Patents Assigned to Valeo
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Publication number: 20230415636Abstract: 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 currentType: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Hafid EL IDRISSI, Rabih TALEB
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Publication number: 20230417310Abstract: A differential drive system for a vehicle includes a differential drive device, a dog clutch device, and an electromagnetic actuator. The axis of rotation of the differential drive device is situated outside of the annular electromagnet of the electromagnetic actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventors: Roël VERHOOG, Herve MAUREL, Jerome BOULET
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Patent number: 11851029Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper system for a motor vehicle, comprising a drive arm and a wiper which are connected to one another by a connecting device which comprises a connector secured to the wiper and a connecting shaft, the drive arm comprising a first end via which it is attached to a drive means, and a second end, opposite to the first end in a longitudinal direction of the drive arm, the connecting device comprising a receiving housing for receiving the connecting shaft, the receiving housing comprising an entrance by means of which the connecting shaft is received in the receiving housing and a locking zone for locking the connecting shaft, characterized in that the locking zone is positioned between the entrance of the receiving housing and the second end of the drive arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Pascal Renoux, Nicolas Kuchly, Theo Alexis
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Patent number: 11851032Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a sensor including a sensor lens, a casing mounted to the sensor, and a fluid nozzle mounted to the casing. The casing at least partially defines a duct positioned to outlet airflow across the sensor lens, and the duct defines a direction of airflow. The fluid nozzle is aimed through the duct in the direction of airflow.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Michael Regalbuto, Raghuraman Surineedi, Kunal Singh, Venkatesh Krishnan, Rashaun Phinisee, Michael Whitney, Jose Alberto Gomez Ramirez, Benjamin Graham, Yifu Xiao
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Patent number: 11854740Abstract: A capacitive block for electrical equipment includes a housing, at least one capacitive element having a first end housed in the housing and a second end, which is opposite to the first end and which extends out of the housing, an end-stop being fixed to the second end of the at least one capacitive element, and at least one spacer, which butts against the end-stop, so as to determine the distance between the second end of the at least one capacitive element and a bottom of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France SASInventors: Stephane Bour, Olivier Gilet
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Patent number: 11852755Abstract: A method for providing a digital sensor signal (DS) from an ultrasonic sensor (16) for signal transmission to a signal receiver (28) is disclosed, in which a digital output signal (OS) from the ultrasonic sensor (16) is processed to form the digital sensor signal for signal transmission. Provision is made for the processing to comprise the following steps: (i) determining a signal change (SC) of successive values of the output signal (OS), (ii) scaling this signal change (SC) by means of a variable scaling factor (SF) which is specified by a scaling scheme known to the ultrasonic sensor (16) and the signal receiver (28), and (iii) outputting the scaled signal change (SC) as the digital sensor signal (DS).Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Charles Thin, Jean-Francois Bariant, Anto Michael
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Patent number: 11855555Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for an inverter which includes three half-bridges each having a first power switching element connected to a first DC voltage potential and a second power switching element connected to a second DC voltage potential. The control device is arranged for driving the power switching elements for converting a DC voltage present between the DC voltage potentials into a polyphase AC current in a normal operating mode and for transferring the inverter from the normal operating mode into a safe operating mode. The control device is further set up to alternately drive the power switching elements in the safe operating mode for switching single-phase active short circuits and for switching two-phase active short circuits.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventors: Karsten Wiedmann, Timur Werner, Markus Reymann
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Patent number: 11855577Abstract: A regulating module for a rotary electric machine having an operating mode in which a battery of the vehicle is disconnected. The regulating module includes a rotor module and a stator module. The rotor module is arranged to generate a first intermediate setpoint (I_RotRef) on the basis of which is generated the first output quantity (V_Rot) for controlling the rotor, said first intermediate setpoint being determined on the basis of a power potential reference signal (Pdc_MaxRef) and of a speed of rotation (W) of the rotor and being independent of a power or of a control torque of the machine. The stator module is arranged to generate a second intermediate setpoint on the basis of which is generated the second output quantity for controlling the stator, said second intermediate setpoint being determined on the basis of the output voltage of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventors: Francois Xavier Bernard, Luc Kobylanski, Alice Achache
