Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Publication number: 20180304861
    Abstract: A telescopic cleaning device, for a glass surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, includes at least one hollow conveying body (5) for the cleaning fluid, closed at an upstream end by an inlet flange (12) and accommodating a movable piston (8) which is configured so as to slide in said hollow conveying body (5). The hollow conveying body additionally accommodates a rod (14) which extends jutting out from the inlet flange and around which the movable piston is capable of sliding, the movable piston and the rod being configured so as to allow the fluid to flow between them from the inlet flange to the distribution element. A heating element (22) is arranged on the rod (14), between said rod and the movable piston (8), such that the fluid flowing between the rod and the movable piston is set to flow in contact with the heating element (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Picot, Jordan Vieille, Sébastien Rollet, Grégory Kolanowski, Giuseppe Grasso, Xavier Bousset, Maxime Baudouin
  • Publication number: 20180304863
    Abstract: A telescopic cleaning device is intended for projecting at least one cleaning and/or drying fluid onto a glass surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, such as an optical surface of an optical sensor of an optical detection system. The cleaning device includes at least one fluid distribution element, rendered movable, along an axis of elongation (X) and at the end of a movable piston between a retracted first position and an extended second position for cleaning and/or drying. The fluid distribution element comprises a distribution bar (4) inside which a fluid distribution channel (56) extends and the distribution bar is equipped with a heating device (60) integrated at least in part into the distribution bar in order to heat the fluid passing through said distribution channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Philippe Picot, Jordan Vieille, Sébastien Rollet, Grégory Kolanowski, Giuseppe Grasso, Xavier Bousset, Maxime Baudouin
  • Publication number: 20180304934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting structure (10) for a front-end module of a motor vehicle, said supporting structure comprising a lower crossmember (13), a first side post (11), a second side post (12) and an upper crossmember (14). According to the invention, the supporting structure (10) comprises a first (40, 140, 240) and a second (50, 150, 250) supporting arm received within the supporting structure (10), the first supporting arm (40, 140, 240) being connected via the first end (41, 141, 241) thereof to the first side post (11) and via the second end (42, 142, 242) thereof to the upper crossmember (14), and/or the second supporting arm (50, 150, 250) being connected via the first end (51, 151, 251) thereof to the second side post (12) and via the second end (52, 152, 252) thereof to the upper crossmember (14). The invention also relates to a front-end module comprising such a supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Stephan Andre, Jean-Paul Herlem
  • Patent number: 10106130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (11) for lateral spraying of a washing liquid designed to be attached to a windscreen wiper arm (3) of a system for wiping a pane of a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a supply cannula (35), a duct for distributing the liquid (39) and at least two nozzles (28) for spraying the liquid, the nozzles (28) and the supply cannula (35) being fluidically connected via the intermediary of the distribution duct (39), characterized in that the nozzles (28) are arranged on either side of an axis (A) defined by the supply cannula (35). The invention also relates to a wiper arm (3) for a system for wiping a pane of a motor vehicle, comprising a lateral spraying device (11) such that it is possible to spray on each lateral side of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Guillaume Barret, Denis Thebault
  • Patent number: 10109546
    Abstract: In order to carry out the encapsulation of electronic components, the invention proposes to cover the electronic components (7) with a heat-polymerisable material corresponding to a composition comprising a diimide constituent and a diamine constituent, in which the diimide constituent has been predissolved in the diamine constituent, and to heat the assembly obtained under conditions suitable for carrying out the curing of the material by an addition polymerization reaction between said diimide constituent and the diamine constituent. The invention finds an application in particular in the field of electronic power modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Arnaud Soisson, Philippe Banet, Linda Chikh, Odile Fichet
  • Patent number: 10111289
    Abstract: A light module for a light device of a motor vehicle. The module according to the invention comprises driving means for the electrical power supply of at least one light source mounted as a load of the driving means and further comprises switching means capable of selectively short-circuiting at least one of the light sources of the module. The invention relates also to a method allowing for the selective short-circuiting of at least one light source of a light module according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Olivier-Sebastien Lesaffre, Marc Duarte, Etienne Monchy, Arnaud Faivre, Christophe Cros
  • Patent number: 10107372
