Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • ENGINE SYSTEM COMPRISING A BURNT GAS RECIRCULATION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20170159619
    Abstract: The invention relates to an engine system (10) comprising a circuit (21) for the recirculation of burnt gases from a heat engine (17) equipped with a turbocharger (13, 19), in which the recirculation circuit (21) comprises am energy recovery turbine (30) receiving high-pressure exhaust gases upstream of the turbocharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Pierre-Julian Angelot, Sylvain Decoster, Youssef Ismail
  • ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SUCH AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170163129
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical device (10), notably intended to control an electric machine, comprising: a first zone Ned with an insulating material (A) and comprising a first electronic unit (12) embedded in the insulating material (A); a second zone filed with an insulating material (B) and comprising a second electronic unit (18) embedded in the insulating material (B); and a third zone filled with an insulating material (B) and comprising at least one electrical connection element (22) embedded in the insulating material (B), the at least one electrical connection element (22) connecting the first electronic unit (12) with the second electronic unit (18); in which the first and the second zone are each in contact with the third zone so that the electrical device comprises at least one space extending around the third zone and between the first and the second zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Arnaud Mas, Ernesto Sacco
  • Cooling radiator for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9671169
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling radiator for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a bundle allowing the exchange of heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The bundle includes at least one row of parallel tubes (2) through which the first fluid flows, said tubes being flat and spaced apart from one another by a pitch, known as the tube pitch, in a first direction. In addition, the tubes (2) are provided with corrugations (22) designed to disrupt the flow of the first fluid. The tube pitch is between 5 and 8 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Christian Riondet, Alan Day
  • Method for operating a driver assistance device for autonomously driving a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9669871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance device of a motor vehicle (1), wherein the driver assistance device is switched between an automatic drive mode, in which control signals are output at least to a steering device of the motor vehicle (1) by means of the driver assistance device and hereby a steering angle of the motor vehicle (1) is autonomously controlled by the driver assistance device, and a manual drive mode, in which the steering angle is manually controlled by a driver by operating a steering wheel (7) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein with the switching the driver assistance device at least in one switching direction from one of the drive modes into the other drive mode, a moving light is generated along a predetermined lighting path (20) in a movement direction (21, 22) associated with the switching direction by means of a lighting device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Siav-Kuong Kuoch
  • Lever device
    Patent number: 9671814
    Abstract: A lever device in which a lid is mounted to an opening portion of a lever member without dropping down therefrom and with a good visual quality is disclosed. The lever device comprises a lever member swingably supported in a fixed system, an opening portion provided in the lever member to open in a radial direction, and a lid that is engaged to the opening portion to cover the opening portion therewith, wherein the lid is provided with a thin portion. Deflections are generated in such a manner as to concentrate on the thin portion of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Aoki, Hidekazu Wakita
  • Connector for installing and articulating a windscreen wiper on the end of a drive arm
    Patent number: 9669804
    Abstract: An assembly including a windscreen wiper and a connector between the windscreen wiper and a drive arm, the wiper extending in a longitudinal direction, and the connector is capable of being installed in a free end of the drive arm and further includes an attachment element permanently fixed to the wiper, and an installation element pivotally mounted onto the attachment element. The installation element includes elastically deformable locking means with a portion that is capable of ensuring locking in the longitudinal direction of the connector in an installed position thereof in the free end of the arm. The locking means includes a tab that extends in the longitudinal direction of the wiper. The attachment element is configured to restrict the ability of the tab to pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Thienard, Frédéric Boussicot
  • Method for producing a heat exchanger and heat exchanger obtained by said method, swage and tube expansion device for implementing said method
    Patent number: 9669455
