Patents Assigned to Valeo
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Publication number: 20250042224Abstract: A heating device configured to be installed in a motor vehicle interior includes a heating structure and an electrical connector. The heating structure includes a resistive layer configured to produce a release of heat when the resistive layer has an electric current passing through it. The heating structure also includes at least two distribution electrodes that are in electrical contact with the resistive layer to allow an electric current to flow through the resistive layer. The electrical connector includes at least two electrical-contact regions. One of the electrical-contact regions is in electrical contact with one of the distribution electrodes. The other electrical-contact region is in contact with the other distribution electrode. The electrical connector includes an edge extending from one of the electrical-contact regions towards the other electrical-contact region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Vincent Feuillard, Nicolas Devienne, Alexandre Weil, Alexandre Paschutine
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Publication number: 20250042366Abstract: The invention concerns an endpiece of a windshield wiper for a motor vehicle, the shape and dimensions of which make it possible to guarantee efficient aerodynamic support up to the end of the wiper blade against a glass surface for a motor vehicle that is to be wiped/cleaned. This efficient aerodynamic support is obtained in particular due to a curved shape of the guiding profile along which extends the deflection device located above the hollow body, the curved shape of the guide profile being oriented towards a front side wall of the endpiece according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Gérald CAILLOT, Philippe BILLOT, Vincent IZABEL
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Publication number: 20250046930Abstract: A compartment for a device liable to give off heat during operation is disclosed. The device is an electrical energy storage device for a vehicle. The compartment includes at least one seat arranged to receive the electrical device, at least one beam forming a side wall of the seat, and a cover arranged to be assembled with the beam to close the seat. The beam in the compartment includes a core made of a composite material containing a plastics material and reinforcing elements. Either the beam or the cover includes at least one metal element. The compartment also includes at least one metal claw arranged to come into contact with the metal element and to penetrate the material bearing the metal element. The metal element is electrically continuous with the metal claw to participate in an electromagnetic protection of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Guillaume Gardere, Sergio Da Costa Pito, Nicolas Levasseur
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Publication number: 20250047155Abstract: A stator includes a stator core with two opposing end sides and a plurality of grooves arranged in the peripheral direction, and a stator winding having number N?3 of strands, wherein each strand is formed by a shaped conductor. Each groove is radially divided into first to L-th layers, which form first to L/2-th double layers. Within a number A of double layers of a respective winding zone, the receiving sites are nested with a neighbouring (in the peripheral direction) winding zone of another of the strands.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventor: Carsten SIEPKER
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Publication number: 20250042247Abstract: Transmission system for a motor vehicle includes a differential drive device configured to distribute a torque to two wheel shafts of an axle, and which includes a coupling device having a coupled position in which the transmission of the torque via the differential drive device is provided and a decoupled position in which the transmission of the torque via the differential drive device is interrupted. The coupling device includes an actuator including a piston guided in axial translation between a retracted position and an extended position; and a thrust bearing which is inserted between the piston and a first coupling part of the coupling device so as to transmit an actuating force of the piston to the first coupling portion and to move the first coupling portion from the uncoupled position to the coupled position during the movement of the piston from the retracted position to the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventors: Pierre COLOMB, Thierry LANOE
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Publication number: 20250046181Abstract: A method for performing an intersection blocking prevention for traffic participants in the vicinity of the intersection is disclosed. The method includes defining a non-blocking area for the intersection, receiving environment sensor information covering at least one exiting area and at least one entrance area adjacent to the non-blocking area and connected to the intersection. The method also includes determining a free space in the at least one exiting area as a space between the non-blocking area and the traffic participant located in the respective exiting area closest to the non-blocking area, identifying a traffic participant in the at least one entrance area with a driving path to the at least one exiting area, determining if the traffic participant fits in the free space, and sending a warning message to the traffic participant if they do not fit in the free space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Jeff Destrumelle, Jean-Charles Bernard
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Patent number: 12214805Abstract: The invention relates to a method for locating a vehicle (1) in a surrounding area, comprising the following steps: providing a primary sensor system (2, 34, 41, 52); providing a secondary sensor system (4, 35, 44, 56), the secondary system being configured in such a manner as to provide a backup to the primary system, the primary sensor system and the secondary sensor system being configured in such a manner as to completely control the vehicle; detecting environment data by means of the primary sensor system and the secondary sensor system; creating maps of the surroundings from the environment data from the primary sensor system and the secondary sensor system by means of a computer system; transferring the maps of the surroundings created from the primary sensor system and the maps of the surroundings created from the secondary sensor system to the computer system; generating at least one plausibility-checked primary sensor system sub-map and at least one plausibility-checked secondary sensor system sub-mType: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Sebastian Zuther, Rolf Dubitzky
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Patent number: 12214645Abstract: A heating device for a vehicle is described. The heating device includes a heater core and a housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a housing configured with a protruded portion, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The first terminal is configured on the protruded portion of the housing and adapted to be connected with a first bus bar. The second terminal is configured on a first end of the housing and adapted to be connected with a second bus bar. The first bus bar and the second bus bar are connected to the heater core to provide an electrical connectivity to the heater core. The first terminal and the second terminal are laterally offset to each other, and are at least partially on opposite sides of a reference line coinciding with an edge of a printed circuit board received in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: VALEO AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING HUBEI CO. LTD.Inventors: Ziran Tong, Kong Zhang
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Patent number: 12218612Abstract: An inverter unit (100) includes an inverter (110), an inverter housing (120) and an insulating member (130). The inverter (110) drives an electric motor (200) and includes at least one power module (112) for converting a High Voltage (HV) Direct Current (DC) to a three-phase Alternating Current (AC) that drives the electric motor (200). The inverter housing (120) receives the inverter (110). The power module (112) is mounted on an end wall (120a) of the inverter housing (120) by means of bolts (114). The insulating member (130) corresponding to each bolt (114) is disposed between a head portion (114a) of the corresponding bolt (114) and the power module (112).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., LtdInventors: Mathieu Varillon, Herve Ribot, Augustin Bellet, Praveen Mathesan, Baskaran Raja, Prakash Ganesan
