Abstract: An item of electrical equipment includes an electronic board, an electronic component fixed onto the electronic board and disposed parallel to the electronic board, and a heat sink configured to dissipate the heat emitted by the electronic component. A retention member supports a bearing element which presses onto the electronic component in a direction orthogonal to the electronic board and in a direction away from the electronic component relative to the electronic board. The bearing element is configured to press the electronic components onto the heat sink.
Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle, the lighting device being configured to perform at least one lighting function and including at least one optical module, an output lens and a housing including the at least one optical module, with the lighting device including a textured film covering a surface of the device, the textured film having patterns configured to reduce the transmission of light entering the lighting device through the surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 16, 2022
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO VISION
Inventors:
Kostadin BEEV, Christophe DUBOSC, Thibaud BARILLOT, Anthony LOZANO, Stephanie BERGERAT, Thomas DUFILS
Abstract: Bearing shield device for a stator device, having a bearing shield and a sensor device which has a holding member fastened to the bearing shield. The holding member has a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a web portion connecting the leg portions. The leg portions for arranging the sensor device on a winding head of the stator device are elastically deformable in such a manner that they radially embrace the winding head and exert a restoring force on the latter.
Abstract: Method for calibrating an electronic expansion valve within a thermal management device of a motor vehicle, the opening of the expansion valve being drivable by an electric stepper motor, the expansion valve including a first stop referred to as lower in the direction of maximum closure of the expansion valve and a second stop referred to as upper in the direction of maximum opening of the expansion valve, each stop being a reference position for calibrating the expansion valve, the method having: determining a projected open position of the expansion valve, determining the number of steps between the projected open position of the expansion valve and the first and second stops, selecting, as reference position, the stop having the smallest number of steps in relation to the projected open position, calibrating the expansion valve by opening or closing the expansion valve to its selected reference position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 26, 2022
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Inventors:
Rody EL CHAMMAS, Jinming LIU, Patricia GARDIE, Muriel PORTO, Wissem NOUAINIA, Thomas GUENET
Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating device for a torque transmission system includes a shell arranged around an axis X, the shell being fixed relative to the axis X. The shell includes walls defining an annular cavity which houses a coil and at least partially a plunger which is able to move axially along the axis X to actuate a coupling device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2023
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
Valeo Powertrain GmbH
Inventors:
Christian SPERBER, Harry STEINMETZ, Andy MIKUSCH, Dimitri OSTROHOV, Marcel-Cornel GIRBEA
Abstract: A method for calibrating a rain sensor (3), the rain sensor (3) being configured to measure a quantity of rain on a window (101) of a vehicle (100), the rain sensor (3) including a transmitter (4) and a receiver (5), the transmitter (4) being configured to emit or transmit light to the window (101) and the receiver (5) being configured to receive measurement light that is emitted or transmitted by the transmitter (4) and guided to the receiver (5) by the window (101); the method comprising: varying (S1) an incidence angle (?) of the light emitted or transmitted by the transmitter (4) to the window (101).
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 5, 2022
Publication date:
June 20, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
Inventors:
Plhak Zdenek, Donald Peyrot, Vit Kadubec
Abstract: An electric machine with a housing, a rotor with a rotor cooling channel, and a stator with stator cooling channels. The housing has a distribution system for guiding a coolant flow from the rotor cooling channel to the stator cooling channels.
Abstract: A cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle (10) with an electric motor (12) comprises a housing (24) defining a longitudinal channel opening at two ends (24a; 24b) of the housing (24), at least one heat exchanger (301-304) arranged in the channel, and at least one tangential-flow turbomachine (28) capable of creating an air flow in the channel. The housing (24) has a sacrificial region (40) intended to be deformed and/or to break preferentially in the event of an impact, the sacrificial region preferably being located in the vicinity of an end (24a; 24b) of the housing (24).
Abstract: The present invention relates to a torque converter that may reduce production cost by a simple structure compared to the conventional art, reduce the overall size of the torque converter by minimizing an installation space of an anti-resonance damper, and improve damping performance.
