Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Patent number: 11873884
    Abstract: A torque transmission device for a vehicle including at least one motor, the torque transmission device including a first clutch, a second clutch and a transmission member. A first transmission mechanism is provided between the first clutch and the transmission member, and a second transmission mechanism is provided between the second clutch and the transmission member. A connection element arranged to permit or interrupt the mutual rotational drive between the first output element of the first clutch and the transmission member, by means of the first transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Herve Maurel, Norberto Termenon, Camelia Jivan, Thierry Guinot, Jean-Christophe Pecoul
  • Patent number: 11877366
    Abstract: A lighting system for a motor vehicle with a pixelated light source having a plurality of selectively activatable elementary light sources is described. The activation of each elementary light source being controlled exclusively by a switch assigned to the elementary light source. A power converter designed to supply an electrical power to the pixelated light source and a controller designed to control the voltage supplied by the power converter and to control the switches controlling the activation of the elementary light sources. The lighting system also includes an electrical current sensor designed to measure the electrical current supplied by the power converter to the pixelated light source and to transmit information relating to said measured current to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Hafid El Idrissi, Guillaume Zante, Olivier Valorge, Thomas Giraud-Sauveur, Marjaneh Kazemi, Sebastian Krick
  • Patent number: 11873959
    Abstract: An optical device for a lighting module. The invention relates to an optical device and a lighting module including a light source provided with a plurality of emitting elements and with said optical device. One face of a lens of the device comprises an array of recessed patterns, each of which is organized with a specific profile so as to produce an optimized light distribution. The profile in particular has a rotational symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Pierre Albou
  • Publication number: 20240012137
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle assembly including a radar sensor configured to emit radar waves over a range of wavelengths, a luminous module. The luminous module including a sub-layer and a layer of patterns forming a sub-wavelength structured dielectric element with a repetition period of the patterns that is less than a quarter of a wavelength of the range, with the total thickness of the luminous module is equal to m times a wavelength of the range, the whole being divided by twice the equivalent refractive index of the sub-layer and of the layer of patterns, times the cosine of a refracted angle corresponding to an angle of incidence of the radar waves, where m is an integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Pierre RENAUD
  • Publication number: 20240012152
    Abstract: A method for operating a detection device for determining distance variables in which distances characterise objects detected by the detection device is disclosed. From at least one amplitude-modulated electrical send signal at least one scanning signal is generated, which is sent into at least one monitoring region of the detection device. From at least one echo signal of at least one scanning signal reflected in the at least one monitoring region at least one amplitude-modulated electrical receive signal is determined. From at least one electrical send signal and at least one electrical receive signal at least one distance variable is determined. When determining the at least one distance variable at least one adjustment is carried out. A temperature adjustment is carried out in which at least one temperature adjustment variable is applied to at least one distance variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Parl, Jonas Krause, Frank Selbmann
  • Publication number: 20240012099
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly including a radar sensor configured to emit radar waves, an arrangement of layers including a primary layer, placed opposite the radar sensor and having an input surface for the radar waves, a secondary layer including at least one relief, with the secondary layer being adjacent to the primary layer and including a primary junction surface with the primary layer and a secondary junction surface with an adjacent tertiary layer, with the tertiary layer including a radar wave output surface parallel to the input surface, the primary layer, the secondary layer and the tertiary layer having a primary refractive index, a secondary refractive index and a tertiary refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Pierre RENAUD, Lucas PERDRIX
  • Publication number: 20240011483
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dual gerotor apparatus. The dual gerotor apparatus comprises a housing configured to provide a first and second hydraulic fluid circuit sharing a single inlet and a single outlet. The dual gerotor apparatus further comprises a gerotor assembly coupling with a rotatable shaft, the gerotor assembly is configured to transfer a hydraulic fluid flowing through the first or second hydraulic fluid circuit from the single inlet to the single outlet. The gerotor comprises a first gerotor pump and a second gerotor pump, the first gerotor pump will be in operation when the rotatable shaft rotates in a first direction, and the second gerotor pump will be in operation when the rotatable shaft rotates in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO POWERTRAIN (NANJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yejin JIN, Kai CHEN, Guoqiang SUN
  • Publication number: 20240012098
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly including a radar sensor configured to emit radar waves over a range of wavelengths with an arrangement of layers placed opposite the radar sensor, including a first subset of layers configured to perform an optical function, each layer having a refractive index and a thickness, and a second subset of layers configured to provide protection for the first set of layers, each layer having a refractive index and a thickness. The total thickness of the second subset of layers is dimensioned so that the total thickness of the arrangement of layers is equal to m times a wavelength of the range divided by twice the equivalent refractive index of the first subset of layers and of the second subset of layers, times the cosine of a refracted angle corresponding to the angle of incidence of the radar waves, where m is an integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Pierre RENAUD
  • Publication number: 20240011682
    Abstract: A receiver drier bottle assembly (100) includes a plug opening (10) and a screw opening (40) formed on a receiver drier bottle cover (20) to receive a plug (30) and a screw (50) respectively. The plug (30) is formed with a plug cutout (32) that has first threads (32a). The screw opening (40) is partially overlapping the plug opening (10) and extends to a screw-receiving bore (42). The screw-receiving bore (42) is complementary to the plug cutout (32) and is formed with second threads (42a). The screw (50) with external threads (52) formed thereon is disposed partially on the plug cutout (32) to engage with the first threads (32a) and partially on the screw opening (40) to engage with the second threads (42a). Accordingly, the screw (50) immobilizes the plug (30) when the screw (50) is inserted in the screw opening (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Autosystemy Sp. z o.o.
