Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic connector, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen wiper system. The connector is designed to be mounted on a wiper blade fitted with a perforated pipe carrying cleaning and de-icing fluid, and comprises at least one inlet coupling suitable for connection to a fluid feed, and at least one distributor provided with at least one outlet coupling designed to be connected to the perforated pipe. The connector also includes at least one internal path for carrying the fluid from the inlet coupling to the distributor. Thus, by means of the presence of the internal path through the connector, the inlet coupling can be positioned at various locations on the connector, without feeding directly into the distributor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 15, 2009
Publication date:
May 12, 2011
Applicant:
VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
Inventors:
Gerald Caillot, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Vincent Izabel
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating adaptive cruise control system on a moving support, especially a vehicle (1) which moves on a roadway (2). According to the invention, irregularities, especially tar strips (8) or tar joints on the roadway (2) are evaluated due to their geometric shapes, their brightness, their contrast and/or their reflectivity to distinguish them from markings (7) relating to the predetermined trajectory.
Abstract: A method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating surroundings-detection system on a moved carrier, preferably a vehicle (1), are proposed, wherein areas in the sensor images captured by a camera (4) which are dark in relation to the surroundings are evaluated in chronologically successive evaluation steps in order to determine whether said dark areas are moving toward the carrier at the speed of said carrier, and in that these dark areas are detected as shadows (7) of a static object and corresponding signaling is performed.
Abstract: A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector pivotably mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2011
Assignee:
Valeo Wischersysteme GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Fink, Wolfgang Scholl, Gerhard Schremmer
Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly device between two panels (4,5) consisting of an internal layer (1) of resin inserted between two external metal sheets (2,3). At least one of the panels (4,5) comprises a cut section (6) to insert attachment means jointly in contact on a sheet (2,3) of one of the panels (4,5) and on a sheet (2,3) of the other panel (4,5).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2006
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2011
Assignee:
Valeo Systemes Thermiques S.A.S.
Inventors:
Eric Droulez, Thibaut Paitrault, Franck Truillet, Serge Pouysegur
Abstract: A system and process of gauging a camera suitable for equipping a vehicle. The system and process determines at least one value of at least one geometrical parameter of the camera, at least in accordance with an item of information that represents a parameter associated with an object detected by the camera, compares the determined value to a value of reference (?pitching_ref, ?rolling_ref, ?twisting_ref) of the geometrical parameter of the camera, and controls the geometrical parameter of the camera in accordance with the comparison, particularly by modifying the value of reference in such a way as to gauge the camera.
Abstract: An optical module equipping a motor vehicle lighting and/or indicating device, provided with a assembly structure movably assembled on a bracket and means of electrical connection to at least one remote device, wherein the optical module is equipped with an electrical connection device comprising a flexible element integrating electrical conductors, the flexible element is connected between the assembly structure and the bracket such that the points of mechanical connection together produce a freedom of movement limited in space.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 3, 2010
Publication date:
May 5, 2011
Applicant:
Valeo Vision
Inventors:
Jean-Marc NICOLAI, Benjamin TOUZET, Gregoire SADOUX, Jonathan BLANDIN
Abstract: A casing (1) is dedicated to housing a heat exchanger (3) in a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation, for example of a motor vehicle. The heat exchanger (3) comprises an air inlet face (12), an air outlet face (13), a rear end face (15), a front end face (14), and at least one side face (16, 17) capped with a radiator tank (4, 5). The casing (1) comprises side walls (18, 19) defining at least one housing to receive at least one part of the radiator tank (4, 5).
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 4, 2010
Publication date:
May 5, 2011
Applicant:
VALEO CLIMATISATION S.A.
Inventors:
Philippe Vincent, Thomas Carton, Gilbert Terranova
Abstract: A light source support on a first printed circuit for a lighting and/or signalling module, comprising a first housing intended to accommodate the first printed circuit and presenting an opening for the light source; means of positioning and fixation of the support; and means of positioning of a flexible printed circuit, intended to position the flexible printed circuit in relation to the first printed circuit, so as to link them electrically.
Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight module giving a beam with cutoff, comprising a concave reflector, a light source disposed in the concavity of the reflector, and a lens situated in front of the reflector and light source. The source is formed by at least one light emitting diode for illuminating at least upwards. The reflector is associated with a bender the top face of which is reflective in order to bend the beam coming from the reflector, the bender comprising a front end edge able to form the cutoff in the lighting beam. The exit surface of the lenses chosen so as to be able to be connected on a continuous surface with the exit surfaces of the lenses of adjacent modules. In addition, the mid-line of the lens is formed by a skew curve arc, and a correcting optical system is provided between the reflector and the lens for obtaining a satisfactory cutoff line, according in particular to the geometry of the entry face and exit face of the lens.
