filloux, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
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Patent number: 12179714Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device (1) providing connection between a wiper blade and a driving arm (7) for a vehicle, comprising a base adapter (25) and at least a first adapter (26), this base adapter (25) being equipped with at least one pivot member (50) intended to connect it to a connector, the base adapter (25) being configured to connect this connector to a first type of driving arm, the base adapter (25) and the first adapter (26) each having a U-shaped cross section formed of two lateral walls (251, 261) connected by an upper wall. According to the invention, at least one lateral wall (251) of the base adapter (25) comprises at least one clearance (502) which accepts a lateral wall (261) of the first adapter (26).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton
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Patent number: 12179713Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising a crankpin which includes a ball joint, and a connecting rod which carries a ball joint housing, wherein the ball joint housing and the connecting rod are assembled by a bayonet mounting, and wherein the connecting rod comprises a locking hole through which an axial section of the ball joint housing passes, the connecting rod comprises at least one locking lug, the ball joint housing comprises a locking notch which is defined by two opposing radial faces, characterized in that one of the two opposing radial faces of the locking notch and one facing face of the locking lug each have a complementary inclined profile in order, during the rotation, to cause an axial clamping of the locking lug in-side the locking notch.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Pascal Renoux, Nicolas Kuchly, Robin Viard, Loic Roussel
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Patent number: 12168424Abstract: The invention relates to a support of a ball-joint housing for a connecting rod of a windshield wiper actuating linkage system, the support having a ball-joint housing that extends along a longitudinal axis (B) and is configured to be received in a complementary orifice in the connecting rod. According to the invention, the support is configured to be rotationally joined to the connecting rod. The invention also relates to a connecting rod configured to be rotationally joined to such a support, and to the corresponding joining method.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Cyrille Girodot, Nicolas Kuchly
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Publication number: 20240413672Abstract: A stator for an electric motor is disclosed. The stator includes a star including a plurality of radially extending teeth, and a plurality of bobbins configured firstly to receive turns of a winding wire in order to form a plurality of coils, and secondly to be positioned on the respective teeth of the star. The teeth include an end part the cross section of which is constant. The bobbins include a first end of a flared shape, a second end opposite to the first end and of a flared shape, and a central part positioned between the first end and the second end. The cross section of the central part is smaller in comparison with the cross section of the first end and the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Jose Luis Herrada, Mehdi Belhaj
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Publication number: 20240413697Abstract: A stator for an electric motor is disclosed. The stator includes a star including a cylindrical central part around which a plurality of teeth extend radially, and a plurality of bobbins configured firstly to receive turns of a winding wire in order to form a coil, and secondly to be positioned around the respective teeth of the star. The star includes a plurality of openings formed in the central part thereof between the teeth. The bobbins include a positioning pin arranged on an inner radial part of the bobbin. When the bobbin is mounted on the star, the positioning pin is configured to be positioned in an associated opening of the star so as to position the bobbin relative to the star in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Jose Luis Herrada, Mehdi Belhaj
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Patent number: 12162441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Maxime Baudouin, Jordan Vieille, Jean-Francois Rousseau, Philippe Picot
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Patent number: 12162440Abstract: The present application relates to a wiper arm, which comprises a wiper arm body and a wiper arm end piece, the wiper arm end piece being fixedly connected to one end of the wiper arm body to hold a wiper blade, the wiper arm being further provided with a nozzle and a hose, wherein the nozzle is connected to an extension section of the wiper arm end piece towards the return side or the outward swing side of the wiper arm; the hose extends along the wiper arm body, and one end of the hose is connected to the nozzle to deliver a cleaning fluid to the nozzle. The arrangement of a nozzle on the wiper arm ensures that a cleaning fluid is quickly wiped off, the driver is given a clear field of vision, and the cleaning fluid usage may also be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Haoyi Hong, Xu Cheng, Jinlong Pu
