Abstract: A temperature-regulating device for electronic or electrical components which can release heat when in operation is disclosed. The temperature-regulating device includes a housing which is configured to accommodate the electrical or electronic components. The temperature-regulating device also includes means for regulating the temperature of the components with a dielectric fluid which is able to immerse the components at least partly. The temperature-regulating means include firstly a heat exchanger through which the dielectric fluid can pass and a heat transfer fluid. The heat exchanger includes at least one dielectric fluid input and one dielectric fluid output. The temperature regulating means further includes a system for distribution of the dielectric fluid which is positioned at the dielectric fluid output of the heat exchanger and at least two dielectric fluid spraying orifices.

Abstract: An assembly for an interconnector of an electric machine includes an interconnector housing having a recess opening and one track per phase. Each track includes a connection end to be connected to a phase output, a gasket mounted on the interconnector housing and including a dividing wall partially closing the connection recess opening, and at least one sealing grommet extending from the dividing wall toward the connection recess opening. The grommet includes a conduit extending toward the connection recess opening, a phase output sealing opening passing through the conduit to lead a phase output into the connection recess opening, and a gaiter extending from the dividing wall to the conduit.

Abstract: An optical module for a vehicle includes a camera including a set of optical lenses, a housing configured to receive the camera, and a glass pane arranged facing the camera and configured to conceal the camera from the outside of the vehicle. The optical module further includes an opaque element configured to absorb light from outside said vehicle so as to reduce stray reflections of the light on the set of optical lenses of the camera.

Abstract: A vehicle light module, a headlight assembly, and a method for communicating information at a panel having transparent and opaque states; a projector device projects light functions or visual representations on the panel when in a partially opaque state and through the panel when in a transparent state.

Abstract: A coil of a stator for an electric motor is disclosed. The coil includes a bobbin which forms a tooth of the stator. The bobbin includes a tubular central shaft with a plurality of channels formed along its perimeter between a first end of the bobbin that is configured to face towards the middle of the stator. The bobbin also includes a first retaining flange situated on the first end of the central shaft, a second retaining flange situated on the second end of the central shaft, and a winding wire configured to be wound in the form of turns around the bobbin. The ends of the winding wire are positioned at the first end of the bobbin so as to enable electrical connections toward the center of the stator. The bobbin includes a material cutout extending between the first and second ends of the bobbin.

Abstract: A lighting device able to produce a pixelated overall beam. The device includes at least two light sources, respectively associated with at least two reflectors placed beside one another horizontally. According to the invention, each reflector includes at least two lateral sectors at two distinct horizontal positions, and, for each lateral sector, an extreme zone of the lateral sector located toward the exterior of the reflector is shaped to produce a clear cutoff in an individual beam issuing from the reflector.

Abstract: A telescopic cleaning device for an optical sensor of a vehicle, including a support sheath, a sprayer body, a sprayer adapted to be movable in translation relative to the sprayer body, with the sprayer body being adapted to be inserted in translation into the sheath and adapted to be attached in the sheath by blocking means. The sprayer body is thus prevented from coming out of the sheath, allowing secure attachment of the sprayer body in a vehicle. The invention also relates to a detection system and a method for assembling the telescopic cleaning device.

Abstract: A thermal control device for an electronic system is disclosed. The thermal control device includes a box configured to accommodate electrical and/or electronic components of the electronic system. The box includes a bottom wall and side walls opposite in pairs that altogether define an inner housing. The inner housing is able to receive the electrical and/or electronic components. The outer faces of the side walls are defined as those facing away from the inner housing. The box includes thermal control fluid supply and discharge elements. The supply element and discharge element are in fluid communication with the inner housing. The supply element and discharge elements respectively project from one of the outer faces of the side walls of the box. The supply and discharge elements are arranged on the side walls at different distances from the bottom wall.

Abstract: A method for detecting an object in a road surface. The method includes projecting a light pattern on the road surface, acquiring an image of the projected light pattern, detecting a shadow in the acquired image and using some features of the shadow to obtain information about features of an object. The invention also provides a method for autonomous driving using this object detection and an automotive lighting device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal regulation device for an electrical or electronic component. The thermal regulation device includes at least one housing. The housing includes a plurality of walls that delimit a receptacle. The receptacle is designed to receive the electrical or electronic component. The device also includes a dielectric fluid circuit configured to permit the circulation of a dielectric fluid. At least one of the walls of the housing includes at least one orifice for spraying dielectric fluid in the receptacle. The spraying orifice is fluidically connected to the dielectric fluid circuit. The circuit includes a section formed within one of the walls of the housing. The section also receives a thermal element that is designed to exchange heat with the dielectric fluid circuit.

