Patents Assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques
  • Publication number: 20220169108
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal control system (100) for a vehicle, the thermal control system (100) comprising at least one first heat exchanger (110) and at least one second heat exchanger (120) that are arranged in series, the first heat exchanger (110) extending mainly on a first plane (P1) intersecting a second plane (P2) on which the second heat exchanger (120) mainly extends such that the first heat exchanger (110) is closer to the second heat exchanger (120) at respective first ends (111, 121) of the two heat exchangers (110, 120) and the first heat exchanger (110) is farther away from the second heat exchanger (120) at respective second ends (112, 122) of these two heat exchangers (110, 120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Jouanny, Cedric Lebert, Fabien Bireaud, François Charbonnelle, Samer Saab
  • Publication number: 20220168905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assembling a motor vehicle heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device, comprising a step of moving at least one part by a manipulator (I) provided with gripping means (2), the gripping means (2) comprising at least one first finger (3) delimiting a triangular shape, said part comprising an element of shape complementary to the trian-gular shape of the finger of the manipulator, termed counter shape, so that, during the movement step, the manipulator (I) grasps the part using the gripping means (2), the counter shape of the part en-gaging with the triangular shape of the finger (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Cyril Gontier, Alexis Pigeon, Yves Rousseau, Julien Mikhel
  • Publication number: 20220161636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing (1) for a heating, air-conditioning and/or ventilation device for a motor vehicle, configured to receive an air filter (3), said air filter (3) comprising a first filtering medium (30) which is delimited by at least two primary frame strips (300) and a second filtering medium (31) which is delimited by at least two secondary frame strips (310), according to which said housing (1) comprises at least one maintenance device (100) which is configured to retain one of said primary frame strips (300) when said first filtering medium (10) is mounted in said housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Saïd Baahmed, Julien Brault, Hervé Rignault
  • Publication number: 20220153127
    Abstract: A cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle (10) with an electric motor (12) comprises a housing (24) defining a longitudinal channel opening at two ends (24a; 24b) of the housing (24), at least one heat exchanger (301-304) arranged in the channel, and at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28) capable of creating an air flow in the channel. The housing (24) has a sacrificial region (40) intended to be deformed and/or to break preferentially in the event of an impact, the sacrificial region preferably being located in the vicinity of an end (24a; 24b) of the housing (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Lanard, Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz
  • Publication number: 20220153128
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle (10) with an electric motor (12), comprising: —at least one heat exchanger (301-304); —at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28) capable of creating an air flow that comes into contact with the plurality of heat exchangers (301-304); —a plurality of flaps (36P, 36A) movable between a first position, referred to as the position opening the cooling module (22), and a second position, referred to as the position closing the cooling module (22), said plurality of flaps (36P, 36A) occupying a portion of the cooling module not occupied by said at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz
  • Publication number: 20220153085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature control device, in particular a cooling device, for an electrical component prone to releasing heat during operation, in particular for an electrical energy storage module, said device comprising an upper plate and a lower plate that is assembled with the upper plate to jointly form a plurality of ducts for a heat transfer fluid, in particular a refrigerant fluid, in particular a fluid chosen from the refrigerant fluids R134a, R1234yf and R744; in said device, the ducts are grouped into groups of ducts, the ducts of a group extending substantially parallel to one another at a predetermined intra-group distance between neighboring ducts; two groups of ducts in which the fluid flows in the same direction are separated from each other by at least one group of ducts in which the fluid flows in the opposite direction, the device comprising a connector (550).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Fethy Djallal, Julien Veron, Aurélie Bellenfant, Marc Herry
  • Publication number: 20220144039
    Abstract: A thermal management device having an indirect air conditioning circuit for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The device has a first refrigerant fluid loop (A) with a compressor, a two-fluid heat exchanger, a first expansion device, an evaporator, a second expansion device, an evaporator/condenser, and a first by-pass line including a first stop valve, a first and a second internal heat exchanger. A second by-pass line includes a third expansion device arranged upstream from a cooler, a shunt branch comprising a first external radiator. The device also has a second heat transfer fluid loop (B) in which a heat transfer fluid is intended to flow. The two-fluid heat exchanger is arranged jointly on the one hand on the first refrigerant fluid loop downstream of the compressor, between said compressor and the first expansion device, and on the second heat transfer fluid loop (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Jugurtha Benouali
