Abstract: An electrical device and electrical compressor. The electrical device (102) comprises an electrical circuit (104) comprising a metal substrate (202), a layer of dielectric material (206) extending over the metal substrate (202), and a metal strip (208) extending over the layer of dielectric material (206). It further comprises a linking conductive part (218) intended to be connected to an electrical ground (106) and having a first contact end (220) intended to be pressed against the metal strip (208), and a pushing device (224) intended to take a first position, called the closed position, in which the pushing device (224) presses against a support portion (226) of the linking conductive part (218) so as to press the first contact end (220) against the metal strip (208), the support portion (226) being located away from the first contact end (220), and a second position, called the open position, in which the pushing device (224) allows the first contact end (220) to be separated from the metal strip (208).

Abstract: A method for molding a composite material, the associated mold and a retention frame are disclosed. The method involves tighenting a fiber fabric which forms a reinforcement in a retention frame, the fiber fabric which is tightened in the retention frame is put into place in a mold, and the retention frame is retracted in a receptacle with a corresponding form, of the mold, injecting a matrix into the mold such as to impregnate the fiber fabric to obtain the composite material, and withdrawing the composite material and the retention frame from the mold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for suppressing interference in a received signal (s) received by a radar sensor (5, 6) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein for detection of a target object (12) in an environment of the motor vehicle (1), a transmit signal including a sequence of consecutive frequency-modulated chirp signals is emitted by means of the radar sensor (5, 6) and an echo signal reflected on the target object (12) is received as the received signal (s) with the superimposed interference, and wherein after receiving the received signal (s) by the radar sensor (5, 6), the interference of the received signal (s) is detected and suppressed by means of an electronic computing device.

Abstract: An illuminating module for a motor vehicle lamp able to form a wide light beam containing a cutoff, which module is equipped with optical elements comprising an output lens and a plurality of concave reflectors associated with a deflector having a reflective face intended to deflect light beams generated by light sources located in the concavities of the reflectors. The output lens is a toric lens, and these optical elements are arranged in order to make the light beams generated by said light sources converge on points of focus before these light beams are transmitted through the output lens. The module comprises two reflectors (102, 102?) oriented toward each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance device (2) for a vehicle (1), having a radar apparatus (3, 4) for detecting objects which are external to the vehicle, which radar apparatus (3, 4) has an antenna unit (14) for irradiating and/or receiving electromagnetic waves (S0, SE) and a damping element (24, 25, 26) which is coupled to the antenna unit (14) and has the purpose of directing and damping the electromagnetic waves (S0, SE), by means of which damping element (24, 25, 26) the antenna unit (14) can be coupled to a transmitter and/or receiver device (16, 17) of the radar apparatus (3, 4), wherein the damping element (24, 25, 26) has a branching unit (31) with a first line branch (32) for directing the damped electromagnetic waves (S0, SE) between the transmitter and/or receiver device (16, 17), on the one hand and the antenna unit (14) on the other, as well as a second line branch (33) which is coupled to the first line branch (32) and is terminated with a reflection-free terminating element (35, 37).

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle 1 is constituted by joining at least a compressor 2, a condenser 3, a decompression and expansion device 4, and an evaporator 5 to each other by a pipe 6. The condenser 3 is formed of a condenser with a supercooling part including a condensing part 7 and a supercooling part 8. The refrigeration cycle 1 further includes an internal heat exchanger 25. A rate at which the supercooling part 8 occupies with respect to the whole condenser 3 is set to a value which falls within a range of 3% to 9% when the heat exchange efficiency of the internal heat exchanger 25 falls within a range of 25% to 75%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for actuating one or more moving parts, notably for a motor vehicle turbocharger, said device comprising a drive shaft, an output shaft and a transmission system transmitting torque from said drive shaft to said output shaft, said drive train comprising at least one wheel (8a,8b) transmitting torque from said drive shaft to said output shaft, said drive and output shafts and said transmission wheel or wheels (8a, 8b) being able to rotate about respective pivot axes (10m, 10a, 10b, 10s). According to the invention, the pivot axis of at least one of said transmission wheels (8a, 8b) is offset from a plane P passing through the pivot axis of said drive shaft and output shaft.

Abstract: There is provided a multidirectional switch in which, when a knob in a neutral position is operated to be tilted with respect to a reference axis at the time the knob is in the neutral position, a pressing part positioned in an operating direction side of the knob moves in an axial direction of the reference axis to selectively close a switch element corresponding to the moved pressing part. The switch element and the pressing part respectively comprise four switch elements and four pressing parts that are respectively provided at intervals each having 90 degrees in the circumferential direction around the reference axis, and one pressing part is connected to another pressing part adjacent thereto in the circumferential direction around the reference axis by a flexible connecting element formed in a wave shape as viewed in a radial direction of the reference axis.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) for gas, in particular the exhaust gases of an engine, comprising a bundle of tubes arranged inside a shell (2) and intended for the circulation of gas with an exchange of heat with at least one stream of refrigerant fluid, said tubes being fixed by their ends between two support plates (5) coupled at each end of the shell (2), and deflection means arranged inside the shell (2) able to direct the at least one stream of refrigerant fluid inside the shell (2). The deflection means comprises a longitudinal deflector (6, 6a) substantially parallel to the tube bundle and intended to divide the shell (2) into two circuits, said deflector (6, 6a) being fixed by its longitudinal edges to the internal walls of the shell (2) and by its transverse edges to the two support plates (5) by welding. This ensures more effective mounting of said deflector inside the exchanger.