    Inventor: Bartlomiej Grzeszczak
  • Publication number: 20240014612
    Abstract: A design of a bridging connector, a connection assembly, a vehicle lamp, and a vehicle. The bridging connector is used to connect circuit board components arranged on a carrier, and the circuit board component is provided with electrical contact holes and has a board surface. The bridging connector includes a housing with contact surfaces and contact bodies arranged in the housing. In the installed state, the contact surfaces are in contact with the board surface, and the contact bodies are located in the electrical contact holes in a manner of being in contact with the electrical contact holes. The housing is provided with guide holes, and the guide holes cooperate with guide pins provided on the carrier so that the contact bodies occupy a predetermined position with respect to the electrical contact holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Cyril DUBUC, David BOUDIKIAN, Haiqing ZHOU, Chuyun YAO
  • Publication number: 20240011504
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation device (5) for a motor vehicle cooling module, comprising: 1. a member (6) with blades; 2. an electric motor (7); 3. a torque transmission part (8) arranged to transmit a torque developed by the electric motor (7) to the member (6) with blades; characterized in that the torque transmission part (8) comprises: a. a first attachment assembly for attaching the torque transmission part (8) to the member (6) with blades; b. and a second attachment assembly for attaching the torque transmission part (8) to the electric motor (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Remi TOURNOIS, Xavier MARCHADIER, Fabien BIREAUD, Mathieu CAPARROS, Jose TRINDADE
  • Publication number: 20240011480
    Abstract: A first bleeding passage 50 configured to allow a crank chamber 2 and a suction chamber 31 to constantly communicate with each other, and a second bleeding passage 60 configured to allow the crank chamber 2 and the suction chamber 31 to constantly communicate with each other are provided. The first bleeding passage 50 is made to communicate with the crank chamber 2 at least via a space (central hole space 54) defined by an insertion end portion of a shaft 7 in a central hole 12 that is formed in the center of a cylinder block 1 and into which the shaft 7 is inserted. The second bleeding passage 60 is opened in an end surface 1a of the cylinder block 1 that is opposed to a swash plate 19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yujiro Morita
  • Publication number: 20240010169
    Abstract: A wiper arm and a wiper for a vehicle, and a vehicle are disclosed. The wiper arm of a wiper for a vehicle has a wiper arm seat for connecting to a driver, a wiper arm end piece for holding a wiper blade of the wiper, and an arm portion arranged between the wiper arm seat and the wiper arm end piece. The arm portion is fixedly connected to the wiper arm end piece and can rotate relative to the wiper arm seat, the wiper arm is provided with at least one spray unit, wherein the spray unit is provided with a conduit and a spray nozzle, the conduit being guided along the wiper arm, and the spray nozzle being arranged at one end of the conduit, wherein the arm portion is provided with a cover plate, and the spray nozzle is at least held at the cover plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Taizhou Valeo-Wenling Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoyi Hong, Jinlong Pu
  • Patent number: 11867435
    Abstract: A reversible thermal management device for a motor vehicle includes a refrigerant fluid circuit containing a main loop which has, successively, a compressor, an internal condenser, a first expansion device and an external evaporator/condenser. The device also has a three bypass branches. The third bypass branch has a heat exchanger. The device further includes a device for redirecting the refrigerant fluid coming from the internal condenser towards the first expansion device or the first bypass branch, a stop valve for the refrigerant fluid, arranged on the main loop, a first check valve arranged on the second bypass branch to block the refrigerant fluid coming from the internal condenser, a second check valve arranged on the main loop to block the refrigerant fluid coming from the evaporator/condenser, and a device for redirecting fluid coming from the first expansion device towards the heat exchanger of the third bypass branch or the evaporator/condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jin-Ming Liu, Mohamed Yahia, Bertrand Nicolas, Roland Akiki
  • Patent number: 11870351
