Patents Assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
  • Publication number: 20220410843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (10) for a wiping system (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a elongated connector body (50) which has an elongated shape and is configured to be mounted on a wiper blade (2), characterized in that the connector body (50) comprises a device for guiding at least one air flow towards a surface to be wiped (40) in order to reduce a liquid suction phenomenon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat
  • Publication number: 20220379848
    Abstract: The invention concerns a crank pin for a connecting rod of a wiper-actuating linkage system, the crank pin being configured to be received in a complementary inner cavity of a ball joint of the linkage system, and comprising a truncated spherical portion having at least one spherical sector and at least one truncated sector. The invention also concerns a complementary ball joint. The invention also concerns a corresponding linkage system and the method for assembling a connecting rod of such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Cyrille GIRODOT
  • Patent number: 11506262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical reduction gearing (1) comprising: —an input shaft (3), —a sun gear (5) coupled in rotation to the input shaft (3), —a planet carrier (7) rotatable with respect to the input shaft (3) and supporting an output shaft (74) coaxial with the input shaft (3), said planet carrier (7) comprising at least one planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) extending parallel to the input shaft (3), —at least one cam (13) arranged around the planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) and comprising a first axial portion (p1) concentric to the planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) and at least one second eccentric axial portion (p2, p3), said at least one planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) being mounted rotatably with respect to the planet carrier (7) and/or said at least one cam (13) being mounted rotatably with respect to the associated planet shaft, —at least one planet gear (15) coupled in rotation to the cam (13) at its first concentric axial portion (p1) and configured to engage with the sun gear (5), —a peripheral annulus (17)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Christophe Lassalle
  • Publication number: 20220363224
    Abstract: The device for discharging liquids for a module includes sensor/transmitter blocks for a vehicle. The module includes a first block having a lower optical surface having an upper limit, and at least one second block having at least one upper optical surface with a lower limit arranged above the lower optical surface. The device extends from an area defined by at least one portion of the lower limit of the at least one second block and the upper limit of the first block, and is configured to discharge liquids flowing from the at least one upper optical surface to an area other than the lower optical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Christophe CHASSAING, Maxime BAUDOUIN, Baptiste BEZIAT
  • Publication number: 20220363222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor having a housing element connected to an electrical line that has an elastically deformable spring element in an end region projecting out of the housing element, wherein the spring element, in order to form an electrically conductive connection with a counterpart element on the housing element, is movable, with respect to a first, relaxed position of the spring element, into a second, elastically deformed position generating a contact force on the counterpart element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Harald SCHOENECK
  • Patent number: 11498525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gear motor (101), in particular for a wiper system, comprising: -a brushless DC electric motor (103) including: -a rotor; -a stator having coils for electromagnetically exciting the rotor; -a device for determining the angular position of the rotor; -a control unit configured to generate control signals for supplying power to the electromagnetic excitation coils of the stator; -a reduction mechanism (104) that is linked on one side to the rotor of the electric motor (103) and on the other side to an output shaft (109), the reduction mechanism (104) having a predefined reduction ratio and; -an output angular position sensor (110) that is configured to measure the angular position of the output shaft (109), wherein the output angular position sensor (110) that is configured to transmit a signal corresponding to the measured angular position of the output shaft (109) to the device for determining the angular position of the rotor and said device is configured to determine the p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Floquet, Jose-Luis Herrada
  • Patent number: 11491918
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Dominik Vetter, Markus Miller, Maxime Baudouin, Jordan Vieille
  • Publication number: 20220348166
    Abstract: The invention relates to a geared motor comprising a first brushless electric motor part having a stator, a rotor and a drive shaft, a second part having an output shaft and a reduction gear mechanism and an electronic part. The reduction gear mechanism comprises an output shaft, a worm and a toothed wheel designed to be engaged by the worm and to drive the output shaft in rotation. The geared motor comprises at least one rolling guide bearing disposed on the drive shaft and a multipolar magnet for measuring the position of the rotor. The rolling bearing is disposed between the measurement magnet and the worm such that the electric motor can be controlled depending on the measurement of the position of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jose-Luis HERRADA, Alain SERVIN, Mehdi BELHAJ
  • Patent number: 11465593
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is an adapter (100) intended to connect a wiper to a drive arm of a vehicle wiper system, the adapter (100) comprising a head (1) and a body (2) which extend in the continuation of one another in a longitudinal direction of the adapter (100), the adapter (100) comprising a means (6, 61) of rotational connection to a connector (8) attached to the wiper, the adapter (100) being formed at least by a top wall (10, 20) from which there extend at least two lateral flanks (11a, 11b, 21a) so as to delimit an internal volume (101) in which the connector (8) is able to extend, characterized in that the adapter (100) comprises at least one centering means (3) for centering it in a direction perpendicular to the top wall (10, 20) with respect to the drive arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Olivier Jomard
  • Publication number: 20220314936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper arm (10) for a wiper system of a vehicle, having a wiper arm element (12) which is configured for connecting, in an articulated manner, an attachment piece (20) coupled to a wiper shaft, wherein the wiper arm element (12) is coupled to an adapter element (18) for connecting to a wiper blade. Furthermore, it is provided that the wiper arm element (12) consists of two separate components (14, 16), namely a first component (14), which is connected to the adapter element (18), and a second component (16), which attaches to the first component (14) on the side facing away from the adapter element (18), and that the first component (14) is formed from a profile strip (37) having a U-shaped cross section, wherein the two components (14, 16) overlap in a longitudinal direction in a first connection area (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Joerg Danko, Edgar Leis