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper of a hydrokinetic torque-coupling device. The torsional vibration damper comprises a torque input member including first and second side plates axially spaced from and non-rotatably attached to one another, and a supporting member mounted therebetween, a unitary elastic member disposed between the first and second side plates and pivotable relative to and elastically coupled to the torque input member, and a resilient member disposed between the elastic member and the first side plate. The elastic member includes a core member rotatable relative the torque input member, and an elastic leaf integral with the core member and configured to elastically engage the supporting member. The elastic leaf has a proximal end non-moveably connected to the core member, a free distal end and a curved raceway portion disposed between the proximal and free distal ends of the at least one elastic leaf for bearing the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventor: Alexandre Depraete
  • Patent number: 10107470
    Abstract: A device for relative positioning of two parts formed by a light support for an electroluminescent diode and a support element of this light support, comprising two pairs of interlocking reliefs, each pair comprising at least one recess on one part and at least one locating projection with a rounded form, mounted on the other part, each locating projection being intended to rest, in the assembled position, each one on the bottom of the corresponding recess in a corresponding direction of insertion. According to the invention, the positioning device is isostatic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Eric Mornet
  • Patent number: 10106129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support mount (10) for a windscreen wiper, said mount (10) comprising a body of longitudinal principal orientation (X), said body comprising first means designed to receive a curving vertebra (20) and second means designed to hold a deflector (30) of said wiper, characterized in that said second means comprise notches (50) making it easier for said vertebra to curve. The invention also relates to a windscreen wiper comprising such a mount (10). The invention also relates to a wiping system comprising such a wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Denis Thebault, Xavier Bousset, Giuseppe Grasso, Gérald Caillot
  • Patent number: 10107249
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a starter for a heat engine of a motor vehicle comprising: at least one electromagnetic contactor comprising a positive output terminal, at least one electric motor, the electric motor comprising: at least one brush cage (43), at least one positive brush (35) mounted in the brush cage (43), an electrical path (91) between the positive brush (35) and the positive output terminal (32), and at least one thermal protection (96) situated in the electrical path (91), in which the thermal protection is suitable for disconnecting the two elements (93, 95) when the thermal protection has a temperature above a temperature threshold to electrically disconnect the positive output terminal relative to the positive brush (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jacques Verot, Jiajun Mao
  • Patent number: 10106041
    Abstract: An electrical or electronic device (7) capable of being supplied with two different values of voltage from respectively a first electrical network (3) and from a second electrical network (8), comprises: a first connecting interface (70) capable of being linked, under normal connection conditions, with a ground conductor (GND_12) and a voltage conductor of the first electrical network (3); a second connecting interface (71) capable of being linked, under normal connection conditions, with the ground conductor (GND_48) and a voltage conductor of the second electrical network (8); the ground connections of the two connecting interfaces (70, 71) being linked together to form a common ground; and at least one switch module (74; 75) interposed in series on the common ground, the switch module being capable of switching into an open position following a modification in the connection conditions of the first or second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Thierry Elbhar, Jonathan Fournier, Bertrand Puzenat
  • Publication number: 20180302973
    Abstract: An automotive lamp including a light source driven by an electric current, and an electronic circuit configured to modify the electric current. The electronic circuit includes a plurality of discrete analog electronic components. The electronic circuit is configured to modify the electric current driving the light source so as to drive the light source with a first electric current IL1 or with a second electric current IL2; to switch from the first electric current IL1 to the second electric current IL2 when a temperature T of the light source increases and exceeds a first temperature level TL1inc; and to switch from the second electric current IL2 to the first electric current IL1 when the temperature T increases and exceeds a second temperature level TL2inc, where IL2 is greater than IL1, and TL2inc is greater than TL1inc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO ILUMINACION
    Inventors: Miguel-Angel Pena, Manuel Calmaestra, Antonio Domingo Illan, Juan-Jose Santaella, Miguel Angel Cantudo
  • Publication number: 20180298908
    Abstract: Electric motor (1) for an air blowing device, comprising a rotor (2), a stator (4), a support (12) for said rotor (2) and said stator (4) able to dissipate heat and a screening cap (26), characterized in that the screening cap (26) is fixed to the support (12) of said rotor (2) and of said stator (4) by a fixing means (28). The invention also relates to an air blowing device comprising such an electric motor (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Geoffroy Capoulun, Pascal Guigou
