Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Patent number: 12334789
    Abstract: Stator, which has N?3 phases, P?2 pole pairs and a hole count q=2 and also includes a stator core with a plurality of slots and a plurality of shaped conductors. The shaped conductors form for each phase a first and a second path and are arranged in 2·P winding zones which are each subdivided into a first and a second sub-winding zone. The shaped conductors of a respective path are interconnected to form a series connection with a first end-shaped conductor and a second end-shaped conductor by connectors, which connect shaped conductors in adjacent winding zones of the same phase in an alternating manner at two axial face sides. The shaped conductors of a respective path form a first to third section of shaped conductors successively in the series connection. The first and third sections include the first and second end-shaped conductor respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Boris Dotz
  • Patent number: 12334777
    Abstract: Stator housing for an electrical machine having an inlet and outlet for a cooling fluid, and a cooling duct formed between the inlet and the outlet through which the cooling fluid flows in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, is disclosed. The cooling duct has a first and a second heat transfer arrangement, which each extend along the direction of flow and are designed to transfer heat from the cooling fluid to the stator housing. The first heat transfer arrangement is arranged in a first section of the cooling duct and the second is arranged in a second section that is on the inlet side with respect to the first section. The first heat transfer arrangement in the first section creates a larger heat transfer area for the cooling fluid per unit of length based on the direction of flow than the second in the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Krais, Philipp Söntgerath
  • Patent number: 12334528
    Abstract: A device (1) for thermally regulating an electrical component (3, 31), the temperature of which needs to be regulated, said electrical or electronic component (3, 31) being liable to release heat during its operation, the thermal regulation device (1) having a housing (27) that is configured to accommodate the electrical or electronic component (3, 31), a circuit (43) and a device (45) for spraying a dielectric fluid, the phase-change temperature of which is such that it is able to vaporize on contact with the electrical or electronic component (3, 31), the housing (27) having at least one wall (5) for condensation of the dielectric fluid in its vaporized form, at least one external face (7) and/or internal face (9) of said condensation wall (5) having at least reliefs (11) configured to promote the condensation of the dielectric fluid in the vaporized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Amrid Mammeri
  • Patent number: 12330597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pivot assembly for a vehicle wiper system. The assembly includes a pivot shaft rotatably supported in central passage of a pivot housing, a lever coupled to the pivot shaft, and a cover. The cover includes a tubular portion, cylindrical step and a transition portion integrally formed between the tubular portion and the cylindrical step. The cover further includes a cantilever snap extending from inner surface of the transition portion, in longitudinal direction of the cover. A protrusion is formed in the cylindrical step at a location adjacent to the snap. The tubular portion of the cover is received over pivot shaft and a locking profile formed at free end of the snap is received in a recess formed in top end of the pivot housing, thereby restricting longitudinal and rotational movements of the cover with respect to the pivot housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Sajeev Nair, Jagadeeswaran Vasudevan, Eduardo Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 12330493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module (22) for a motor vehicle, preferably having an electric motor, comprising: —at least one heat exchanger (24, 26, 28), —at least one tangential turbomachine (30) capable of creating a flow of air in contact with said at least one heat exchanger (24, 26, 28), and —a fairing (40) for housing said at least one heat exchanger (24, 26, 28), wherein the fairing (40) comprises at least one indentation (34-1, 34-2, 36-1, 36-2, 38-1, 38-2) for retaining at least one heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Sébastien Garnier, Amrid Mammeri
  • Publication number: 20250192645
    Abstract: An electric drive system includes a housing, which is internally provided with an electric motor, a controller and a transmission, wherein the electric motor includes a stator and a rotor. A first electrical connector, which is arranged in the housing and is located at an outlet terminal of the stator, is connected electrically to the controller, and a second electrical connector, which is arranged in the housing and is located at the outlet terminal of the stator is connected electrically to the stator. A cooling system includes a cooling channel arranged on the housing and a coolant distribution assembly connected to the cooling channel and having at least one first hole provided thereon. The first hole permits coolant flow through first hole toward the first electrical connector. At least one second hole permits coolant flow through the at least one second hole toward the second electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Yawei SUN, Yejin JIN, Dongdong WANG, Wanchao ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250187415