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Patent number: 12215936Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Ismaël Franco, Zhenxia Ma
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Publication number: 20250038590Abstract: A stator body for an electric motor is disclosed. The stator body includes a yoke of generally cylindrical shape and including a plurality of axial notches on its inner surface, and a star including a plurality of teeth extending radially, the end of which has a shape complementary to the notches of the yoke. The star is configured to be inserted inside the yoke by axial translation. The yoke includes at least one recess formed next to at least one notch of the plurality of notches in an axial direction to allow bending of the adjacent wall of the notch during insertion of the star into the yoke. Alternately, the star includes at least one recess formed in at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth of the star in an axial direction to allow bending of the adjacent wall of the tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Jose Luis Herrada, Mehdi Belhaj
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Publication number: 20250035783Abstract: A method is disclosed for computational noise compensation for an ultrasound sensor system. The method includes acquiring multiple reference signal representations at different points in time, storing the multiple reference signal representations, acquiring a measurement signal representation by emitting an ultrasound emission signal using the ultrasound sensor and receiving an ultrasonic reception signal using the same or the other ultrasound sensor, selecting one of the stored reference signal representations, and generating a noise-compensated measurement signal representation by subtracting the selected reference signal representation from the acquired measurement signal representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventor: Sylvio Salomon
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Publication number: 20250040011Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the illumination of at least one light source arranged at an end of at least one at least partially transparent or translucent light guide, the method being implemented by a driver device for driving the light source. According to the invention, the driver device is configured to control the illumination of the light source by means of pulse-width modulation and the method includes a first phase in which the illumination of the light source is controlled according to a first control ramp until a first level of intermediate lighting of the light source is reached and a second phase in which the illumination of the light source is controlled according to a second control ramp until a second level of lighting of the light source is reached, the slopes of the first and second control ramps being separate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Julien ROY
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Publication number: 20250035681Abstract: A method of AC acquisition for an electric machine, includes: a step in which an inverter is operated according to a six-step operation, during which a fundamental period of 2? is divided into six equal time periods, maximum one switching action occurring during each; a step in which a plurality of values of an AC of the inverter from a first reference frame are sampled for each equal time period; a step in which the sampled values are rotated from the first reference frame to a second reference frame; a step in which for each equal time period, the values from the second reference frame are averaged; and a step in which a current value is estimated according to the averaged sampled values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Mohamed ELDALEEL, Markus SEILMEIER
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Publication number: 20250033449Abstract: A rear-wheel drive propulsion system for a mobility vehicle includes at least two electric machines and two transmission devices. Each machine is associated with one transmission device and operates independently of one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventors: Guillem Enjalbert, Anthony Puget
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Publication number: 20250035282Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting device for a motor vehicle. The device includes a first module including a first light source and a first collector for reflecting the emitted light in the form of a first beam, and a first mirror for forming a first virtual image of the first collector. The device also includes a second module including a second light source and a second collector for reflecting emitted light in the form of a second beam, and a second mirror for forming a second virtual image, the second virtual image being contiguous with the first virtual image. The device further includes a projecting optical system arranged to form, on the road, an image of each of the virtual images.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Yves GROMFELD, Sylvain GIRAUD
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Publication number: 20250038587Abstract: A coil of a stator for an electric motor is disclosed. The coil includes a reel forming a tooth of the stator. The reel includes a tubular central shaft including multiple grooves formed on its periphery between a first end of the central shaft configured to be oriented towards the center of the stator and a second end of the central shaft configured to be oriented towards the outside of the stator. The grooves are configured to receive a turn of a winding wire wound around the reel. The reel also includes a first retaining collar located at the first end of the central shaft, a second retaining collar located on the second end of the central shaft, and a winding formed by the winding wire configured to be wound around the reel between the first retaining collar the second retaining collar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Gilles Neron, Olivier Marroux, Alain Servin, Jose Luis Herrada
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Publication number: 20250040005Abstract: A method for controlling a pixelated light source which includes a plurality of pixels. Following the receipt of a command to transition from an initial beam to a target beam, a target luminosity based on the target beam is defined for each pixel of the pixelated light source. The pixels of the light source are then grouped into at least two groups of pixels and the method includes successively driving the groups of pixels. Driving a group of pixels includes modifying the luminosity of each pixel of the group, from an initial luminosity to the target luminosity of the pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Stephane ANDRE
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Publication number: 20250033437Abstract: A driving vane for mounting on an active grille shutter device with an actuator, linkage and follower vanes, including: a connection portion for mounting on the actuator; and a lever for cooperating with the linkage in order to transmit a movement of the driving vane to at least one follower vane. The driving vane is made integral.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventor: Victor Manuel MINERO RAMALES
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Patent number: 12209724Abstract: A problem to be solved by an embodiment of the present application is how to make the structure of a vehicle lamp more compact. According to an embodiment of the present application, an outer lens is provided, wherein the outer lens comprises: a first lens portion; and a reflecting portion, the reflecting portion being disposed on at least one side of the first lens portion, in close contact with the first lens portion, and capable of reflecting a light beam entering the first lens portion so that the light beam is propagated inside the first lens portion. Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages: the structure of the outer lens is more compact, the overall volume of the vehicle lamp is smaller, and the light output is more uniform.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Changqi Wu, Xihui Mo, Haiquan Chen, Weifang Huang, Yinfeng Cheng, Frederic Hayez, Alexandre Franc