Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Patent number: 11680737
    Abstract: A plug-in device for a cylinder of a condenser, this plug-in device comprising: a plug designed to plug, preferably removably, an opening of the cylinder, a functional component designed to interact with a refrigerant fluid in the cylinder, this functional component being designed to be mounted, removably or non-removably, on the plug with the possibility of rotating with respect to this plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Gaël Durbecq, Véronique Westermann
  • Patent number: 11680623
    Abstract: A pendulum damping device incorporated into a drive train of a motor vehicle, notably into a clutch, includes a support capable of rotational movement about an axis of rotation, a pendulum assembly of which the movement with respect to the support is guided by at least one rolling member, and an end-stop damping system borne directly by the pendulum assembly and able at least to damp the coming of said pendulum assembly into a position of abutment against the support of said pendulum assembly during the radial fall and/or saturation of this said pendulum assembly. The pendulum assembly also includes at least one radial protuberance designed to pass at least partially through an opening made in the end-stop damping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Adrien Nerriere, Didier Couvillers, Olivier Fafet, Antoine Vigreux, Matthieu Malley
  • Patent number: 11679741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover (16) for a wiper blade (6), said cover (16) being configured to collaborate with a body (102) of the wiper blade (6) in a position of covering an opening formed in the body (102), the cover (16) comprising a plurality of guide tabs (56) and an upper wall (18), said upper wall (18) being dimensioned to cover part of the opening when the cover (16) is in the covering position, the guide tabs (56) extending the upper wall (18) perpendicularly and being configured to be able to hold the cover (16) in the covering position, characterized in that the cover (16) is configured to be able to be moved in the body (102) between a moved-clear position distant from the opening, and said position of covering of the opening, said cover comprising at least one retaining tab (36) extending the upper wall perpendicularly separately from the guide tabs (56), said retaining tab (36) comprising end-of-travel end-stop means (50) configured to halt the retaining tab (36) in said moved-clear
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Vincent Gaucher, Stéphane Houssat, Eric Poton
  • Patent number: 11679642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit (1) for coolant (47) comprising a main duct (3), a first branch (4), a second branch (5) and a third branch (25), the main duct (3) comprising a compression device (2) and a main heat exchanger (8) arranged to be traversed by an external air flow (EF), the first branch (4) comprising a first heat exchanger (13) thermally coupled to a loop (14) for heat transfer liquid (48) and an accumulation device (15), the second branch (5) comprising a second heat exchanger (17), the third branch (25) comprising a third heat exchanger (26), characterised in that the first branch (4) and the second branch (5) are parallel and meet at a convergence point (6), the first branch (4) and the third branch (25) meet at a first junction point (19). Application to motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Mohamed Yahia
  • Publication number: 20230182569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (1) comprising: - a light source (20) designed to generate a source light beam (S) extending over a predetermined wavelength range; - a diffractive optical element (40), the operating range of which is adapted to said wavelength range and which is arranged to receive said source light beam (S) and to transmit an image light beam (I); and - a dichroic filter (50) placed in the path of said image light beam and the passband of which at least partially covers said wavelength range so as to at least partially transmit said image light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Pierre Mermillod, Thomas Avisse, Pierre-Alain Tremblin
  • Publication number: 20230188379
    Abstract: A method for managing image data in a vehicle lighting system, the lighting system including a lighting module and a multiplexed bus for transmitting compressed image data to the lighting module. The method includes receiving an instruction to trigger a lighting function, the lighting function being configured to be generated by the lighting module from compressed image data corresponding to lighting patterns having L rows, L being an integer. Determining the image data to be compressed from among the image data of the lighting patterns of the at least one lighting function by selecting the image data of X rows from the L rows of the lighting patterns, X being an integer smaller than L. Compressing the image data determined as having to be compressed. Transmitting the compressed image data to the lighting module via the multiplexed bus in order for the lighting function to be generated and projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Yasser ALMEHIO, Constantin PRAT, Matthieu DREZET
  • Patent number: 11674553
    Abstract: A torsion damping device for a vehicle transmission line including a first rotating element, a second rotating element, a main damper, a third rotating element and an additional damper. When the angular displacement between the first and second rotating elements is greater than zero and less than said first threshold, the at least one main spring is compressed while the third rotating element is rotated by the first rotating element via the uncompressed additional spring, and when the angular displacement between the first and second rotating elements is greater than said first threshold, the at least one main spring is compressed and the at least one additional spring is compressed in parallel, the compression of the additional spring being accompanied by the relative rotation of the first rotating element and the third rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO EMBRAYAGES
