Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the ingress of intake gases to an engine, notably an internal combustion vehicle engine comprising cylinders, said device taking the form of a compartmentalized guide piece (6), each compartment (9) comprising a main duct (4) and a secondary duct (5) for gas, characterized in that the control device comprises a multitude of modules (8) each one delimiting a main duct (4) and a secondary duct (5), and in that the modules (8) constitute separate components designed to be fitted together.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 11, 2017
Assignee:
Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
Inventors:
Samuel Leroux, Stéphane Lestienne, Stéphane Sorin
Abstract: A heat exchanger (10) comprises an alternating stacking of first plates (12) and second plates (14) provided respectively with first corrugations (16) separated by a first pitch (P1) and second corrugations (18) separated by a second pitch (P2), which is different from the first pitch (P1). Between the plates, first flow channels are defined having a first cross sectional area adapted to a first fluid (F1) which alternate with second flow channels having a second cross sectional area adapted to a second fluid (F2). The invention applies in particular to heat exchangers for motor vehicles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 11, 2017
Assignee:
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Inventors:
Anne-Sylvie Magnier-Cathenod, Jean-Sylvain Bernard, Carlos Martins
Abstract: An optical object sensing device for a motor vehicle, having an emitter unit for emitting an emission light beam and having a receiver unit for receiving a reception light beam, and having an electronic evaluation device for detecting an object external to the vehicle in a vicinity of the motor vehicle as a function of the reception light beam. The emitter unit includes an emitter for generating the emission light beam, a controllable micromirror by which the emission light beam can be panned at least in a first panning direction, and an emission lens arranged behind the micromirror in the emission beam path, where at least along the first panning direction, the emission lens is configured as a concave-convex lens with a concavely curved surface, which faces towards the micromirror, and with a convexly curved surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 11, 2017
Assignee:
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Inventors:
Tobias Geiger, Manja Greimeier, Michael Kiehn, Michael Koehler
Abstract: An arrangement for a motor vehicle having a trim component, in particular a bumper, and a radar sensor is disclosed. In order to detect target objects, the radar sensor is designed to emit electromagnetic waves through the trim component and to receive radiation echoes from the target objects. The radar sensor has an azimuthal detection angle, by which a field of vision of the radar sensor in the azimuthal direction is defined, and is arranged at a distance from a rear side of the trim component, with the result that the azimuthal field of vision of the radar sensor intersects the trim component in an intersection region. In order to absorb interference waves outside the azimuthal detection angle an absorptive material is applied outside the intersection region in the azimuthal direction to the rear side of the trim component, where the intersection region is free of absorptive material.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for supporting a pair of wiper blades (12, 26; 13, 27), comprising first and second supporting grooves (14, 28), each of which is provided with a means for retaining at least one laterally extending structural element (22; 54) of two respective blades (12, 26; 13, 27) by resilient nesting. According to the invention, the supporting grooves (14, 28) are arranged side by side with a common wall, the supporting grooves having two respective openings leading into parallel and offset planes (R1, R2), the second supporting groove (28) being arranged above the first supporting groove (14) and having a substantially flared shape, wherein said openings belong to a single side of the supporting device. The present invention also relates to a supporting assembly comprising a plurality of supporting devices, and to a corresponding mounting method.
Abstract: The invention essentially relates to a contact-breaker (1) for a heat engine starter, comprising: —a cap (30); and —a micro-solenoid (41) that comprises a coil (42) which is stationary relative to the cap (30), and a core (43) which is translationally movable relative to the cap (30) between a starting position and an end position. The contact-breaker (1) comprises a means (51) for retaining the core (43) of the micro-solenoid (41) in the end position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 19, 2015
Publication date:
March 30, 2017
Applicant:
VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
Inventors:
Jean Sébastien METRAL, Tristan GUESNEY, José SANCHEZ
Abstract: In a door for an air conditioner provided with a pair of seal lips, an abutting force of the door is equalized whichever seal lip abuts on the seat portion first, and flexibility of the seal lips is secured, and further, noise occurring due to air passing between an inner wall of a case and the seal lips can be reduced.
