Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Publication number: 20230003455
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly (100) includes a first heat exchanger (10) that includes at least one first manifold (14), a second heat exchanger (20) that includes at least one second manifold (24) and at least one connector (30) formed on at least one of the first manifold (14) and the second manifold (24). The at least one connector (30) facilitates connection between the second heat exchanger (20) and the first heat exchanger (10). The at least one connector (30) includes a fluid flow passage (32) that forms fluid communication between heat exchange fluid flow lines (40) and the at least one second manifold (24). The fluid flow passage (32) is fluidically isolated from the at least one first manifold (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Autosystemy Sp. z o.o.
    Inventors: Lukasz Barus, Artur Domiter, Bartosz Potempa, Mateusz Wozek
  • Publication number: 20230003359
    Abstract: The invention relates to an element of a vehicle luminous device, including an element made from a synthetic polymer material and includes an injection space which is formed by a primary space and a secondary space. The element further includes a material injection channel with at least two portions which extend in different directions. A first portion includes an injection location and a second portion is connected to the secondary space, and at least one angled portion with a variable angle connecting the at least two portions and including a protuberance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Romain MENORET, Jean-Marc GRESSOT, Elie BOSC
  • Publication number: 20230001767
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical heating device (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, the device (1) comprising: —a heating element (3) supplied with power at high voltage, —a control unit (5) supplied with power at low voltage and configured to receive a low-voltage electrical signal, the control unit (5) comprising at least one printed circuit (12) with at least one surface configured to receive electronic components; —at least one transmission cable (10) configured to transmit the low-voltage electric signal to the control unit (5), characterised in that the control unit (5) comprises at least one positioning element (20) configured to position the transmission cable (10) inside the control unit (5) and in that the positioning element (20) comprises at least one electrically insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Romain Delcourt, Théo Deletang, Pascal Fourgous
  • Publication number: 20230003224
    Abstract: A mechanical assembly for a vehicle (10), in particular a motor vehicle, comprises a rotating element (18), a support Got (20) for the rotating element (18), and a cover (22) attached on the support (20) for the rotating element (18). The cover (22) has at least one edge (50) attached on the support (20) for the rotating element (18) and a bottom (52) extending substantially in a plane. The N bottom (52) is at least partially covered by elastomer material (58).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Clara Degorce-Dumas, Clémence Kwaczewski
  • Publication number: 20230007807
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device (2) for an electronic component is disclosed. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipating component (20) disposed on a first side of the electronic component (1); at least one elastic element (30) arranged on a second side of the electronic component (1) opposite the first side; a pressure plate (40) arranged such that the at least one elastic element (30) is located between the pressure plate (40) and the electronic component (1), the pressure plate (40) being connected to a fixed structure to apply pressure to the electronic component (1) via the at least one elastic element (30) in the direction of the heat dissipating component (20). An AC-DC converter or a DC-AC converter or a DC-DC converter comprising the heat dissipation device, and a motor vehicle comprising the above converter are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronghui Li, Gongyuan Qu, Qingqing Liu
  • Publication number: 20230006277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compartment for an apparatus likely to emit heat during its operation, in particular for an electrical energy storage device for a motor vehicle, this compartment having at least one cooling plate arranged to have a cooling fluid flowing through it and arranged to cool said apparatus, this compartment also including an upper housing arranged to receive said electrical equipment, and a lower housing in which at least one fluid connection element for supplying fluid to the cooling plate is placed, the lower and upper housings being insulated from one another in a fluid-tight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Sergio DA COSTA PITO
  • Publication number: 20230001793
    Abstract: A transmission device (2) for an electrically driveable vehicle (38), comprising a transmission element (9), a parking lock (12), by means of which the transmission element (9) can be blocked and which has a parking lock actuator (14), a transmission housing (7), which encloses the transmission element (9) and the parking lock (12), a connection apparatus (15) with a cable arrangement (16) extending in the transmission housing (7) and a plug connector by which a first end of the cable arrangement (16) can be contacted from the exterior of the transmission housing (7), wherein a second end of the cable arrangement (16) is electrically connected to the parking lock actuator (14), and a pressure equalization apparatus, which runs through the plug connector (17) of the connection apparatus (15) and forms a gas-permeable connection between the interior of the parking lock actuator (14) and the exterior of the transmission housing (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Gerhard Fürstenhöfer, Stefan Paul, Bernd Haas
