Patents Assigned to Valeo
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Publication number: 20220390003Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a damping system for a hydraulic coupling device, comprising: an output hub having a central axis and a torus which surrounds the central axis, a first track being arranged in the torus; a plurality of turbine mass assemblies uniformly distributed around the central axis, each turbine mass assembly comprising a turbine section, each turbine section carrying a plurality of blades and being provided with a second track corresponding to the first track; a roller that can roll along a roller track defined by the first track and a corresponding second track, so that the turbine mass assembly can move relative to the output hub and exert torque on the output hub; wherein each turbine mass assembly further comprises a mass plate fixedly connected to the turbine section, the output hub being arranged between the mass plate and the turbine section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: VALEO KAPEC TORQUE CONVERTERS (NANJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Teng MENG, Maohui LI, Lu LI, Shengzhang WANG
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Patent number: 11522409Abstract: Shaft for an electric machine, includes a core seat for a laminated core and two shaft ends extending axially outwardly from the core seat in opposite directions, wherein the core seat has at least one core seat portion extending in the axial direction with a polygonal profile for forming a polygonal connection to the laminated core.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventor: Regina Bach
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Patent number: 11522419Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine, having the following steps: inserting a cast body with a nozzle from a first side of the stator into the stator, inserting a cast counterbody from a second opposing side of the stator into the stator, casting the stator with thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, or resin by means of the nozzle, curing the thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, or resin, wherein following the curing a cast-on piece of the thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, or resin is sheared off using a rotational movement of the cast body or cast counterbody.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventor: Florian Balling
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Publication number: 20220379685Abstract: A HVAC system (100) includes a housing (10) with at least one first inlet (20) and at least one second inlet (30) formed thereon, at least one first door (20a), at least one second door (30a) and an intermediate door (40). The first inlet (20) and the second inlet (30) is for ingress of a first fluid stream and a second fluid stream inside the housing (10). The first door (20a) and the second door (30a) moves with respect to the first inlet (20) and the second inlet (30) respectively to define an open configuration, a closed configuration and a partially open configuration thereof. The intermediate door (40) is disposed between the first inlet (20) and the second inlet (30) and moves between a deployed and an un-deployed configuration to respectively disrupt and allow fluid flow there across. The intermediate door (40) is a sliding door.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Earl Buckman, Darshan Parikh, Sally Dagher, Steven Marshall, Richard Sikorski
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Publication number: 20220385217Abstract: A module for controlling a rotary electric machine for a motor vehicle includes a calculating program, a value of the rotor coil voltage Vrot, a resistance value of the rotor coil Rrot, a value of the rotor coil induction Lrot. The program estimates the rotor coil current Irot according to this formula: Irot[k]=Irot[k?1]+(Vrot[k?1]?Irot[k?1]×Rrot)/Lrot×Ts in which Irot[k?1] is the estimate of the rotor coil current previously calculated at time k?1 and Ts is the sampling time between the index k?1 and the index k. To switch from a motor mode to a neutral mode, the control module is configured to control a shorting of the phases of the stator after the estimated rotor coil current Irot is equal to a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventors: Nanfang YANG, Wilfried CARREIRO, Luc KOBYLANSKI
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Publication number: 20220379803Abstract: An electronic device for an automotive lighting device, including a driver and a mixer. The driver includes a power and signal input and has a supply voltage threshold, in such a way that the microcontroller is configured to reset if the voltage value in the power and signal input is lower than the supply voltage threshold. The mixer includes an output connected to the power and signal input of the driver, and is configured to provide an output signal which is related to the highest between the non-permanent signal and the permanent signal inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Juan LARA-CABEZA, Antonio ILLAN, Miguel-Angel PENA
