Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module, in particular for a motor vehicle, including a main optical system able to form a main light beam along an optical axis of the lighting module, with an upper horizontal cut-off. A first complementary optical system able to form a first complementary light beam along the optical axis, narrower than the main light beam and with an oblique lateral cut-off. A second complementary optical system able to form an alternative, second complementary light beam along the optical axis, narrower than the main light beam and with an oblique lateral cut-off opposite the oblique lateral cut-off of the first complementary light beam.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor device (2) for monitoring an underbody region (12) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein ultrasonic signals (U) are emitted into the underbody region (12) by means of at least one ultrasonic sensor (4, 5, 6, 7) of the ultrasonic sensor device (2), and the reflected ultrasonic signals (U) are received and analyzed. After the motor vehicle (1) is parked at a first point in time (t1), a reference measurement curve (13) for the underbody region (12) is generated on the basis of at least one ultrasonic signal (U) and is stored, wherein a measurement region (18) is determined in the reference measurement curve (13) in which the monitoring process of the underbody region (12) is analyzed, and the measurement region (18) is determined on the basis of the decay time (16) of the ultrasonic sensor (4, 5, 6, 7) and a ground reflection (19) on the ground surface (11).

Abstract: A gear shift device for a mobility machine has a plurality of gears between a first gear referred to as gear No. 1 and a top gear. The gear shift device includes a series of input pinions arranged so as to turn freely around a selection shaft with an axis X2, said selection shaft accommodating a worm screw and a shuttle. The gear shift device also includes a series of output pinions with an axis X3 that rotate conjointly with a hollow shaft a gear shift actuator arranged so as to displace the shuttle along the worm screw between a plurality of positions and to engage a selected gear. A mobility machine can include the gear shift device.

Abstract: An automotive lighting device includes a housing, a lighting module arranged inside the housing and a leveler having a leveler motor and a leveler actuator. The lighting module includes a ball socket connection suitable to receive a leveler actuator connector, the lighting module defining a light projection direction. The leveler actuator includes a connector configured to couple with the ball socket connection. The leveler is arranged totally inside the housing and the leveler actuator is arranged to push the ball socket connection in a direction which forms between 150 and 210° with respect to the light projection direction.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to automotive surface panel illumination with the objective of attaining the whitest diffusive appearance with maximized light intensity transmission features. An automotive luminous panel system includes a luminous unit arrangement as defined by an anti-mist diffusive coating applied to a light transmissive substrate with a corresponding masked cover lens patterned with bleed-gaps that are configured to convey incident light directly through the patterned optical arrangement and operate between the hidden until lit modes of the luminous unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (200) for thermal processing of at least one electrical element placed in a chamber (120) and liable to get hot, the thermal processing device (200) comprising at least one first circuit configured to be passed through by a heat-transfer fluid and at least one second circuit configured to be passed through by a dielectric fluid, characterised in that the first circuit and the second circuit are at least partially bounded by a face placed facing the chamber (120). The invention also relates to an electrical device (100) comprising a casing (110), a plurality of electrical elements liable to get hot and a thermal processing device (200). The invention relates to a method for cooling a plurality of electrical elements liable to get hot of an electrical device (100).

Abstract: One aspect relates to a method for training a trajectory (12) for a vehicle (3), along which the vehicle (3) drives into a parking area (P), wherein, during a training drive, the environment (11) of the vehicle (3) is captured using a first capture device (7, 8, 9) of the vehicle (3), which first capture device constitutes a first type of function with respect to the type of capture and/or a capture state and/or the position on the vehicle and/or the orientation on the vehicle (3), and the trajectory (12) is determined on the basis thereof, wherein, during a subsequent drive which follows the training drive and in which the vehicle (3) drives to the parking area (P) at least in certain regions, the environment (11) is captured using a second capture device (7, 8, 9) of the vehicle (3), which second capture device constitutes a second type of function differing from the first type of function with respect to the type of capture and/or a capture state and/or the position on the vehicle (3) and/or the orientatio

Abstract: A motor-vehicle light-emitting module includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light rays, and a plurality of cavities each having a first aperture and a second aperture opposite the first aperture. Each light source is associated with one cavity, so that at least part of the light rays emitted by each light source enters via the first aperture of the associated cavity and exits said associated cavity via the second aperture. The light sources emit radially.

Abstract: A method for operating an automotive lighting device including at least one solid-state light source. The method includes defining a color allowance condition, feeding the light source with a current value which produces a luminous flux value higher than a minimum luminous flux threshold value, measuring the temperature in the light source, checking whether the output color satisfies the allowance condition and increasing or decreasing the current value, always keeping the current such as it produces an acceptable color. With the checking includes perform a pulse width modulation of the current value to keep an average value of the current which produces a luminous flux value higher than the minimum luminous flux threshold value. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device comprising a control element to carry out the steps of this method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade for cleaning a vehicle windscreen, wherein the wiper blade has a wiper blade body of flat construction and a wiper blade adapter connected to the wiper blade body, wherein the wiper blade adapter has a first adapter element, which is connected to the wiper blade body, and a second adapter element, which is connected pivotably to the first adapter element and is designed to receive an end portion of a wiper arm.

