Abstract: An operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with an operating function, and a lower part serving as a support structure for the upper part. The upper part is relatively movable to the lower part by an operating input force applied on the operating input surface in an operating input direction extending substantially perpendicular to the operating input surface. For generating a haptic feedback, the upper part and the lower part are coupled movably relative to each other such that by a feedback actuation mechanism, which is couplable to the operating input device, the upper part is movable relatively to the lower part at least in a first haptic feedback generating direction extending at least substantially parallel to the operating input surface.

Abstract: A battery cooling device capable of cooling an entire battery more evenly includes a one-side heat exchanger configured to cool a one side surface, and an other-side heat exchanger configured to cool the other side surface, which is a surface facing the one side surface. The one-side heat exchanger includes heat exchange units from a one-side first heat exchange unit to a one-side nth heat exchange unit in an order in which refrigerant flows. The other-side heat exchanger includes heat exchange units from an other-side nth heat exchange unit to an other-side first heat exchange unit in the order in which refrigerant flows. The other-side first heat exchange unit to the other-side nth heat exchange unit are provided at positions where the other-side first heat exchange unit to the other-side nth heat exchange unit face the one-side first heat exchange unit to the one-side nth heat exchange unit, respectively.

Abstract: The invention pertains primarily to a rotary electric machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, including: —a stator comprising a body provided with teeth delimiting slots and a winding that is housed in the slots of the stator body; —a rotor (12) comprising a body (21) and poles (22) that are formed by permanent magnets (23), characterized in that —two successive polar angles, each corresponding to a circumferential extent of a pole (22), or —two successive dual polar angles (A0-A4), each corresponding to a circumferential extent of two adjacent poles (22), —exhibit an angular difference in relation to one another that is dependent on an angular offset parameter (6) related to a stator pitch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measurement by means of an ultrasonic sensor system in an interfering environment, for example in a magnetic field, for a vehicle, the method comprising the following method steps: emitting, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, ultrasound with at least one frequency range (100); receiving, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, an echo (200) produced by the ultrasound; outputting, by means of an ultrasonic sensor system, a signal corresponding to the echo to a control system (300); detecting, by means of a detection system, noise of the signal (400); determining, by means of the control system, whether there is interference in the at least one frequency range, on the basis of the noise of the signal (500); and, if interference is determined, emitting, by means of the ultrasonic sensor system, ultrasound with at least one frequency range (600) for which no interference is determined.

Abstract: A light system comprising: a first light blade; a second light blade; a plurality of first light sources directing light into the first light blade in a first direction; a plurality of second light sources directing light into the first light blade, the second light blade, or both so that the light exiting the first light blade, the second light blade, or both extends in a second direction that is substantially normal to the first direction away from a vehicle housing the light system; wherein the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources provide a light function; and wherein the plurality of first light sources, the plurality of second light sources, or both are configured to illuminate in sequence so that the first light blade, the second light blade, or both are illuminated from a first edge toward a second edge.

Abstract: A brushless DC motor (1) comprises a rotor comprising magnetic elements twining poles of the electric motor (1) and a control magnet comprising a number of pole pairs equal to three times that of the electric motor (1), a stator having electromagnetic excitation coils, at least one first and one second Hall-effect sensor (17, 17?) configured to detect predetermined angular positions of the rotor, and a control unit configured to apply a predetermined sequence of excitation signals to the coils, wherein the Hall-effect sensors are spaced apart by an angle greater than or equal to 10°, the first Hall-effect sensor (17) is used to determine the switching times of the excitation signals and the second Hall-effect sensor (17?) is used, in combination with the first Hall-effect sensor (17), to determine the direction of rotation of the rotor when the motor starts up, or vice versa.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a cleaning pump for cleaning sensors of a vehicle, said control method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one request to clean at least one sensor of said vehicle, determining a flow rate of cleaning fluid as a function of said at least one cleaning request, adapting the supply voltage of said cleaning pump as a function of said flow rate of cleaning fluid by means of a pulse-width modulation signal so as to provide a predetermined pressure for said flow rate of cleaning fluid and to send said cleaning fluid at said pressure into a spray nozzle associated with said at least one sensor.

Abstract: A device for controlling an inverter/rectifier capable of being electrically connected to the electrical stator winding of a rotary electric machine also including a rotor, in particular for a vehicle. The device includes at least one temperature sensor, capable of providing a measurement representative of the temperature of the rotor and/or stator of the rotary electric machine, and a temperature estimator module, capable of providing an estimate representative of the temperature of this rotor and/or this stator. A control device generates, in a main mode of operation, setpoints for the inverter/rectifier by using, as a signal representative of the temperature, the measurement provided by the temperature sensor, and the estimate provided by the temperature estimator module, for all or some of the rotation speeds of the rotor.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle (1), comprising: receiving (S1) sensor data (S) of a sensor system (3) of the vehicle (1), the sensor data (S) including a current steering-angle (?) and steering-angle velocity (W) of the vehicle (1) driving on a road (14) with a curve (13), determining (S2) a radius ahead RA of the curve (13) at a position ahead (P2) that the vehicle (1) will reach in a predetermined time span T based on an odometry-based radius ahead RO by the equation: R O = R C - T [ ( L · W ) / ( sin 2 ( ? ) ] , wherein L is a distance between front and rear wheels (17, 18) of the vehicle (1) and RC is a radius of the road (14) at the current position (P1) of the vehicle (1), and performing (S6) a curvature control function based on the determined radius ahead RA.