  • Publication number: 20220136527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motorized fan unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a motor (2), a fan (3) for moving an air flow (F) that is configured to be controlled by the motor (2), and a control module (4) for controlling said motor (2), the control module (4) comprising an electronic card, the motorized fan unit delimiting a main air-flow circulation duct (5) and a cooling duct (6) configured to cool said electronic card of the control module, the duct (6) comprising an inlet (7) provided with a deflector (8) for diverting a portion of the air flow into the duct (6), the deflector (8) being mounted movably according to an air flow rate in the main duct for the purpose of increasing an air flow rate in the cooling duct (6) with the speed of the air flow in the main duct (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Ismaël Franco, Yoann Monot
  • Publication number: 20220134836
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (2) defining a flow channel (3) for an air flow, in which are arranged a first heat exchanger (4), a second heat exchanger (6), the first (4) and second (6) heat exchangers being arranged in substantially orthogonal planes, a bypass path (28) of the second heat exchanger (6) and at least one air outlet duct (12,14,16), each air outlet duct (12,14,16) being configured to guide the air flow in particular towards different regions of a vehicle passenger compartment. According to the invention, a mixing flap (30) comprising a sliding door is arranged in the flow channel (3) so as to be able to close the bypass path (28) and/or the second heat exchanger (6), and a second dispenser flap (22) comprising a sliding door is arranged so as to be able to at least partially close a first of said air outlet ducts (12,14,16). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Philippe Pierres, Thierry Barbier, Cédric Van Schammelhout, Nestor Varela, Naveenkumar Ummidi
  • Publication number: 20220126679
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a blocking device (1) for a front end air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising: a support frame (3), at least one flap (5) arranged inside the support frame (3), said at least one flap (5) comprising a first end (5b) and a second end (5c), the second end (5b) of the at least one flap (5) comprising a release device (60) of said flap (5), said release device (60) comprising a first part (61) and a second part (62) which are connected by a male/female device (63), the blocking device (1) comprising at least one stop (9), the first part (61) of the release device (60) and/or the flap body (5a) being configured to come into contact with said at least one stop (9), the first part (61) and the second part (62) tending to move apart from one another by the rotation of the second part (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Karim Arab, Laura Marion
  • Publication number: 20220128273
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a thermal management device comprising an indirect air-conditioning circuit (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first refrigerant loop (A) comprising, in the direction of flow of the refrigerant, a compressor (3), a two-fluid heat exchanger (5), a first expansion device (7), a first heat exchanger (9) arranged inside a first heating, ventilation and air-conditioning device (X), a second expansion device (11), a second heat exchanger (13), and a first bypass duct (30) comprising a first stop valve (33), a first inner heat exchanger (19), a second inner heat exchanger (19?), a second bypass duct (40) comprising a third expansion device (17) arranged upstream from a first cooler (15), a third bypass duct (80) comprising a first additional heat exchanger (9?) arranged in a second heating, ventilation and air-conditioning device (Y), a second heat transfer fluid loop (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Jugurtha Benouali
  • Publication number: 20220109201
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for thermal regulation (2), in particular cooling, for an electronic component (103), in particular a battery, the temperature of which must be controlled, the electronic component (103) being in particular capable of giving off heat during its operation, the thermal regulation device comprising at least one first circuit (4) configured to allow the circulation of a heat transfer fluid; at least one second circuit (5) configured to transport a dielectric fluid, this second circuit comprising at least one outlet for delivering the dielectric fluid towards the electronic component; at least one first circuit (4) and at least one second circuit (5) being arranged so that the first circuit is in thermal interaction with the fluid delivered via the at least one outlet of the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Amrid Mammeri, Sébastien Garnier, Imad Chelali
  • Publication number: 20220105784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reversible air-conditioning circuit (1) comprising: •a main loop (A) comprising a compressor (3) and a water condenser (5) jointly connected to an auxiliary circuit, a first expansion device (7), an external evaporator-condenser (9), a second expansion device (15), and an evaporator (17), •a first bypass branch (B) comprising an internal condenser (13), the first bypass branch (B) connecting a first junction point (31) arranged downstream from the water condenser (5) to a second junction point (32) arranged upstream from the second expansion device (15), •a second bypass branch (C) connecting a third junction point (33) arranged downstream from the external evaporator-condenser (9) to a fourth junction point (34) arranged downstream from the evaporator (17), and •a third bypass branch (D) connecting a fifth junction point (35) arranged downstream from the third junction point (33) to a sixth junction point (36) arranged downstream from the first junction point (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Mohamed Yahia, Bertrand Nicolas
