Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Publication number: 20240262292
    Abstract: A method for defining the clothes type of an occupant of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes acquiring a video stream of the cabin of the vehicle, performing skin segmentation from images of the video stream to classify each image pixels as skin pixels, non skin human pixels, and background pixels, and detecting key body points of each occupant of the vehicle from the images. The method also includes calculating the skin versus non skin percentage levels over the body parts of each occupant of the vehicle seen in the image and defining the clothes type of each occupant based on the calculated skin versus non skin percentage levels of each body part of each occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Mahmoud Tamam, Audrey Quessada, Nicolas Ringelstein, Mahmoud Elkhateeb
  • Patent number: 12055705
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drive apparatus (20) of a micro-oscillation mirror (16), a control device (28) and a deflector mirror apparatus (14) are described. The drive apparatus (20) has at least two comb drives (22a, 22b) which are arranged on different radial sides of a pivoting axis (18) of the micro-oscillation mirror (16). In the method, at least two actuation signals AS1, AS2) are generated, and the at least two comb drives (22a, 22b) are therefore actuated at least temporarily in such a way that they drive the micro-oscillation mirror (16) in an oscillating fashion. At least one elongation signal (P1, P2), which characterizes the elongation (26) of the micro-oscillation mirror (16) is generated using at least one comb drive (22a, 22b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Schenk, Michael Kleiser, Jürgen Nies, Frank Selbmann, Felix Müller
  • Patent number: 12054125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper motor having a housing element connected to an electrical line that has an elastically deformable spring element in an end region projecting out of the housing element, wherein the spring element, in order to form an electrically conductive connection with a counterpart element on the housing element, is movable, with respect to a first, relaxed position of the spring element, into a second, elastically deformed position generating a contact force on the counterpart element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage
    Inventor: Harald Schoeneck
  • Patent number: 12055282
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes a housing having a front lighting surface, and a substantially planar plate and at least one lighting module mounted on the plate. The plate has a general plane of extension that is horizontal when the housing is mounted in the vehicle, and has a surface referred to as a lower surface and a surface referred to as an upper surface. The plate includes a first control system which includes a first male element and is arranged to cause translation of the first male element in an axis parallel to the plate, the plate being provided with a first recess receiving the first male element. A second control system that includes a second male element and is arranged to cause translation of the second male element in an axis perpendicular to the plate, the plate being provided with a second recess on its upper or lower surface that receives the second male element. The housing thus takes up less space above the modules, which can easily be raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Kostadin Beev, Jean-Luc Meyrenaud
  • Publication number: 20240255132
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle includes a light source and a printed circuit supporting a converter circuit intended to supply the light source with electricity. The converter circuit includes at least one electronic power component. A first face of the printed circuit houses a first part of the converter circuit, and a second face of the printed circuit houses a second part of the converter circuit. The at least one electronic power component is integrated into the substrate of the printed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alexandre VAL, Sebastian KRICK
  • Publication number: 20240255237
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a heat exchange system including at least one support, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, each of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger being fixed to the support via a fixing element including at least one tongue. The first heat exchanger includes a first tongue and the second heat exchanger includes a second tongue, the first tongue and the second tongue extending facing one another, each of the first tongue and the second tongue engaging with a common fixing tab of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Remi TOURNOIS, Fabien BIREAUD, Mathieu CAPARROS, Jose TRINDADE
  • Publication number: 20240253600
    Abstract: A streamlined windscreen wiper comprises a longitudinal wiper blade, fairing comprising a central mounting and at least one end cap, at least one adapter element fixed to the central mounting which comprises a central web and two legs, one of said at least one end caps being articulated to said adapter element, and a retention means comprising a first portion formed in said adapter element and engaging a complementary second portion extending from a lower surface of the central mounting, the first portion of the retention means comprises a tongue extending from the central web of the adapter element at a longitudinal extremity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Nathalie LALOI, Guillaume BARRET, Pierre SEVELLEC
  • Publication number: 20240253452
    Abstract: Cooling module for a motor vehicle intended to be traversed by an airflow circulating between an air inlet and an air outlet and including: a fairing forming an internal duct that contains a heat exchanger and including a front face that contains the air inlet, a collector housing designed to receive a turbomachine designed to generate the airflow, fastening elements arranged on both sides of the fairing and enabling the heat exchanger to be fastened to the cooling module, and enabling the module and the heat exchanger to be fastened to a chassis of the vehicle such that the front face of the fairing faces an underbody of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Amrid MAMMERI, Kamel AZZOUZ, Sebastien GARNIER, Issiaka TRAORE
  • Publication number: 20240253453
    Abstract: A cooling module for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, intended to have an air flow passing through it and including: a fairing forming an internal channel through which the air flow passes between an upstream end and a downstream end opposite each other, the fairing including at least one heat exchanger, a first collector housing arranged downstream of the fairing in a longitudinal direction of the cooling module from a front to a rear of the cooling module, the first collector housing including a tangential-flow turbomachine configured so as to generate the air flow, the tangential-flow turbomachine including a blower housing with an outlet for the air flow. The blower housing includes an outer wall which is movable between a first end position in which the outlet has a first orientation, and a second end position in which the outlet has a second orientation different from the first orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Amrid MAMMERI, Kamel AZZOUZ, Sebastien GARNIER, Issiaka TRAORE
  • Publication number: 20240253599
    Abstract: The invention proposes a wiper device for wiping a window of a motor vehicle, comprising a head of a wiper arm, a housing of a drive motor for driving the head of the wiper arm, a circulation channel for circulating cleaning liquid to the wiper, extending through the drive motor housing and the head of the wiper arm. The device enables a simpler definition of the liquid circulation channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Quentin FAURIOL, Benjamin BANNES, Nicolas KUCHLY, Pascal RENOUX, Ga¿tan BESSON
