Patents Assigned to Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
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Publication number: 20250030333Abstract: Voltage conversion module including a high-voltage terminal, low-voltage terminal, ground terminal, an inductor, and a switching arm having a high-side switch and a low-side switch connected at a mid-point. The switching arm is connected between the high-voltage terminal and the ground terminal, the mid-point is electrically connected to the low voltage terminal via the inductor and a device for controlling the switches. The conversion module further includes a device for detecting failure of the high-side switch including a voltage generator having two input terminals and an output terminal and being configured to receive on one of its input terminals voltage of the mid-point, and on the other of its input terminals first reference voltage, and to generate on its output terminal an increasing voltage from a predetermined voltage lower than a threshold value provided that the voltage of the mid-point is higher than or equal to the first reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Jean Raphael CAPOUNDA, Cherif KERKAR, Nicolas ALLALI, Emmanuel TALON
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Publication number: 20240336330Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a vehicle transmission. The actuator includes an electric motor having a driving shaft on which is mounted a first pinion, a toothed wheel having toothing which mesh with the pinion, and a torque output element able to be coupled to the transmission. The toothed wheel moreover includes an endless screw mechanism meshing with a second pinion mounted on a driven shaft, the driven shaft including a magnetic target facing a sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Quentin CASSARD, Fabrice RAUTUREAU, Nicolas LEGRAND
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Voltage converter, an electrified vehicle and a method for real-timely detecting a voltage converter
Patent number: 12107502Abstract: A voltage converter for an electrified vehicle is connected between an external low-voltage source and an external high-voltage source. The voltage converter includes a power conversion device having at least two power conversion components connected in parallel. The voltage converter further includes a safety power switching device, connected to the power conversion device and comprising at least two safety power switching components, configured for providing a protection mechanism for the voltage converter in an OFF or ON selection process thereof. Also included is a safety detection controller, connected to each of the safety power switching components, configured for real-time detection of each of the safety power switching components. A real-time detecting method for the voltage converter may be used in an electrified vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Qiong Jin, Hanyu Jin, Min Yang -
Publication number: 20240154409Abstract: A supply system includes first, second and third supply terminals, a voltage regulating terminal, and an output terminal electrically connected to the voltage regulating terminal. A first battery generates a first supply voltage between the first and second terminals, and a second battery generates a second supply voltage between the second and third terminals. The second battery is connected in series with the first battery to deliver a first output voltage between the third and first supply terminals. A DC-to-DC voltage converter, in a first operating mode, converts the first output voltage into a second output voltage between the regulating terminal and the first supply terminal, the second output voltage being lower than the first output voltage, and in a second operating mode, it does not regulate the voltage between the regulating terminal and the first supply terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventor: Emmanuel TALON
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Patent number: 11950388Abstract: Circuit board, defining a plurality of switching arms connected in parallel so as to convert a first voltage into a second voltage, at least one of which is DC voltage. The board includes a plurality of controllable electronic switches mounted pairwise in series on either side of a midpoint, so as to produce the switching arms connected in parallel. A plurality of decoupling capacitors are connected in parallel to one another, and in parallel to the DC voltage. Two electrically conductive layers are arranged parallel to one other, one of which is at the highest potential of the DC voltage and the other of which is at the lowest potential of the DC voltage. Each of the decoupling capacitors having one terminal connected to one of these electrically conductive layers and its other terminal connected to the other of these electrically conductive layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Nicolas Allali, Emmanuel Talon
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Patent number: 11940046Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing and a cover defining an internal volume in which are received at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing or the cover includes an electrical connector which incorporates a semipermeable membrane allowing an exchange of gas between the inside of the actuator and the external surroundings.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain Gautier, Dominique Gilet, Vincent Bazin
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Patent number: 11894688Abstract: An electrical circuit for charging a DC voltage source from an AC voltage network. The circuit includes an input that is able to receive an AC voltage from the voltage network, and a first output able to be connected to the DC voltage source. An insulating stage formed using a plurality of capacitors is arranged so as to electrically insulate the input from the first output of the circuit. A frequency-raising stage is arranged between the input of the circuit and the insulating stage so that the capacitors of the insulating stage are in a circuit portion that has flowing through it an AC current at a frequency that is greater than that of the AC network.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventor: Nicolas Allali
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Patent number: 11754179Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing, at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing defines a first volume in which the electric motor and the circuit board are received. The circuit board is located axially along the axis X1 between the electric motor and the motor pinion. The actuator further includes a cover defining a second volume in which the reduction mechanism is received, the housing and the cover each have guides for guiding the reduction mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain Gautier, Stephane Sorin, Guillaume De La Bourdonnaye Blossac
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Patent number: 11732799Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing and a cover defining an internal volume in which are received at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft to the rotor, a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion, a pin mounted so as to be able to rotate at the end of a shaft extending along an axis X3 and able to be engaged in the movable member of the transmission. The shaft of the pin is rotationally guided by a rolling bearing and a slide bearing.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain Gautier, Vincent Bazin, Mickael Besnard
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Publication number: 20230249562Abstract: Charging station for an electric or hybrid vehicle includes a wall, an electric cable, and at least one clamping collar fixed to the wall. The clamping collar has a shape that allows there to be, in a plane perpendicular to the direction in which the cable extends, at least three points of contact between the cable and the assembly formed by the clamping collar and the wall, so as to clamp the cable against the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Maxime TANSORIER, Samuel TORDEUX, Sébastien FRAISE
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VOLTAGE CONVERTER, AN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR REAL-TIMELY DETECTING A VOLTAGE CONVERTER
