Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Light module for motor vehicle headlight
    Patent number: 10018320
    Abstract: A light module comprises two submodules added one against the other and in each of which a light source is associated with an optical deflection element for the deflection of the light rays emitted toward a projection optical device arranged at the output of the module. Each submodule comprises a half-shell forming, in combination with the other half-shell, a space that is enclosed apart from at least one aperture produced in each half-shell to form air circulation cooling means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Lotfi Redjem-Saad, Eric Stefura, Paul Jacquemin, Brahim El Hachir
  • Hydrokinetic torque coupling device having turbine-piston lockup clutch, and related methods
    Patent number: 10018262
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque coupling device features a casing (12) including an impeller shell (18), a casing shell (20), and an intermediate casing component (22) connecting the impeller and casing shells. The intermediate casing component (22) includes a casing wall portion and a piston engagement portion (26) extending inward from and being non-rotatable relative to the casing wall portion. The device further features an impeller (30) including the impeller shell (20). The turbine-piston (32) is coaxially aligned with and hydrodynamically drivable by the impeller (30), and includes a turbine-piston shell (35) having a turbine-piston flange (38) with an engagement surface that is movable axially toward and away from an engagement surface of the piston engagement portion to position the hydrokinetic torque coupling device respectively into and out of a lockup mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventors: Alexandre Depraete, Michel Bacher
  • Lighting device, notably for motor vehicles, and lighting and/or signalling module including such a device
    Patent number: 10017101
    Abstract: A lighting device, notably for motor vehicles, including two so-called principal light guides and a so-called connecting light guide, each principal guide including a lateral surface, the connecting guide being continuous with both of the principal guides at the level of their respective lateral surface, the device being configured to feed the connecting guide with light from the principal guides. The invention further concerns a lighting module including such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Vision Belgique
    Inventors: Cyril Herbin, Christophe Valois, Benony Grigorescu, Eric Werquin
  • Electrical machine with damper to resist vibratory stresses mechanically, and corresponding damper
    Patent number: 10020708
    Abstract: An electrical rotating machine includes a stator (11) provided with teeth (14) around which a group of coils (19) is wound, an annular interconnector (22) resting on a stator lamination stack (11) provided with tongues (36) to which ends (191, 192) of the coils (19) are welded for the formation of phases (U, V, W) of the electrical machine, and a closure flange (74) for closing a housing (70) for receiving the stator (11). The machine also includes at least one damper (83) consisting of a deformable material, configured to be mounted so as to be compressed between the interconnector (22) and the closure flange (74) of the machine. The invention also relates to the corresponding damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Michel Le Douarin, Didier Selosse, Michael Hanquez, Hugues Gervais, Svetislav Jugovic, Frederic Palleschi, Mathieu Alapetite
  • Device for controlling the flow rate of a flow of air for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10017046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for controlling the flow rate of a flow of air F for a motor vehicle, in particular for a front face of the motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of flaps (3) for controlling the flow rate of said flow of air F, said flaps being mounted in a rotational manner on a holder (5) of said device. Said flaps (3) have a rear overlap extending from one flap to another, in the closed position of the flaps, so as to allow said flaps to open under the action of a negative pressure D behind said device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Christophe Thullier
  • Hydrokinetic torque coupling device having turbine-piston lock-up clutch, and related methods
    Patent number: 10018260
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque coupling device for coupling together a driving shaft and a driven shaft features a casing including a casing shell and an impeller casing shell, an impeller including the impeller shell, a turbine-piston including a turbine-piston shell, and an elastic element slidably engaging the turbine-piston and being connected to the casing. The elastic element is configured to bias the turbine-piston toward the impeller. The casing is rotatable about a rotational axis so that the impeller shell is disposed axially opposite to and fixedly connected to the casing shell. The turbine-piston is coaxially aligned with and hydro-dynamically drivable by the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Embrayages
    Inventor: Alexandre Depraete
  • ILLUMINATED LASER ICON
    Publication number: 20180186284
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting system includes a laser lighting device configured to provide a light source for a vehicle lighting device of the vehicle, and an indicator having a laser light icon. An indicator light source is configured to illuminate the laser light icon based on an operating state of the laser lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David Egly, John Orisich
  • TUNABLE IMPACT FEATURE IN AUTOMOTIVE LAMPS
    Publication number: 20180186275
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for an automotive lamp are provided. The apparatus includes a housing made of plastic having an impact groove formed on a surface of the housing, wherein the impact groove is designed as a function of a depth, a width, a desired force, a cross section, and a profile to cause a designed rupture upon application of an applied force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian GUINN, John ORISICH
  • FASTENING ELEMENT, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAID FASTENING ELEMENT, FRONT END MODULE COMPRISING SAID FASTENING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR FASTENING SAID FASTENING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20180186108
    Abstract: Fastening element (10, 20, 30, 40) provided with a first end (16, 26, 36, 46) and a cavity (11) for receiving a complementary element therein, wherein the cavity (11) extends from the first end (16, 26) of the fastening element (10, 20, 30, 40) in an axial direction with respect to said fastening element (10, 20, 30, 40) towards a second end (17, 27, 37, 47), the fastening element (10, 20, 30, 40) having an outer wall which extends between the first end (16, 26, 36, 46) and the second end (17, 27, 37, 47), the outer wall comprising a wavy surface. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising an article and such a fastening element, and also to a front end module for a motor vehicle and to the fastening method comprising such a fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jean-Nicolas Guyomard, Jean-Louis Lanard
  • LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, COMBINING TWO LIGHT SOURCES
    Publication number: 20180187852
