Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Publication number: 20240003511
    Abstract: A light system including a first light source, a second light source, a first drive device configured to supply a first pulse-width modulation current for supplying power to the first light source, the first current including a first peak intensity and a first duty cycle, a second drive device configured to supply a second pulse-width modulation current for supplying power to the second light source with the second current comprising a second peak intensity and a second duty cycle, a control module generating a first control signal and a second control signal for the first control device and the second control device. The first peak intensity being lower than the second peak intensity, and the first duty cycle is higher than the second duty cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Rahib TALEB, Hafid EL IDRISSI
  • Publication number: 20240007001
    Abstract: A voltage converter includes a voltage conversion circuit having an inverter including at least one switching arm having a high-side switch and a low-side switch, a resonant tank, a rectifier and an output capacitor. A device for controlling the switches is designed to alternate a phase in which the control device opens the first of the switches and closes a second, and a phase in which the control device opens the second of the switches and closes the first, the control device being designed to provide a dead time between two consecutive phases. The voltage converter further includes a device for measuring an electrical signal of the voltage conversion circuit and the control device is designed to determine, from the measured electrical signal, a crossing instant of the resonance current and the auxiliary current and to calculate a duration of the dead time from the crossing instant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive France SAS
    Inventors: Larbi BENDANI, Nadjib BOUZIDI, Mathieu DIHAL, Sebastien LECOINTRE
  • Publication number: 20240001755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid driving module having a structure that is compact in an axial direction and easily manufactured and assembled, and the hybrid driving module includes a rotor hub configured to support a rotor, connected to an engine, and configured to receive power of the engine, a first power transmission route configured to connect the rotor hub and an output member, and a second power transmission route provided in parallel with the first power transmission route and configured to connect the rotor hub and the output member, in which the rotor hub has a radial extension portion, and an axial extension portion connected to an outer periphery of the radial extension portion, in which a lock-up clutch and a damper, which control connection and disconnection between the rotor hub and the output member, are provided in the second power transmission route, and in which at least a part of the lock-up clutch and at least a part of the damper are disposed radially inside the axial extension
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240006936
    Abstract: A stator core for a stator of an electric machine includes a rotor receiving space which traverses the stator core along an axial direction; and several of slots which, in the circumferential direction, are formed successively in the stator core. The slots traverse the stator core axially from a first end side to an opposite second end side of the stator core. The slots have respectively a receiving portion in which a stator winding of the stator is able to be received, and a slot opening which is formed at a radial position between the receiving portion and the rotor receiving space and in terms of the receiving portion has relative angular positions which are mutually offset along the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten SIEPKER
  • Patent number: 11858477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover (223) for a connection device designed to be rotatably mounted on an adapter (220) of the connection device, the cover (223) extending mainly between a first end (231) and a second end (232), the first end (231) comprising at least one bearing (235) designed to cooperate with a rod (228) of the adapter (220), the cover (223) being configured to be closed in a first direction of rotation (S1) and to be opened in a second direction of rotation (S2), characterised in that the bearing (235) comprises at least one tab (250) designed to allow the bearing (235) to be disengaged from the rod (228) of the adapter (220), in the first direction of rotation (Si).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Olivier Jomard, Eric Poton
  • Patent number: 11859696
    Abstract: A module for a system for driving and synchronizing a countershaft of a transmission gearbox. The module includes a coupling device having an input element intended to be rotationally coupled to a reversible electric machine and an output element intended to be rotationally coupled to the countershaft. The coupling device has a coupled state in which the clutch device is able to transmit torque between the input element and the output element and an uncoupled state in which the input element and the output element are uncoupled. Also included is a lock-up device which has a lock-up state in which said lock-up device blocks the rotation of the input element of the clutch device, and a released state in which said lock-up device allows the input element to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Loic Vassieux, Dominique Lheureux
  • Patent number: 11859926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device (3) for a motor vehicle heat ex-changer (4) consisting of a plate (5) comprising a central cavity (12) configured to allow the passage of a tube of the heat exchanger, characterised in that at least two opposite end edges of said plate (5) are each provided with snap-fastening means (8), each capable of engaging with complementary snap-fastening elements integrated into a recess located in a support frame of the heat exchanger, and characterised in that the sealing device (3) comprises an elastically deformable sealing means (14) arranged around the central cavity (12) formed in the plate (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Rémi Tournois, Fabien Bireaud, Stephan Andre, Emmanuel Henon