Abstract: A method for contact detection for an ultrasonic sensor system installed in a concealed or unconcealed manner is disclosed. The method involves detecting reference surroundings information, comprising a time profile of a signal with: noise signal information relating to a wall material and/or airborne sound signal information, using an ultrasonic sensor of the ultrasonic sensor system; storing the reference surroundings information; detecting real-time surroundings information, comprising a time profile of a signal with: noise signal information relating to the wall material and/or airborne sound signal information and/or object sound signal information relating to an object in contact with the wall material, using the ultrasonic sensor; and forming a difference signal between the surroundings information of reference surroundings information and real-time surroundings information, using a computational unit. The difference signal can be interpreted in a further step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frame (3) for an electric heating device (1), comprising at least one housing (7) intended to receive a heating element (5), said housing being defined by a plurality of longitudinal walls (23, 25) forming an insertion path for a heating element, and said insertion path being defined longitudinally by a back wall extending opposite an opening through which the heating element can be inserted into the housing. According to the invention, at least one of the longitudinal walls comprises a displacement reducing element (10) projecting from the wall. The displacement reducing element (10) comprises a ramp (11) that slopes gradually into the housing, towards the opposite longitudinal wall, said displacement reducing element (10) being arranged such that the downstream end (14, 15) thereof extends at a distance from the back wall (21).

Abstract: A control device (8) for an inverter (2) that feeds an electric machine (3), wherein the control device (8) is configured to provide pulse-width modulated switching signals (15) for driving switching elements (12) of the inverter (2), wherein the control device (8) is configured to determine a modulation type by means of which the pulse-width modulated switching signals (15) are generated depending on operating point information that describes an operating point defined by at least one operating parameter, and to use a first modulation type in at least one first operating region (21, 28, 30, 31) and a second modulation type in another operating region (32, 32a, 32b).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a luminous device of a motor vehicle arranged to emit a pixelated light beam in a preset emission region. The method includes receiving an instruction to emit a desired pixelated luminous function for each of the luminous modules. The instruction for creating a digital image forming one segment of the desired pixelated luminous function in a frame corresponding to the preset emission region of the luminous module, the digital image being independent of the types of light sources and of optical device of the luminous module. The method further correcting said created digital image depending on the types of light sources and of optical device of the luminous module. The method additionally emitting, with the luminous module, into the preset emission region, a pixelated light beam corresponding to the corrected digital image.

Abstract: A light guide assembly for a vehicle, the light guide assembly including a light guide having a first end face. The light guide assembly further includes a first light source and a second light source having different heights and being mounted on a common support plane. Further, the first and second light sources are arranged to emit light rays in a light emission direction toward the first end face. The first end face includes a first inlet portion configured to receive light from the first light source and a second inlet portion configured to receive the light from the second light source. The first and second inlet portions are offset from one another in the light emission direction in such a way that the space between the common support plane and each inlet portion is proportional to the height of the light source in front of the corresponding inlet portion.

Abstract: A sensor unit for vehicles for detecting at least the moisture and/or the temperature on the inside of a vehicle window by a sensor is disclosed. The sensor unit is mounted adjacent to the inside of the vehicle window, the sensor unit comprises a housing within which it is partially enclosed, the housing has at least one opening in the direction of the vehicle window through which the sensor unit is pressed against the vehicle window. The sensor unit has a printed circuit board (PCB) that is pressed against the inside of the vehicle window when the sensor unit is in the mounted state, and is arranged between the sensor and the vehicle window. The PCB is a rigid-flexible PCB comprising a bend at least in a partial region, the bend of the rigid-flexible PCB being set up in such a way as to generate an elastic restoring force, which presses the rigid-flexible PCB against the vehicle window.

Abstract: A method for operating an automotive lighting device including at least one solid-state light source. The method includes defining a color allowance condition, feeding the light source with a current value which produces a luminous flux value higher than a minimum luminous flux threshold value, measuring the temperature in the light source, checking whether the output color satisfies the allowance condition and increasing or decreasing the current value, always keeping the current such as it produces an acceptable color. With the checking includes perform a pulse width modulation of the current value to keep an average value of the current which produces a luminous flux value higher than the minimum luminous flux threshold value. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device comprising a control element to carry out the steps of this method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous device of a motor vehicle, the device including a first luminous module with first and second sub-modules each provided with a light source, and a collector, the first module including a lens which is designed to project the light reflected by the collectors in light beams with a upper cut-off offset vertically from each other.

Abstract: A method for managing an image in an automotive lighting device. The method includes providing a first image pattern including a plurality of pixels, selecting a relevant portion of the value of each pixel and preparing compressed data related to the relevant values, together with data related to the position of the pixel with a value equal to zero.

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous module for a vehicle including at least one light source configured to emit light rays, at least one collector associated with the at least one light source, and configured to collect and direct the light rays from the at least one light source toward at least one exit optical element, with the at least one exit optical element configured to transmit the light rays toward the outside of the vehicle to form a light beam The luminous module further including a system for lateral relative movement of the at least one collector and the at least one associated light source relative to the at least one exit optical element in such a way as to cause the light beam to move laterally.