    Inventors: Didier Bagard, Pierre Boucheny, David Denizot, Olivier Marechal
  • Publication number: 20230179052
    Abstract: A stator (1) for an electric machine (101), wherein the stator (1) has N?3 phases (U, V, W), P?2 pole pairs, and q?1 holes, the stator (1) comprises a stator core (3) having at least 2NPq slots (4) and a number of 2NPqL shaped conductors (5) arranged in an even number of L?4 layers (6a-h) radially layered in the slots (4), the shaped conductors (5) form 2q paths (7a-d) per phase and are arranged in 2P winding zones (8), which each extend radially over L layers (6a-h) and in the circumferential direction over at least q directly adjacent slots (4), the shaped conductors (5) of each path are connected in a series circuit, which is provided by connectors (9a-e, 10a-f, 11a-g) arranged at both end faces (2a, 2b) of the stator core, each path comprises L/2 groups (12a-d) of shaped conductors (5) successively connected in series, each group (12a-d) is formed by at least one arrangement (13a, 13b) of at least four shaped conductors (5) which are arranged alternately in two immediately adjacent layers (6a-g) and ar
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Dotz, Christian Finger-Albert
  • Publication number: 20230173521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for spraying a washing liquid, comprising a washing liquid tank, a plurality of spray members fluidically connected to the tank, a pump configured to supply the spray members with washing liquid, a plurality of valves coupled respectively to the plurality of spray members and configured to selectively transmit the pumped washing liquid to the respective spray members, wherein the plurality of valves are disposed in the form of a distribution block with an inlet of the block being configured to be fluidically connected to the pump and comprising fluidic connectors disposed in parallel and intended to be connected to spray members, and wherein the distribution block also comprises a mechanical overpressure valve disposed in parallel with the fluidic connectors and configured to be fitted on a fluidic connector of the distribution block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Maxime BAUDOUIN, Theophile JULLIEN
  • Publication number: 20230172562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (1) for detecting a disease in a person, in particular a contagious disease such as COVID-19, this detection system comprising: —an acquisition device (7) for acquiring examination data on the person, this acquisition device comprising, in particular, at least one physiological measurement sensor such as a radar, and a thermal camera for acquiring this examination data, —a data processing device (3) arranged to receive this examination data obtained by the acquisition device, —a display device (30) arranged to display diagnostic information on the disease based on an analysis of the examination data, this diagnostic information possibly being representative of a level of probability that the person has the disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, William Lapierre, Shivakumar Puttaswamy
  • Publication number: 20230175676
    Abstract: A lens, a vehicle lamp, and a corresponding vehicle, the lens including a lens portion with a touch area and an antenna portion including a flange portion, the antenna portion being electrically conductive and at least partially opposite to the touch area. When the touch area of the lens provided with the antenna portion is touched, the capacitance of a capacitor formed by the antenna portion will change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Wenqing CHEN, Changqi-stone WU, Weifang HUANG, Xiaoling ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230179051
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine is disclosed. The rotor has a rotor shaft, a laminated core arranged on the rotor shaft and a plurality of stacked electrical laminations. The rotor also includes a first end plate arranged on an axial side of the laminated core and having radial protrusions arranged along its circumference, a second end plate arranged on the opposite axial side of the laminated core and having radial protrusions arranged along its circumference, a plurality of rotor windings which are each wound around a protrusion of the first end plate and around an axially opposite protrusion of the second end plate. A central cooling duct runs in the rotor shaft for supplying a coolant, and a radial cooling duct runs outwards from the central cooling duct in the laminated core. In addition, an electric machine and a vehicle having an electric machine of this type are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Siepker, Christoph Wieczorek, Regina Bach, Nico Wolf, Alexander Schlereth
  • Publication number: 20230179041
    Abstract: A rotor module for a rotor of a rotary electric machine with an axis of rotation having a stator and stator core including radially oriented stator teeth, is disclosed. The rotor module has a rotor module core, and a plurality of permanent magnets defining a number of magnetic pole pairs comprising a first pole and a second pole. The first and second poles of each magnetic pole pair are adjacent. The plurality of permanent magnets define first magnet arrangements defining each first pole, and second magnet arrangements defining each second pole. A first angle between the first and second pole of each pair is equal to 360° divided by two times the number of magnetic pole pairs. A second angle between a second pole of a first pole pair and a first pole of a second pole pair is the sum of the first angle and a first shift angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Boris Dotz
  • Publication number: 20230177731