Abstract: A heat exchange module includes at least a first heat exchanger and a ventilation device intended to generate a flow of air. The ventilation device includes at least one cross-flow fan for setting in motion an air flow and a guide means that includes at least one air guiding element for guiding the air set in motion by the cross-flow fan. The first heat exchanger and the ventilation device are positioned relative to one another in such a way that the air flow set in motion by the ventilation device is fed into the heat exchanger and, when the fan is in operation, this air is drawn in by the cross-flow fan passes through the heat exchanger before entering the cross-flow fan.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter (1) for a wiper system (6), comprising at least a side wall (10) and an upper wall (12) having at least one common edge between them, the side wall (10) and the upper wall (12) helping to define an inner volume of the adapter (1), the adapter (1) comprising a first inner wall (20) and a second inner wall (66) helping to delimit, at least partially, a receiving area (26) intended to receive the connector (8), the adapter (1) comprising at least one receiving housing (32) which is intended to receive the arm and which has a rectangular cross section defined by two major sides (33) and two minor sides (31), characterized in that a straight line (D) passing through one of the major sides (33) cuts the receiving area (26) intended to receive the connector (8).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Assignee:
VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGE
Inventors:
Vincent Gaucher, Stephane Houssat, Eric Poton, Olivier Jomard
Abstract: The invention relates to a steering module (8) for a motor vehicle (1), the steering module (8) comprising an optical signaling unit (14), which optically indicates an operating state of the motor vehicle (1), wherein the optical signaling unit (14) comprises at least one light source (15) and a light guide (16), by which the light emitted by the light source (15) with a main radiation direction (20) is capable of being deflected in an exit direction which is different from the main radiation direction (20) and the light exits in this exit direction (19) from an emission surface (18) from the light guide (16), wherein the light guide (16) is shaped in such a way that light rays of the coupled-in light are reflected therein at least twice so that the exit direction (19) is opposite to the main radiation direction (20).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 24, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Assignee:
VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
Inventors:
Vishal Kulkarni, Peter Mihalka, Hayk Yepremian
Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing including a receiving space in which electrical components of the device are arranged, a cover device including a first cover element and a second cover element, and a sensor unit including a magnetic element and a magnetic sensor, which is configured to provide a detection signal when the magnetic element is detected to be absent. The first cover element has a cut-out, and the second cover element is arranged such that the second cover element, in a first position, covers the cut-out and, in a second position, allows access to the cut-out. The cover device is arranged such that the cover device, in a first position, closes the receiving space when the second cover element is in the first position, and in a second position, allows access to the first sub-receiving space and the second sub-receiving space.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Assignee:
VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Inventors:
Christof Bothor, Frank Roeder, Christoph Hoyler, Markus Reymann, Michael Tilp
Abstract: The invention relates to a plate for a heat exchanger, said plate comprising an edge (11) for coupling to another plate. According to the invention, said edge has at least one fusible component (20) for joining this coupling edge (11) to at least one casing wall, said at least one fusible component (20) being configured to be separated from the rest of said coupling edge by differential expansion/contraction between said plate and said at least one casing wall to which it is intended to be joined.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2024
Assignee:
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Inventors:
Jean-Pierre Galland, Nicolas Vallee, Yoann Naudin, Frederic Wascat, Eddie Sausset
Abstract: A driver assistance system and driver assistance method for a combination of a motor vehicle and a trailer, which includes a first camera located on the motor vehicle configured to generate a first image, and a second camera located on the trailer configured to generate a second image, and a computer processing device configured to determine a first distance and a second distance by a sensor or a user input, determine a bowl view responsive to the first distance and the second distance in relation to a threshold distance, and generate a combined image from the second image and the first image responsive to the bowl view.
Abstract: Cooling module including a housing configured to accept a tangential-flow turbomachine having a turbine with at least one stage of blades forming a hollow cylinder, the turbomachine also having a motor configured to drive the rotation of the turbine, the motor including a stator and a rotor mounted with the ability to rotate about the stator. The stator of the motor is secured to the housing in such a way that the blades of the turbine are arranged circumferentially around the rotor of the motor, and in that the at least one stage of blades of the turbine is mechanically connected to the rotor of the motor so as to be driven in rotation thereby.
Abstract: The invention relates to a heat management device (2) for at least one electrical and/or electronic component (4) for an electrical storage device (1), comprising at least one thermal regulation means (8), the heat management device (2) being characterized in that it further comprises a rigid supporting part (6) comprising at least one cavity (10) for receiving the at least one electrical and/or electronic component (4), the rigid supporting part (6) being made of a material with high thermal conductivity.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 7, 2022
Publication date:
June 13, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Inventors:
Cedric DE VAULX, Kamel AZZOUZ, Jeremy BLANDIN, Yolanda BRAVO
Abstract: The present invention relates to a shock absorber with mechanical stop for torque converter that has a simplified manufacturing process and also prevents the exterior springs from reaching the solid length. To achieve the foregoing, a shock absorber with mechanical buffer stop is implemented which comprises a drive plate; at least one exterior spring; and a driven plate, wherein the driven plate additionally comprises at least one mechanical stop which is configured to make contact with the drive plate when the drive plate compresses each exterior spring, and each mechanical stop is located such that it prevents each exterior spring from reaching a solid-length condition.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 8, 2023
Publication date:
June 13, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Caleb GARCIA RUIZ, Juan Antonio RIVERA MORENO
Abstract: The invention concerns a heat management device for at least one battery cell, including at least one rigid support part, a fluid recovery plate and a fluid distribution plate, the plates being arranged on either side of the rigid support part in a vertical direction of the rigid support part. The rigid support part includes at least one cavity for receiving the at least one battery cell and at least one channel formed parallel with the receiving cavity in the vertical direction and participating in forming a thermal regulation component.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 7, 2022
Publication date:
June 13, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Inventors:
Cedric DE VAULX, Kamel AZZOUZ, Jeremy BLANDIN, Yolanda BRAVO
Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a casing that includes a first part and a second part. The electronic device also includes a shield part as well as a printed circuit board that is placed between the shield part and the first part of the casing. The electronic device also includes at least one connecting element that is connected to the printed circuit board. The connecting element includes a connecting head that cooperates with a complementary fastening means that is formed on the shield part so that the connecting element is fixed on the shield part.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2023
Publication date:
June 13, 2024
Applicant:
VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
Inventors:
Yingfan Hou, Jan Krikava, Robert Stedry