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Publication number: 20240400000Abstract: Provided is a rear wiper assembly having a rear wiper arm, a cover, a joint, and a motion-stopping mechanism. A connector and a cover are hingedly connected to the rear end of the rear wiper arm. When the cover is in a closed state, it covers the connector; the motion-stopping mechanism has a first interference element and a second interference element, at least one of the interference elements being a flexible element; the first interference element is arranged on the rear wiper arm, and the second interference element is arranged on the cover, when the cover is in an open state and when the angle between the upper surface of the cover and the upper surface of the rear wiper arm is within a predetermined range, the interference elements interfere with each other, preventing the cover from turning over in the direction of the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Qiang Zhang, Tieqiang Yao, Xu Cheng
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Publication number: 20240396238Abstract: The invention relates to a contact retention device for an integrated circuit including a common substrate having a hole extending through the common substrate. The contact retention device includes a support part suitable for being fixed to the common substrate and including an orifice suitable for being aligned with the hole, and a retention piece fixed to the support piece and centered by the orifice. The retention part includes an upper part suitable for guiding an insertion of an electrical conductor into the orifice, a lower part suitable for forming an elastic contact between the inserted electrical conductor and the retention part, and a middle part arranged between the upper part and the lower part. The middle part and the lower part are suitable for being inserted into the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Siegfried STEFANI, Harald KAPITZA, Timo RUKWID
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Publication number: 20240383446Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning system for cleaning a detection surface of a sensor. The cleaning system includes a cleaning device with a plurality of nozzles, which are configured to deposit droplets of liquid on an acceleration surface situated upstream of the detection surface, a reservoir connected to the cleaning device and configured to store the liquid, and an acceleration device that accelerates the movement of the droplets of liquid from the acceleration surface onto the detection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Frederic BRETAGNOL, Radu-george BUTE
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Patent number: 12145543Abstract: A wiper blade for cleaning a vehicle windscreen is disclosed. The wiper blade has a wiper blade body which extends along a longitudinal axis, a wiper blade adapter which is connected to the wiper blade body, a first adapter element, connected to the wiper blade body, and a second adapter element, which can be connected to a wiper arm. The two adapter elements are arranged such that they can be pivoted in relation to one another in a direction, running perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, in an axis of rotation. The wiper blade has a flat construction.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Siegfried Waible, Michael Buss
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Patent number: 12139106Abstract: A device (50) for supplying air to a suction side (12) of a pump (10) of a wiper system (100), includes a suction channel (60) for sucking in air, said suction channel (60) being able to be connected to the suction side (12) of the pump (10). Provision is made that the device (50) is realized as a component separate from the pump (10) and comprises a connection area (52) for connecting the device (50) with a supply container (14) for washer fluid (3) and having an additional connection area (54) for a suction nozzle (24) of the pump (10), and that a check valve (62) is disposed in the suction channel (60), said check valve (62) being designed to open and close as a function of a negative pressure (P) on a suction nozzle (24) of the pump (10), whereby when the said check valve (62) is opened air can enter the area of the suction nozzle (24) of the pump (10), and when the check valve (62) is closed no air is sucked in.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Michael Buss, Felix Faehnle, Wolfgang Scholl
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Patent number: 12138660Abstract: Electroacoustic device (5) comprising: —an ultrasonic wave transducer (15) comprising a piezoelectric substrate (10) and first (30) and second (35) electrodes in contact with the piezoelectric substrate, and —a carrier (10), the transducer being attached to the carrier and acoustically coupled to the carrier, and the first and second electrodes being sandwiched, at least partly, between the piezoelectric substrate and the carrier, the device being configured to generate an ultrasonic surface wave (W) propagating through the carrier at a distance from the transducer when an electric current passes through the first and second electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: UNIVERSITE DE LILLE, CENTRALE LILLE INSTITUT, UNIVERSITE POLYTECHNIQUE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, YNCREA HAUTS DE FRANCE, VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Adrien Peret, Frederic Bretagnol, Michaël Baudoin, Olivier Bou Matar-Lacaze