    Abstract: The lighting device for a vehicle has two light sources and a wavelength conversion device excited by the combination of the radiations from the two light sources. A first light source is associated with a scanning system projecting, by scanning, a first light radiation onto a first conversion region of the device, while a second light source with semiconductors emits a second light radiation into a second conversion region of the device. The second source, different from the first source and whose luminance level is typically less high, is provided with light-emitting units of submillimetric dimensions. The beams produced by the device respectively in the first region and in the second region have different characteristics and complement one another to produce one or more lighting functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Pierre ALBOU
  • FRONT WIPER DEVICE FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS
    Publication number: 20180186337
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a windscreen-wiper device (1) for a front glazed panel of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one motor unit (2), drive means (4) and a support plate (10), said motor unit (2) comprising first fixing elements (12) capable of interacting with second fixing elements (13) provided in the support plate (10) so as to adopt a position of locking by insertion then rotation of a quarter turn about the axis Z of the drive shaft (3) of said motor unit (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: François M. Broszniowski, Frédéric Giraud, Marcel Trebouet
  • HEAT EXCHANGER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20180187985
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a heat exchanger (1) comprising: a tube bundle (2) comprising a plurality of tubes (20) arranged parallel to each other and spacers (21) arranged between said tubes (20), a collector plate (4) comprising holes (43) respectively bordered by first flanges (44) into which ends (22) of the tubes (20) are inserted, the tube bundle (2) being brazed and the collector plate (4) comprising at least one compressible seal (41) forming second flanges (45), the second flanges (45) being compressed between the first flanges (43) and the ends (22) of the tubes (20) in order to provide a tight seal between said ends (22) of the tubes (20) and the corresponding first flanges (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Patrick Boisselle, Kamel Azzouz, Samuel Bry, Xavier Marchadier
  • LIGHT EMISSION MODULE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180187859
    Abstract: Light emission module, comprising a housing having at least one first opening and a second opening, a shaping optic, a light emission source, a module with mirrors disposed to receive at least a part of the light rays emitted by the light emission source, and a plurality of mirrors. The light emission module furthermore includes a cooling module configured to generate a flow of fluid circulating inside the inner space between the first and second openings in order to cool the light emission module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe DUVAL, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • VARIABLE CAPACITY COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20180187665
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a variable capacity compressor configured to achieve an enhancement of an activation performance of a compressor and reduce an amount of internally circulating refrigerant during an intermediate stroke in a simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Amemori, Kentaro Suzuki, Takeshi Konishi, Changheon Ohk, Takayuki Endo, Yukio Kazahaya
  • INTEGRATION OF SIDE REFLEX AND LIGHT PIPE SIDE MARKER
    Publication number: 20180186282
    Abstract: A lightning device including a reflector having a plurality of reflex pins, a light pipe integrally connected to the reflector along the periphery of the reflector forming a neck between the light pipe and the reflector, wherein the light pipe and the reflector function independently, and a light source connected to the light pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy GAHIMER, Thomas MAIRE, Charles CRESPIN, Pascal HAILLANT
  • Powertrain mechanism with drive plate
    Patent number: 10012287
    Abstract: A powertrain mechanism in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The powertrain mechanism is provided for transmitting power from the engine to a gearbox. The mechanism includes at least one drive plate and at least one connection hub. The hub has an assembly section disposed in at least one assembly opening provided in the vicinity of the center of the drive plate. At least one protrusion upper section defines at an uppermost section of at least one protrusion provided mutually on an inner wall of the assembly opening and on an outer wall of the assembly section. At least one recess base defines at a lowermost section of at least one recess wherein the at least one protrusion is at least partially placed. The powertrain mechanism further includes at least one movement gap provided between the protrusion upper section and the recess base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
    Inventors: Cihan Çiçek, Olivier Marechal, Didier Bagard
  • Adapter comprising flexible tongues for a wiping system
    Patent number: 10011250
    Abstract: An adapter with flexible tongues for wiper systems is disclosed. The adapter has retractable locking buttons, each fixed to the end of a flexible tongue, that are disposed facing each other so that their respective tongues move toward each other on insertion of said adapter in said end fitting, said tongues being disposed so as to cross over during insertion of said adapter in said end fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Stéphane Houssat, Loic Roussel, William Terrasse
  • Motor vehicle façade module
    Patent number: 10011306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle facade module (1) comprising a support piece (3, 5, 7, 9) comprising: —a first part (11) comprising an upper crossmember (3) having a first reinforcement (10), —a second part (13) made of plastic and comprising: lateral uprights (7), and at least two portions (15) configured for assembly with the first part (11), the at least one portion (15) comprising a second reinforcement (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Lanard, Issmail Meskin, Julien Dallery, Jean-Nicolas Guyomard
  • Light guide for a lighting and/or signaling device of an automobile vehicle
    Patent number: 10012359
    Abstract: A light guide for a lighting and/or signaling device of an automobile vehicle comprising an entry face, a coupler, a main reflection face, and an exit face. The light guide is arranged in such a manner that, when a light source is disposed at a predetermined point with respect to the light guide, the entry face transmits the light from the light source to the coupler and the coupler transmits a part of this light to the main reflection face which directs it, in the form of a beam of parallel rays, directly or indirectly, toward the exit face in a direction forming an angle of 5° at the most with respect to the optical axis of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Doha, Francois Germon, Maxime Laminette
  • Ventilation system
    Patent number: 10012233
    Abstract: A ventilation system includes a blower wheel (1) and a drive motor (9) with an external rotor (9b). The blower wheel (1) includes a central part (3) having a cylindrical wall (11) and defines a housing (13) to house the external rotor (9b). The blower wheel (1) further includes a frontal wall (15) comprising an opening (17) so as to exhibit a degree of openness that is greater than a predefined degree of openness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventor: Antoine Levasseur