Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Patent number: 9225277
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle alternator, in which an error value, resulting from the comparison between the voltage produced by the alternator and a set value, is processed in a filtering means by applying a transfer function, which determines a gain to be associated with the error value on the basis of the rotational frequency of the alternator, in order to control the adjustment of the field current allowed by the alternator. The transfer function of the filtering means is modified on the basis of the rotational speed of the alternator by attenuating the gain over a given frequency range when the rotational speed decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Pierre Tisserand, Pierre Chassard, Jean-Guillame Aubin
  • Patent number: 9222736
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate that defines a first gap between inner surfaces of the first plate and the second plate in which a first fluid circulates, where a major portion of the first gap is free of obstructions, where a second fluid contacts an outer surface of the first or second plate for heat exchange with the first fluid, where a first peripheral wall on the periphery of the first gap has a curved profile inside the first gap, and at least one inlet is radially positioned with respect to the first gap and injects the first fluid in the gap, and least one outlet is centrally positioned in one of the first and the second plate to enable the first fluid to exit the first gap, where first fluid circulates in a swirling flow in the major portion of the first gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: VALORBEC SOCIETE EN COMMANDITE, REPRESENTEE PAR GESTION VALEO S.E.C.
    Inventors: Georgios H. Vatistas, Mohamed Fayed
  • Patent number: 9221205
    Abstract: A mold and a method for the molding by injection of plastic material of a generally thin part, notably of a vehicle lighting and/or signalling device. The mold comprises two half-molds designed to be disposed one against the other and forming an enclosure designed to be filled with plastic material by injection. The plastic material is injected via an injection nozzle in the vicinity of one end of the part. The volume formed by the mold includes a cavity the volume of which may be modulated by means of a mobile element. During the injection of plastic material, when the latter has reached at least the level of the cavity, the initially zero volume of the cavity is progressively increased via the control means of the mobile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Michel Desmazieres, François Gosselin
  • Publication number: 20150367820
    Abstract: A wiper of a motor vehicle window is disclosed. The wiper includes a mounting head adapted to be rotatably driven by a motorized shaft about a transverse axis of the mounting head, and a drive arm extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end pivotally mounted about an axis borne by said mounting head, and an opposite distal end which carries a wiper blade, where an elastic return means is provided to participate in maintaining the arm in position relative to the mounting head. The drive arm includes a shroud disposed at its proximal end and wholly encloses the mounting head. The shroud has projecting means on its inner face, cooperating with complementary means projecting from the outer face of the mounting head to form pivoting means of the arm around the head and means for holding the arm in position in various operating positions of the wiper assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Nicolas Kuchly, Vincent Garibaldi
  • Publication number: 20150372553
    Abstract: An electric supercharger comprises a motor, for example a switched reluctance motor. The motor includes a stator assembly (101) comprising a plurality of pairs of windings (103A-C), each pair of windings (103A-C) comprising a first winding for forming a first pole and a second winding for forming a second, opposite, pole, each winding having an input termination (105) and an output termination (107). The terminations (105, 107) of each pair of windings (103A-C) are arranged such that the input terminations (105) for the first and second windings are located adjacent one another and the output terminations (107) of the first and second windings are located adjacent one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Air Management UK Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Michael Knight
  • Publication number: 20150369296
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a torque transmission device comprising a first element and a second element which are rotatable relative to each other around an axis of rotation X; and damping means for transmitting a torque and damping the rotational acyclisms between the first element and the second element. The damping means comprise an elastic blade mounted securely on the first element and provided with a cam surface; and the damper comprises a cam follower carried by the second element and arranged to cooperate with the cam surface. The cam surface is arranged such that, for an angular travel between the first element and the second element relative to an angular rest position, the cam follower exerts a flexion force on the elastic blade producing a reaction force able to return the first and second elements to the angular rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventor: Carlos LOPEZ-PEREZ
  • Publication number: 20150369120