    Abstract: A drive system for a vehicle, and a vehicle. The drive system includes a housing, containing an electric motor of the drive system, and a cover fixed to the housing and formed with a cavity accommodating a transmission of the drive system A boost connector passes through the cover and extending into the housing, and is electrically connected to an electrical connector of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Wanchao ZHAO, Yejin JIN, Yue LI, Yawei SUN, Dongdong WANG, Xiaoxue DENG, Lefan FENG, Zhichao CHU, Xucan CHEN, Yifan GU, Shu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250187393
    Abstract: A housing for an HVAC unit, including: a first housing part with a first fixation component, a second housing part with a second fixation component, a divider wall arranged between the first housing part and the second housing part, configured to at least partly divide the housing into a first side and a second side, so that the first housing part, the divider wall and the second housing part are stacked in a stacking direction. The first housing part is fixed directly to the second housing part. The divider wall includes an aligning component configured to align the first fixation component so that the first housing part is aligned with the divider wall before the first fixation component is connected with the second fixation component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Jason KREUCHER, Richard SIKORSKI
  • Publication number: 20250192639
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a machine housing, a stator and a rotor. Stator windings include a stack section, in which they run within the stator lamination stack, and stator winding heads, where they run out of the stack section. The machine housing includes a first cooling system based on a first cooling fluid around the stator lamination stack and a separate second cooling system based on a separate second cooling fluid. The separate second cooling system comprises spray nozzles or bores, which are directed towards at least one of the stator winding heads. A vehicle may include the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Khader GAMAL
  • Publication number: 20250192641
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an electric drive device, the housing assembly including a housing and an electric motor cover. The housing includes a first housing portion, the first housing portion at least partially accommodating an electric motor of the electric drive device, and a second housing portion located at one end of the first housing portion, the second housing portion accommodating a speed reducer of the electric drive device. The electric motor cover is fitted to another end of the first housing portion and includes a cover portion and a cavity portion. The cavity portion and the first housing portion together form an electric motor cavity for accommodating the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Shu ZHANG, Wanchao ZHAO, Yawei SUN, Yejin JIN
  • Publication number: 20250192279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature control device, notably a cooling device, for an electrical component liable to give off heat during operation, notably for an electrical energy storage module, the device including at least one circulation channel for a heat-transfer fluid and having, in cross section, a substantially trapezoid contour with two side walls and a bottom wall, this bottom wall corresponding to a small base of the trapezoid, this channel being provided, on at least one of the side walls thereof, with a lateral disruption element for disrupting the flow of the heat-transfer fluid in this channel, and, on the bottom wall, with a bottom disruption element, these disruption elements being arranged at a distance from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Cedric DE VAULX, Erwan ETIENNE, Kamel AZZOUZ, Jean Christophe LHERMITTE
  • Publication number: 20250192628
    Abstract: A rotor laminated core for a rotor of an electric machine has a plurality of rotor laminations which are stacked axially one on the other and each have a recess. The recesses form a magnet pocket for receiving a rotor magnet. The rotor laminated core has a terminal lamination which is arranged on the axial side of the rotor laminated core and has a further recess which is axially aligned with the recess in the adjacent rotor lamination and is narrowed with respect to the recess in the adjacent rotor lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander SCHLERETH, Bernhard KESSLER, Guillaume TOURAIN, Andre SAUVIGNET
  • Publication number: 20250189236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger with plates of a refrigerant-fluid circuit, the heat exchanger including at least one plurality of plates stacked on top of one another in a vertical stacking direction, the adjacent plates between each other delimiting a plurality of first circulation ducts for the refrigerant fluid in a low-pressure part of the circuit and a plurality of second circulation ducts for the refrigerant fluid in a high-pressure part of the circuit, at least two of the first circulation ducts being adjacent in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Julien TISSOT, Kamel AZZOUZ, Gael DURBECQ, Julio GUERRA, Moussa NACER-BEY