Abstract: A dissipator for electronic components, the electronic components being intended for the functioning of a rotary electrical machine, the machine comprising a rear bearing, the dissipator comprising a top face and a bottom face including fins. The present invention applies to any type of polyphase rotary electrical machine, synchronous or asynchronous, such as alternators or alternator starters, and also whether it is a case of electrical machines for motor vehicles and driven for example by belt, with cooling by air, liquid or any other solution that can be envisaged.
Abstract: The invention concerns an orthogonal loop radiofrequency antenna device designed to receive electromagnetic waves comprising at least two loops (BH, BV) consisting of a single electrical conductor, each of said loops (BH, BV) capable of having a particular shape and located in their respective plane, said planes containing each one of said loops (BH, BV) being orthogonal, and the radiofrequency antenna being located proximate a low frequency antenna.
Abstract: Rotation angle sensor and rotation angle sensor system for determining the angle of rotation of a shaft which can rotate at its shaft end, having a housing, having a shaft mount which is mounted on the housing such that it can rotate, having at least one signal transducer arranged on the shaft mount and having at least one signal receiver which is arranged on the housing and interacts with the signal transducer, wherein the shaft mount is designed in a manner such that the housing is attached only by means of the shaft mount at the shaft end.
Abstract: A gas intake device for letting gases into an inlet volume of a cylinder head of a motor vehicle combustion engine includes a valve (10) for supplying the cylinder head with gas, this valve communicating with the inlet volume of the cylinder head directly and indirectly via a heat exchanger (14). The valve (10) and the heat exchanger (14) are mounted on a plate (21) intended to be mounted directly on the cylinder head. The device is compact and relatively insensitive to vibration.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 19, 2009
Publication date:
April 21, 2011
Applicants:
VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR, VOLKSWAGEN AG
Inventors:
Samuel Leroux, Mathieu Lallelmant, Arnold Rimpau, Christian Westphal
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for assisting a parking process of a vehicle (1) into a parking space (P) which is arranged transversely with respect to a carriageway (F) and which is bounded on at least one side by a lateral boundary (10, 11), wherein the parking space (P) is measured by means of a measuring device, a parked position (G) of the vehicle (1) inside the parking space (P) is defined by means of an evaluation device, and a parking path (B) of the vehicle (1) into the parked position (G) is determined by means of the evaluation device. In order to assist the parking process in very wide parking spaces (P), the parked position (G) is defined at a lateral distance (d) from the centre longitudinal axis (L) of the parking space (P) by the evaluation device at least when a predefined minimum width (b-min) of the parking space (P) is exceeded.
Abstract: The invention relates to an optical system (10) that comprises a plurality of lenses (12) distributed into a first group (13) including at least two lenses (12) and a second group (14) including at least two lenses (12), wherein at least one lens (12) of the first group (13) is provided over a corresponding lens (12) of the second group (14). The optical system (10) is provided with a means (20) for guiding the light rays (11) entering inside any lens (12) of the first group (13) towards the corresponding lens (12) of the second group (14).
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 16, 2008
Publication date:
April 21, 2011
Applicant:
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Inventors:
Maryline Thorailler, Pierre Louis Tassy
Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a heat exchanger, in particular an evaporator, comprising the preparation, assembling and brazing of components of the heat exchanger, the brazing being carried out under given temperature conditions. Prior to the assembling and to the brazing, a surface treatment operation is carried out that includes applying a coating to a chosen component, the coating including a support, at least one active agent suitable for giving the heat exchanger chosen properties during its operation, and at least one thermal protection agent suitable for enabling the coating to withstand the brazing temperature conditions.
Abstract: Ultrasound sensor (2), in particular motor vehicle ultrasound sensor, having a housing (4), having a diaphragm (6) which is mounted in or on a section (12) of the housing (4), and having a decoupling element (10) which extends at least partially between the diaphragm (6) and the housing section (12), wherein the decoupling element (10) and the housing section (12) have latching means (14) by means of which the decoupling element (10) and the housing section (12) are connected to one another.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2011
Assignee:
VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Inventors:
Hans-Wilhelm Wehling, Uwe Kupfernagel, Dietmar Gruedl, Thomas Jung, Heinrich Gotzig
Abstract: A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle (02, 12) when parking in a parking space (03, 13) is described, in which a possible parking space (03, 13) is measured, a parking trajectory (04, 14) is calculated on the basis of the parking space geometry which is determined from the measurement of the parking space (03, 13), and on the basis of a vehicle position relative to the parking space (03, 13), and a parking process is subsequently carried out during which the vehicle is steered along the parking trajectory (01, 11) into the parking space (03, 13), and in which method the parking space geometry continues to be determined during the parking process and is compared with the parking space geometry determined before the start of the parking process, wherein, if the two parking space geometries differ from one another, a deviation which is present is evaluated and the parking trajectory (01, 11; 05, 15) is, if appropriate, corrected and/or re-calculated.
Abstract: Adjustment device of the position of a first part of a lighting and/or signalling 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.