Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Publication number: 20150198132
    Abstract: A device (1) for heating at least one component (21), the device (1) comprising: —a pipe (2) capable of conveying a reaction fluid, —a reactor (3) capable of receiving a reagent likely to cause an exothermic reaction with the reaction fluid, the reactor (3) comprising at least one inlet for reaction fluid linked to the pipe (2) and at least one outlet for reaction fluid linked to the pipe (2), and —a circuit (10) for regenerating the reagent, the device comprising a generator (4) configured to generate a pressure lower than that inside the reactor (3) in an area of the pipe (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Damien Alfano, Florian Mayot
  • Publication number: 20150198698
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising an ultrasonic sensor (7) which comprises a pot-shaped membrane (6) for emitting and/or receiving ultrasonic signals as well as a sensor housing (10), comprising a stiffening element (3) arranged around the membrane (6) and comprising a holder (4), which is designed for holding the sensor housing (10) on a back side of a trim element of the motor vehicle, wherein the stiffening element (3) and the holder (4) are designed to be integrally formed from a uniform material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Wilhelm Wehling, Joerg Weyland, Hubert Neft, Oliver Eidel, Stephan Max
  • Patent number: 9079532
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Patent number: 9082240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting (CAPT) the presence of an object, that comprises at least one detection member (EA, EB) to which is associated a physical value that varies based on the environment in which said detection member (EA, EB) is located. The invention is characterised in that the physical value provides a variable reference level corresponding to the absence of an object and in that it further comprises a saving device (LOG IC) for saving, upon the emission of a low-frequency signal, a value of the reference level measured before the emission of said low-frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE
    Inventors: Herve Cara, Stephane Violleau, Frederic Bocage, Van-Quyn Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9080543
    Abstract: The combustion engine starter with output pinion (18) comprises a front bearing (12) provided with a front face (120) having an opening (312), a drive assembly equipped with a bush (26) passing through the opening (312) and bearing the output pinion (18) outside the front bearing (12), complementary splines (67,167). A groove (64, 164) interrupts the splines (67) of the bush (26) in order to mount a stop (60, 160) for immobilizing the pinion, a play-compensating spring (61) urging the pinion into contact with the stop (60, 160) formed by a spring ring which has a height greater than its thickness and which is housed with radial clearance at least partially in an annular recess (62) made in the front face (183) of the pinion (18); the internal periphery of the spring ring (60, 160) being mounted in the groove (64, 164) in the bush (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Guillaume Seillier, Laurent Boisserenq
  • Patent number: 9081263
    Abstract: A camera set up for fitting on board a motor vehicle. The camera has an electronic sensor, a multifocal, particularly bifocal optical device, an optical lens focused in long-range field, the multifocal optical device and the optical lens being set up to be able to form a first image (IM1) on the sensor, focused in long-range field, and a second image (IM2) focused in close-range field, these first and second images extending into respective distinct regions of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Alice Mulin, Caroline Robert
  • Patent number: 9082570
    Abstract: Electrode sets each composed parallel electrode plates and a slider are arranged in a contact point accommodating chamber formed with wall portions of an upper case and a lower case. A lever of a knob penetrates through a slit hole in a ceiling wall. A tip end of the lever engages blocks in a box portion in the slider. The slider slides while an opening end surface of the box portion makes contact with a lower surface of the ceiling wall surrounding the slit hole. The slider presses a ball urged by a coil spring retained in the box portion press on a swing contact piece supported by a second of the electrode plates to roll thereon, thus switching a conducting state between the second electrode plate, and a first electrode plate and a third electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taito Kokubu, Hideji Onodera
  • Publication number: 20150191154
    Abstract: A wiper device for cleaning a vehicle window is disclosed. The wiper device has a wiper arm fastened in a torque-proof manner to a wiper shaft via an articulation piece, the wiper arm being arranged pivotably on the articulation piece in a pivot axis, a wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm, and a washing device for the wiper blade, which contains a feed for a washing fluid, wherein the feed runs in the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft and leads to the wiper blade in a direction running substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Michael Schaeuble
  • Patent number: 9077271
    Abstract: The starter motor circuit (1) comprises a combination (10) of a starter motor and of a device (LPF) for stepping up the battery voltage. The device for stepping up the battery voltage is intended to prevent a drop in battery voltage caused by a current spike that appears in a power circuit of the starter motor when power is applied thereto. The starter motor in the conventional way comprises an electric motor (DCM) and an electromagnetic contactor (EC). The device for stepping up the battery voltage is a filtering device of the inductive type which is mounted in series with the electric motor in the power circuit and comprises a casing made of magnetic material, a primary winding circuit intended to be inserted in series in the power circuit, and a secondary winding circuit mounted as a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Publication number: 20150185188
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising an ultrasonic sensor (2), which comprises a pot-shaped membrane (21) for emitting and/or receiving ultrasonic signals, comprising a decoupling ring (6), which is arranged to fit around the membrane (21) in contact with an outer circumference (34) of the membrane (21), and comprising a stiffening element (13), which is arranged around the decoupling ring (6), wherein the decoupling ring (6) comprises a circumferential first radial decoupling region (32) which is in contact with the outer circumference (34) of the membrane (21) as well as a second radial decoupling region (33) with an axial front side (37) which is in contact with an axial front side (38) of the stiffening element (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Eidel, Stefan Triebl, Hans Wilhelm Wehling, Thomas Jung, Hubert Neft, Stephan Max
