Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake housing (21), in particular for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device, comprising: —at least two distinct air inlets (24, 26), and —air guiding members (27, 28, 30) configured to direct at least one air flow that is intended to be admitted into the air intake housing (21). According to the invention, the air guiding members comprise at least three flaps (27, 28, 30), one of these being a central flap (27) and two lateral flaps (28, 30) arranged one on each side of the central flap (27), said flaps (27, 28, 30) being positioned between the said two distinct air inlets (24, 26) of the air intake housing (21) so as to be able to move about a single axis of pivoting (33). The invention also relates to a suction blower (1) comprising such an air intake housing (21) and to a corresponding heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning device.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for detecting a failure in a solid-state light source of an automotive lighting device. This method provides an estimated temperature profile for the lighting device, measures an actual temperature profile of the lighting device and compares the estimated temperature profile with the actual temperature profile in order to detect a difference between them.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning system suitable for being mounted on a motor vehicle and comprising at least one first and one second cleaning devices, each cleaning device comprising a cleaning liquid reservoir, at least one cleaning nozzle for spraying the cleaning liquid, a fluid distribution circuit arranged to convey cleaning liquid from the reservoir to the cleaning nozzle and a pump arranged to inject the cleaning liquid contained in the reservoir into the fluid distribution circuit, the cleaning system further comprising a bypass device connecting at least two cleaning devices by their respective fluid distribution circuits, comprising a backup line and a solenoid valve placed on the backup line, controlled as a function of the failure state of a pump, and arranged to supply the cleaning nozzle of one cleaning device from the reservoir of another cleaning device, each cleaning device comprising a non-return member between its reservoir and a point of connection to the bypass device.

Abstract: A cooling ring unit having a hollow circular shape, configured to be integrated in an electric rotating machine includes a housing and at least one electrical component. The cooling ring unit includes at least one inlet, a plurality of outlets, and an annular body having a concave transverse section adapted to form an enclosed substantially annular volume with the housing of the electric rotating machine. The enclosed substantially annular volume forms a cooling circuit connecting the at least one inlet and the plurality of outlets. The enclosed substantially annular volume is configured to channel a coolant, the plurality of outlets being formed throughout said annular body, and the cooling ring unit being configured to project the coolant through the plurality of outlets in order to cool the at least one electrical component.

Abstract: A torque limiter includes a first ring adapted to be fixed to a flywheel and being driven to rotate about a rotation axis, a second ring a certain distance from the first ring, and a compression ring between the first ring and the second ring. A friction disc is slidably sandwiched between the second ring and pressure ring, and a spring washer is arranged between the first ring and pressure ring, the pressure ring receiving a pressing force from the spring washer and pressing the friction disc against the second ring. The first and second ring are integrally formed, the first ring provided with first teeth, the spring washer provided with support teeth, and each support tooth is supported by one first tooth. A transmission system includes the above-described torque limiter.

Abstract: A shut-off device for an air intake of a motor vehicle front end, including: a first support frame having four sidewalls, a second support frame having four sidewalls, at least one flap arranged within each of the first and second support frames and pivoting about a pivot axis between a first open end position and a second closed end position, the first and the second support frame being fastened mechanically to one another at one of their sidewalls, termed fixing sidewalls, the first and the second support frames each including at least one drive device dedicated to moving the at least one flap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper system for a glazed surface, with at least one main body which includes at least one blade rubber designed to come into contact with the glazed surface and at least one embedded motorized member for setting in motion, which is configured to drive a linear movement of the main body along the glazed surface.

Abstract: An automotive lighting arrangement and a method for manufacturing an automotive lighting arrangement. The method includes training a deep autoencoder to process image data, installing the encoder block in an automotive control unit of an automotive vehicle and installing the decoder block in an automotive lighting module of the automotive vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (I) for regulating an air stream for an air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (2) defining a flow duct (4), in which an air stream flows, in which a cooling unit (6) is at least partially arranged, comprising at least one heat exchanger (8, IO) and a motorized fan unit (12). According to the invention, the housing (2) comprises a sealing means (64, 64a, 64b, 64c) for preventing any air leakage outside the flow duct (4). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising such a regulating device (I).

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for confirming a perceived position of a traffic light, by obtaining identifiers and results of a first perception of traffic lights associated with the identifiers, the results of the first perception including a first estimation of an ellipse encompassing each of the traffic lights, receiving results of a second perception of traffic lights associated with the identifiers, the results of the second perception including a second estimation of an ellipse encompassing each of the traffic lights, calculating, based on the first perception and the second perception, association parameters for each possible pair of estimated ellipses, selecting, based on the calculated association parameters for each possible pair of estimated ellipses, matching pairs of estimated ellipses, and fusing each matching pair of estimated ellipses.

Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes an input reduction stage having an input member and an output member rotating about axes that are parallel to a reference axis of the mechanism, an output differential, two output half-shafts which are driven by the differential, at least a first plantetary geartrain kinematically connecting the input reduction stage to the output differential. A switchover mechanism switches the first plantetary geartrain between at least a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio. The first plantetary geartrain and the output member of the input reduction stage are coaxial with the reference axis and with one reference half-shaft of the output half-shafts and surround the reference half-shaft, the first plantetary geartrain being positioned, along the reference axis, between the output member of the input reduction stage and the output differential.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-guiding assembly having a first light-guiding element, which is allocated to a first light source and used to receive and guide light from the first light source, and is provided with a first light incidence portion, a first light exit portion, and a first intermediate optical portion that is arranged between them. A second light-guiding element, which is allocated to a second light source and used to receive and guide light from the second light source, and is provided with a second light incidence portion, a second light exit portion, and a second intermediate optical portion that is arranged between them. Wherein the first light exit portion faces the second intermediate optical portion, and light leaving the first light exit portion can pass through the second intermediate optical portion and exit from the second light exit portion.

Abstract: A method for measuring lateral surroundings of a vehicle provided with a lateral ultrasonic transceiver is disclosed. The method involves actuating the ultrasonic transceiver at at least two transmission and reception positions along a lateral direction for the purpose of transmitting a respective transmission signal in a transverse direction across the direction of travel and receiving a respective received signal characteristic reflected from the lateral surroundings; identifying a number of echo signals in the respective received signal characteristic; trilaterating a bearing of a first reflection point in the lateral surroundings, from which the chronologically first echo signals in the respective received signal characteristic were reflected; selecting an echo signal for a double echo determination; and determining a height of an object as being tall if a double echo is detected or short if no double echo is detected.

Abstract: An ultrasonic measuring method involves activating an ultrasonic transceiver at a multiplicity of transmission/reception positions along a lateral direction to transmit a respective transmission signal in a transverse direction and receive a respective received signal waveform. Echo signals in the respective received signal waveform are identified and a set of reflection points are formed by trilaterating a respective reflection point multiple times based on two respective received signal waveforms and a respective echo signal from each of the two received signal waveforms. Multiple pairs made of a primary reflection point and a secondary reflection point are formed, identified on the basis of a position-based criterion as reflection points of a direct and/or indirect reflection from the same object section. An object height at one of the reflection points is characterized as high or low.

Abstract: An electrical system includes a power module and a DC link capacitor. The power module includes first and second facing substrates that define between them an inner space of the power module. The power module comprises switches supported by the first or second substrate and extending in the inner space of the power module, and inner electrical conductors extending in the inner space of the power module and connecting the switches. The inner electrical conductors include two inner DC electrical conductors for receiving a DC voltage (E). The DC link capacitor comprises two capacitor electrical conductors facing each other and extending at least partially outside the inner space of the power module and respectively connected to the inner DC electrical conductors for stabilizing the DC voltage (E). The electrical system comprises an overmolding encapsulating at least partially the substrates, the switches, the inner electrical conductors and the capacitor electrical conductors.

Abstract: An electrical circuit includes a MOSFET and an electronic driver circuit for driving the MOSFET, having four pins, the electrical circuit including at least one electrical track to which the MOSFET is connected by a bond wire having an intrinsic inductance. The electronic driver circuit is connected to the MOSFET by a first terminal directly linked to the first source and, in parallel, by a second terminal linked to the second source. The bond wire is arranged between the second terminal and the second source. The electronic driver circuit is configured so as to apply an electrical driver signal between the gate and the first source or between the gate and the second source of the MOSFET, in order to trigger a change of state of the MOSFET to the OFF state or to the ON state, respectively.

Abstract: A rolling bearing device for a mobility apparatus includes a first support, a second support, the first support and the second support being able to rotate with respect to one another. A first race that is able to be mounted fixedly in terms of rotation on the first support, and a second race is able to be mounted fixedly in terms of rotation on the second support. A damping device includes at least one elastic element disposed between the first support on one side and the first and the second race on the other side. The damping device also has a vibration dissipating member which is disposed between the first support and the elastic element, the vibration dissipating member being configured to dissipate the vibrations through shear.

Abstract: A thermal regulation device, especially for cooling an electrical component likely to give off heat during operation, more especially for an electrical energy storage module, the device including an upper plate and a lower plate assembled with the upper plate so that, together, the plates form a plurality of channels for circulating a heat transfer fluid; the device being such that least some of the channels open into at least one bend chamber by virtue of which the fluid can pass round a bend; and such that at least one of the bend chamber and the channels includes a mechanical reinforcing member formed on a wall of the bend chamber or of one of the channels, the reinforcing member being configured so as to improve the mechanical strength of the chamber and/or the channel with regard to potential deformation under the effect of a high pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to an input device (1) for safety-relevant functions of a motor vehicle, having a switch contact (3) with a first connection (4) and a mating contact (5) with a second connection (6). A first resistor (9) is connected between a voltage supply connection (8) and one connection (4, 6) of the switch element (2) and a second voltage supply connection (7) is connected to the other connection (4, 6) of the switch element (2). A measuring node (10), via which an actuation-dependent voltage can be captured, is provided between the first resistor (9) and the associated connection (4, 6). The problem addressed by the invention is that of developing input devices of the type in question such that they can be used for safety-relevant applications in the motor vehicle. This problem is solved by the switch contact (3) having a third connection (12) at which a second resistor (13), which is connected to the second connection (6) of the switch element (2), is provided.