Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Patent number: 12123664
    Abstract: A thermal control device has a thermal control device base, a connection block attached to the thermal control device and a tubing for a heat exchange fluid attached to the connection block. The tubing has a tubing extension axis and a tubing side wall. The connection block includes a connection block receiving section, which receives a part of the tubing side wall. The connection block is configured to facilitate heat exchange between the tubing side wall and the thermal control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Steve Altman
  • Patent number: 12122330
    Abstract: A connection device for connecting a wiper blade to at least two wiper arms is disclosed. The connection device includes at least one main connection member configured to cooperate with a clevis of a first wiper arm and at least one secondary connection member configured to cooperate with a clevis of a second wiper arm, the main connection member and the secondary connection member being mounted on one another in a stacking direction (D), the main connection member comprising at least two flanks connected together by an upper wall supporting a retractable button configured to cooperate with the clevis of the first wiper arm, the secondary connection member comprising at least one side lug for engaging with the clevis of the second wiper arm, the secondary connection member comprising at least one protrusion configured to cooperate with the clevis of the second wiper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat
  • Patent number: 12123657
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) comprising a heat-exchange core (2) in which a plurality of tubes (28) in which a second fluid circulates and a plurality of dissipation devices (30) between which a first fluid circulates are received, and at least one manifold (8) defining an internal volume (42) through which the first fluid passes and facing which is a foot (48) of said manifold (8), the heat exchanger (1) also comprising a connecting part (10) disposed between the heat-exchange core (2) and the manifold (8), the connecting part (10) comprising at least one tab (72) which extends in the internal volume (42) of the manifold (8) and so as to partially overlap the foot (48) of the manifold (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Laurent Odillard, Gilles Bolloch
  • Publication number: 20240343185
    Abstract: An Interior-lighting device for a motor vehicle includes a carrier on which are placed a first row of light sources and a second row of light sources. The lighting device includes a first light guide that includes an evacuation face, light rays emitted by the first row of light sources being transmitted to the evacuation face. Also included is a second light guide that includes an entrance face, a first exit face and a second exit face, light rays emitted by the second row of light sources being transmitted to these first and second exit faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis TASSY, Abdelghani SBIHI, Hui JIN
  • Publication number: 20240347809
    Abstract: A thermal regulation device for cooling electrical energy storage members, the thermal regulation device including a tube that is configured to be in contact with the electrical energy storage members and that includes at least one channel for circulating heat transfer fluid, a collecting tank that is disposed at one end of the tube and that includes collecting chambers that fluidically communicate with the at least one circulation channel of the tube, and at least two connecting sleeves disposed on either side of the collecting tank and configured to communicate with the same collecting chamber, the connecting sleeves having shapes that are distinct from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Aurelie BELLENFANT, Fethy DJALLAL, Julien VERON, Juan Carlos BATISTA, Marc HERRY
  • Publication number: 20240344681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for projecting light beams for a vehicle, including a first device configured to generate a first beam which performs a signaling function and a second device configured to generate at least a second beam for projecting a pattern, with the first device including at least one refractive optical member for shaping the first beam and in that the second device includes at least one optical element having a controlled pattern-generating surface to deflect light rays from a light source, this generating surface having local variations arranged so as to form a predetermined pattern in the second beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Eric MOISY, Marine COURCIER, Stefan NAMYSLO