  • Publication number: 20180299212
    Abstract: An annular seal for a motor vehicle heat exchanger, intended to be stretched between two opposite supports (12) that it surrounds, comprising: two opposite support parts (16) intended to cooperate with the two supports (12), two connecting parts (18) joining the support parts (16) together, and an annular bead intended to be deformed elastically by axial compression substantially perpendicular to a plane parallel to the annular shape of the seal (10), said annular bead extending in the support (16) and connecting (18) parts. The cross section of the bead between each support part (16) and the connecting parts (18) to which it is joined changes in such a manner that its dimension, measured in a median plane of the seal (10) parallel to the annular shape of the seal (10), in other words the radial dimension, is smaller in the support part (16) than in the connecting parts (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Christian Riondet, Jean-Marc Lesueur
  • Publication number: 20180299209
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising: at least one fin (4); at least one row of tubes (2), the tubes being connected to the fin (4) by clamping the tubes (2) in a collar (6) formed in the fin (4); and at least one row (10) of louvers (12), said row (10) being formed in the fin (4) and interposed between two tubes (2) in the row of tubes, each louver (12) comprising a blade (14) provided with a free edge (16) and a connecting edge (18) connecting the louver (12) to the fin (4). The connecting edge (18) of the blade (14) of at least the first louver (12) in the row (10) forms an upstream edge with respect to the air flow, the free edge (16) of the blade (14) forming the downstream edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Erwan Etienne, Patrick Boisselle, Samuel Bry, Nicolas Francois, Christophe Lenormand
  • Publication number: 20180299549
    Abstract: A flexibly usable optoelectronic sensor device for detecting an object, comprising a receiving device for receiving light backscattered after the scattering of an emitted light beam at the object, wherein the receiving device has an array of at least two receiving elements for detecting radiation and a receiving optical unit for imaging the received radiation on the array; the array is divisible and/or divided into at least two array regions, wherein the at least two array regions correspond in each case to scatterings at objects at different distances from the monitoring region and/or different brightnesses of the received radiation, and the receiving elements respectively arranged in different array regions are settable and/or set to detect with mutually different light sensitivities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: ESPROS Photonics AG, Valeo Schalter und sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Jan SIMON, Thomas Schuler, Peter Horvath, Beat De Coi
  • Publication number: 20180297007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition (1) comprising an activated carbon (4) and a zeolite (2), the zeolite (2) comprising Fe ions. The invention also relates to an air filter (12) for a ventilation, heating, and/or air conditioning system comprising this composition (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Ladrech, Amanda Martinell, Natacha Caudy, Laetitia Del Fabbro, Michel Ondarts, Cecile Hort
  • Publication number: 20180297249
    Abstract: An optical assembly of a light-emitting module, especially of a lighting and/or signalling module, for a motor vehicle, including an optical element, a frame; the optical element being overmoulded on the frame, the frame being shaped so as to make a mechanical attachment between the frame and the optical element following the overmoulding of the optical element on the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Damien REVOL, Vincent PENICHOU, Anthony LOZANO
  • Publication number: 20180299092
    Abstract: A lighting device (10) for a vehicle comprising: an array of optical fibers (28), at least a portion of said array of optical fibers being arranged in at least one predetermined form (32); at least one light source (20) for generating light to be transmitted through said array of optical fibers (28); and at least one support or frame (16) comprising a receiving area adapted to receive said at least one predetermined form; said at least one support or frame (16) being adapted for use on the vehicle to provide a lighting function on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America Inc.
    Inventor: John ORISICH
  • Patent number: 10103605
    Abstract: A polyphase electric motor (1) of a motor vehicle which includes a rotor (6) and a stator (2, 5, 13) surrounding the rotor and including a plurality of stator windings (5) around stator teeth (4, 19) defined by notches (3) in a stator magnetic mass (2). According to the invention, the motor includes a device for determining an angular position (17) and/or the speed of rotation of the rotor, including a plurality of magnetic field sensors (18) which are stationary relative to the stator. The sensors are arranged in notches (3) and comprise large casing surfaces extending in planes that are tangential to the stator magnetic mass, such that the sensors detect only a radial component of the magnetic field inside the stator magnetic mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Mamy Rakotovao, Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic