Patents Assigned to Valeo
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Publication number: 20160016553Abstract: A connecting device between a wiper arm and a wiper blade is disclosed. The wiper blade has an elongated wiper blade body with an adapter element which serves for exchangeable connecting to a connection region of the wiper arm, where the connection region of the wiper arm has a substantially U-shaped mount for the adapter element with an upper boundary surface and two lateral boundary surfaces. The mount overlaps the adapter element at least in the region of the boundary surfaces, and a first spoiler element is constructed in the connection region of the wiper arm for increasing the aerodynamic contact pressure of the wiper arm onto the wiper blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Michael Schaeuble
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Publication number: 20160016556Abstract: A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle is disclosed. The flat wiper has a longitudinal wiper blade, at least one longitudinal stiffening member, a longitudinal member for retaining the wiper blade and the stiffening member, a longitudinal streamlined portion having two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto. The mounting includes means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of the member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Eric Poton
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Publication number: 20160016549Abstract: A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle is disclosed. The flat wiper includes a longitudinal wiper blade, at least one longitudinal stiffening member, a longitudinal member for retaining the wiper blade and the stiffening member, a longitudinal streamlined portion includes two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto. The mounting includes means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of the member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Eric Poton
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Patent number: 9241413Abstract: The device (100) for assembling capacitors (200) is intended for an electronic converter with a plurality of arms provided with transistors. The device comprises a bus bar (11) with positive polarity and a bus bar (12) with negative polarity. The bus bar with positive polarity and the bus bar with negative polarity are superposed one on top of the other without electrical contact. Preferably, the bus bar with positive polarity comprises a width (L1) smaller than the width (L2) of the bus bar with negative polarity. The device further comprises a support part (13) for insulating and indexing, arranged between the bus bar with positive polarity and the bus bar with negative polarity. The support part for insulating and indexing is typically formed from PBT plastic material reinforced with fiberglass.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Fabien Guerin, Alexis Hosni
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Patent number: 9240298Abstract: The concave streak portion 26, in which the welding inclination surface 27 is formed, is provided on the side wall 12; the projecting portion 40, which is fitted into the concave streak portion 26 when the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 overlap to form the switch case 3, is provided on the lid body 36; when the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 are overlapped, the switch case 3 is sealed by contacting the seal ring 31 with the flange portion 38 and the welding shoulder portion 41 interferes with the welding inclination surface 27; the substrate 10 and the lid body 35 are jointed by melting the interference portion by high-frequency welding; the release region K, which keep the communicating state of the inside of the switch case 3 with the outside is designed by notching the projecting portion 40 from the root thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignees: Valeo Jap Co., Ltd., Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Inotsuka, Takeshi Okuhara, Naoto Ogasawara, Hiroshi Yamada, Munetaka Torii, Teruo Kato
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Patent number: 9239260Abstract: The invention relates to an optical measuring device (1) comprising a housing (3), in which at least one optical transmitter (20) for emitting at least one transmission beam (22, 24) and at least one optical receiver are arranged, a covering plate (5) closing off the housing and forming a transmission window (10) and a reception window (7), with the at least one transmission beam (22, 24) emerging from the housing through the transmission window (10). In order to provide a measuring device (1) with an outer surface (14) which is as flat as possible and in order to achieve a reduction in disturbance signals which can be traced back, inter alia, to the reflection of the transmission beam (22, 24) on the transmission window (10), the outer side (5.1) of a covering plate (5) is arranged substantially perpendicular to the emission direction and the transmission window (10) is embodied with a tilt with a predetermined tilt angle (?).Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Heiner Bayha, Peter Horvath, Jens Nicolai
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Publication number: 20160009253Abstract: A pivot link for a wiper blade of a vehicle window in a motor car is disclosed. The pivot link includes a substantially cylindrical shaft configured to be attached to a mechanical connector of the blade, and includes fluid-distribution means.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Guillaume Barret
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Patent number: 9234550Abstract: An actuator apparatus for a clutch that operates the clutch of a transmission according to operation of a motor, may include the motor including a stator and a rotator, wherein the rotator has a drive shaft and a rotator core receiving the drive shaft therein, a lead screw engaged to the drive shaft of the motor and movable in a length direction thereof according to the operation of the drive shaft in the motor, a rod disposed apart from the lead screw, a slider connecting the lead screw with the rod, and a guide rail disposed to contact with the slider and guiding a linear motion of the slider.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Keyang Electric Machinery CO., LTD., Pyeong Hwa Valeo CO., LTD.Inventors: Hee Ra Lee, Baekyu Kim, Yeonho Kim, Man-Dae Hur, Hongchcol Moon, Jinho Jang, Wookyo Jang, Jungchul Kim, Namhun Lee
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Publication number: 20160001746Abstract: A wiper blade for the cleaning of vehicle windows is disclosed. The wiper blade has a body which is connected with a wiper arm by a wiper blade adapter. The wiper blade adapter includes a first adapter element on the wiper-arm side and a second adapter element on the wiper-blade side, which are arranged pivotably with respect to one another in an axis. On the adapter element on the wiper-arm side a first holding arrangement is arranged for securing the wiper blade body in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade with a flexible tongue, and with a detent element arranged on the flexible tongue for form-fitting arrangement in a mount of the wiper arm, and with a second holding arrangement, which secures the wiper blade on the wiper arm additionally in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Valeo Wischersysteme GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Scholl, Siegfried Waible