  • Publication number: 20240344594
    Abstract: A transmission mechanism for a gearbox includes a first shaft, a first driven wheel rotatably guided on the first shaft, a switching mechanism and a freewheel device. The freewheel device includes a locking member rotatably interacting with the first shaft and with the first driven wheel. The first driven wheel includes first teeth that rotatably interact with second teeth of the switching mechanism in a first engaged position and do not rotatably interact with the second teeth in a second disengaged position. The first teeth and the second teeth at least partially axially cover the locking member in the first engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Gilles LEBAS, Emmanuel COMMEINE, Elie GEFFROY
  • Publication number: 20240343088
    Abstract: A ventilation device for a ventilation, heating, and/or air-conditioning system of a vehicle is disclosed. The ventilation device includes at least one housing that includes at least one housing that includes at least one wall contributing to the definition of an inner volume in which at least one radial propeller and one guide member are received. The radial propeller is configured to be rotated about an axis of rotation. The radial propeller includes a plurality of blades, each of which is at least delimited by a first axial end and a second axial end. The guide member includes a plurality of vanes delimited at least by a leading and trailing edge. The radial propeller and guide member are configured to force the circulation of an air flow through the housing along the axis of rotation between an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Fabrice Ailloud, Bruno Demory, Mohamed Alaoui Benzakroum, Manuel Henner
  • Publication number: 20240343226
    Abstract: A wiper for a glazed surface of a vehicle is disclosed. The wiper includes at least one structural element, a wiper rubber carried by the structural element, at least one end piece arranged at a longitudinal end of the structural element, at least one conduit extending in a main direction of elongation of the wiper, and at least one spray element fluidically connected to the conduit and formed on the structural element. The wiper rubber is configured to bear against the glazed surface and to sweep a wiping zone of the glazed surface. The spray element is configured to spray cleaning fluid in a spray direction onto an additional zone distinct from the wiping zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Vincent Izabel, Frederic Giraud, Alexandre Filloux, Gerald Caillot, Jean Michel Jarasson
  • Publication number: 20240345231
    Abstract: A method for operating an optical detection device provided for monitoring at least one monitoring region is disclosed. The method includes actuating at least one light-emitting element to transmit a light signal, receiving at least one reflected light signal using at least two monitoring regions of at least one receiver, and using at least one received light signal to determine at least on receive variable. The eye safety of the detection device is checked by configuring at least one of the receiving regions as a measurement receiving region and at least one of the receiving regions as a test region, generating at least one measurement receive variable that characterizes a quantity of light captured in one measurement time interval, and generating at least one test receive variable that characterizes a quantity of light captured in one test time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Schenk, Juergen Nies, Frank Selbmann, Johannes Appl, Heiko Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20240344782
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a first header-tank assembly and a second header-tank assembly. The heat exchanger is configured for operation in orientation in which the first header-tank assembly is substantially higher with respect to a ground level than the second header-tank assembly. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of tubes arranged in a first stack and in a second stack. The stacks are arranged between the header-tank assemblies. The second stack is arranged downstream to the first stack with respect to a configured first fluid flow path. The heat exchanger also includes at least one fin interlaced between two adjacent tubes of each stack. The fin further includes a first section configured to deflect the first fluid substantially obliquely-upwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VYMENIKY TEPLA S. R. O.
