Abstract: A valve including a body that defines first and second ducts that open out into a third duct. The first duct is provided with a first shutter and the second duct is provided with a second shutter connected to drive means arranged to move the shutters in a normal mode of operation in which the second shutter is in the closed position and the first shutter is adjustable in position between an open position and a first closed position, a stop mode in which the second shutter is in its closed position and the first shutter is in its first closed position, and a secondary mode of operation in which the second shutter is in its open position and the first shutter is in a second closed position.

Abstract: A drive battery assembly of an electric, fuel cell or hybrid vehicle has a plurality of battery cells (10), which are outwardly closed by their own individual cell housings (12) and are combined into a cell stack. At least one cooling fin (16) planarly abutting the cell housings (12) removes heat by way of coolant. Canals (28) for coolant are formed by the walls of the two-walled cooling fins (16) being distanced in sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing assisted electric lock for the opening of an automobile, that comprises: a bolt (5) including first (19) and second (20) notches, said bolt (5) interacting with a strike and being capable of rotating between an open position, a position closed at the first notch of the lock and a position closed at the second notch of the lock; a pivoting ratchet (13) capable of interacting with said bolt (5) for preventing the rotation thereof (5) into a closed position at the first and second notches of the lock; a bolt (5) driving lever for rotatingly driving the bolt (5) between the closed position at the first notch and the closed position at the second notch of the lock; characterized in that the driving lever (9) includes a protrusion (37) provided so that said bolt (5) is capable of pivoting the lever (9) when said bolt (5) rotates from the open position to the closed position at the second notch of the lock.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting and/or signaling device component for automobile vehicles, comprising a material containing polymer(s) wherein this material locally exhibits, on one face, a region of enhanced reticulation over a superficial thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting a driver of a motor vehicle (2) while driving the vehicle (2), wherein a sound signal indicating an information generated by a driver assistance system (3) of the vehicle (2) is output by a sound output device (7, 8) of the driver assistance system (3). The method comprises receiving acoustic sound by a microphone of a portable communication device (9) and checking by the portable communication device (9) whether or not the received acoustic sound comprises the sound signal of the driver assistance system (3) as well as, upon detecting the sound signal of the driver assistance system (3), generating a display (15) on a display means (14) of the portable communication device (9) in dependence on the information extracted from the sound signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control and display module for motor vehicles, comprising: a display screen for displaying data; a capacitive touchpad for entering user commands, said touchpad at least partially overlapping the display screen; and a casing in which the display screen and the touchpad are housed, said casing comprising a front frame. The control and display module also comprises a retaining protective film having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.2 mm, which is attached to the external edges of the front frame of the casing, the touchpad being secured at the rear of said film in a suspended manner.

Abstract: Method to estimate the wear state of wiper blades (5) of a vehicle windshield wiper unit (1), said windshield wiper unit (1) comprising: at least one wiper blade (5) configured to wipe a windshield surface (S) when activated, at least one motor (7) configured to activate the at least one wiper blade (5), a controller (9) configured to control the at least one motor (7), comprising the steps: deriving a friction coefficient (B) between the at least one wiper blade (5) and the windshield surface (S), using the derived friction coefficient (B) to determine the wetness of the windshield surface (S), if the windshield surface (S) is dry, using the derived friction coefficient (B) to estimate the wear state of the at least one wiper blade (5).

Abstract: This invention concerns a method to detect the wetness state of a vehicle windshield surface (S) comprising a windshield wiper unit (1), the windshield wiper unit (1) comprising: —wiper blades (5) configured to wipe the windshield surface (S) when set in motion, —at least one motor (7) configured to set the wiper blades (5) in motion, —a controller (9), configured to control the at least one motor (7), the method comprising the steps: —measuring the power consumption of the at least one motor (7), —determining the wiping speed (W) of the wiper blades (5), —using the measured power consumption and determined wiping speed (W) to deduce a friction related coefficient of the windshield surface (S), —comparing the deduced value to at least one predetermined value in order to determine the wetness state of the vehicle windshield surface (S).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a free-turning anti-theft device assembled in a door lock, a characteristic translated into obtaining a first subcombination cylinder with key subcombination (S1) which is mounted on a second subcombination called free-turning anti-theft subcombination (S2), wherein the first can receive all kinds of specifications of cylinder (3) with key (ch), and accordingly the cylinder (3) is now included in its constructive concept, with a lock (12) positioned at the rear of the body (3a) of the cylinder (3), where in turn the convention rear part of this cylinder is separated and now forms the unprecedented cylinder terminal (4) which is mounted inside the free-turning anti-theft subcombination (S2), such that the lock (12) is of the fast lock kind, where its locking face (12d) is of the click kind, being raised by the action of a spring (13) also provided inside the cylinder (3), and compressed upon interference thereof with the inner wall of the intermediary shell (5), which acts

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic communication module (2) for locking unlocking at least one movable panel of a motor vehicle, including a resonant circuit adjusted to a timing frequency and including an transmission winding (20) connected in series to a tuning capacitor (21), said resonant circuit (20, 21) being capable of emitting a low-frequency interrogation signal, at said tuning frequency, to a portable badge or identifier, and a manually-actuated triggering member (22), the actuation of which triggers the transmission of said interrogation signal. According to the invention, the triggering member is a button switch (22) connected in series to at least one resistor (23) in order to form an electric dipole (24), and said electric dipole (24) is electrically connected in parallel to all or part the resonant circuit (20, 21).