  • Patent number: 11458933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device 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, which comprises at least one conveyor body (8) inside of which a distribution duct (11) is arranged and which includes, at the terminal distribution portion (36) thereof, a fluid distribution element (9) in which at least one cleaning fluid spray nozzle (10) is formed, the distribution element (9) including a distribution channel (12) in fluid connection with the distribution duct (11) arranged in the conveyor body (8) and with the spray nozzle (10). According to the invention, the cleaning fluid distribution element (9) is made up of two portions (16, 17): a first portion (16) including a base (16a) of the distribution element (9) attached to the conveyor body (8) and a second portion (17) including a cover (17a) urged against the first portion (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Philippe Picot, Marcel Trebouet, Jordan Vieille
  • Patent number: 11440507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a geared motor (1) for a motor-vehicle wiping system comprising an electric motor (2) comprising a rotor (20) including magnetic elements, a stator (21) having the electromagnetic excitation windings of the rotor, 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, a casing (4) forming a protective envelope for said reduction gear, or the electric motor (2), and in which said 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 potentially, 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
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Jose Luis Herrada
  • Publication number: 20220281416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting bracket (5) for a pipe (4) supplying fluid to a driving arm (1) of a motor vehicle wiper system (100), the driving arm (1) comprising at least one spring (14), the mounting bracket (5) comprising at least one sleeve (51) configured to hold the supply pipe (4). The mounting bracket (5) according to the invention comprises a substantially hollow cylindrical body (50) linked to the sleeve (51) and configured to be inserted into a space (141) surrounded by the spring (14) of the driving arm (1). The invention also relates to a driving arm (1) comprising such a mounting bracket (5) and to a method for assembling such a driving arm (1), comprising a preliminary step of inserting the body (50) of such a mounting bracket (5) into at least part of the aforementioned space (141).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Quentin Fauriol, Nicolas Kuchly, Loic Roussel
  • Patent number: 11427161
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive arm for driving a wiper blade intended for a motor vehicle, the drive arm extending in a longitudinal direction (X), the drive arm comprising at least one first attachment means (224) for a first end of an elastic return device and at least one second attachment means (234) for the first end of the elastic return device, characterized in that a first distance (d1) measured parallel to the longitudinal direction (X) between the first attachment means (224) and the second attachment means (234) is not zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Cyrille Girodot, Nicolas Kuchly
  • Patent number: 11407383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothed wheel (116) for a gear motor (10) of a window wiper, in particular of a motor vehicle, this wheel having a central member (120, 128) defining an axis of rotation A and two opposite substantially parallel faces, a first of said faces including an orifice (124) having an axis B and intended to receive a pin (26) of a linkage (38) of the gear motor, characterized in that it comprises, on said first face, abutment means (128a, 154a) in an axial direction and/or in a radial direction relative to axis A and means (128a, 154a, 152a) for guiding sliding in a circumferential direction about the axis A, said abutment and guide means being configured to cooperate with said pin during the assembly of the toothed wheel with the linkage in order to facilitate the insertion of the pin into the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Fabrice Jably, Christophe Rabache, Alain Servin
  • Publication number: 20220234548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a telescopic cleaning device (100) for cleaning a glass surface (300) of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one hollow body (110) and a movable piston (120) configured to slide in the hollow body (110) along a deployment direction (D) between an extended position and a folded position, the movable piston being configured to support a member for cleaning the glass surface, the device being characterised in that it comprises two cleaning members consisting of a member for projecting (140) a cleaning fluid (FN) conveyed through the hollow body (110) and a wiper blade (130), the two cleaning members being rigidly connected to the movable piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel
  • Patent number: 11396275
    Abstract: The invention proposes an autonomous device for controlling a heating circuit of an automotive vehicle windscreen wiper blade, comprising a module for regulating the electrical power supply of the heating circuit, furnished with an input for connecting to an electrical energy generator and with an output for connecting to a said windscreen wiper blade heating circuit. This device comprises means for acquiring, at an instant t, a datum representative of a temperature outside the vehicle on the one hand and of a datum representative of the instantaneous speed of the vehicle on the other hand, the said acquiring means being configured to transmit these data to the regulating module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Stephane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Guillaume Mouleyre, William Terrasse
  • Patent number: 11390253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector (1) for a wiper blade, designed to be interposed between an adapter and a structural element of the wiper blade. The connector (1) extends longitudinally between a first longitudinal end (14) and a second longitudinal end (14). The connector (1) comprises at least one fixing block (22) configured such as mechanically to connect the connector (1) to the structural element of the wiper blade and a linking block (13) configured such as mechanically to connect the connector (1) to the adapter. The connector (1) comprises at least one skirt (23) that extends longitudinally from the fixing block (22). The skirt (23) comprises at least one rib (24) that extends between the fixing block (22) and one of the longitudinal ends (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Guillaume Mouleyre
  • Publication number: 20220224260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of rotating parts of a wiper motor, the wiper motor having a brushless electric motor as a first part which comprises a rotor rotating about a first axis of rotation and which drives a gear wheel as a second part which rotates about a second axis of rotation and which comprises a driven shaft, and the rotary angle positions (?, ?) of the two rotating parts being detected by means of two sensor devices each having a signal generating element and a sensor element for detecting a changing physical parameter of the signal generating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Matthias SCHOENDELING, Michael SCHAEUBLE, Joerg BUERKLE, Tobias GROENIG
  • Patent number: 11383678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade guard (1) for a wiper (100) of a vehicle (200), the blade guard (1) comprising a first part (11) and a second part (12), the first part (11) being configured to allow the blade guard (1) to be attached on the wiper (100), the second part (12) being intended to come into contact with a glazed surface (50) of the vehicle (200), characterized in that the second part (12) is configured to contain a product to be applied onto the glazed surface (50). The invention also relates to a wiper (100) comprising such a blade guard (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Stéphane Houssat, Vincent Gaucher, Olivier Faligot De La Bouvrie