Abstract: A camera monitor system for a vehicle, including a single camera disposed on a rear of the vehicle comprising a field of view (FoV), a processor configured to process image data received by the single camera to obtain an image of a vehicle surrounding, and an output device configured to display the image of the vehicle surrounding. The FoV is a rearview comprising a horizontal FoV angle ranging from 50° to 150.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 29, 2015
Publication date:
March 30, 2017
Applicants:
Valeo North America, Inc., Connaught Electronics Ltd.
Inventors:
Miguel Hurtado, Amine Taleb-Bendiab, Heinz Mattern, Christopher Gorman, Andrey Iakimov
Abstract: An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 28, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2017
Assignee:
Valeo Iluminacion
Inventors:
Damien Cabanne, Manuel Gomez, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena, Jose-Antonio Aguilar Del Moral, Carlos Gomez, Eric Moisy
Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper motor (10), having a housing (12) for accommodating a gearing arrangement which comprises a gear wheel (20) rotatably mounted in a shaft (13), which gear wheel has, on its outer circumference, a toothing (21) which interacts with a counterpart toothing (19) on a drive shaft (15), wherein the shaft (13) is received in a mount (22; 22a to 22c), which is constructed as a bore, of the housing (12) in an eccentric bush (25; 25a to 25c) for setting the distance (a) between the shaft (13) and the drive shaft (15), and wherein a press fit is formed at least in regions between the mount (22; 22a to 22c) and the eccentric bush (25; 25a to 25c).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 2014
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2017
Assignee:
Valeo Systèms d'Essuyage
Inventors:
Christof Heuberger, Harald Kapitza, Siegfried Stefani, Werner Hartmann
Abstract: Assembly for the production of a wiping system, comprising a terminal part (2) of a wiper arm designed to move a wiper blade (3) over the surface to be wiped and a hydraulic connector (30) comprising at least one piping element (31, 32) for conveying a liquid to the wiper blade (3), the said terminal part comprising at least one means (8) for supporting the said hydraulic connector ensuring that it is held longitudinally with reference to the wiper arm. It is characterized in that the said supporting means allows a movement of the said hydraulic connector (30) in a direction convergent with the longitudinal direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2011
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2017
Assignees:
Daimler AG, Valeo Systems D'Essuyage
Inventors:
Vincent Izabel, Xavier Bousset, Guiseppe Grasso, Gérald Caillot, Holger Fitterer, Uwe Renz, Andreas Zygan, Heiko Schmid, Richard Düsterhöft, Steffen Pommerening
Abstract: A method for the output of a warning signal for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about the presence of a vehicle-external target object in a warning region, which is prescribed in relation to the motor vehicle, by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, in which a radar sensor is used to transmit electromagnetic radar signals into a sensing region of the radar sensor in each of successive measurement cycles of the radar sensor and to receive received signals, the received signals are used for detection of the target object by means of the radar sensor and for tracking said target object in the sensing region over the measurement cycles, and, if the target object enters the prescribed warning region, the warning signal is output by means of an output device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2017
Assignee:
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Inventors:
Markus Kohler, Urs Luebbert, Roland Geiger, Stefan Goerner
Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor device (1) for a motor vehicle, for detecting objects located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, having a transmitting unit (2) for emitting an optical transmission signal (5), having a receiving unit (7) for receiving a reception signal (8) which is the transmission signal (5) reflected by an object, wherein the receiving unit (7) has at least two receiving elements (9, 10, 11) which are arranged distributed along a distribution direction (12), and reception optics (13), in particular a receiving lens which is positioned ahead of the receiving elements (9, 10, 11) in the propagation direction (14) of the reception signal (8), having a securing device (22) for securing the receiving optics (13), and having a diaphragm (21, 21?) for reducing the intensity of the reception signal (8), wherein the diaphragm (21, 21?) is secured to the securing device (22).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 28, 2017
Assignee:
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Inventors:
Heiner Bayha, Peter Horvath, Jens Nicolai
Abstract: Electric starter for internal combustion engine comprising: an electric motor (M) combined with means (R, L) for driving the internal combustion engine and an electronic filter (10) that is arranged on a power circuit (3) of the electric motor (M) that is suitable for at least reducing the electromagnetic disturbance caused by the operation of the electric motor (M). The electronic filter (10) is placed inside a cover (11, 30) of the starter.
