Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Publication number: 20170261269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube (1) with a reservoir of phase-change material for a heat exchange bundle (100) of a heat exchanger, said tube (1) with a reservoir of phase-change material including: two flow plates (3) which are configured to be assembled with one another in a fluid-tight fashion and form at least one duct (31) in which a first heat-transfer fluid flows between said flow plates (3), at least one reservoir plate (5) including cavities (51), said reservoir plate (5) being configured so that it can be assembled in fluid-tight fashion on an external face of one of the two flow plates (3) so as to close the cavities (51) and form housings for the phase-change material, said cavities (51) projecting from the external face of the reservoir plate (5) so that that a second heat-transfer fluid can circulate between said cavities (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Tison, Sylvain Moreau, Lionel Robillon, Aurélie Bellenfant, François Busson
  • Publication number: 20170261393
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for measuring differential pressure comprising a first pressure measurement means (11) measuring a first pressure value (P1) and a second pressure measurement means (12) measuring a second pressure value (P2), the second pressure measurement means (12) being configured to read the pressure (P1) measured by the first pressure measurement means (11), calculate the pressure difference between the pressure (P1) measured by the first pressure measurement means (11) and the pressure (P2) measured by the second pressure measurement means (12), and transmit the differential pressure value in the form of a single signal. The first pressure measurement means (11) is of the analogue or digital type and the second pressure measurement means (12) is of the digital type and the value of the differential pressure transmitted is in the form of a single digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Olivier GUEGUEN, Piotr ZAKRZEWSKI, Nicolas GELEZ
  • Publication number: 20170261749
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display system including a screen, an image projector including a light source including light-emitting quantum rods configured to emit a luminous pattern, wherein the projector and the screen cooperate to form a virtual image of the luminous pattern by means of the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Gilles BRIAND, Gilles Le-Calvez
  • Publication number: 20170259787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor (10), with an output shaft (11) which rotates in exclusively one direction (12) and is designed at least indirectly to move at least one wiper blade (1) between two reversal positions (A, B). According to the invention, it is provided that the wiper motor (10) has means (30) which are designed at least indirectly to activate a pump (25) for conveying a cleaning fluid in such a manner that cleaning fluid can be applied to a vehicle window (2) exclusively in front of the wiper blade (1) in the respective wiping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Siegfried Stefani, Jörg Bürkle
  • Publication number: 20170260485
    Abstract: Liquid screen-wash for vehicle windscreen, comprising between 0.01% and 10% by weight of a surfactant or of a mixture of surfactants, between 5% and 15% by weight of a glycol ether, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Marcel Trebouet, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski
  • Publication number: 20170261996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a location and mapping device intended for being installed in a mobile vehicle in an environment comprising a plurality of zones, with: a receiving module (11) designed to receive data of the position (d(a)) of obstacles relative to the vehicle; a processing module (12, 14) designed to determine, in accordance with the data received (d(a)) and for a plurality of zones positioned relative to the vehicle, measurement values (M_SCANt,i) that respectively represent a likelihood of occupation of the zone in question, a likelihood of non-occupation of the zone in question and a likelihood of not knowing the zone in question; a mapping module (18, 20) designed to build, for each zone of said plurality of zones of the environment, values (M_GRIt,k) which respectively represent a likelihood of occupation of the zone in question, a likelihood of non-occupation of the zone in question and a likelihood of not knowing the zone in question; and a location module (16) designed to determine the posit
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Guillaume Trehard, Evangeline Pollard, Fawzi Nashashibi, Benazouz Bradai
  • Publication number: 20170261344
    Abstract: The invention concerns a Hall effect linear position sensor for a motor vehicle, in particular for a clutch master cylinder for a motor vehicle, comprising a piston (20) movable in translation in relation to a fixed part of the position sensor, either the piston (20) or the fixed part comprising a magnet (22) with diametrical magnetization received in a housing (24), and either the piston (20) or the fixed part comprising a magnetic field detection circuit, the magnet (22) and the housing (24) being shaped so as to enable the insertion of the magnet (22) in the housing (24) only in the angular positions of the magnet in which, when the magnet (22) is axially level with the detection circuit, the direction of the magnet (22) at the detection circuit is substantially parallel to the direction of the field lines in the magnet (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Vincent Guibet, Thierry Boucher, Diego Rossi
  • Publication number: 20170261174
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light source assembly for a vehicle lamp, a method for producing a light source assembly, and a signal lamp for an automobile vehicle. The light source assembly for a vehicle lamp includes: a base body; at least one metal holding member, each of which includes a light source holding part and one or more penetration parts, the light source holding part being arranged on a first surface of the base body, the penetration part penetrating through the base body from the first surface of the base body and extending outwardly from a second surface of the base body, the second surface being opposite to the first surface; and a light emitting component mounted on the light source holding part of the at least one metal holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Foshan lchikoh Valeo Auto Lighting Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sylvain YVON, Lixian LIU, Chunming-Parker ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9758087
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an overall light beam emitted by an automotive vehicle headlamp and formed from selectively activatable beam segments produced independently from one another by illuminating means borne by the headlamp, the segments together forming an overall light beam when they are all activated and placed successively side-by-side. The instantaneous speed of the vehicle is compared to a first preset speed threshold, and a zone of high light intensity to be produced when the instantaneous speed is higher than the first preset speed threshold is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Vincent Godbillon
  • Patent number: 9758130