  • Patent number: 9067568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (1) having at least one connection for mounting on the body of a motor vehicle, this connection consisting of a fastening element that can be pushed into a receiving opening in the body and comprises a sleeve (4A, 4B) made of a deformable material of the rubber type, which can be introduced into this opening and has a bore (6) that receives the free end of a fastening finger (5) carried by the windshield wiper device. According to the invention, the external cross section of said fastening finger (5) is in the form of a cross and the shape of said bore (6) has a complementary shape, the length of the perpendicular branches (5A to 5D) of said cross being at least partially different, such as to ensure polarization and mounting of the sleeve on the fastening finger in a precise position in which rotation is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Jérôme Valliere
  • Patent number: 9067532
    Abstract: Adjustment device of the position of a first part of a lighting and/or signaling device of a motor vehicle in relation to a second part of this device. The adjustment device has a screw in mechanical liaison with the first part and in helical liaison with the second part, the helical liaison comprising: a sliding pivot liaison linking the screw to the second part, the screw being clipped into a bore which has an opening according to a first axis (X) and a conformation completed on the second part which matches the threads of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Cyril Herbin, Olivier Grebert, Nicolas Simmet, Rémi Maliar
  • Patent number: 9068709
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical unit, notably for a motor vehicle signaling and/or lighting device, comprising: at least one light source, notably an LED, at least one board bearing the light source, this board comprising an electric circuit to power the light source, a light guide made at least partially from a material through which light can travel, this guide being designed to accept light from the light source and to guide this light, the optical unit being characterized in that the board is borne by the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Christophe Baert, Sébastien Denis, Xavier Soenen
  • Patent number: 9071177
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to produce a supply voltage (B+) in an on-board system of a vehicle in response to an excitation current (I_ROTOR) applied to a rotor of the alternator. The method is of the type that consists in: limiting the resisting torque by determining a maximum cyclic ratio (DC_C_LIMIT) of the excitation current as a function of variables taken from a group containing a rotational speed (V_ROTOR) of the rotor, a temperature of the rotor, the excitation current and the supply voltage (B+). The maximum cyclic ratio is determined as a function of at least two of the variables in the group. According to one specific embodiment, the variables are rotational speed and temperature. According to another embodiment, the variables are rotational speed and excitation current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Pierre Chassard, Pierre Tisserand, Laurent Labiste
  • Patent number: 9071115
    Abstract: A stator which comprises a core, slots provided in the core and a coil comprising a plurality of windings, in which each winding consists of at least one conductor which is arranged in slots of the core associated with the winding, forming axial ripples and forming overall a spiral coaxial to axis A of the core which consists of a set of turns radially superimposed, wherein each conductor comprises a pair of electrical lead wires which are adjacent and which are arranged at the same radial dimension relative to one another, at each point of the conductor. The invention also proposes a method for constructing the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Denis Bodin, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Alain Defebvin, Michel Jaze, Denis Even
  • Patent number: 9068624
    Abstract: A torsion damping device (10), in particular for a motor vehicle transmission, wherein the damping device (10) comprises at least two pendulum oscillators, a first washer (24A) having at least one first pendulum oscillator (P1) and a second washer (24B) having at least one second pendulum oscillator (P2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Roel Verhoog, Michael Hennebelle, Giovanni Grieco, Norberto Termenon
  • Patent number: 9068731
    Abstract: An automobile vehicle lighting and/or signaling device comprising an assembly of parts comprising a first part having a closed contour or an open contour, and a joining member with a first adhesive side that receives the first part so that after sticking the first part to the joining member the adhesive side has a free region adjacent the contour of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Michel Hermitte, Nicolas Come, Jérôme Chiron
  • Publication number: 20150177368
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic sensor device (1) for a motor vehicle, for detecting objects located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, having a transmitting unit (2) for emitting an optical transmission signal (5), having a receiving unit (7) for receiving a reception signal (8) which is the transmission signal (5) reflected by an object, wherein the receiving unit (7) has at least two receiving elements (9, 10, 11) which are arranged distributed along a distribution direction (12), and reception optics (13), in particular a receiving lens which is positioned ahead of the receiving elements (9, 10, 11) in the propagation direction (14) of the reception signal (8), having a securing device (22) for securing the receiving optics (13), and having a diaphragm (21, 21?) for reducing the intensity of the reception signal (8), wherein the diaphragm (21, 21?) is secured to the securing device (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Bayha, Peter Horvath, Jens Nicolai
  • Publication number: 20150175133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade assembly for the windows of a motor vehicle, comprising a longitudinal support (10) intended to receive a pressure application vertebra (20) and a wiper blade (30) and a wiper accessory (40) carrying a device (42a, 42b) for distributing and projecting a washer liquid wherein the accessory is intended to be assembled with the longitudinal support (10). According to the invention, the longitudinal support (10) comprises means for fixing said accessory (40) on said support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Gérald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
  • Publication number: 20150176924
    Abstract: A combo-cooler includes heat exchangers having parallel tubes corresponding to each heat exchanger aligned in a tube plane. A first end tank assembly includes a columnar end tank separated by a baffle into compartments each in fluid communication with a respective hydraulically independent fluid circuit. The second tank assembly includes manifolds aligned in a column. Serially adjacent manifolds are in slidable contact or separated by a respective gap to allow relative translation. Banks of the tubes are brazed in fluid communication with a compartment and a manifold to connect the compartment and the manifold to have a respective fluid flow therethrough. A bracket contacts at least two of the serially adjacent manifolds to prevent translation between the bracket and the serially adjacent manifolds perpendicular to the tube plane and to allow relative translation between the at least two of the serially adjacent manifolds parallel to the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO, INC.
    Inventors: Zaiqian Hu, Ricardo Sanchez Garcia, Ian Kobisher Cordova