  • Patent number: 11858336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing (3) for a front face module (2) of a motor vehicle (1), defining an air duct (4) for the flow of an air stream, said housing comprising: —an openwork structure (30) having a plurality of openings (32) defined by ribs (34); —a lining (36) which is securely attached to the openwork structure (30) and covers the openings (32) so as to form a wall which is airtight to the air stream. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a housing and to a front face module (2) comprising such a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Jerome Ripa, Stephan Andre, Emmanuel Henon, Pierre Alexandre Langlet, Sergio Da Costa Pito
  • Patent number: 11859925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plate (105) forming part of a heat exchanger and intended to delimit at least one channel (111) for circulation of a fluid. The plate (105) extends principally along an axis of longitudinal extent (A1). The plate (105) comprises at least one bottom (106), at least one first lateral raised edge (19a) which is inscribed within a first plane (P1) intersecting the axis of longitudinal extent (A1), and at least two openings (110) which are configured such that the fluid enters and exits the channel (111), respectively. The bottom (106) is provided with a rib (113) which extends longitudinally from the first lateral raised edge (109a). The rib (113) is positioned between the two openings (110). The rib (113) is of a sinuous configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Julien Tissot, Kamel Azzouz, Michael Lissner, Cédric De Vaulx, Patrick Leblay, Sébastien Garnier
  • Patent number: 11858476
    Abstract: A connection device (1) for connecting a wiper blade to a driving arm for a vehicle is disclosed. At least one connector is configured to be secured to the wiper blade. The connection device (1) comprises a base adapter (25) and at least one complementing adapter (26, 27), this base adapter (25) being equipped with at least one pivot member (50) connecting it to the connector (24), the base adapter (25) being configured to connect this connector (24) to a first type of driving arm, the base adapter (25) bearing at least one reference, the complementing adapter (26, 27) bearing at least one marking, a combination of the base adapter (25) and the complementing adapter (26, 27) generating a code visually associated with another type of driving arm, different from the first type of driving arm, from a combination of the reference and the marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Eric Poton, Stéphane Houssat
  • Patent number: 11860053
    Abstract: A torque sensor device for detecting a torque applied to a shaft, includes a magnetic arrangement, a stator arrangement and a magnetic sensor arrangement. The magnetic arrangement is configured for generating at least one magnetic field. A magnetic flux can be generated in the stator arrangement. The magnetic arrangement and the stator arrangement are movable relative to each other in the circumferential direction. The magnetic arrangement and the stator arrangement are arranged relative to each other so that, by a relative movement between the magnetic arrangement and the stator arrangement in the circumferential direction about a center axis of the torque sensor device, a first magnetic flux with a first magnetic flux direction and a second magnetic flux with a second flux direction opposite to the first flux direction can be generated in the stator arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventor: Ekkehart Fröhlich
  • Patent number: 11860310
    Abstract: The invention relates to an emitter device (8) for an optical detection apparatus (3) of a motor vehicle (1), which is configured in order to scan a surrounding region (4) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of a light beam (10), and which comprises a light source (13) for emitting the light beam (10) and a guiding unit (15), the guiding unit (15) being configured in order to guide the light beam (10) emitted onto the guiding unit (15) by the light source (13) at different scanning angles (?). The light source (13) for emitting the light beam (10) comprises at least two separately driveable emitter elements (13a, 13b), which are configured in order to emit the light beam (10) onto the guiding unit (15) at angles of incidence (?1, ?2) corresponding to predetermined setpoint values (??3, ??2, ??1, ?0, +?1, +?2, +?3) of the scanning angle (?) in order to generate a predetermined setpoint field of view (16) of the emitter device (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Lin Lin, Peter Horvath, Thomas Schuler
  • Patent number: 11859790
    Abstract: A light guide has an elongated body that includes an entrance face at which light is admitted into the light guide and an exit face at which the light emanates from the light guide. The light guide has an inboard side wall and an outboard side wall extending between the entrance face and the exit face. The entrance face, the exit face, the inboard side wall and the outboard side wall enclose a medium containing a colorant by which the medium meets a color criterion while minimizing light absorption at a wavelength of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Leon Fraizer, Rebecca Stanley, Shivi Singh, Colby J. Darlage, Jose Alberto Gomez Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11863019