  • Publication number: 20230003458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three-fluid heat exchanger (1) comprising a stack of plates (20a, 20b, 20c, 30a, 30b, 30c) and: a first circuit (11) for the circulation of a first heat-transfer fluid between a first inlet manifold (11a) and a first outlet manifold (11b) for the first heat-transfer fluid, a second circuit (12) for the circulation of a second heat-transfer fluid between a second inlet manifold (12a) and a second outlet manifold (12b) for the second heat-transfer fluid, a third circuit (13) for the circulation of a third heat-transfer fluid between a third inlet manifold (13a) and a third outlet manifold (13b) for the third heat-transfer fluid, the stack of plates (20a, 20b, 20c, 30a, 30b, 30c) forming an alternation of first (A) and second (B) circulation spaces for the circulation of heat-transfer fluid, stacked in the direction of stacking of plates (20a, 20b, 20c, 30a, 30b, 30c), the first circuit (11) being arranged within the first circulation spaces (A) and the second (12) and third (13) circuits being jo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Kamel Azzouz, Jérémy Blandin, Imad Chelali, Cédric De Vaulx, Amrid Mammeri, Julien Tissot
  • Publication number: 20230006502
    Abstract: A cooling system for a rotary electric machine having an axis of rotation includes a cooling jacket suitable for receiving a stator of the rotary electrical machine, a housing receiving the cooling jacket, in which an outer wall of the cooling jacket forms, with an inner wall of the housing, a cooling chamber through which a cooling fluid can flow. A separator element separates an inlet zone of the cooling chamber and an outlet zone of the cooling chamber. The separator element includes a fastening part, of a first length, fastened to the outer wall of the cooling jacket or the inner wall of the housing, a first separating part, of a second length, inclined relative to the fastening part and non-parallel to the fastening part. The first length is less than the second length such that the first separating part includes comprises a first free end that is not directly connected to the fastening part. The invention also relates to an electric machine equipped with such a cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Pierrick HUSSON, Alexis RIVALS
  • Publication number: 20230001783
    Abstract: An air inlet shut-off device for a motor vehicle having: a support frame defining a passage opening for an incoming air flow, a curtain movable between a closed position and an open position, an automatic return system for the curtain having: an elastic element which is elastic in elongation along the rolling axis of the roller shaft and secured to the latter in such a way as to be rotated and vice versa; a cylindrical slider intended to move in translation along the rolling axis and in rotation about this same axis, said slider being secured to the elastic element in such a way as to be rotated indirectly by the roller shaft, said slider including a helical groove on its outer surface, the support frame including a fixed finger configured to be inserted in said helical groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Victor Manuel MINERO RAMALES, Frederic VACCA, Karim ARAB, Laura MARION, Sylvain GERBER
  • Publication number: 20230001889
    Abstract: System for cleaning a glazed surface of a motor vehicle, including at least one wiper and a drive device for driving at least the wiper along an axis of translation, substantially perpendicular to said wiper, where the glazed surface is a detection surface of a sensor/emitter of a detection assembly and in that the drive device includes at least one drive motor driving in rotation about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the axis of translation, and at least a conversion device converting a rotational movement of the drive motor into a rectilinear movement along the axis of translation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventors: Gerald CAILLOT, Frederic GIRAUD, Jean-Michel JARASSON, Vincent IZABEL
  • Publication number: 20230001796
    Abstract: This device for actively discharging an electrical energy storage device has a branch having first and second ends connected respectively to positive and negative terminals of the electrical energy storage device, and between the two ends, a thermistor having a resistance that increases with a temperature of the thermistor and a switch designed to receive a control signal (vGS) to change from an open state to a closed state, the thermistor and the switch being connected to one another so that, when the switch is closed, a discharge current (iD) enters through the first end, flows through the thermistor (210) and the switch one after the other, and emerges through the second end; and a device for controlling the switch. The control device is connected to the switch so as to provide the control signal (vGS) independently of the resistance of the thermistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive France
    Inventor: Yamna Bakhali
  • Publication number: 20230006281
    Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric component has a housing for the electric component and a heat exchange plate extending over the surface of the lateral face of the housing. The plate has a fluid channel between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a supply duct to supply the plate with fluid and a discharge duct, a casing defining the housing(s) and receiving the heat exchange plate and the supply and discharge ducts. The system includes a fluid collecting box arranged to collect fluid from a possible fluid leakage at the junction between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the plate and the associated supply and discharge ducts, so as to prevent said leaked fluid from dripping into a bottom of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Rainer SONNENBERGER, Roque SALAZAR-ALVEAR, Richard COTTET, Bastien JOVET
