Patents Assigned to Valeo
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Publication number: 20250153682Abstract: A method of commanding an action of a vehicle with a key-fob of the vehicle communicatively connected to the vehicle. The method includes receiving a voice command at a microphone of the key-fob. The method also includes, by the key-fob, transmitting to the vehicle a signal associated to the voice command. The method also includes, by the vehicle, upon receiving the signal associated to the voice command from the key-fob, performing a corresponding action.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: Valeo Telematik und Akustik GmbHInventors: Muthukumar Subramanian, Vishnu Amachandran, Sandeep Sunil, Prajnya Bharati, Shaikh-Zaed Faizan
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Publication number: 20250155099Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element, for realizing a first light function and a second light function, the second light function being different from the first light function. The optical element includes at least one light source, a first light guide unit and a second light guide unit. The at least one light source being configured to emit light rays for the first light function and the second light function, and emit light rays at least towards the first light guide unit. The first light guide unit being arranged upstream of the second light guide unit in a main emergence direction of the optical element, and at least a portion of light from the first light guide unit emerges through the second light guide unit. The present invention also relates to a lighting device and a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Xiaoyong ZHU, Yagui GAO, Sihua WU, Haiqing ZHOU
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Publication number: 20250153630Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting system for a motor vehicle. The system includes a first headlamp capable of projecting a first light beam and a second headlamp capable of projecting a second light beam, the first light beam being formed by at least one first focused light beam and the second light beam being formed by at least one second focused light beam. The first and second focused light beams being controlled by a control law. The control law is configured to create asymmetry between the angular displacement of the first focused light beam from a first outer end position to a first inner end position and the angular displacement of the second focused light beam from a second outer end position to a second inner end position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Marie PELLARIN, Sophie CLADÉ, Arnaud ROBERT
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Publication number: 20250154990Abstract: An actuation device for a transmission system includes an electric motor capable of being fastened to an actuation housing, and a speed reduction device kinematically linked to the rotor of the electric motor and an output shaft of the speed reduction device having a first axis of rotation. An actuation fork is rigidly connected to the output shaft of the speed reduction device for rotation therewith and includes an actuation end that is radially offset relative to the first axis of rotation. The actuation fork is capable of pivoting through a first angular sector in the actuation housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventors: Vincent KLEIN, Fabien DIASCORN, Nicola SAVASTANO, Laurent CAUMARTIN, Christophe MOLLIER
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Publication number: 20250158469Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine includes: a stator core which has a longitudinal axis, an end side, a further end side opposite the end side and a plurality of slots arranged in the circumferential direction and extending from the end side to the further end side, and a stator winding which has a number N of strands, in which N?3. Each strand occupies a plurality of winding zones in the slots and has at least one continuous current path with a first end and with a second end opposite the first end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventor: Boris DOTZ
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Patent number: 12296748Abstract: A light guide for the illumination of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a light inlet portion and a light outlet portion. The light inlet portion includes at least two light inlet faces and the light outlet portion includes at least two light outlet faces. The light inlet portion has at least one slot disposed between two light inlet faces, a groove separating two light outlet faces extending in the continuation of this slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventor: Pierre-Louis Tassy
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Patent number: 12296650Abstract: The invention relates to a device for electrically heating (1) a liquid, comprising a heating body (11), and a housing (3) defining, at least in part, a chamber (30) for circulating the liquid, the heating body (11) comprising at least one electric heating element (7, 9) extending in the chamber (30) and attached to an inner wall of the device defining, at least in part, the chamber (30) for circulating the liquid, so as to form a first mechanical connection. According to the invention, the electric heating device (1) comprises at least one mechanical connecting element (21) arranged in the chamber (30) and mechanically connecting the at least one electric heating element (7, 9) to an inner surface of the housing (3) extending opposite the heating body (11), so as to form a second mechanical connection separate from the first mechanical connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Arnaud Faivre, Laurent Decool, Yann Couapel, Serif Karaaslan, Vincent Lamande