Abstract: A torsion damping device (10) of an automotive temporary coupling system, comprising:—a torque input element (12A, 12B) and a torque output element (18);—an upstream circumferentially acting elastic member (36A) capable of being loaded by or of loading the input element (12A, 12B);—a downstream circumferentially acting elastic member (36B) capable of loading or of being loaded by the output element (18);—a radial phase washer (40A, 40B) arranged so that the two elastic members (36A, 36B) are mounted in series; each elastic member (36A, 36B) is received circumferentially between a phasing face (50A, 50B) and an oppositely located radial retention face (52B, 52A) of the phase washer (40A, 40B), the circumferential distance (D) between said faces (50A, 50B, 52B, 52A) being equal at most to the circumferential length of the elastic member at rest.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling the starting time of a vehicle mounted thermal engine coupled mechanically to a polyphase rotary electrical machine with an inductor. The electrical machine includes phase windings and sensors for the position of a rotor, and is connected to an on-board electrical network. The method uses pre-fluxing by establishing an excitation current in the inductor for a predetermined pre-fluxing time, before establishment of phase currents. These phase currents are controlled by signals phase-shifted by an angle which varies according to a speed of rotation of the electrical machine, relative to synchronization signals produced by the sensors. During the starting time, the angle of phase-shifting is additionally dependent on a voltage of the on-board electrical network, in a range contained between a first and second voltages, with the second voltage being higher than the first. In the method, the starting time is independent from the voltage of the on-board electrical network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motorized steering column lock for a motor vehicle, comprising a bolt (30) that is able to move between a column locking position and a column unlocking position, and also an electric motor (10) for driving the bolt between the unlocking position and the locking position, characterized in that the bolt is mounted so as to approach the steering column in a direction parallel to the steering column.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamideimide-based film coating composition free from any restricted substance or a substance which might possibly be a restricted one such as N-methyl pyrrolidone and N-ethyl pyrrolidone and capable of replacing a conventional coating composition using a solvent such as N-methyl pyrrolidone. The polyamideimide-based film coating composition of the present invention is a polyamideimide-based film coating composition comprising a polyamideimide resin and a solvent, the polyamideimide resin being dissolved as a binder in the solvent, wherein the solvent contains ?-butyrolactone and cyclopentanone, and a volume of ?-butyrolactone is 50% by volume or more compared to a total volume of ?-butyrolactone and cyclopentanone.

Abstract: A synchronous rotating electrical machine is disclosed, of the type including a stator (10) and a rotor (11). The rotor is of the flux concentration type and includes a plurality of alternate North and South poles formed from permanent magnets (PM). The magnets are housed in slots (E1) arranged in the magnetic body of the rotor. The rotor includes, for each permanent magnet, a magnetic circuit allowing the circulation of a defluxing magnetic flux. This magnetic circuit has a magnetic reluctance of the defluxing circuit (Rf) determined as a function of an internal magnetic reluctance of the magnet (Ra) such that the ratio (Rf/Ra) of the magnetic reluctance of the defluxing circuit on the internal magnetic reluctance of the magnet (Ra) is within a range of predetermined values guaranteeing the magnet against a risk of demagnetization. This range of predetermined values is from approximately 0.3 to approximately 3 depending on the type of magnet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a parking process of a vehicle (1) into a longitudinal parking space (P) which is arranged next to a carriageway (F) having a measuring device for measuring the parking space (P) while said vehicle (1) travels past, and for determining the position of a front boundary (A2) and/or of a rear boundary (A1) of the longitudinal parking space (P), and having an evaluation device for determining, on the basis of the position (O1, O2) of the front boundary (A2) and/or of the rear boundary (A1), a parked position (G2) of the vehicle (1) in the longitudinal parking space (P), and of determining a parking travel (E).

Abstract: A suction unit of a vehicle's air conditioning system has an air flow canal (16), which features a suction opening (18) for fresh air as well as a fan housing (28), which possesses an air inlet (29) and an air outlet (31). The air outlet ending (33) of a water separation chamber (42) is directly limited by an air filter (34), which is positioned upstream from the fan housing (28).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for supplying electrical current to an electric fan set of a motor vehicle, said device comprising a brush-holder plate (5), for supplying current to the motor of the set, a support (1) for an electronic circuit (3) for supplying said motor, said plate (5) and said support (1) being attached to one another. According to the invention, said device also comprises means (13, 15, 17) for joining the support (1) to the brush-holder plate (5), arranged to ensure a prepositioning relative to one another at the time of assembly.

Abstract: A device for controlling (10) a power transistor (5), comprises: an amplifying device (15) for monitoring the transistor gate (5) via an output control signal, the device including: a first input connected to the transistor drain, the whole assembly forming a first circuit portion; a second input connected to the transistor source, the whole assembly forming a second circuit portion. The control device comprises means for producing a polarizing current (I1, I2), the current being injected into the first and second inputs (NEG, POS) so as to offset the drain-source voltage measurement and maintain a linear operating mode of the output control signal, prior to opening the transistor, and the same number of N semiconductor junctions in the first and second circuit portions. The device is applicable in particular on battery charging devices.

Abstract: A built-in equipment for a micro-hybrid device for an automotive vehicle, and to a micro-hybrid device comprising the same. The built-in equipment for a micro-hybrid device for an automotive vehicle of the present invention can be electrically connected to operational components of the micro-hybrid device and comprises a pack of super-capacitors provided with voltage balancing means and electronic circuits. The equipment comprises a housing containing a first compartment for receiving the pack of super-capacitors, and a second for receiving the electronic circuits and the voltage balancing means.