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, a method whereby fluid circulation tubes (3) are inserted into through holes in heat exchange fins (4) and the fluid circulation tubes (3) are subjected to expansion in such a way as to expand a contour (22) of the tubes (3) to ensure contact with the fins (4) at the through holes and, additionally, for at least one of the tubes (3), to deform a concave portion (24) of the contour (22) of the tube or tubes (3), in such a way as to correspondingly deform the through holes. A device for implementing the method and an exchanger obtained by the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Patrick Boisselle, Samuel Bry
  • Hydraulic connector, particularly for motor vehicle windscreen wiper system
    Patent number: 9669805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic connector, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen wiper system. The connector is designed to be mounted on a wiper blade fitted with a perforated pipe carrying cleaning and de-icing fluid, and comprises at least one inlet coupling suitable for connection to a fluid feed, and at least one distributor provided with at least one outlet coupling designed to be connected to the perforated pipe. The connector also includes at least one internal path for carrying the fluid from the inlet coupling to the distributor. Thus, by means of the presence of the internal path through the connector, the inlet coupling can be positioned at various locations on the connector, without feeding directly into the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gerald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Lighting unit for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9671078
    Abstract: A lighting unit including devices for emitting a luminous flux in the direction of a reflector featuring devices for optical deflection of the flux toward the outlet of the unit, the reflector including a support wall that is fastened to the optical deflection devices and is disposed across the optical deflection devices so as to be disposed between the optical deflection devices and the emission devices. The support wall includes a masking portion that is disposed facing the emission devices and a so-called cut-off edge of which is cut away so as to form a mask integral with the support wall adapted to allow to pass only a portion of the rays emitted by the emission devices. The invention also concerns a motor vehicle headlamp, notably in that it includes two lighting units disposed transversely side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Iluminacion
    Inventors: Damien Cabanne, Alberto Rodriguez-Fuentes, Jose Castillo Jimenez
  • WINDSCREEN WIPER CONNECTOR WITH INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CONTACT FORMING A SPRING
    Publication number: 20170151931
    Abstract: Connector for retaining a wiper (3) on a windscreen wiper arm, including an internal electrical connection device between, on the one hand, an electrical connector connected to the electrical circuit of the vehicle and, on the other hand, at least one heating element (11) deposited on a reinforcement (20) implanted in said wiper, characterized in that said internal connecting device includes at least one metal part (10) extending perpendicularly to the heating element (11) and exerting pressure against it so as to ensure a permanent contact with said heating element (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel, Jean-Michel Jarasson
  • DEVICE FOR RETAINING A PIPE, NOTABLY FOR WINDSCREEN WASHER LIQUID
    Publication number: 20170151932
    Abstract: A driver for retaining a windscreen washer liquid pipe includes an orifice arranged to receive a rotation shaft, an outer contour when the driver is observed along the rotation axis, and a housing arranged to receive a curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe around the orifice. The rotation shaft is rotated about a rotation axis. The housing is arranged so that, when the driver is Observed along the rotation axis and when the windscreen washer liquid pipe is installed on the driver, the curved portion of the windscreen washer liquid pipe is set back from the outer contour of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Philippe Picot
  • METHOD FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL OF A FUNCTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN ELECTRONIC UNIT OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170153635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the remote control of a function of a motor vehicle by means of a vehicle-external electronic unit, in which the vehicle-external electronic unit (7) is checked during the driving event of the motor vehicle (1) in that the vehicle-external electronic unit (7) triggers an operation, the result of which is checked for correctness by a control device (3) of the motor vehicle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Beck, Frederic Gehin, Marc Scheerle, Ullrich Pressel, Martin Anderschitz, Viktor Friesen, Andreas Hiller
  • HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING A BAFFLE
    Publication number: 20170153071
    Abstract: The invention is related to a heat exchanger (1), which comprises: at least one column of parallel tubes (2) which are arranged in a stack and which define a longitudinal direction; a housing (3) inside which the tubes (2) are housed, the tubes (2) being separated from one another, so as to configure a channel for the passage of cooling fluid consisting of: passage sections (4) between tubes (2) that are contiguous in the direction of the stack; passage sections (5) between tubes and housing (3); and baffles (6, 7) that deflect the cooling fluid. According to the invention, the baffles are at least two lamellar bodies (6, 7) of a single piece arranged in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Termico, S.A.