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Patent number: 12296680Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (1) comprising: —a cover glass (10); —a back-lighting device (20), which is designed to generate a source light beam; —a modulator (12), which is securely fastened to the cover glass and located between said cover glass and the back-lighting device so as to receive the source light beam and to transmit a modulated light beam through the cover glass; and —at least one mechanical actuator (30); according to the invention, said mechanical actuator is placed so as to be able to move the cover glass with respect to the back-lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCEInventors: Stephane Korczak, Michael Irzyk, Ciprian Musat, Patrick Corduan, Nour Eddine El Ouardi
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Patent number: 12298401Abstract: According to a method for object recognition by an active optical sensor system (2), a detector unit (2b) detects light (3b) reflected off an object (4) and generates a sensor signal (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f) on the basis thereof. A computing unit (2c) ascertains a first pulse width (D1) defined by a predetermined first limit value (G1) for an amplitude of the sensor signal (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f) as well as a second pulse width (D2) defined by a predetermined second limit value (G2). The signal pulse is assigned to one of at least two categories according to at least one predefined signal pulse parameter, and a scatter plot for object recognition is generated, said scatter plot containing exactly one entry for the signal pulse, said entry corresponding to the first pulse width (D1) or to the second pulse width (D2) according to the category to which the signal pulse belongs.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Sergio Fernandez, Christoph Pfrang, Viktor Trusov, Ali Bassiouny
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Patent number: 12298393Abstract: The invention relates to a flight time sensor (10) comprising:—a lighting device (11) comprising a light source (12) which emits a source beam (13) in the direction of a scene (3) comprising an object (4) which is capable of reflecting the source beam;—a detector (15) comprising a matrix (16) of photo-sensitive pixels (16A) which receive a portion (18) of the source beam reflected by the object; and—an electronic unit (19) which is configured:—to generate a modulation signal and to control the device by means of this signal so that the source beans has a source light power which is modulated temporally;—to process electric signals which are supplied as a function of time by the detector, each electric signal representing a fraction of the source light power reflected in the direction of a pixel; and—to deduce from the electric signals a characteristic distance (Dobj) between the object and the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCEInventors: Sylvain Beaudoin, Sebastien Trapani, Frédéric Autran
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Patent number: 12296644Abstract: A method (7) for controlling the temperature of a heating surface (5) of a heating panel (1) suitable for being installed inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle, this surface (5) being likely to be touched by a passenger in said passenger compartment, the method (7) involving controlling the temperature of said heating surface (5) as a function of at least one item of data representative of the profile of a passenger accommodated in the passenger compartment and/or at least one item of data representative of the heating surface (5) of the heating panel (1). The invention also relates to a corresponding control device (15).Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Mohamed-Amine Boubaker
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Publication number: 20250146571Abstract: A blocking mechanism includes a mobile pawl mounted with the ability to pivot between a locking position and a release position. The mobile pawl includes a cam surface, a pushing device including a cam follower able to move on the cam surface in order to move the mobile pawl from the release position to the locking position, and an actuating lever moving the pushing device and including a first notch and a second notch. A positioning member engages in the first notch in the locking position and in the second notch in the release position. The positioning member including a flexible blade including a shape folded over on itself to form a V shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventor: Adrien NERRIERE
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Publication number: 20250146541Abstract: A clutch mechanism for a motorized vehicle includes a cover, a pressure plate coupled in rotation with the cover and movable axially relative thereto, and a diaphragm spring bearing against the cover and the pressure plate. The diaphragm spring is held in axial preload against the cover by a support washer provided with axial protuberances passing through the diaphragm spring and the cover. Each axial protuberance has an axial stop able to transmit the axial preload force to the cover. A plurality of elastic segments, distributed angularly about the axis of rotation (X) of the clutch mechanism, exert the axial preload on the diaphragm spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventors: Benoit PERRY, Bernard DUBOIS