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing image data in an motor vehicle lighting system, the lighting system including at least one lighting module intended to project light beams generated on the basis of data relating to the selection of at least one image. The method including receiving an instruction to activate at least one image to be projected, converting the original image into N grey levels, determining, for each pixel in each row in the matrix, whether the pixel under analysis is a significant point of inflection, storing the pixel under analysis as a compressed pixel in a list when the pixel under analysis is considered to be a significant point of inflection, and transmitting the list to the at least one lighting module so that it is able to project a resulting image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Yasser ALMEHIO, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Constantin PRAT
  • Publication number: 20230173875
    Abstract: A cooling module for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, through which an air flow is intended to pass, having a set of heat exchangers including a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger; a fan casing disposed downstream, the fan casing having an outlet for the air flow; a tangential turbomachine configured so as to generate the air flow; the cooling module further including: an air discharge vent disposed downstream of the outlet for the air flow of the fan casing; and a bypass connecting the outlet for the air flow to an opening upstream of the set of heat exchangers; the air discharge vent having a closure device configured so as to redirect the air flow from the outlet towards the outside of the vehicle when in the discharge position and to redirect the air flow towards the bypass when in the recirculation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Gael DURBECQ, Amrid MAMMERI, Erwan ETIENNE, Kamel AZZOUZ
  • Patent number: 11671269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a sensor arrangement (2) in a motor vehicle (1), wherein the sensor arrangement (2) has a central unit (3) and a plurality of sensor units (S1, S2, S3), the central unit (3) and the sensor units (S1, S2, S3) are connected to a bus cable (4) and via the bus cable (4) a communication takes place between the central unit (3) and the sensor units (S1, S2, S3) with the following steps: alternately carrying out a power supply phase (E) and a communication phase (K), supplying the sensor units (S1, S2, S3) with energy in the power supply phase (E), repeatedly carrying out a communication cycle in the communication phase (K), having the following steps: sending a command (F1, F2, F3) from the central unit (3) to at least one sensor unit (S1, S2, S3), receiving a response (A1, A2, A3) of a sensor unit (S1, S2, S3) in the central unit (3), receiving a respective energy status information item (ES1, ES2, ES3) from all sensor units (S1, S2, S3) in the central unit (3) an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Marek Lewandowski
  • Patent number: 11667267
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device (100) for cleaning the optical surface (162) of at least one optical sensor (160) for a motor vehicle. The cleaning device (100) includes a source (110) for emitting a laser beam and means for guiding the laser beam onto at least a part of the optical surface (162) of an optical sensor (160) so as to clean it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Frédéric Bretagnol, Giuseppe Grasso, Marcel Trebouet
  • Patent number: 11668446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle's light module for lighting or signaling device purposes and includes at least one light source mounted on a support, an optical unit that engages the light source that forms a light beam and a locating system, which includes at least one locating pin inserted into a locating orifice. The support contains at least one locating pin and the locating orifice while the optical unit has the other locating pin and locating orifice. The locating pins include two facing parts where one of the parts is identified as the rigid part, and the other of the parts is identified as the flexible part, where the one part is more rigid than the other of the two facing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Francois Berrezai, Jean-Marc Gressot
  • Publication number: 20230168048
    Abstract: A high pressure heat exchanger having a first manifold and a second manifold connected fluidly by a plurality of tube sets arranged in a spaced manner along the manifolds. At least one of the manifold includes a rear cover, a header with slots receiving tube end sections of the tube sets and several internal plates interposed between the header and the rear cover and configured to create a flow path within the manifold, this flow path being in fluid connection with the tubes to allow a circulation of a refrigerant in the tubes and the manifold. The header has preferably at least a first area adjacent to at least one of the slots and having a first thickness and at least a second area surrounding at least partially the first area and having a second thickness, the first thickness being smaller than the second thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO AUTOSYSTEMY SP. Z O.O.
    Inventors: Michal BELZOWSKI, Tomasz STRAMECKI, Dawid SZOSTEK
  • Publication number: 20230167920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve for a spray system for spraying a washing liquid comprising a valve body, enclosing a hydraulic cavity which is configured to be fluidically connected to a hydraulic conduit of the spray system and is intended to receive the washing liquid, a mobile element which is configured to be moved in the hydraulic cavity between an open position, in which it lets the washing liquid pass into the hydraulic conduit, and a closed position, in which it blocks the passage of the washing liquid into the hydraulic conduit, characterized in that the valve also comprises at least one opening provided in the wall, said opening being closed by an elastic membrane which is configured to be deformed if the washing liquid freezes in the hydraulic cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Maxime BAUDOUIN, Theophile JULLIEN