  • Publication number: 20230003357
    Abstract: A method for managing image data in an automotive lighting device includes the steps of providing an image pattern, dividing the image pattern in rows or columns of pixels, and calculating a first gradient value related to the relation between the numeric value of a first pixel and the numeric value of an adjacent pixel. Also included is checking, for each pixel, if the difference between the corresponding gradient value and the first gradient fulfills one of a first or second condition, defining linear segments, compressing the data of the linear segments and sending the compressed data to the light module. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device for performing the steps of such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Yasser ALMEHIO, Constantin PRAT
  • Publication number: 20230004154
    Abstract: A method for remotely controlled driving of a motor vehicle, characterized in that by the motor vehicle a transport travel with at least one passenger in the motor vehicle is performed. The driving of the motor vehicle during the transport drive, at least in phases, is performed in teleoperated manner by an external teleoperator from an operator location. During the teleoperated driving environmental information of the motor vehicle is transmitted to the operator location and displayed at least on one display unit for the teleoperator. During the teleoperated driving a viewing direction of the teleoperator on the display unit is determined, and is displayed on the display unit where the teleoperator gazes. This image region, at which the teleoperator gazes, is visually marked on a display unit in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Antonyo Musabini
  • Publication number: 20230006494
    Abstract: A stator for a rotary electric machine including a stator body, a winding having at least one bundle axially projecting from the stator body and winding ends extending from the stator body. An interconnector is mounted on the winding, the interconnector including an insulating body and traces including trace ends extending from the insulating body, the winding ends being assembled on the trace ends, wherein the interconnector also includes at least one means for positioning the interconnector on the winding in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Mathieu D'AMICO, Christopher RICHE
  • Patent number: 11545863
    Abstract: A guide device (1) for a cooling fluid flowing around winding heads (28) of an electrical machine (21), including a body (2), with a recess (4) delimited by an inner edge (3) for guiding through a shaft of the electrical machine (21), and a guide element (5), which protrudes from the body (2) in the axial direction and extends in the peripheral direction in a radial position lying between the inner edge (3) and an outer edge (6) of the body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Krais, Philipp Söntgerath
  • Patent number: 11541804
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device that includes a means for emitting a first cut-off light beam along an optical axis where the cut-off is a substantially horizontal line that includes a cut where the cut extends in a coordinate system formed by a horizontal reference axis (HR) that is parallel to a first horizontal axis (HI) passing through the substantially horizontal line; and a vertical reference axis (VR) that is perpendicular to the horizontal reference axis (HR) and to an optical axis; where the optical axis passes through the coordinate system's center; Also is included a means for emitting a second light beam that is horizontally divided into a multitude of selectively activated light segments where the light segments illuminate a zone located astride of the first horizontal axis (HI) that is characterized by the cut, which includes a proximal longitudinal end along the horizontal reference axis (HR) between 1.25° and 1.5° or between ?1.25° and ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Alexandre Joerg, Orane Marchal
  • Patent number: 11545888
    Abstract: A method for controlling switching of an electrical system comprising having at least one frequency-controlled switch arm, includes the following steps: closing a first top or bottom switch, implementing a predetermined downtime and opening a second switch, for a period corresponding to the control frequency, and then: opening the first switch, comparing the voltage measured at the midpoint with a voltage threshold, determining a second instant t2 at which the voltage measured at the midpoint crosses the voltage threshold, closing the second switch at the second instant t2, calculating a downtime DT adjusted according to a formula which is a function of the control frequency Fsw, a first instant t1 and a second instant t2, the adjusted downtime being implemented as of the subsequent switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Gang Yang, Huan Zhou, Sébastien Lecointre
  • Patent number: 11543492
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical detection device (3) for arranging on an attached part (5, 7) of a motor vehicle (1) and for monitoring a region (4, 6) adjacent to the attached part (5, 7), with a transmitting apparatus (11) comprising a light source (13) and with a receiving apparatus (12) comprising a sensor (22). The transmitting apparatus (11) is designed to transmit light beams (18) along predetermined scanning directions (A1, A2, A3, A4) into the region (4, 6), and the receiving apparatus (12) is designed to receive the fractions (19) of the light beams (18) reflected in the region (4, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Lin Lin, Peter Horvath, Thomas Schuler