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).

Abstract: The monitoring system (1) comprises: a light source (3), an image acquisition device (5) comprising a shutter (11) which allows light to pass during a period (P1) when the source is active and during a period (P2) when the source is inactive, the light received by a sensor (9) comprising a component (Ca) due to ambient illumination and a component (Ci) due to the light source; a processing unit (7) configured for determining a physiological parameter of the occupant by photoplethysmography. The shutter (11) allows light to pass during a third period (P3), said light comprising the component (Ca) due to ambient illumination and the processing unit (7) being configured for subtracting this component (Ca) from the light received (9) during the other two periods for the purpose of isolating the component (Ci) due to the source in acquired images.

Abstract: Cleaning device for projecting a cleaning fluid toward a surface of an optical sensor, including a hollow body with an intake port for the cleaning fluid and an ejection nozzle for ejecting the cleaning fluid in the form of a jet, the hollow body being pierced with a conduit for distributing the cleaning fluid, and a deflection element arranged downstream of the ejection nozzle and configured to obstruct the jet of fluid ejected by the ejection nozzle in such a way as to modify the orientation of the jet of fluid with respect to the surface to be cleaned. The deflection element is adapted to move, depending on the pressure to which it is subjected by the jet of fluid, between a near position, in which the deflection element is next to the ejection nozzle, and a moved-away position, in which the deflection element is away from the ejection nozzle.

Abstract: A light assembly includes a power source, a first lighting module to perform a high beam function, a second lighting module to perform a low beam function and a driver connected to the voltage source. The driver is connected to a first pin, a second pin and a third pin and is configured to apply a first power output to a first lighting module and to apply a second power output to the second lighting module. The light assembly includes a first switching unit in series with the first lighting module and the second lighting module, and a second switching unit in series with the second lighting module.

Abstract: A blocking mechanism including a transmission casing and a movable pawl having a locking finger. The movable pawl is pivotably mounted in a plane about a pivot axis on the transmission casing between a locking position in which the locking finger is engaged in the locking recess and a release position in which the locking finger is disengaged from the locking recess. The movable pawl includes a cam surface. A linear actuator moves a movable carriage guided by a guide rail, in which the movable carriage includes a cam follower capable of moving on the cam surface, and a housing formed in the transmission casing, in which the guide rail is fitted in the housing.

Abstract: Steering column switch (20) for a vehicle, in particular for a utility vehicle, wherein the steering column switch (20) has a housing (32), an actuating device which can be coupled to an operating element and has at least one actuating element (21, 22, 23), a magnet (24) and a magnetic sensor (28), wherein an actuating movement of an actuating element (21, 22, 23) in a first actuating direction (R1, R2, R3) can bring about a relative movement between the magnet (24) and the magnetic sensor (28) in a first direction of movement and an actuating movement of an actuating element (21, 22, 23) of the actuating device in a second actuating direction (R1, R2, R3) can bring about a relative movement between the magnet (24) and the magnetic sensor (28) in a second direction of movement different from the first direction of movement, wherein the magnetic sensor (28) is set up to detect the relative movement between the magnet (24) and the magnetic sensor (28) in each case in the first direction of movement (R1, R2, R3)

Abstract: A method for servicing a heater core installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle includes removing a sealing attachment from an interfacing connection interfacing with the heater core. The method includes sliding the heater core in a direction of insertion. The method includes disconnecting, from the heater core, the interfacing connection. The method includes removing the heater core in a direction of extraction, the direction of extraction being orthogonal to the direction of insertion.

Abstract: A method for managing image data in an automotive lighting device includes the steps of providing an image pattern, dividing the image pattern in rows or columns of pixels, and calculating a first gradient value related to the relation between the numeric value of a first pixel and the numeric value of an adjacent pixel. Also included is checking, for each pixel, if the difference between the corresponding gradient value and the first gradient fulfills one of a first or second condition, defining linear segments, compressing the data of the linear segments and sending the compressed data to the light module. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device for performing the steps of such a method.

Abstract: A method for controlling a drive apparatus (18) of a micro-oscillation mirror (16), a control device (28) and a deflector mirror apparatus (14) are described. In the method, at least one actuation signal (20) is generated, and the drive apparatus (18) is actuated therewith in such a way that it drives the micro-oscillation mirror (16) in an oscillating fashion, At least one position signal (26) which characterizes the deflection (22) of the micro-oscillation mirror (16) is sensed. The at least one actuation signal (20) is closed-loop controlled on the basis of the at least one position signal (26) in such a way that the micro-oscillation mirror (16) is driven at its resonant frequency, The amplitude of the at least one position signal (26) is continuously compared with at least one threshold value (38a, 38b, 38c). At least one time interval (42a, 42b, 42c) between at least two passes of the at least one position signal (26) through at least one threshold value (38a, 38b, 38c) is determined.