    Inventors: Yolanda Bravo Rodriguez, Juan Carlos De Francisco Moreno, Fernando Puertolas Sanchez, Francisco Lopez Lazaro
  • CONNECTION DEVICE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER PROVIDED WITH SAID CONNECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170153070
    Abstract: A connection device for a heat exchanger between a first fluid (L) and a second fluid (G), said device comprising a connector (30) and a lateral end panel (37) of a heat exchange bundle (14) of said exchanger, said lateral panel (37) including at least one connection element (38) comprising transversely aligned inlet/outlet openings (47, 47?), said connection element (38) allowing the first fluid to flow between the bundle and the inlet and outlet openings (34, 36) of the connector (30), aligned longitudinally or at an angle relative to said inlet/outlet openings (47, 47?) of the connection element (38), said connection element (38) and said connector (30) being of substantially the same length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Sylvain Moreau, Mohamed Ibrahimi, François Busson
  • Device for emitting a light beam and light, especially for an automotive vehicle, comprising said device
    Patent number: 9664353
    Abstract: A device for emitting a light beam, comprising a lens and means for producing a cut-off line in the beam, said device being configured to allow a position of the cut-off line to be adjusted in a given direction, especially vertically, depending on an angular position of the lens about a hinge axis, the lens comprising what is called an optical part for transmission of the beam the and a part that hinges in rotation about said hinge axis, said hinge part and said optical part being made of an integral piece of material. The invention also relates to a light, especially for an automotive vehicle, comprising said emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision Belgique
    Inventors: Remi Maliar, Cyril Herbin, Frederic Hayez, Olivier Draguet
  • Intake housing including a heat exchanger
    Patent number: 9664144
    Abstract: The invention concerns an intake housing 1 for an internal combustion engine, capable of receiving a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a feed gas stream circulating in the housing and a coolant, wherein said intake housing 1 includes a space 3 for the circulation of the feed gas and a space 2 for receiving the heat exchanger, said receiving space 2 being defined by at least a first metal component 4, 5 including at least one extension 16, 17 that is in one piece with the first metal component 4, 5, said extension 16, 17 at least partially defining the space 3 for the circulation of the feed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Nicolas Vallee, Yoann Naudin, Olivier Schild, Demetrio Onetti, Yann Pichenot
  • Device and method for detecting a short-circuited light-emitting diode in a light device of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9668317
    Abstract: A light device that makes it possible to detect a short-circuited light-emitting diode in a series assembly of a plurality of such diodes. By taking into account the junction temperature of the diodes, the device and the method associated therewith make it possible to avoid false positive short-circuit detections. The device is also capable of learning the operating parameters necessary to the detection independently and dynamically, which makes it particularly adaptive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Olivier-Sebastien LeSaffre
  • Device for hybrid vehicle with anti-dust flange between electric machine and reaction plate
    Patent number: 9662966
    Abstract: A device for a motor vehicle transmission assembly, comprising:—an electric machine (3) comprising a rotor (9) able to rotate about an axis X and a stator (8), the rotor (9) being arranged inside the stator (8), separated from the stator (8) by an annular air gap space (300),—a clutch (2) coaxial with the electric machine comprising a reaction plate (10), the reaction plate (10) rotating as one with the rotor (9) and being positioned an axial distance from said rotor (9) in order to leave space between the electric machine (3) and the reaction plate (10), the assembly being fitted with a dust ring (301) positioned axially in the space between the electric machine (3) and the reaction plate (10) and extending radially far enough to cover the annular air gap space (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Khadija El Baraka, Svetislav Jugovic
  • System for driving at least one compressor, notably a combustion engine supercharger compressor
    Patent number: 9664105
    Abstract: System for driving at least one compressor that includes an input able to be connected to a belt secured to a rotary machine, an output able to be connected to the compressor, an epicyclic gear train the annulus gear of which forms a flywheel and the sun gear of which is connected to the output of the system, and a device allowing the configuration of the epicyclic gear train to be modified so that this gear train selectively adopts at least the following configurations: (i) a configuration in which the epicyclic gear train is coupled to the input of the system, (ii) a configuration in which the epicyclic gear train has no internal degree of freedom and in which the epicyclic gear train is uncoupled from the input of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Damien Alfano, Jean-Louis Lagre
  • Lighting device
    Patent number: D788334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alain Jacq, Laurent Sauzay