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is notably a securing device (10) between a wiper blade (12) and a wiper blade support (14) constituting a windscreen wiper, said device (10) comprising a first part (20) suitable for being fixed onto said support (14) and a second part (22) suitable for being fixed onto said blade, said first (20) and second (22) parts being linked by a removable link means (52, 54, 56), said second part (22) comprising a groove (26) for insertion, by translation in a first direction, of a complementary part (18) of said blade (12), said device (10) comprising a means for immobilizing, in translation in said first direction, said blade in said groove, characterized in that said immobilizing means comprises at least one immobilizing element (28) mounted to slide on said second part (22), in translation substantially at right angles to said first direction, between a retracted position allowing the displacement of said complementary part (18) of the blade in said groove (26) and a position of trans
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Xavier Bousset
  • Patent number: 9759398
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, especially for automotive vehicle, comprising an optical system furnished with a light source (S) configured to emit a light beam in an initial color (F1), the device furthermore comprising a glass cover (3) disposed so as to be traversed by the beam, the glass cover (3) being colored in such a way as to transmit the beam in a resulting color (F2). According to the invention the device furthermore comprises a filter configured so as to make the resulting color (F2) of beam closely similar to its initial color (F1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Vincent Godbillon, Pierre Albou
  • Publication number: 20170254258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid assembly (1) comprising: a first pipe (11), a second pipe (12) forming a bypass of a portion of the first pipe (11), comprising a compressor (15), and a switching system (10) for switching the fluid into either the second pipe (12) or said portion, having a first configuration allowing the fluid to circulate in the portion, and comprising a supporting member exerting a torque configured to keep the system (10) in the first configuration, and at least one area blocking the inlet or the outlet of the second pipe when the system (10) is in the first configuration, the system (10) being able to enter a second configuration allowing the fluid to circulate in the second pipe (12), the supporting member being such that the torque that it exerts on the system (10) drops when the system (10) passes from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventor: Nicolas Martin
  • Publication number: 20170253103
    Abstract: The evaporator (12) for a motor vehicle air conditioning device comprises at least one refrigerant tube (22, 22A) intended to allow the circulation of a refrigerant fluid and at least one storage member (10) comprising at least one housing (16, 20) comprising a material referred to as a thermal storage material (21) intended to store frigories and release them to a ventilation fluid intended to circulate towards an interior of the vehicle. The housing (16) has a substantially hemispherical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Lionel Robillon, Aurélie Bellenfant, Julien Tissot, Sylvain Moreau
  • Publication number: 20170254501
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device includes structural elements with a housing, at least one light module accommodated inside the housing, and at least one light source cooperating with an optical surface. The light module is provided with a heat sink, a generator of an air flow, and a single air duct suitable for cooperating with the generator of the air flow such as to direct the generated air flow towards the heat sink of the at least one light module. The air duct is formed by an open part added in the housing, and at least one closing structural element suitable for closing all or part of the added part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Hugo MESTRE, Rafael Martinez, Isidro Garcia, Pedro Zambrana
  • Publication number: 20170254502
    Abstract: A transparent optical element for a motor vehicle includes at least one first transparent layer of a polymer material. The optical element further has at least one second transparent layer including at least silicon, titanium, oxygen and nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Nicolas AUBERT, Marc Brassier, Damien Revol
  • Publication number: 20170253173
    Abstract: A device that provides a circuit for controlling the power supply of a plurality of groups of light sources, preferably of the light-emitting diodes type, which perform a plurality of lighting functions for an automobile vehicle. The device is noteworthy in that it enables a primary output voltage and several high-voltage secondary outputs to be produced, corresponding to the power supply requirements of the various groups of light sources, with the use of a single switch-mode converter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: David BOUDIKIAN, Sylvain YVON, Jean-Philippe ALVES, lrantzu JAUREGI, Souheil MAZZOUR
  • Publication number: 20170254651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a localisation and mapping method used by a mobile vehicle in an environment, said method comprising the following steps: the determination of the type of an object located in an area of the environment, on the basis of the data received from an on-board sensor in the mobile vehicle; and implementation of a localisation algorithm using detection data, without taking into account the detection data relating to said area or said object when the determined type is a type of mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Paulo RESENDE
  • Publication number: 20170254882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for classifying an object (18) in a surrounding area (4) of a motor vehicle (1), having the steps of: a) transmission of radar signals (5) into the surrounding area (4) by at least one motor vehicle radar sensor (3) and reception of radar signals (6) reflected from the object (18), b) provision of the information obtained from the radar signals (5, 6) as radar data, c) production of a power spectrum (11) on the basis of at least one distance value (13) and/or speed value (14) and/or intensity value (12) that the radar data contain as information, d) comparison of at least one spectrum range (15) that the power spectrum (11) contains with an intensity threshold value and selection of the spectrum range (15) as a potential object (16) if the intensity (12) thereof is greater than the intensity threshold value, e) performance of a further cycle with steps a) to d), f) identification of the potential object (16) as an actual object (18) on the basis of whether the potential
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Waqas Malik
  • Publication number: 20170253172
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp comprising at least one light-emitting diode is proposed, wherein said at least one light-emitting diode is configured to operate as a detector of a light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Thomas CANONNE, Antoine DE LAMBERTERIE, Guillaume THIN, Samira MBATA, Olivier-Sebastien LESAFFRE
  • Patent number: D796955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Service
    Inventor: Eric Leuliet