Abstract: This invention relates to the prevention and formation control of visible defects within multi-color and light-transmissive polymeric structures manufactured through multi-shot mold injection processes. The system and method can be applied to fabricate multi-layer light-transmissive products that control and eliminate visible or conspicuous defects and thus enhance the aesthetics of the associated structures such that visible defects or molded-in imperfections are effectively eliminated or not discernable to a casual observer.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device including a housing with a first module for emitting a first beam, a second module for emitting a second beam, extending above the first, a third module for emitting a third segmented beam, extending above the second beam, and an optical projection system. The second module is arranged below the first module, the third module is arranged below the second module, and each of the modules includes a plurality of light sources, a collector for collecting and reflecting the rays emitted by the plurality of light sources into a beam, and a portion of the optical projection system that is arranged to project the beam, the portion forming an image of the collector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical component for a vehicle lighting device. The optical component includes a substrate having at least one edge formed between a first surface and a second surface. Micro-optical features are provided on the first surface and a coating layer is applied on the first surface to cover the micro-optical features. When the optical component is edge lit by light source(s), the micro-optical features direct light received in the edge(s) outward through the second surface. In an unlit condition, the coating layer is visible through the transparent substrate and the lighting function is hidden. In a lit condition, the micro-optical features direct light coming from the light source(s), thereby illuminating the substrate to create desired lighting effect/function.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator, which has a stator laminated core and a stator winding arranged in the stator laminated core. In addition, the electric machine includes a temperature sensor, which is thermally conductively coupled to the stator winding and is configured to measure a temperature of the stator winding. The thermally conductive coupling is created by a fastening clip with a latching connection, wherein the fastening clip presses the temperature sensor against the stator winding or a heat-conducting element thermally conductively connected to the stator winding. The invention furthermore specifies a vehicle having such an electric machine, and also a method for producing a thermally conductive coupling between a temperature sensor and a stator winding or a heat-conducting element of an electric machine, the heat-conducting element being thermally conductively connected to the stator winding.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly: a heat exchanger with a first tube including a first flat plate and a first shaped plate connected to each other to form a first tube channel extending along a first tube extension axis. The first shaped plate includes a stamped depression forming together with the surface of the first flat plate the first tube channel. The heat exchanger assembly further includes a chassis to which the heat exchanger is attached, with the chassis including a housing. The first tube is located externally with respect to the housing. The housing has a primary slot in which the first tube is at least partially enveloped, with the first tube facing the primary slot with the first shaped plate. The first tube is connected to the primary slot by an adhesive.

Abstract: A connection module for a fluid, including: a body with a first opening and a second opening connected to each other by a channel so that the fluid can flow between the first opening and the second opening through the channel; a first valve placed inside the channel to control the flow of the fluid; a side passage configured to receive the first valve so that it can be placed within the channel. The channel has a first arm and a second arm arranged at an angle to the first arm. The connection module further includes a fixing element configured to be introduced through the side passage towards the first valve and immobilize the first valve.

Abstract: The invention provides an electronic device for an automotive vehicle. The electronic device includes a main connector, a first module, a first module connector and an electrically conductive part. The first module includes a first electronic circuit mounted with an electronic element and a ground connection. The first module connector includes first terminals and a receptacle portion affixed on the first electronic circuit including second terminals. One of the first terminals is a first connector position assurance terminal and one of the second terminals is a second connector position assurance terminal, configured to provide information about the connection status with the first connector position assurance terminal. The second connector position assurance terminal is connected to the ground connection of the first electronic circuit by the interposition of a first connection impedance and the second connector position assurance terminal is connected to the electrically conductive part.

Abstract: A blower device for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, including: a blower housing defining an internal volume with an inlet and an outlet; a blower wheel with blower blades, arranged within the internal volume of the blower housing; a motor configured to rotate the blower wheel in a first direction around a central axis; a preswirler arranged within the inlet upstream of the blower wheel and including a plurality of vanes extending towards the blower wheel. Each vane of the plurality of vanes includes a first section and a second section, both extending along the central axis toward the blower wheel, with the second section being closer to the blower wheel than the first section is. The vanes of the plurality of vanes slope in a second direction as they extend along the central axis towards the blower wheel, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A connection module for a fluid, including: a body with a first opening and a second opening connected to each other by a channel so that the fluid can flow between the first opening and the second opening through the channel; a first valve placed inside the channel to control the flow of the fluid, the first opening being configured to receive the first valve. The connection module further includes a fixing element at the first opening configured to be introduced through the first opening and immobilize the first valve. The fixing element is configured to enable flow of the fluid there through.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a magnetic circuit, two electrical conductors each having a portion arranged around one and the same part of the magnetic circuit, each of the portions forming a winding between a first and a second end, these two windings being inductively coupled to one another via the magnetic circuit. A support of the two electrical windings is arranged between said electrical conductors and the portion of the magnetic circuit and includes a wall around which the electrical windings are arranged, and three flanges offset along the longitudinal axis of the support so that one of the electrical windings is arranged between the first and the second flange and that the other of the electrical windings is arranged between the second and the third flange, At least one step is made in the height of the first flange to locally reduce the height of the first flange.