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Publication number: 20160003134Abstract: The invention concerns a system (3) for supercharging the intake gases and for recirculating the exhaust gases of an engine (1), comprising: a supercharging circuit (5) comprising a turbocharger (9) to be driven by the exhaust gases from at least a first cylinder (2a, 2b, 2c) of the engine (1); a recirculating circuit (7) for the exhaust gases from at least a second cylinder (2d); and an exhaust gas-orienting device (25) winch is connected to the two circuits (5 and 7) and is intended to be connected to an exhaust line (23) of the engine (1) so as to control an amount of exhaust gas placed in communication between the supercharging circuit (5), the recirculating circuit (7) and the exhaust line (23) of the engine (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Grégory Hodebourg, Sébastien Potteau
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Patent number: 9231460Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine, such as a starter of an automotive vehicle, includes a stator with salient poles having at least four poles distributed uniformly over the circumference of the stator, a rotor disposed inside the stator, a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor, and at least two geometrically opposed salient poles. Each pole includes at least one substantially radial slot in a plane parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor and preferably passes through the axis of the rotor. By minimizing the reaction fields of the armature, utilization of the magnetic material of the parts of the stator is balanced and a harmful armature reaction effect, which increases saturation of the polar parts of the inductor and which leads to reduction in the driving magnetic torque, is mitigated.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Jean-Paul Yonnet
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Patent number: 9227580Abstract: The invention pertains to an electronic control module (3) for a motor vehicle electrical circuit (1), intended to be linked in a galvanically isolated manner to a motor vehicle electrical circuit (1) comprising at least one functional module (5) powered at high voltage, the control module comprising: —a connection bus (9), intended to be linked to an exterior interface (7), configured so as to conduct low-voltage electrical setpoint signals, emanating from the exterior interface (7) to the elements of the control module (3) to which they are addressed, —a microcontroller (1), configured to control the at least one functional module (5) as a function of the setpoint signals, characterized in that the microcontroller (11) and the connection bus (9) are linked by a non-galvanic coupler (13), provided with a low-voltage part (131) and with a high-voltage part (133), which are able to exchange at least one signal and are galvanically decoupled, and in that the control module furthermore comprises an electrical trType: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventor: Bertrand Puzenat
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Patent number: 9230189Abstract: The invention relates to a method of raindrop detection on a vehicle windscreen by capturing images using a camera which is at least focused on the windscreen, including a step of detecting edges (102) in a research area of said captured images, characterized in that said method of raindrop detection comprises a rejection step (103) in which edges that are uncharacteristic with respect to a raindrop are rejected. This invention also relates to an associated driving assistance device.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Caroline Robert, Samia Ahiad
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Publication number: 20150375629Abstract: A combined power supply and charging method includes controlling switching from a motor power supply mode to an energy storage charging mode on an electrical network and vice versa, and compensating for magnetic fields during the energy storage charging mode in order to limit or eliminate movements of a rotor of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Luis De Sousa, Boris Bouchez
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Publication number: 20150375691Abstract: The invention relates to a display, in particular a head-up display, for a vehicle, said display comprising; an image-generating device (2); a unit (5) for reflecting rays (4) emitted from the image-generating device (2); and means (30) for heating the lion unit, integrated into the reflection unit (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: VALEO ETUDES ELECTRONIQUESInventor: Richard Geloen
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Publication number: 20150377560Abstract: A manifold for use in a cooler of a cooling system is disclosed. The manifold includes a housing, which is a unitary element having a closed profile and has at least one longitudinal channel defined therein and also a plurality of slots on one of surfaces of the housing, which slots are in fluid communication with the longitudinal channel The manifold also includes a covering profile applied on the housing, having a plurality of slots at positions corresponding to the positions of the slots of the housing and fixedly connected to the housing. The slots of both components of the manifold are adapted for receiving tubes of the cooler, while the longitudinal channel has on its surface a stopping means against which the tubes of the cooler may abut.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: VALEO AUTOSYSTEMY SP. Z O.O.Inventors: Dawid Szostek, Grzegorz Romanski, Adam Bedek
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Publication number: 20150375718Abstract: A system for distributing washer fluid (1) for motor vehicle windscreen wipers (3, 5) including at least one fluid circulation pipe (19, 21), at least one heating element (25, 27) extending along said pipe, at least one hydraulic connection (9, 11) connected hydraulically to said pipe, characterized in that it includes a heat-conducting adapter (55, 57) in contact with said heating element (25, 27) and arranged at a suitable distance to transmit at least some of the heat from said adapter to said hydraulic connection (9, 11).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel, Gérald Caillot
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Publication number: 20150377565Abstract: A receiver for a heat exchanger, especially a condenser of a refrigerant system, is disclosed. The receiver has a hollow body and a closure closing the body. The body defines an internal volume configured to receive a fluid flowing through the heat exchanger, and the closure is adapted to establish a communication of the fluid between said internal volume and a flange of the heat exchanger. The closure is removable from the flange and detachably coupled to the body. A heat exchanger, especially a condenser equipped thereof, is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Valeo Autosystemy sp. z o.o.Inventors: Andrzej Fudala, Dawid Szostek, Grzegorz Romanski
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Publication number: 20150381076Abstract: An electrical architecture (1) for converting DC voltage into AC voltage, and vice versa, comprising: a DC/AC voltage converter (2), comprising a plurality of arms mounted in parallel, each arm comprising two controllable switching cells (12), in series and separated by a mid-point, the arms being paired in H-bridges (11), for each H-bridge (11), a dedicated control member (13), such that all of the switching cells (12) of said H-bridge (11) can be controlled by this control member (13), each control member (13) being intended to communicate with a same remote control unit (14) through a potential barrier (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Hicham Sadki, Nathalie Coia, Boris Bouchez
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Patent number: D747524Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Alain Jacq, Maxime Rasschaert, Zhi Zhong, Eric Moisy, Laurent Sauzay