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Patent number: 11852312Abstract: A light shielding component including a covering portion, and a snap-fit portion, with the covering portion used to cover a light guide to block the transmission of light rays. The snap-fit portion including at least one slot, which is used to fix the light shielding component.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Blaise Jars, Vincent Huet
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Patent number: 11855507Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotary electric machine for a motor vehicle, having: —a casing (11), —an electronic assembly (47) mounted on the casing, —a protective cover (50) positioned around the electronic assembly (47), and —a screw (55) that extends along an axis (X?) and allows the cover (50) to be fastened to the casing (11) and/or electronic assembly (47). The protective cover (50) has at least one opening that forms a fastening zone into which there extends at least one tongue (56) delimiting a central opening (57) for the screw (55) to pass through. The screw (55) has a screw head (70) and a retaining groove (71) such that the tongues (56) are housed in said groove (71).Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques MoteurInventors: Pierre-Henri Guibert, Grégory Collier
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Publication number: 20230408658Abstract: A method for verifying the functionality of a laser scanner includes a housing with a light-permeable window, a transmission unit inside the housing, a deflection unit, and a detector unit inside the housing. At least one test signal is transmitted by the transmission unit during a test phase. The deflection unit is oriented so that the at least one test signal is not directed to the window. Components of the at least one test signal are detected by the detector unit, and based on this detection, at least two detector signals are generated. A pulse width is ascertained for each of the detector signals by a computing unit, and a ratio of the pulse width of a first detector signal to the pulse width of a second detector signal is ascertained. The operability of the transmitter unit and/or the detector unit is verified on the basis of said ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Nikolai Sergeev, Daniel Thiel
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Publication number: 20230412039Abstract: An electric drive assembly system, a vehicle and a method for assembling an electric drive assembly system. The electric drive assembly system includes a housing including a main body and a cover. Disposed in the housing is an electric machine including a rotor shaft and a gearbox assembly which includes a gear input shaft connected to the rotor shaft and disposed coaxially therewith, to receive torque from the electric machine. An electric machine control module is configured to control the electric machine, and superposed with the electric machine and/or the gearbox assembly in a direction transverse to the gear input shaft. An electrical connection assembly, configured to electrically connect the electric machine control module to a stator of the electric machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Xiaoxue DENG, Yejin JIN, Binhong LIAO, Xing-Ang CHENG, Shu ZHANG, Lei SUN
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Publication number: 20230408661Abstract: A method for determining soiling of a first ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle in which a first ultrasonic signal is emitted by means of the first ultrasonic sensor and the first reflected ultrasonic signal is received by means of the first ultrasonic sensor, and in which a second ultrasonic signal that differs from the first ultrasonic signal is emitted into the environment substantially at the same time as the first ultrasonic signal by a second ultrasonic sensor, wherein the second ultrasonic signal is received by means of the first ultrasonic sensor and the first received ultrasonic signal is compared with the second received ultrasonic signal by an electronic computing device, and the soiling is determined on the basis of the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Michael Hallek, Denis Aschkenasi
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Publication number: 20230406074Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilation, heating and/or air conditioning installation for a vehicle, with distribution unit including a thermal conditioning device, a mixing chamber and a cold air duct. The distribution unit includes a first air outlet and a second air outlet connected to the mixing chamber. The air outlets are delimited by two long edges and by two short edges substantially perpendicular to each other, with the air intake opening, the first inlet into the mixing chamber and the second inlet into the mixing chamber being arranged in this order in a main direction of extension of the short edges. The first and second air outlets are arranged in this order in the main direction of extension of the two short edges. The installation includes a scoop arranged across the first air outlet and configured to guide the mixed air flow toward the second air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Cyril GONTIER, Yves ROUSSEAU, Phillippe PIERRES
