Abstract: A method for controlling regenerative braking of an automobile micro-hybrid system is disclosed. The system includes at least a rotary electrical machine and an electrochemical battery. The method includes a step, when the electrochemical battery has a first predetermined energy state, which corresponds to an initial optimum charging state, of commanding a reduction of the first energy state, to a second energy state corresponding to an intermediate charging state, so as to make a charging capacity available in the electrochemical battery during a subsequent opportunity for recovery of electrical energy during, for example, a braking phase of the vehicle.

Abstract: The regulator/brush-holder assembly (1) comprises a support (2) and an electrical circuit (5, 6) comprising a regulating element (5) connected by microwires to a trace circuit (6). The electrical circuit further includes a filtering circuit (10) separate from the regulating element and connected by microwires to the trace circuit. According to one particular embodiment, the filtering circuit comprises an insulating substrate (11) and surface-mounted components (C1, C2, S1, S2, V). A ground plane (19) and/or one or more ground pads may be provided for connection to a ground trace of the trace circuit. The filtration frequencies of the filter circuit extend from 100 kHz to 1 GHz.

Abstract: A windscreen wiper motor with a housing is disclosed. In the housing, an armature shaft is arranged with a commutator which cooperates with carbon elements arranged in the region of a carbon holder plate, which elements are connected in an electrically conducting manner with voltage supply lines via electrical connections, preferably in the form of carbon strands. The voltage supply lines are connected with the electrical connections via a suppression device arranged at least substantially in a suppression housing, which is connected with the carbon holder plate, and the voltage supply lines are connected with at least one plug connection element, which is able to be connected to a plug connection region of the housing with mating plug connectors on the vehicle side.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting raindrops on a windscreen of a vehicle, in which an image of at least an area of the windscreen is captured, wherein at least one object its extracted from the captured image, and wherein ambient light conditions are determined (S12). At least one of at least two ways of object extraction (S14, S18) is performed in dependence on the ambient light conditions. Moreover, the invention concerns a camera assembly for detecting raindrops on a windscreen of a vehicle.

Abstract: A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver.

Abstract: A cooling device for a vehicle battery includes a cooling plate (22) comprising a first plate part (24) which faces towards the battery (10) and has a first wall thickness (d1), a second plate part (30) which has a second wall thickness (d2), and a multiplicity of depressions (32) formed in the second plate part (30). The cooling plate (22) includes a multiplicity of refrigerant ducts (34) with a first duct cross section, the refrigerant ducts being formed between the first and second plate parts (24, 30) in the depressions (32) of the second plate part (30). The cooling plate (22) also includes a distributor portion (42) and a collector portion which each have at least one connection (46) for a refrigerant feed line (56) and a refrigerant return line. The wall thickness (D) of the cooling plate (22) in the distributor portion (42) and/or collector portion (44) is greater than the wall thickness (d2) of the second plate part (30).

Abstract: A method for assisting the daytime driving of a motor vehicle, including the steps of: placing at least one variable-transmission screen between the driver of the motor vehicle and the road scene in front of the vehicle, measuring, by means of at least one sensor, the brightness of the road scene in front of the vehicle, and processing the brightness measurement signal to convert it into a signal for controlling the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen. In one embodiment, the method includes the further step of transmitting the control signal by remote control waves to a receiver fitted to the variable-transmission screen for modulating the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen as a function of the brightness measured by the sensor.

Abstract: A torque transmission device for a motor vehicle, having a torque input element (7a), a torque output element (24), and at least one group of elastic members (10a, 10b) mounted between the torque input element (7a, 7b) and the torque output element (24) and arranged in series by means of a phasing member (30). The torque output element (24) and the phasing member (30) have first (28a, 33a) and second stop means (28b, 33b) limiting their relative rotation in two opposite rotation directions (D, R), the torque input element (7a, 7b) and the phasing member (30) having third (34, 17b) and fourth stop means (34, 16b) limiting their relative rotation in two opposite rotation directions (D, R). Additionally, the torque input (7a, 7b) and output elements (24) have fifth (29, 16a) and sixth stop means (29, 17a) limiting their relative rotation in two opposite rotation directions (D, R).

Abstract: A lamp assembly providing a three dimensional lamp image may be animated by driving the mirror portion with an electromechanical device responsive to a varying input signal. The three dimensional image can then be reshaped in response according to a preferred input signal.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary connector device in which a flat cable is wound and accommodated in an annular space between a rotating rotor and a fixed stator. The rotor is provided with a rotor main body made of a PBT resin, and a rotor cover portion made of a polyacetal resin and overlapping the rotor main body to ensure strength of the rotary connector device and reduce sliding noises between the flat cable and the rotor. The rotor cover portion is provided with an opening portion for pulling the flat cable in the annular space out of the rotor main body, and a concave portion is formed in a disc portion of the rotor cover portion for improving work efficiency at the time of assembling the rotor main body and the rotor cover portion.

Abstract: According to the invention, the assembly comprises a mechanical connector provided with two cylindrical protuberances and an adaptor (50) with two side walls (54, 55) each having a lateral orifice (54A, 55A), wherein the end of each cylindrical protuberance has at least one portion which is inclined in relation to the insertion direction of said mechanical connector, towards the inside of the adapter (50), and a portion (54B) of each side wall (54) has a cavity (54B), of which at least one inner surface (54C) is inclined in an increasing fashion from the end of said side wall (54) up to said corresponding lateral orifice (54A), and of which at least one lateral delimitation (54D, 54E) is inclined in relation to the plane formed by the axis of said corresponding lateral orifice (54A) and said insertion direction, in a decreasing fashion from the end of said side wall (54) up to said corresponding lateral orifice (54A).

Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing the common mode current flowing between the internal ground of an electrical circuit in an automotive vehicle, and the earth, when electric power is exchanged between an electric power storage unit of the electrical circuit and an electric power source external to the circuit. An electronic component is used to apply an electrical quantity as a function of the common mode current to an injection point in the circuit in order to reduce the common mode current. The value of the common mode current is obtained using a measuring device having a magnetic torus configured to be traversed by an electric line by which the electric power is exchanged, the electric line forming a primary winding, a secondary winding, wound about said torus for generating a magnetic flux on the basis of a reference current, and an oscillator for generating the reference current through the secondary winding.

Abstract: A ventilation device comprises a fan propeller (3) and a motor (5) with an external rotor (7b) for driving the propeller (3). The propeller (3) comprises a central hub (11) having a frontal wall (17) and an internal lateral wall (21) defining an accommodating housing for the external rotor (7b). The external rotor (7b) has a front part (9) and a lateral wall (9?) arranged bearing against the internal lateral wall (21) of the central hub (11). The ventilation device further comprises means (27) for snap-fitting the external rotor (7b) to the central hub (11) that are borne on the one hand by the central hub (11) and on the other hand by the external rotor (7b).