Abstract: The subject of the invention is a motor, specifically an automobile windscreen wiper mechanism, containing a casing (1,2) which defines an internal space, characterized in that the internal space of the motor is partially limited by a reversibly deforming element (5), preferably an elastic membrane (5), enabling the volume of the internal space to change under the influence of pressure exerted on the casing (1,2).
Abstract: The invention relates to a parking assistance apparatus (12) for a motor vehicle (10). The invention is based on the object of providing reliably working parking assistance that can involve computational-intensive processing of sensor signals. To this end, at least one sensor (20) for producing a sensor signal (S) that is dependent on a relative position (D) of a vehicle-external object (22) is connected to a first controller (14) that is designed to take each sensor signal (S) as a basis for producing position data (P) that describe the relative position (D) and to transmit said position data via a communication link (18) of the motor vehicle (10). A second controller (16) is designed to receive the position data (P) via the communication link (18) and, during a parking manoeuvre of the motor vehicle (10), to take the position data (P) as a basis for outputting a control signal (C) to an actuator device (26) of the motor vehicle (10).
Abstract: Wiper unit (2), in particular for a windscreen wiper, comprising a body (2?) and an articulated cover (28a), which can be displaced between two positions (P1, P3) opposite the body (2?), characterized in that it comprises stop means (30, 31a, 31b, 27b, 283a2?) which define an end of course position (P3) of the cover (28a).
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 21, 2016
Publication date:
March 23, 2017
Applicant:
Valeo Systémes d'Essuyage
Inventors:
Stéphane Houssat, Eric Poton, Vincent Gaucher
Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (1) for a motor vehicle, having a mirror (2) which is arranged so as to be movable between a stowage position and a usage position, a first movably arranged covering element (3) which, for the movement between a stowage position and a usage position, is coupled to an electromechanical drive, and a second movably arranged covering element (4), wherein the display device (1) has a stowage position, in which the mirror (2) and the two covering elements (3, 4) are arranged in a respective associated stowage position, and a usage position, in which the mirror (2) and the two covering elements (3, 4) are arranged in a respective associated usage position, and in the stowage position, the two covering elements (3, 4) at least partially cover the mirror (2), wherein the second covering element (4) is, at least in the stowage position, preloaded by a spring element, in order to save structural space.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2015
Publication date:
March 23, 2017
Applicant:
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Inventors:
Lars Schoch, Daniel Kuntze, Karl Simonis
Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling device for an engine (1) exhaust gas recirculation circuit, notably that of a motor vehicle, said circuit comprising a valve (2) for controlling the circulation of said gas, said device comprising a heat exchanger (3), known as the EGR exchanger, intended to allow an exchange of heat between the exhaust gases passing through said recirculation circuit and a coolant fluid, and means (4) of cooling said valve. According to the invention, said device comprises a cooling loop (5), known as a high-temperature cooling loop and configured so that said valve cooling means (4) have a first fluid passing through them, and a second cooling loop (12), known as a low-temperature cooling loop and configured so that the EGR exchanger (3) has passing through it a second fluid at a temperature lower than that of the first fluid.
Abstract: The invention relates to a securing device (11) provided between a blade (1) and a mounting (4) constituting a wiper, wherein said device includes a first portion (12) that can be attached onto the mounting (4) and a second portion (13) that can be attached onto the blade (1), the first portion (12) and the second portion (13) being connected together by a removable attachment means, characterized in that the first portion (12) includes at least one blocking means capable of plugging at least one liquid-feeding device (6) which is a component of the wiper. The invention can be used for motor vehicles.