Abstract: Refrigerant circuit for a thermal treatment system, including a main channel including a compression device, a radiator, an evaporator/condenser, an accumulation device, a first channel and a second channel. The first channel includes an evaporator, the second channel includes a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and a heat transfer fluid flowing through a heat transfer fluid circuit. The refrigerant circuit further includes a third channel having a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat transfer fluid of the heat transfer fluid circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission system for a motor vehicle including a first element and a second element movable in rotation with respect to each other about an axis X, and a coupling device which includes a first coupling part which is locked in rotation with the first element and movable with respect thereto between a coupled position and a decoupled position. Also included is a disk having a fixing region which is fixed axially to the first coupling part. The disk includes an annular portion forming a target and at least one elastic return portion which is configured to elastically return the first coupling part to the decoupled position. A sensor which is arranged facing the annular portion of the disk.

Abstract: A method for operating a parking assistance system (110) for a vehicle (100) is proposed, which is configured to capture and store a trajectory to be trained, in a training mode (MOD0), and which is configured to follow the stored trajectory by means of the vehicle (100) in a following mode (MOD1). In order to ascertain whether stored optical features, which are used to orient the vehicle in the following mode, need to be updated, distributions of parameters of the optical features are compared. If the similarity of the compared distributions falls below a predetermined threshold, an update is carried out.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first fluid and a second fluid is disclosed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The heat exchanger includes a first manifold, a second manifold, a bundle of heat exchange elements and a housing. The bundle of heat exchange elements for the first fluid axially extend and provide a fluidal communication between the manifolds. The housing for the second fluid encapsulates at least part of the heat exchange elements to form a fluid tight channel for the second fluid. The housing further includes at least one sacrificial component being of material having lower galvanic potential than the remaining components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal conditioning system including a refrigerant circuit having: a main loop including in succession: a compression device, a condenser configured to exchange heat with a first heat transfer fluid, a first expansion device, a first evaporator, a bypass branch including a second expansion device and a second evaporator. The second expansion device is a thermostatic expansion valve configured to vary a flow area for the refrigerant between a minimum flow area and a maximum flow area. The bypass branch includes a flow restriction device configured to limit a flow area for the refrigerant to a value less than the maximum flow area of the second expansion device.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle. The method includes providing a road profile, extracting road features from the road profile, dividing the matrix arrangement in row groups, assigning a different shifting value for each row group, each shifting value depending on the road features, dividing each row group in a first portion and a second portion, shifting the operation of the first portion of each row group of light sources according to the corresponding shifting value and create a third portion between the shifted first portion and the second portion of each row group.

Abstract: A light guide designed to be mounted in a vehicle includes a coupling portion presenting an input face, a main portion adjacent to said coupling portion, and a light output surface extending at least along the main portion. The light guide is arranged in such a way that light rays that enter into the light guide through the input face are propagated by total internal reflection along the coupling portion and then along the main portion, before reaching out of the light guide trough the output surface. The light input face is flat and has a periphery that is formed by only five edges of substantially the same size, these edges joining together such that they form five angles with substantially the same value.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle. The method includes providing a road profile, extracting road features from the road profile, dividing the matrix arrangement in row groups, assigning a different shifting value for each row group, each shifting value depending on the road features, dividing each row group in a first portion and a second portion, shifting the operation of the first portion of each row group of light sources according to the corresponding shifting value and create a third portion between the shifted first portion and the second portion of each row group.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector (10) for a wiping system (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a elongated connector body (50) which has an elongated shape and is configured to be mounted on a wiper blade (2), characterized in that the connector body (50) comprises a device for guiding at least one air flow towards a surface to be wiped (40) in order to reduce a liquid suction phenomenon.

Abstract: A heat control method for a heat control device, particularly for a vehicle interior, is disclosed. The method involves detecting, delimiting and positioning various parts of the body of an occupant (U), measuring thermal or physiological parameters regarding various parts of the body of the occupant (U) and/or the vehicle interior around the occupant (U), establishing a plurality of thermal comfort indices (In), each thermal comfort index (In) corresponding to one of the parts of the body of the occupant (U) taking into account a feeling of warmth or of cold in the associated body part, and of which the absolute value is at a minimum in a comfortable situation, and regulating the operation of a heat control device (3) to minimize a sum of the absolute values of the comfort indices (?|In|) in order to create a regulated thermal environment around the occupant (U).

Abstract: A rotor (1) comprising a rotor shaft (13), a rotor core (14) having a core length, windings (12), and two impregnation rings (11), the windings (12) forming protruding windings ends (121), each one of the two impregnation rings (11) comprising an annular portion (111) and a deflector portion (112), the annular portion (111) comprising radial openings (113); and a method for impregnating the rotor (1) comprising starting a rotation of the rotor shaft (13) and impregnating the windings (12) with an impregnating agent through two nozzles respectively located upward each one of the two impregnation rings (11) and oriented towards the radial openings (113), the impregnation agent being guided by the deflector portion (112) towards the protruding windings ends (121) on both sides of the rotor (1) at a same time, in order to impregnate the windings (12) through the core length.