    Abstract: A rotor lamination is subdivided into a plurality of equidistant sectors of equal size, each including a first half-sector and a second half-sector separated from the first half-sector by a separation plane. A through-opening is formed in the first half-sector and has a first leg side, of which the imaginary extension intersects the separation plane below a radially outwardly open acute angle, a second leg side, which runs parallel to the first leg side and of which the imaginary extension intersects the separation plane radially further outwards than the imaginary extension of the first leg side, and an edge connecting ends of the leg sides furthest away from the separation plane. A further through opening formed mirror-symmetrically to the first through-opening with respect to the separation plane is formed in the second half-sector, wherein the edge has an equidistant portion equidistant to an outer contour of the rotor lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Christine Beck
  • Patent number: 11863108
    Abstract: Device for determining the angular position of a rotor of a rotary electric machine on the basis of signals delivered by a plurality of position sensors, including a circuit producing a control loop for estimating position of the rotor, delivering at output a signal representative of the position, and a circuit for dynamic normalization by the amplitude of the first harmonic of each signal originating from a position sensor. The circuit receives as input each signal originating from a position sensor, and at least one image of the signal representative of the position of the rotor and is configured to demodulate each signal by the image of the signal, determine, at the end of this demodulation, amplitude of the first harmonic of this signal originating from a position sensor, and normalize each signal by dividing it by the amplitude of the first harmonic of the previously determined signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventor: Laurent Labiste
  • Publication number: 20230417922
    Abstract: A receiving device of a detection device for monitoring a monitoring region for objects using electromagnetic scanning signals is disclosed. The device has a signal converting means for converting electromagnetic signals originating from electromagnetic scanning signals into electric signals and a frequency analyzing means for analyzing the frequency of signals. The frequency analyzing means has at least one spectral analyzing means, by which magnetic signals are analyzed to form at least one electromagnetic spectrum that is output in a spectrum output range of the at least one spectral analyzing means. At least two signal converting means, by which separate electric signals are ascertained, are assigned to different sections of a spectrum output range of the spectral analyzing means. The different sections of the spectrum output range correspond to different frequency ranges of an electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Parl, Thomas Schuler, Wensi Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230421010
    Abstract: Stator for an electric machine has a number N of phases (U, V, W), a number P of pole pairs and a number of holes q, wherein N?3 and P?2 and q=3. The stator includes a stator core having a plurality of slots and a plurality of shaped conductors, which are arranged in the slots so as to be radially layered in a first to Lth layer, wherein L=6. The shaped conductors of each phase form a first path and second path, which can be or are interconnected in series or in parallel with each other and are arranged in P first winding zones and P second winding zones, wherein the first and second winding zones alternate in the circumferential direction. The shaped conductors of a respective path are interconnected to form a series connection by connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Boris DOTZ
  • Publication number: 20230415565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module including: a fairing inside which at least one heat exchanger is placed; a collector housing configured to receive a tangential turbomachine including a volute defining an outlet, the collector housing having a guide wall having a first opening and a first shut-off device movable between an open position and a closed position. The collector housing includes an additional wall opposite the guide wall and extending a downstream edge of the outlet. The additional wall includes a second opening and a second shut-off device movable between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Amrid MAMMERI, Kamel AZZOUZ, Sebastien GARNIER, Issiaka TRAORE
  • Publication number: 20230414114
    Abstract: A system for detecting a disease in a person, having an acquisition device configured to acquire examination data on the person, and a data processing device arranged to receive the examination data and including a correction table with at least one corrective term corresponding to a measurement error or to variation of a physical characteristic between individuals; the data processing device being arranged to correct the examination data using the at least one corrective term and consequently generate a corrected value, the data processing device including a memory of reference values and being configured to compare the reference values against the corrected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventor: Georges DE PELSEMAEKER
  • Publication number: 20230415636
    Abstract: A method for operating an automotive lighting device including providing a first preliminary current profile, calculating a first preliminary derating time associated to the first preliminary current profile, providing a second preliminary current profile, calculating a second preliminary derating time associated to the second preliminary current profile, feeding the first light module with a first current profile which provides a total amount of current lower than the first preliminary amount of current, and feeding the second light module with a second current profile which provides a total amount of current higher than the second preliminary amount of current
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Hafid EL IDRISSI, Rabih TALEB