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Publication number: 20250146570Abstract: A blocking mechanism includes a mobile pawl mounted with the ability to pivot between a locking position and a release position. The mobile pawl includes a cam surface, a pushing device including a cam follower able to move on the cam surface in order to move the mobile pawl from the release position to the locking position, and an actuating lever moving the pushing device and including a first notch and a second notch. A positioning member engages in the first notch in the locking position and in the second notch in the release position. The positioning member includes a first fixing surface and a second fixing surface which are offset from one another axially.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventor: Adrien NERRIERE
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Patent number: 12292095Abstract: A torsional-vibration reducing device includes: an input rotation member, an output rotation member, a coil spring which mitigates torque fluctuation generated at an input side and transmits power to an output side, a spring retaining portion provided on at least one of the input rotation member and the output rotation member and configured to support the coil spring, and a hole formed at a position corresponding to the spring retaining portion in an outer diameter direction with respect to a rotation center line.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: VALEO KAPEC JAPAN KKInventors: Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Takashi Fujita, Hiroki Yanagisawa
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Patent number: 12294247Abstract: A rotor for a rotary electric machine that rotates with respect to an axis of rotation, includes a body and permanent magnets. The body includes a plurality of rotor teeth defining cavities in which the permanent magnets are accommodated, each rotor tooth including at least one holding part. The holding part includes a holding portion having a holding face against which a radially outermost face of the permanent magnet bears, a wing remote from the radially outermost face and in the circumferential continuation of the holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventors: Thomas Squitiero, Alexis Rivals, Pascal Tournaire
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Patent number: 12294264Abstract: A stator for an electric machine has a plurality of pins, which are arranged on concentric circles at different distances from a stator center point in slots and each concentric circle forms a layer, wherein four pins in different layers are respectively connected to one another in series and form a winding, a first pin of the winding is located in a first slot in the 4n?3 layer, wherein n is a natural number, a second pin of the winding is located in a second slot in the 4n?2 layer, wherein the second slot is at a first radial distance from the first slot in a first circumferential direction of the stator, a third pin of the winding is located in the first slot in the 4n layer, a fourth pin of the winding is located in the second slot in the 4n?1 layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventor: Boris Dotz
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Patent number: 12294326Abstract: The inverter comprises input terminals (IT+, IT?), output terminals (OT), controllable switches (Q, Q?) connected to the input terminals (IT+, IT?) and to the output terminals (OT), and a control device (116) configured to control the controllable switches (Q, Q?) such that the controllable switches (Q, Q?) convert a DC voltage (E) at the input terminals (IT+, IT?) into an AC voltage at the output terminals (OT) intended to drive an electric motor (108), the control device (116) being configured to control the controllable switches (Q, O?) according to a first switching frequency and, in response to a temperature (Tj, Tc) of an element (118, Q) of the inverter (110), to a second switching frequency, the control device (116) being configured to determine the second switching frequency according to an operating point of the motor (108).Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventor: Alexander Rambetius
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Patent number: 12291173Abstract: A cleaning method (1) for cleaning a glazed surface (20) of a vehicle (2), said vehicle (2) comprising a cleaning device (21) comprising a wiping system (210) with at least one spray device for spraying a liquid (Lq), characterized in that said cleaning method (1) involves verifying (E1) a first condition (C1) that the current season (sc) is spring or summer, verifying (E2) a second condition (C2) which is the probability (pb) of there being insect strike (is) on said glazed surface (20), and verifying (E3) a third condition (C3) that said vehicle (2) is stopped. If all of the conditions (C) are met, then activating (E4) the cleaning device to begin a cleaning cycle (Cy), and executing (E5) the cleaning cycle (Cy) using said cleaning device (21).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Frédéric Giraud, Jean Luc Terrasse, Alexandre Filloux
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Publication number: 20250136055Abstract: The present invention relates to a wiper blade for a glazed surface. The wiper blades includes a support, a wiping lip borne by the support, a connector secured to the support, and at least one air deflector which includes at least a body and a wing projecting from the body. The wing and the body extending along a longitudinal axis of the wiper blade. The wing includes a rectilinear portion and a curved portion as seen along the longitudinal axis of the wiper blade, the curved portion of the wing being arranged at a longitudinal end of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Vincent GAUCHER, Stephane HOUSSAT, Guillaume MOULEYRE, Philippe BILLOT