    Abstract: The invention concerns a discharge valve (17) intended to be fitted in a discharge duct of an apparatus designed to be driven by a fluid, in particular a turbocharger driven by the exhaust gases from an engine. The discharge valve (17) comprises a cavity (83) having a first (85), a second (87) and a third aperture (89), each intended to be connected to a respective duct, the discharge valve (17) also comprising first (91) and second (93) means for closing the first (85) and second (87) apertures, respectively, in order to control communication between the ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Grégory Hodebourg, Sébastien Potteau
  • Patent number: 9217395
    Abstract: A valve able to control an exhaust gas recirculation system of an internal combustion engine equipped with a turbine installed in an exhaust circuit of the internal combustion engine, is disclosed. The valve includes a body through which a first stream of exhaust gas tapped off upstream of the turbine can flow and through which a second stream of exhaust gas tapped off downstream of the turbine can flow. The valve is configured to control the flow of the first and second streams of exhaust gas through the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Patrick Lebrasseur, Franck Girardon, Mathieu Lallemant
  • Publication number: 20150360543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerant circuit (10) of a vehicle air-conditioning system (12), in particular for electric vehicles, comprising a compressor unit (14) which includes a first compressor (16) and a second compressor (18) arranged downstream for compressing a refrigerant (20), a condenser (22) for heating air (24) which can be supplied to a vehicle interior, a first pressure reducing unit (26) arranged downstream of the condenser (22) for decompressing the refrigerant (20) from the condenser (22), a heat exchanger (28) through which refrigerant flows for heat exchange with vehicle ambient air (30), an evaporator (32) for cooling air (24) which can be supplied to a vehicle interior, and a second pressure reducing unit (34) arranged upstream of the evaporator (32) for decompressing the refrigerant (20) from the heat exchanger (28), the second compressor (18), the condenser (22) and the first pressure reducing unit (26) being bypassed in a cooling mode of the vehicle air-conditioning system (12), and
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Sondermann, Roland Haussmann
  • Publication number: 20150364240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic circuit (2) for carrying at least one coil (3), the circuit (2) comprising: at least one inner leg (6) and at least two outer legs (4), and a connecting part (7) for guiding the magnetic flux of the inner leg (6) towards each outer leg (4), none of the outer legs (4) having a gap width and the inner leg (6) being at least partially formed from at least one material having a relative magnetic permeability lower than that of the material(s) forming the outer legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventor: Richard Demersseman
  • Patent number: 9211868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic connector for a wiper system, said wiper system also comprising an arm intended to move a blade over the surface to be wiped, a blade (3) and a mechanical connector (10) fixed to said blade in order to attach it to the arm and able to be attached to the arm in a longitudinal movement with respect to said arm, said hydraulic connector (30) having at least one line (31, 32) for supplying a liquid to the blade (3) via the mechanical connector (10). Said hydraulic connector is characterized in that it comprises at least one protuberance (35) able to bear against un element (2a, 2b) of said wiper system in order to align the hydraulic connector (30) on the mechanical connector (10) during said longitudinal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Xavier Bousset, Gérald Caillot, Vincent Izabel
  • Patent number: 9212749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid valve, in particular for the exhaust gas from a motor vehicle, comprising: a body (30) defining at least one duct (32), and a movable flap that can rotate about a shaft between a closed position preventing the fluid from flowing through the duct (32) and an open position allowing the fluid to flow through the duct (32). According to the invention, the valve includes an opening clearance (E) between flap and a wall (62) of the body (30) for the passage of the fluid, said clearance (E) extending in a direction parallel to the pivot shaft of the flap over a length that varies according to the angular position of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Sébastien Adenot, Grégory Hodebourg
  • Patent number: 9213364
    Abstract: A man/machine interface including a touch-sensitive detection means and a housing is disclosed. The housing may include an edge which defines an opening. The touch-sensitive detection means may be placed into the housing at least in line with the opening, and the housing includes at least one reinforcement means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Autran, Henry Beraud
  • Patent number: 9211870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (100) for the cleaning of windows of motor vehicles, with at least one spray channel (103, 104) arranged on the wiper blade (100), with spray openings (105) for the discharging of washing fluid (5) onto the window, with at least a first connection (16; 16a; 16b) for connecting the spray channel (103, 104) to an external hose line for the supply of the washing fluid (5), and with at least one adapter (10; 10a; 10b) for connecting the wiper blade (100) to a wiper arm (2; 2a) of a wiper device (1), wherein the first connection (16; 16a; 16b) is arranged on the adapter (10; 10a; 10b), and wherein the adapter (10; 10a; 10b) is arranged hydraulically in operative connection with a second connection (22; 22a; 22b) likewise arranged on the adapter (10; 10a; 10b), which is connected with the spay channel (103, 104). According to the invention, provision is made that the adapter (10; 10a; 10b) is constructed as a single-piece plastic injection molded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Bruno Egner-Walter, Michael Schäuble