Publication number: 20230198408Abstract: A voltage converter for an electrified vehicle is connected between an external low-voltage source and an external high-voltage source. The voltage converter includes a power conversion device having at least two power conversion components connected in parallel. The voltage converter further includes a safety power switching device, connected to the power conversion device and comprising at least two safety power switching components, configured for providing a protection mechanism for the voltage converter in an OFF or ON selection process thereof. Also included is a safety detection controller, connected to each of the safety power switching components, configured for real-time detection of each of the safety power switching components. A real-time detecting method for the voltage converter may be used in an electrified vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Qiong JIN, Hanyu JIN, Min YANG -
Patent number: 11558983Abstract: An electronic device for a motor vehicle, includes a first housing portion to receive one or more first electronic components, a second housing portion to receive one or more second electronic components, the second housing assembled with the first housing, and a coolant fluid inlet and a coolant fluid outlet, a coolant channel being provided in the electronic device for the coolant fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet so as to cool all or part of the first electronic components and/or all or part of the second electronic components, said channel having, over most of the course thereof in the device, in particular over the whole of the course thereof in the device, a section perpendicular to the flow direction of the fluid which is: exclusively provided in the first housing portion or exclusively provided in the second housing portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Pierre Smal, Emmanuel Talon, Aymeric Fouque
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Publication number: 20220325793Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing and a cover defining an internal volume in which are received at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing or the cover includes an electrical connector which incorporates a semipermeable membrane allowing an exchange of gas between the inside of the actuator and the external surroundings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain GAUTIER, Dominique GILET, Vincent BAZIN
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Publication number: 20220325792Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing, at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing defines a first volume in which the electric motor and the circuit board are received. The circuit board is located axially along the axis X1 between the electric motor and the motor pinion. The actuator further includes a cover defining a second volume in which the reduction mechanism is received, the housing and the cover each have guides for guiding the reduction mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain GAUTIER, Stephane SORIN, Guillaume DE LA BOURDONNAYE BLOSSAC
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Publication number: 20220325794Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing and a cover defining an internal volume in which are received at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft to the rotor, a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion, a pin mounted so as to be able to rotate at the end of a shaft extending along an axis X3 and able to be engaged in the movable member of the transmission. The shaft of the pin is rotationally guided by a rolling bearing and a slide bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain GAUTIER, Vincent BAZIN, Mickael BESNARD
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Publication number: 20220322559Abstract: Circuit board, defining a plurality of switching arms connected in parallel so as to convert a first voltage into a second voltage, at least one of which is DC voltage. The board includes a plurality of controllable electronic switches mounted pairwise in series on either side of a midpoint, so as to produce the switching arms connected in parallel. A plurality of decoupling capacitors are connected in parallel to one another, and in parallel to the DC voltage. Two electrically conductive layers are arranged parallel to one other, one of which is at the highest potential of the DC voltage and the other of which is at the lowest potential of the DC voltage. Each of the decoupling capacitors having one terminal connected to one of these electrically conductive layers and its other terminal connected to the other of these electrically conductive layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Nicolas ALLALI, Emmanuel TALON
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Publication number: 20220289222Abstract: A method for evaluating the deceleration law of a vehicle including an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and a powertrain including an engine, a gearbox and a unit for disconnecting the engine and gearbox, the deceleration law being defined for a discrete state of the powertrain. The method includes a first step of evaluating driving parameters, including measuring the speed (v) of the vehicle, evaluating the engaged gearbox ratio, evaluating the state of closure of the disconnecting unit, detecting the position of the accelerator pedal, detecting the position of the brake pedal, evaluating the slope (a) of the road on which the vehicle is traveling, evaluating the mass (m) of the vehicle. If the accelerator pedal is in a released position and if the brake pedal is in a released position, a second step including recording the speed (v) of the vehicle and the slope (a) of the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Florent DAVID, Robin VINCENT
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Publication number: 20220247211Abstract: An electrical circuit for charging a DC voltage source from an AC voltage network. The circuit includes an input that is able to receive an AC voltage from the voltage network, and a first output able to be connected to the DC voltage source. An insulating stage formed using a plurality of capacitors is arranged so as to electrically insulate the input from the first output of the circuit. A frequency-raising stage is arranged between the input of the circuit and the insulating stage so that the capacitors of the insulating stage are in a circuit portion that has flowing through it an AC current at a frequency that is greater than that of the AC network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventor: Nicolas ALLALI
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Patent number: 11339746Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic device (10) comprising: —an electromagnetic system (60), —a fuel vapour outlet conduit (30) extending the electromagnetic system (60), —a first housing (61), in which the electromagnetic system (60) is arranged. The invention is characterized in that the fuel vapour outlet conduit (30) is arranged in an intermediate housing (71).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Renaud Cham, Luis Amaya, Rajendran Vellayagounder, Vincent Andrieu
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Publication number: 20220039297Abstract: An electronic device for a motor vehicle, includes a first housing portion to receive one or more first electronic components, a second housing portion to receive one or more second electronic components, the second housing assembled with the first housing, and a coolant fluid inlet and a coolant fluid outlet, a coolant channel being provided in the electronic device for the coolant fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet so as to cool all or part of the first electronic components and/or all or part of the second electronic components, said channel having, over most of the course thereof in the device, in particular over the whole of the course thereof in the device, a section perpendicular to the flow direction of the fluid which is: exclusively provided in the first housing portion or exclusively provided in the second housing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Pierre SMAL, Emmanuel TALON, Aymeric FOUQUE