    Abstract: A power converter having a primary side and a secondary side galvanically isolated therefrom, includes a secondary-side functional unit operable in dependence on auxiliary information generated on the primary side, a primary-side voltage supply device arranged to provide a supply voltage, a power transmission device, which has a switching unit for switching the supply voltage and a transmission unit, which is set up to transmit the switched supply voltage to the secondary side, to convert the supply voltage into an operating voltage for the functional unit, a primary-side modulation device to provide a clock signal to the switching unit and to vary a frequency of the clock signal by the auxiliary information, and a secondary-side demodulation device arranged to generate at least one use signal representing the auxiliary information from a secondary voltage provided by the transmitter unit and to provide a use signal to the functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Bucher, Alexander Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20240006962
    Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine having an axis of rotation includes a body having cavities includes a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other in the direction of the axis of rotation, and magnets received in the cavities. Also provided is a shaft on which the body is mounted, and a first end disk including a first number of first blades that are able to move a fluid, notably air, from a first radially inner position to a second radially outer position. The first end disk prevents the magnets from exiting the cavities via the first end of the body, and a clamping means presses the first end disk directly or indirectly against the first end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Khadija EL BARAKA, Svetislav JUGOVIC
  • Publication number: 20240004047
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transceiver (1) for a vehicle comprises a plastics housing (2), an ultrasonic diaphragm (3), a sound transducer element (4) for stimulating vibrations and detecting vibrations of the ultrasonic diaphragm (3), and an electrically conductive contact element (6), arranged in the interior (5) of the plastics housing (2), for making electrical contact with the sound transducer element (4), wherein the plastics housing (2) and the contact element (6) are directly and positively connected to one another by caulking of at least one plastics element (8) that is formed in one piece with the plastics housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian Haag, Paul Bou Saleh, Hans Wilhelm Wehling
  • Publication number: 20240001878
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy-absorbing device configured to be mounted between a bumper and a longitudinal member of a motor vehicle, the energy-absorbing device comprising at least a first part, composed of a first reinforced material and forming a reinforcement of the energy-absorbing device, and a second part, composed of a second non-reinforced material and arranged around the reinforcement, the energy-absorbing device extending in a longitudinal main direction between the bumper and the longitudinal member and comprising at least one plate which is made of a material having a hardness greater than the hardness of the second non-reinforced material and which extends across the longitudinal direction of the energy-absorbing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Sergio Da Costa Pito, Ali Kezmane, Frederic Destribats
  • Publication number: 20240006685
    Abstract: A temperature regulation device for cooling an electrical component liable to give off heat during operation, including: an upper plate and a lower plate joined together to form a plurality of circulation channels for a heat transfer fluid; a fluid inlet zone and a fluid outlet zone; the plurality of fluid circulation channels including: at least two groups of pass channels each forming a fluid pass in a thermally operative region; at least one inlet channel, connecting the fluid inlet zone and one of the at least two groups of pass channels, at least two outlet channels, connecting another one of the at least two groups of pass channels to the fluid outlet zone, with pass channels being subdivided into as many subgroups as there are outlet channels, each subgroup of pass channels being connected to the respective outlet channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Thibaut PERRIN, Stephane TONDELLI, Jianqi SUN
  • Publication number: 20240003414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a torque converter. A torque converter according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a front cover, an impeller assembly coupled to the front cover and configured to rotate together with the front cover, a turbine assembly disposed at a position facing the impeller assembly, a lock-up clutch including a piston configured to directly connect the front cover and the turbine assembly, and a torsional damper coupled to the lock-up clutch and configured to absorb impact and vibration applied in a rotation direction, in which a turbine shell provided in the turbine assembly may further include at least one damper connection part protruding in an axial direction toward the torsional damper and bent to be coupled to the torsional damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heesik SON