  • Patent number: 9212632
    Abstract: A three-way valve configured to provide the connection between a gas intake circuit and an exhaust gas recirculation circuit is disclosed. The valve includes a first shutter for regulating the airflow rate, a second shutter for regulating the recirculated exhaust gas flow rate, a single motor for driving the two shutters, and gearing connecting the motor to at least one shutter. The gearing includes functionality to drive the at least one shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Nicolas Vitiello, Sébastien Potteau, Sébastien Adenot, Grégory Hodebourg
  • Patent number: 9211869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) for cleaning vehicle windows, with a wiper blade body (11) connected to a wiper blade adapter (13), wherein the wiper blade adapter (13) consists of an adapter element (18) on the wiper arm side and an adapter element (17) on the wiper blade side, which are arranged pivotably with respect to one another in an axis (19), and with a distributor element (30; 30a) arranged pivotably in the axis (19) for a washing fluid connection and/or an electrical connection for the wiper blade body (11), wherein the distributor element (30; 30a) is received between two side walls (24, 25) of the adapter element (17) on the wiper blade side, wherein an aperture (26, 27), round in cross-section, is formed respectively on the two side walls (24, 25) of the adapter element (17) on the wiper blade side, aligned to the axis (19), and wherein the distributor element (30; 30a) on the side facing the side wall (24, 25) respectively has a conical bearing extension (37; 37a, 38; 38a), which en
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Michael Schaeuble
  • Publication number: 20150354899
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a refrigerant circulating in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The exchanger has a first unit for circulating a first fluid defining first blades for circulating the first fluid and a second unit for circulating a second fluid defining second blades for circulating the second fluid. The blades are layered in a stacking direction of said blades such that an exchange of heat can take place between the first and second fluids, where the units permit the first fluid to circulate while avoiding the second unit, and permitting the second fluid to circulate while avoiding the first unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Christophe Denoual, Alain Pourmarin, Frédéric Tison
  • Publication number: 20150359032
    Abstract: A system (SC) is intended to control a maneuver of a vehicle (V) via the establishment of two-way wireless communication between a communication module (MC1) of the vehicle (V) and a remote control unit (BC), following the actuation of the latter. This system (SC) comprises control means (MCT) designed to determine, over a duration corresponding to a chosen main number NP of successive connection events in their respective frequency channels, where NP>2, a first number of failed connection events, and then to compare this first number with a first chosen value and to modify the activated automatic maneuver in a chosen way if the first number is greater than or equal to this first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE
    Inventors: Eric Menard, Laurent Petel, Fabienne Masson
  • Publication number: 20150357542
    Abstract: An assembly of at least one thermoelectric element capable of generating an electric current under the effect of a temperature gradient exerted between two of its sides, referred to as the contact sides, and an electrical connection means is disclosed. The assembly includes a first deformable element electrically connecting the electrical connection means to the thermoelectric element, the first element including a first side linked to the electrical connection means and a second side linked to the thermoelectric element, the first side being deformable independently from the second side and vice versa, the assembly including a second deformable element forming a heat bridge between the first and second sides of the first element. A thermoelectric module including such an assembly and a thermoelectric device including such a module are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Cédric De Vaulx
  • Patent number: 9207789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle control interface comprising a touch-sensitive tile (2) having a front face (3); a housing (4) housing said touch-sensitive tile (2), said housing (4) having—an opening delimited by an edge (5) via which a user can access the front face (3) of the touch-sensitive tile (2); and a levelling trim (6), peripheral to the touch-sensitive tile (2) and interposed between an edge face (7) of the touch-sensitive tile (2) and the edge (5) of the housing (4), characterized in that said interface further comprises a seal (9) inserted between a rear face (10) of the touch-sensitive tile (2) and a retaining projection (11) of the housing (4), said seal (9) bordering the levelling trim (6) between the rear face (10) of the touch-sensitive tile (2) and the retaining projection (11). The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a control interface (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Gérard Guenin