    Inventors: Martin Myslikovjan, Jakub Jirsa, Sebastian Luther, Milos Pinc
  • Publication number: 20240347812
    Abstract: A tube of a thermal regulation device for cooling electrical energy storage members is disclosed. The tube extends in a longitudinal main direction of elongation. The tube includes a plurality of longitudinal channels for circulating heat transfer fluid that are formed one beside the other in the material inside the tube. The longitudinal channels open out onto each longitudinal end face of the tube. The longitudinal channels are divided into a first assembly for circulating heat transfer fluid and a second assembly for circulating heat transfer fluid. At least one longitudinal end face of the tube includes a sealing zone which is disposed between the channels contributing to forming the first circulating assembly and the channels contributing to forming the second circulation assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Aurelie Bellenfant, Marc Herry, Fethy Djallal, Julien Veron, Juan Carlos Batista
  • Publication number: 20240345297
    Abstract: A device for a vehicle is configured to perform at least one observation function (F). The device includes at least one camera, an output lens and a sub-array including the at least one camera. The device includes a masking zone covering a surface of the device, the masking zone being arranged opposite the camera and configured to reduce the transmission of light (Lx) entering the device by the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Thomas DUFILS, Christophe GRARD, Gregory PLANCHE, Pierre RENAUD, Kostadin BEEV
  • Patent number: 12117139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting module including a light source capable of emitting light rays, a collector with a reflective surface, an optical system configured to project a light beam by imaging a portion of the reflective surface located behind the light source, a screen located in front of the light source, with a rear face arranged so as to gather light rays which are emitted forward by the light source and are not reflected by the reflective surface. The screen includes an end face, adjacent to the rear face and facing the reflected light rays, which is configured to avoid and/or to absorb the reflected light rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Corentin Debaine, Sylvain Giraud, Yves Gromfeld, Clement Olchewsky
  • Patent number: 12115905
    Abstract: A lighting module for a motor vehicle signaling device includes a substrate provided with an electronic circuit on which a matrix arrangement of elementary light sources is mounted, and wall through which light emitted from the light sources can pass. The substrate and/or all or part of the elementary light sources are bonded to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alexandre Val, Samuel Daroussin, Antoine De Lamberterie, Zdravko Zojceski
  • Patent number: 12119729
    Abstract: A bearing for a rotating electric machine. The bearing includes a plastic body and at least one electrical conductor fixed to the plastic body in a non-detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Pierre Faverolle, Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic, Othmane Ouazzani Jamil
  • Patent number: 12115838
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for managing a thermal management device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: —increasing the speed of rotation of the compressor (3) to its maximum speed, —determining a modified setpoint temperature (T15-sp3) of the third element (300) greater than the first setpoint temperature (T15-sp1), so that the temperature of the second element (200) at the outlet of the first evaporator (11) tends towards its setpoint temperature (T11-sp), —adjusting the opening diameter of the second expansion device (13) so that the temperature of the third element (300) at the outlet of the second evaporator (15) reaches a modified setpoint temperature (T15-sp3), until the temperature of the second element (200) at the outlet of the first evaporator (11) reaches the setpoint temperature (T11-sp). The invention further relates to the thermal management device (1) for implementing said management method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Jin-Ming Liu, Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20240337728
    Abstract: A method for recognizing an object in a surround of a laser scanner by clustering scan points of the laser scanner is disclosed. The method includes using the laser scanner to create a multiplicity of successive scan points and using at least one computing unit to determine, in a manner dependent on the sequence, at least one cluster of scan points containing some of the multiplicity of successive scan points. Each scan point is characterized by an angle of incidence. A sequence of the multiplicity of successive scan points is defined by the angles of incidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Charles Thin, Jean Francois Bariant
  • Publication number: 20240336116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-producing unit intended to be fitted to a motor vehicle, the heat-producing unit including at least a heat-transport fluid circuit and a refrigerant-fluid circuit and having a plurality of components selected from at least one refrigerant compression member, a refrigerant expansion member and at least one heat exchanger configured to exchange heat energy between the refrigerant fluid and the heat-transport fluid. The heat-producing unit includes at least one fluid interface intended to connect the heat-transport fluid circuit to an installation external to the heat-producing unit. The heat-producing unit includes a thermal and acoustic insulation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventor: Stefan KARL
  • Publication number: 20240336231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiping system including an arm and a wiper blade configured to wipe a visibility zone of a windshield of the motor vehicle and capable of being driven by the arm and including at least one longitudinal channel, with a nozzle element in fluidic communication with the at least one longitudinal channel and configured to spray cleaning fluid toward at least one sensor arranged outside the visibility zone. The nozzle element is arranged in a longitudinal end zone of the wiper blade. An injection assembly is capable of injecting a cleaning fluid into the longitudinal channel under the control of a control unit. When the control unit determines that the arm or the wiper blade is in a given angular sector, the injection of cleaning fluid into the longitudinal channel is commanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Frederic GIRAUD, Alexandre FILLOUX, Gerald CAILLOT