  • Publication number: 20220099386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat sink for an electronic board of a motor vehicle motor-driven fan unit, comprising a surface (2) intended for exchanging heat with an air flow set in motion by the motor-driven fan unit, referred to as exchange surface (2), said exchange surface (2) comprising a planar portion (3) arranged so that, in a position installed in the motor-driven fan unit, the air flow set in motion by the motor-driven fan unit flows substantially parallel to said planar portion (3), the exchange surface (2) also comprising a set of blind recesses (4) flush with said planar portion (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Ismaël Franco, Zhenxia Ma
  • Publication number: 20220099387
    Abstract: Heat exchanger, housing and air conditioning circuit comprising such an exchanger A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of tubes (2), arranged in a first and a second row (3A, 3B), and through which a refrigerant is intended to circulate; a first and a second header tank (4, 5) inside which tanks the tubes (2) of each of the said rows emerge; the first header tank (4) comprising a refrigerant inlet compartment (17) into which the tubes of the first row (3A) emerge and a refrigerant outlet compartment (18) into which the tubes of the second row (3B) emerge, the second header tank (5) comprising at least one return compartment (28) into which at least one tube of the first row (3A) and one tube of the second row (3B) emerge, wherein the outlet compartment (18) has a smaller volume than the inlet compartment (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Olivier Maquin, Jérôme Mougnier, Bruno Rose
  • Publication number: 20220102782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (200) for thermal processing of at least one electrical element placed in a chamber (120) and liable to get hot, the thermal processing device (200) comprising at least one first circuit configured to be passed through by a heat-transfer fluid and at least one second circuit configured to be passed through by a dielectric fluid, characterised in that the first circuit and the second circuit are at least partially bounded by a face placed facing the chamber (120). The invention also relates to an electrical device (100) comprising a casing (110), a plurality of electrical elements liable to get hot and a thermal processing device (200). The invention relates to a method for cooling a plurality of electrical elements liable to get hot of an electrical device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Imad Chelali, Amrid Mammeri
  • Patent number: 11285800
    Abstract: An air flow regulation device for an air inlet of a front-end module for a motor vehicle includes a support frame with multiple blocking flaps mounted mobile on the support frame. At least one of the blocking flaps of the support frame includes a leading edge and a trailing edge, and one of the leading and trailing edges is arranged to come into abutment against the support frame. The support frame includes an obstacle configured to generate disturbances in the flow of the air between the support frame and the flap that comes into abutment against the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Simon Tierce, Karim Arab, Sophie Bede
  • Publication number: 20220093993
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (2) for regulating the temperature of, and especially for cooling, an electrical component (103), especially a battery, the temperature of which must be regulated, said electrical component (103) especially being liable to give off heat during the operation thereof, the temperature-regulating device comprising at least one first circuit (4) configured to allow a heat-transfer fluid to flow; and at least one second circuit (5) configured to convey a dielectric fluid, this second circuit comprising at least one outlet for distributing the dielectric fluid in the direction of the electrical component; at least one first circuit (4) and at least one second circuit (5) being arranged so that the first circuit is in a heat-exchange relationship with the fluid distributed via the at least one outlet of the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Sébastien Garnier, Amrid Mammeri
  • Publication number: 20220085691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric actuator (50) suitable for driving a movable element for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system for a motor vehicle, including an electric motor (2) comprising a stator (3), a rotor (4) extending along an axis (X), a pinion (5) rigidly connected to the rotor (4), a drive mechanism (6) comprising: a planet carrier (7), at least one planet gear (8) held by the planet carrier (7), the planet gear (8) being suitable for being rotated by the pinion (5), an output ring gear (11) suitable for being rotated by the at least one planet gear (8), a drive socket (12) rigidly connected to the output ring gear (11) and suitable for driving the movable element, the drive socket (12) being at a distance from the electric motor (2) along the direction of the axis (X) of the rotor (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Dione Gomis, Rawane Seck, Sébastien Colinet
  • Publication number: 20220080807
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric radiator (1) for a motor vehicle comprising a rigid frame housing heating elements (18) and radiating elements (12) through which an air flow can pass, the radiator being provided with a temperature measurement device (2) comprising at least one temperature sensor (4) and a support element (5) comprising at least one housing (51) for one or more temperature sensors (4) and an electric radiator attachment device, characterised in that the attachment device associated with the support element (5) comprises at least one snap-fastening element (6) configured to cooperate with one of the radiating elements (12) of the radiator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Romain Delcourt, Pascal Fourgous, Jonathan Fournier, Théo Deletang