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Publication number: 20240367616Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade of a wiper system which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and comprises at least one wiper strip that extends in the longitudinal direction, the wiper blade comprising at least a first channel (78), for the circulation of a first fluid, and a second channel (80), for the circulation of a second fluid, which extend longitudinally in the wiper blade, a connecting channel (82) extending between said channels (78, 80) in such a way that it fluidically connects the first channel with the second channel, the wiper blade being characterised in that it comprises at least one injection device (88) configured to inject the second fluid circulating in the second channel into the first fluid circulating in the first channel, the injection device being arranged at least partly in the connecting channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Adrien Peret, Christophe Chassaing, Frederic Bretagnol
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Patent number: 12134373Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiping device for a detection system of a vehicle, including a wiper blade, a wiper arm, a motor unit and a drive unit. The drive unit includes a guidance block which carries the wiper arm, and which is inserted in a guidance frame, and a plurality of belt wheels. At least one drive belt wheel is driven in a rotational motion by the motor unit. The drive unit further includes a belt which is driven by the belt wheels and moves the guidance block according to a rectilinear motion.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventor: Siegfried Stefani
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Publication number: 20240351556Abstract: The invention relates to a control method (1) for controlling a treatment device (30) for treating a windscreen (31) of a vehicle (3), said treatment device (30) comprising at least one wiping system (300) comprising at least one spraying device (3000) having at least one opening (3000a) through which a hydrophobic liquid (Lq) can be sprayed onto said windscreen (31), said control method (1) performing at least one treatment cycle periodically and comprising the steps of: —recovering at least one data item representative of a state of the vehicle; —processing the recovered at least one data item representative of the state of the vehicle; —verifying the fulfilment of at least one criterion for activating the spraying device (3000) as a function of the processed at least one data item representative of the state of the vehicle; —activating the spraying device if the at least one criterion for activating the spraying device has been met.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Frederic Giraud, Alexandre Filloux
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Patent number: 12122330Abstract: A connection device for connecting a wiper blade to at least two wiper arms is disclosed. The connection device includes at least one main connection member configured to cooperate with a clevis of a first wiper arm and at least one secondary connection member configured to cooperate with a clevis of a second wiper arm, the main connection member and the secondary connection member being mounted on one another in a stacking direction (D), the main connection member comprising at least two flanks connected together by an upper wall supporting a retractable button configured to cooperate with the clevis of the first wiper arm, the secondary connection member comprising at least one side lug for engaging with the clevis of the second wiper arm, the secondary connection member comprising at least one protrusion configured to cooperate with the clevis of the second wiper arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat
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Patent number: 12122329Abstract: The present invention relates to a clip for attaching a fluid line to a wiper arm of a spraying device of a motor vehicle, the clip having a general V shape, the base of the V forming a housing for a fluid line portion, and comprising a first and a second retaining arm located on the first and the second ends of the V-shape and extending towards each other, the retaining arms being asymmetrical in an axial direction intended to be parallel to the fluid line such that the space between the two retaining arms forms an opening having a divergent shape in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Quentin Fauriol, Cyrille Girodot, Nicolas Kuchly
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Publication number: 20240343226Abstract: A wiper for a glazed surface of a vehicle is disclosed. The wiper includes at least one structural element, a wiper rubber carried by the structural element, at least one end piece arranged at a longitudinal end of the structural element, at least one conduit extending in a main direction of elongation of the wiper, and at least one spray element fluidically connected to the conduit and formed on the structural element. The wiper rubber is configured to bear against the glazed surface and to sweep a wiping zone of the glazed surface. The spray element is configured to spray cleaning fluid in a spray direction onto an additional zone distinct from the wiping zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent Izabel, Frederic Giraud, Alexandre Filloux, Gerald Caillot, Jean Michel Jarasson