  • Patent number: 12326189
    Abstract: An oil supply system for a machine, such as for a power unit of a motor vehicle, with a module body made of plastic including a collection tank which is divided into a prechamber and a main chamber. A predelivery pump can extract oil from the prechamber and pump it into the main chamber, a main delivery pump can extract oil from the main chamber and pump it to the machine, and a return line can return oil from the machine to the prechamber and/or the main chamber. A power unit for a motor vehicle can include such an oil supply system, wherein a predelivery suction opening is arranged on the floor of the prechamber and a main delivery suction opening is arranged on the floor of the main chamber, and the power unit is configured to be mounted in the motor vehicle with an orientation such that a line running through the two suction openings is arranged approximately parallel to the transverse axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Powertrain GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Heider, Matthias Pfister, Michael Krause, Joachim Hoch, Roland Stoebel, Rolf Seidl, Vladimir Nickel, Katrin Ebert, Patrick Gegner
  • Patent number: 12326183
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12326292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for defrosting a thermal regulation circuit for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, the thermal regulation circuit being provided with a refrigerant circulation loop comprising a first heat exchanger (2), susceptible to frosting, as well as second and third exchangers (4, 6), the second and third exchangers (4, 6) being intended to exchange heat between the refrigerant and a heat transfer fluid, the loop further comprising a bottle (12) for storing a part of the refrigerant, the method comprising a step, referred to as defrosting, of circulating the refrigerant successively in the second heat exchanger (4), the bottle (12) and then the first and third exchangers (2, 6), with cooling of the refrigerant in the first and second exchangers (2, 4) and heating of the refrigerant in the third exchanger (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Roland Akiki, Jin-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 12326230
    Abstract: A light-emitting module and a vehicle, the light-emitting module having a main light exit direction. The light-emitting module includes a first light source, used for a first light function, a first reflector for receiving and reflecting light emitted from the first light source. A second light source is used for a second light function, and a second reflector is for receiving and reflecting light emitted from the second light source. A carrier, has the light sources and the reflectors arranged thereon, and a lens, for projecting light emitted from the light sources and reflected by the corresponding reflectors. The lens is configured to correspondingly form light distributions associated with the reflecting surfaces of the first reflector and the second reflector, and the first light source, the first reflector, the second light source and the second reflector are arranged on the same mounting surface of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Lu Bai, Liubo Wang, Lei Fan, Zhi Zhong, Ling Dai
  • Patent number: 12326227
    Abstract: A light system including: a plurality of light sources; a lens including: one or more primary faces and one or more secondary faces, wherein the one or more secondary faces include one or more pattern regions that include one or more patterns; wherein some of the plurality of light sources are aligned with the or more primary faces to provide a first light and some of the plurality of light sources are aligned with the one or more secondary faces so that the one or more patterns are illuminated within the one or more secondary faces and wherein the light system is configured to illuminate a region around a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Robert Fraizer, Abram Nichols
  • Publication number: 20250178407
    Abstract: An HVAC unit including: a case defining a first aperture, a second aperture, a third aperture, and an outlet aperture, a first door rotatably attached to the case, a second door, rotatably attached to the case, and a third door rotatably attached to the case, with the first door being arranged to partially allow the exterior airflow in its closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Timothy MAYER, Cody BARNEBEE, Steven MARSHALL, Steve HRUSKA, James SALO, Jason KREUCHER
  • Publication number: 20250178570
    Abstract: The invention provides a device for wiping an optical surface of at least one optical element of a vehicle, including a wiping unit having a wiping part for wiping the optical surface and a support element for supporting the wiping part, moving the wiping part so that it wipes the optical surface by making contact with the optical surface, a drive member for driving the wiping unit, the wiping unit being in one piece. The invention gives the device a simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Gerald CAILLOT, Vincent IZABEL, Jean Michel JARASSON