  • Publication number: 20240255646
    Abstract: A receiving device of a detection device for detecting objects by electromagnetic scanning signals is disclosed. The receiving device includes at least two receiver regions of at least one receiver, and at least one diffraction element. The receiver regions are able to convert electromagnetic signals into electrical received signals. The diffraction element produces a diffractive effect on electromagnetic signals. The diffraction element is arranged in a signal path of the electromagnetic signals upstream of the at least two receiver regions. At least one diffraction element is designed to divide intensities of incident electromagnetic signals into at least two electromagnetic signal components which are propagating on different signal paths. The at least one diffraction element and the at least two receiver regions are matched to one another to allocate at least two different signal paths to different receiver regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Haiyue Yang, Bernd Bertschinger, Christoph Parl
  • Patent number: 12049202
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a plurality of sensors of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of devices for spraying a cleaning fluid onto the sensors and a cleaning fluid storage reservoir. The cleaning system includes a distribution circuit connected to the storage reservoir and to which each of the spray devices is connected via a solenoid valve. The cleaning system further includes an electronic management unit for controlling the operation of at least the distribution circuit. In addition, the cleaning system includes an electronically controlled pump, the electronic control unit of which modifies a parameter pertaining to the flow of the cleaning fluid in the distribution circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventor: Marcel Trebouet
  • Patent number: 12051961
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for an electric motor, comprising a motor support (2), a brush (5) and a device for moving (7, 10) the brush (5), the device comprising an arm (7) rigidly connected to the brush (5) and a pivot connector (10) between the support (2) and the arm (7), characterised in that the pivot connector (10) is made from an elastomeric material so as to exert a restoring force on the arm (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventor: Ismaël Franco
  • Patent number: 12051947
    Abstract: A cooling radiator intended to be incorporated in a motorized fan unit of a motor vehicle. The cooling radiator includes a transverse wall extended perpendicularly at its perimeter by a peripheral wall so as to define an internal volume. At least one wall of the cooling radiator forms a support for at least one portion of a cooling circuit in which a cooling fluid circulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Amrid Mammeri
  • Patent number: 12049994
    Abstract: A light-emitting device for a vehicle and has at least one light-emitting unit, the light-emitting unit including a light source and a reflective unit. The reflective unit includes a first reflective portion, having a first reflective face facing the light source; and a second reflective portion, having a second reflective face facing a light output region of the light-emitting unit The reflective unit further includes a bridging portion connecting the first reflective portion and the second reflective portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Yagui Gao, Can Tao, Haiqing Zhou, Ling Guo, Yang Liu, Chen Chen, Pingwu Yang, Chuyun Yao
  • Patent number: 12052804
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for operating an automotive lighting device including the providing a first preliminary current profile, calculating a first preliminary derating time associated to the first preliminary current profile, providing a second preliminary current profile, calculating a second preliminary derating time associated to the second preliminary current profile, feeding the first light module with a first current profile which provides a total amount of current lower than the first preliminary amount of current, and feeding the second light module with a second current profile which provides a total amount of current higher than the second preliminary amount of current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Rabih Taleb
  • Patent number: 12049219
    Abstract: A method for preventing a collision between a motor vehicle and at least one target object, the motor vehicle includes a detection system capable of detecting the target object and a warning system including at least one light module. The method includes detecting the target object and determining a position and a speed of the target object using the detection system. The method further includes estimating a critical trajectory likely to be followed by the target object in order to collide with the vehicle depending on the position and the speed of the target object, the critical trajectory being associated with a collision risk/collision time relationship. The method additional includes transmitting at least one light warning to the driver of the vehicle using the light module of the warning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Fatima Benamar, Mickael Mimoun, Rezak Mezari
  • Publication number: 20240247874
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a core with a condenser section and a subcooling section. The core includes a liquid-coolant line and a refrigerant line separate from the liquid-coolant line. The refrigerant line extends from a refrigerant inlet to a refrigerant outlet via the condenser section and through the subcooling section. The heat exchanger includes a cover plate with a liquid-coolant inlet. The cover plate adjoins an end plate of the subcooling section and includes a depression. The depression is closed by the end plate to form a chamber on the side facing the end plate. The liquid-coolant line extends from the liquid-coolant inlet to a collecting section of the core via a subcooling line and a bypass line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Condro Sekti, Kamel Azzouz
  • Publication number: 20240250592
    Abstract: A permanent-magnet synchronous rotary electric machine for a self-propelled mobile device includes a stator having slots and a winding including at least three phases. The winding is of the type in which the number of turns N in the stator per phase is equal to the number of conductors in a slot, multiplied by the number P of pole pairs multiplied by the number of slots per pole and per phase, all divided by the number of parallel electrical paths of the conductors in a slot and/or divided by the square root of three if the winding is delta-coupled. The number of turns N per phase in the stator is between 9 and 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventor: Paul ARMIROLI
  • Publication number: 20240246514
    Abstract: Rain sensor system, vehicle and method for detecting rain A rain sensor system (1) for detecting rain on a window (101) of a vehicle (100), comprising: a camera device (2) configured to capture images (14) of an area surrounding the vehicle (100) which is located in a field of view (103) of the camera device (2); and multiple rain sensors (5) which are arranged on the window (101) and at least partially in the field of view (103) of the camera device (2), each rain sensor (5) comprising: a light guide (7) which is configured to guide light from a light source (6) to a 10 light injection point (8) at which the light is injected into the window (101), and a receiver (9) configured to receive the light injected into the window (101) and guided to the receiver (9) through the window (101), and to guide the received light to the camera device (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventor: Michal Hejduk