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Publication number: 20230412038Abstract: An electric drive assembly system includes a housing, including a body and a cover. Disposed in the housing is an electric machine including a rotor shaft, a gearbox assembly including a coaxially arranged gear input shaft connected to the rotor shaft to receive a torque from the electric machine. An electric machine control module is configured to control the electric machine, the electric machine control module being installed onto a first wall of the body by stacking over the electric machine and/or gearbox assembly in the direction transverse to the gear input shaft. An electric connection assembly is configured to electrically connect the electric machine control module to a stator of the electric machine. The electric connection assembly is provided to electrically connect to the stator of the electric machine near a drive end of the rotor shaft of the electric machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Xiaoxue DENG, Yejin JIN, Binhong LIAO, Xing-Ang CHENG, Shu ZHANG, Lei SUN
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Publication number: 20230406067Abstract: A thermal conditioning system for a motor vehicle, including a refrigerant circuit including a main loop including in succession: a compression device; a first heat exchanger; a first expansion device; a second heat exchanger; a third heat exchanger; a refrigerant accumulation device. An inner volume of a portion of main loop extending from an outlet of the first heat exchanger to an inlet of the first expansion device defines a first reference volume. An inner volume of the accumulation device defines a second reference volume. The ratio of the first reference volume and the second reference volume is greater than 0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Mohamed YAHIA, Patricia GARDIE, Bertrand NICOLAS, Muriel PORTO
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Publication number: 20230408138Abstract: A HVAC unit includes a housing, at least one flap and an actuator corresponding to the flap. The housing includes a first and a second portion and defining an enclosure “E”. The flap is received inside the housing with a first extreme end thereof engaging with the first portion and a second extreme end thereof engaging with the second portion of the housing via an intermediate lever. The actuator disposed outside the enclosure “E” is connected to and drives the flap via the intermediate lever. The intermediate lever includes a stopper radially extending from at least a portion of a periphery thereof. The stopper is disposed between the second portion of the housing and the flap to limit axial movement of the intermediate lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: VALEO CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.Inventors: Jason Kreucher, Gregory Rademacher, Heather Hartman
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Publication number: 20230408639Abstract: A received-signal processing apparatus of a detection device for monitoring at least one monitoring region for objects by means of electromagnetic scanning signals is disclosed. The received-signal processing apparatus has at least one frequency analysis means for the frequency analysis of electromagnetic received signals, which are determined from echo signals of electromagnetic scanning signals reflected in at least one monitoring region. The received-signal processing apparatus has a plurality of functionally parallel frequency filters having at least partially different frequency passbands. At least one frequency filter has at least one frequency labeling means, by which the passed received signal can be labeled with a frequency characteristic which characterizes the frequency passband of the at least one passage-allowing frequency filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Christoph Parl, Thomas Schuler, Wensi Zheng
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Publication number: 20230408657Abstract: According to a method for verifying the functionality of a laser scanner (2b) comprising a housing (4) with a light-permeable window (5), a transmission unit (6) inside the housing (4), a deflection unit (10), and a detector unit (7) inside the housing (4), at least one test signal (15) is transmitted by the transmission unit (6) during a test phase. The deflection unit (10) is oriented in such a way that the at least one test signal (15) is not directed to the window (5). Components of the at least one test signal are detected by the detector unit, and based on said detection, at least two detector signals are generated. A computing unit ascertains a pulse width for each of the detector signals and calculates a sum of the pulse widths. The operability of the transmission unit and/or the detector unit is verified on the basis of said sum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventor: Nikolai Sergeev
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Patent number: 11845335Abstract: The invention relates to an image capture device (1) comprising an image sensor (9) making it possible to obtain both an infrared image (31) and an image in the visible range (35) by means of an array of optical filters comprising first filtering elements, having a transmission spectral band in the infrared range, as well as second filtering elements, having a transmission spectral band in the visible range. The image capture device further comprises: —a lighting device (11) configured to emit infrared radiation, and—a computer (13), programmed to control the power of the infrared radiation emitted by the lighting device, as a function of said ambient luminosity in the infrared range. The invention also relates to a monitoring system (2) for monitoring a driver (3), comprising such an image capture device.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCEInventor: Aleksandar Popovic