Abstract: A torsional damper (1) comprises a hub (2) coupled to a radial annular web (6); two guide washers; elastic members (9); and friction means, relative angular deflections of the guide washers and the annular web (6) being limited in a first rotation direction (D) by a first series of stops (23) of the guide washers that interact with a first series of protruding parts (25) of the annular web (6), and in a second rotation direction (R) by a second series of stops (24) of the guide washers that interact with a second series of protruding parts (26) of the annular web (6).

Abstract: A method for assembling a handle of a motor vehicle includes assembling, from an outside of a panel, an articulation end of a gripping lever of a motor vehicle opening-element handle in a first cavity of articulation of the panel and a fixed positioning body in a second positioning cavity of the panel. The method also includes inserting a bolt body into the fixed positioning body from the outside of the panel, screwing a first fastening screw into the bolt body through the fixed positioning body from an inside of the panel so as to screw the bolt body directly on the panel and to fasten the fixed positioning body on the panel, and screwing a second fastening screw into the articulation end from the inside of the panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing human-machine interface (40) including an opening (48) for enabling a user to observe information displayed on the screen (44), characterized in that, each screen module (42) being provided with a specific control (52), various human-machine interfaces (40) are manufactured from the same screen modules (42) by arranging the screen modules (42) in the housings (46) housing a control board provided with at least one control and/or at least one indicator for a function separate from the screen.

Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine mainly for the starter of an automotive vehicle, including: a stator having a magnetized structure with permanent magnetization and extending along the circumference of the stator; a rotor; a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor; wherein the magnetized structure (5) of the stator includes at least one sector, between two consecutive magnetic poles (N; S) of the magnetized structure, having a magnetization vector that varies in an essentially sinusoidal manner upon displacement on the stator circumference, and wherein the angular deviation of the neutral line is selected so as to improve the switching during the operation of the machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) for cleaning vehicle windows, with a wiper blade body (22) connected with a wiper blade adapter (11), wherein the wiper blade adapter (11) consists of an adapter element (12) on the wiper arm side and of an adapter element (13) on the wiper blade side, which are connected with one another and are arranged pivotably with respect to one another in an axis (14), and with at least one distributor element (35) arranged pivotably in the axis (14) for the hydraulic and/or electrical supply of the wiper blade body (22), wherein the distributor element (35) is arranged substantially between two side walls (29, 30) of the adapter element (13) on the wiper blade side, that an aperture (31, 32) is formed respectively on the two side walls (29, 30) of the adapter element (13) on the wiper blade side aligned to the axis (14), and that the distributor element (35) has respectively a peg-like bearing extension (55, 56) on the side facing the side walls (29, 30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (2) for controlling a position sensor (13) of a steering wheel (3) of a vehicle. Said device (2) includes a means (9) for generating a control signal for the acquisition periods of the position sensor (13) when the vehicle is stopped, the frequency of said signal increasing upon the detection of a variation in the position of said steering wheel (3). The invention can be used in the field of automobiles, and the position sensor can be associated with the rotor of the steering assist motor.

Abstract: A light guide for a lighting and/or signaling device of an automobile vehicle comprising an entry face, a coupler, a main reflection face, and an exit face. The light guide is arranged in such a manner that, when a light source is disposed at a predetermined point with respect to the light guide, the entry face transmits the light from the light source to the coupler and the coupler transmits a part of this light to the main reflection face which directs it, in the form of a beam of parallel rays, directly or indirectly, toward the exit face in a direction forming an angle of 5° at the most with respect to the optical axis of the light guide.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp (10) has first and second lamp components (12, 14) mounted in a housing (16) having a wall (18). The first and second components (12, 14) are simultaneously adjustable from a double pivot rocker (20), the double pivot rocker (20) being mounted to the wall (18) by a stationary pivot bearing (21). The first and second lamp components (12, 14) each have a fixed pivot bearing (22, 24) fixed to the wall (18) and a floating pivot bearing (26, 28) fixed to the double pivot rocker (20). The first and second components (12, 14) can be reflectors positioned in a vertical array.

Abstract: Method of configuring a rotating electric machine (1) stator (2), comprising the following steps: employing a stator (2) having a carcass (5) on which electrical conductors are coiled so as to form N coils (6j), N being greater than or equal to four and, electrically connecting the coils (6j) to an electrical power supply device (7) in such a way that each coil (6j) is traversed by a specific electric current (ij) delivered by the electrical power supply device (7), the connection of the stator (2) to the electrical power supply device (7) being performed in such a way that as one progresses around the axis (X) of the stator away from a reference coil (61), the phase shift between the current (i1) traversing the said reference coil and the current (ij) traversing each of the other coils (6j) and specific to the latter varies in a strictly monotonic manner as one progresses.

Abstract: Optical module for a lighting and/or signaling device of a motor vehicle, in particular a headlight, comprising: a light source comprising in particular at least one LED, a reflector designed to reflect the light coming from the light source, and a a bending element (8) placed on the path of light coming from the reflector and designed to reflect light coming from the reflector, this bending element being produced on a metal part.