Abstract: The invention provides an electronic assembly for an automotive lighting device. the electronic assembly comprising a plurality of converters (8, 9, 10, 11, 12), at least one driver channel (5, 6, 7) being electrically fed by at least one converter (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) and a plurality of solid-state light sources (2, 3, 4). at least one solid-state light source receiving current and control from each driver channel (5, 6, 7). At least one of the converters (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) is arranged for selectively being connected or disconnected to provide different current values to at least one of the driver channels (5, 6, 7).

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: A stator for an electric machine is specified in which electrical conductors of a stator winding are arranged, layered only radially in a plurality of layers, in a stator slot. Two stator slots which are arranged next to one another are combined to forn blocks (G) of one phase (U, V, W). In the blocks (G), positions occupied by the electrical conductors are described by column numbers S and layer numbers L which are defined by a start position and incremental values. Also specified are an electric machine having such a stator and a vehicle having such an electric machine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lock-up clutch for a torque converter. The lock-up clutch includes an outer carrier, an inner carrier, a first friction plate, a rotation of which is restricted by the outer carrier, and a second friction plate, a rotation of which is restricted by the inner carrier. All key grooves of the outer and inner carriers are opened in two radial opposite directions, and flow path grooves defined between friction members attached to the friction plate are aligned with circumferential positions of keys of the friction plate. Therefore, oil for cooling a clutch pack may smoothly flow through the inner carrier, the flow path grooves, and the outer carrier.

Abstract: A cooling module for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, the cooling module being intended to have an air flow pass there through and including: a shroud forming an internal channel through which the air flow passes and including at least one heat exchanger; a first manifold housing, which is located downstream of the shroud and has a guide wall and a tangential turbomachine having a volute comprising an outlet for the air flow. The cooling module includes a deflector grid located at the outlet of the volute, the deflector grid projecting from an outer edge of the outlet and extending on an inclined plane oriented towards the guide wall, the deflector grid having a series of blades, which are stacked, extend along a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cooling module and are rotatable about their transverse axis between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reversible air-conditioning circuit (1) comprising: • a main loop (A) comprising a compressor (3) and a water condenser (5) jointly connected to an auxiliary circuit, a first expansion device (7), an external evaporator-condenser (9), a second expansion device (15), and an evaporator (17), • a first bypass branch (B) comprising an internal condenser (13), the first bypass branch (B) connecting a first junction point (31) arranged downstream from the water condenser (5) to a second junction point (32) arranged upstream from the second expansion device (15), • a second bypass branch (C) connecting a third junction point (33) arranged downstream from the external evaporator-condenser (9) to a fourth junction point (34) arranged downstream from the evaporator (17), and • a third bypass branch (D) connecting a fifth junction point (35) arranged downstream from the third junction point (33) to a sixth junction point (36) arranged downstream from the first junction point (31).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle (10) with an electric motor (12), comprising: —at least one heat exchanger (301-304); —at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28) capable of creating an air flow that comes into contact with the plurality of heat exchangers (301-304); —a plurality of flaps (36P, 36A) movable between a first position, referred to as the position opening the cooling module (22), and a second position, referred to as the position closing the cooling module (22), said plurality of flaps (36P, 36A) occupying a portion of the cooling module not occupied by said at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28).

Abstract: A method for determining at least one alignment of an optoelectronic sensor of a motor vehicle relative to the vehicle involves emitting light beams into surroundings of the vehicle by a transmitter device, and receiving light beams reflected at an object by a receiver unit of the sensor. The received light beams are represented as scan points in a sensor image of the surroundings of the vehicle generated by the optoelectronic sensor, and each scan point is assigned to a receiver element. A sensor coordinate system is determined in the generated image using at least two received scan points of the first receiver element, and a reference coordinate system is determined in the generated image using at least one scan point of the first and second receiver elements. An angular deviation is determined by a comparison of the coordinate systems for determining the at least one alignment of the sensor.

Abstract: A control device (8) for an inverter (2) that feeds an electric machine (3), wherein the control device (8) is configured to provide pulse-width modulated switching signals (15) with a carrier frequency to drive switching elements (12) of the inverter (2), wherein the control device (8) is configured to determine the carrier frequency depending on operating point information that describes an operating point defined by a rotation speed and a torque of the electric machine (3) and, as the rotation speed increases and the magnitude of the torque falls, to increase the carrier frequency within an operating region (22) that extends within a rotation speed interval with a lower rotation speed limit (23) differing from zero and with an upper rotation speed limit (24) lying in a power-limiting operating region (21) or field-weakening operating region.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a heat-exchange core in which a first fluid and a second fluid circulate, at least one header tank configured to duct the second fluid from or to the heat-exchange core. The header tank has at least a shoulder oriented toward the outside of said header tank, and at least one header tank corner. At least one fastening member for fastening the header tank is positioned at least partly at the periphery of the heat-exchange core and includes at least one peripheral groove delimited by a base wall and a lateral wall and in which the shoulder of the header tank is at least partially housed. Part of the corner portion faces an upper face of the shoulder opposite to the groove of the fastening member and at a non-zero distance from this upper face so that a space is left between the corner portion and the upper face of the shoulder.

Abstract: The claims are amended to remove multiple dependencies, remove references to the drawings, and to otherwise conform with U.S. practice. No new matter is added. In view of the above amendment, applicant believes the pending application is in condition for favorable examination on the merits. Applicant believes no fee is due with this response. However, if a fee is due, please charge our Deposit Account No. 50-0591, under Order No. 17275-445001 from which the undersigned is authorized to draw. Dated: Sep. 29, 2023 Respectfully submitted, By /Seema M. Mehta/ Seema M. Mehta Registration No.