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Publication number: 20220379715Abstract: A hybrid sub-assembly for driving a vehicle includes at least one primary shaft, at least one secondary shaft, a transmission gearbox including at least one intermediate shaft different from the primary shaft and the secondary shaft, and an electromotive unit. The electromotive unit includes at least one reversible electric machine, and a coupling device that can take up at least one intermediate coupling position in which an output shaft of the reversible electric machine is kinematically connected to the intermediate shaft, and a secondary coupling position in which an output shaft of the reversible electric machine is kinematically connected to the secondary shaft without going via the intermediate shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: VALEO EMBRAYAGESInventors: Loic VASSIEUX, Dominique LHEUREUX
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Publication number: 20220381327Abstract: A damper device includes an input-side rotating member, an intermediate rotating member, an output-side rotating member, and an elastic body. The elastic body is located in a clearance in a circumferential direction between each of a plurality of corresponding portions in which a hook portion of the input-side rotating member and a hook portion of the output-side rotating member face each other and the intermediate rotating member. A part of the corresponding portions is a first corresponding portion configured in such a manner that the elastic body is separated from the output-side rotating member and in contact with the input-side rotating member. The remainder of the corresponding portions is a second corresponding portion configured in such a manner that the elastic body is separated from the input-side rotating member and is in contact with the output-side rotating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, VALEO KAPEC JAPAN K.K.Inventors: Isamu HACHISUWA, Atsushi MUTO, Takashi FUJITA, Kiyoshi YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220381517Abstract: A heat exchanger, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first conduit for a first fluid, comprising a first manifold, a second manifold, and a plurality of tubes arranged in at least two parallel stacks having a first terminal tube and a second terminal tube opposite to the first terminal tube, the tubes being fluidly connected with the first manifold and the second manifold to provide at least one U-turn for the first fluid; a second conduit for a second fluid comprising a housing body arranged to at least partially encapsulate the first conduit, wherein the second conduit is fluidly isolated from the first conduit and, a baffle plate deployed in-between the stacks of the tubes and the manifolds, enabling a U-turn of the second fluid in the vicinity of the first manifold, characterised in that, the baffle plate comprises a first restricting member protruding towards the first manifold, configured to partially limit the U-turn of the second fluid at the level of the first terminal tubes of the stacType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Valeo Autosystemy Sp. z o.o.Inventors: Milosz Augustyn, Michal Belzowski, Zbigniew Figiel, Dawid Szostek, Tomasz Stramecki
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Publication number: 20220385128Abstract: A stator for an electric machine is disclosed. The stator has a plurality of pins arranged in slots in the stator on concentric circles at different distances from a center point, each concentric circle forming a layer. Each of six pins in different layers are connected to one another in series and form a winding. A first pin of the winding in a first slot in the 6n-4 layer, n being a natural number, a second pin of the winding in a second slot in the 6n-5 layer, a third pin of the winding in the first slot in the 6n-2 layer, a fourth pin of the winding in the second slot in the 6n-3 layer, a fifth pin in the first slot in the 6n layer, and a sixth pin of the winding in the second slot in the 6n-1 layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Boris Dotz, Christian Finger-Albert
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Publication number: 20220385048Abstract: An electrical conductor for a rotating electrical machine wound component includes a body formed of an electrically conductive material and a coating layer formed of an electrically insulating material, the coating layer partially covering the body. The conductor is formed of a first portion, referred to as the main portion, in which the body is covered by the coating layer, a second portion, referred to as the intermediate portion, in which the body is covered with residue of the coating layer, and a third portion, referred to as the stripped portion, in which the body is bare. The intermediate portion is arranged between the main portion and the stripped portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventors: Jean DUQUESNE, Vincent RAMET, Stephane DE-CLERCQ, Humberto TELES DE MENEZES, Denis BODIN, Claire SCHAYES
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Publication number: 20220381522Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger provided with a base plate (10, 10?) and a liquid circulation space (15) formed between a plate (20, 20?) attached on the base plate and the base plate, the exchanger comprising at least one fluid connector (30, 31, 32), fixed on the base plate or on a return (12) inclined with respect to the base plate (10?) and connected to an inlet or outlet channel (21, 22) of the liquid circulation space, said connector comprising a tubular nozzle (33, 34, 35), for connecting the device to a tubing of an external fluid circuit, a base (36, 37) provided with a recess (38, 39) into which the tubular nozzle opens and with a mouth (38a, 39a) for connection to the channel, the recess forming a fluid passage between the mouth (38a, 39a) and the nozzle (33, 34, 35), for which the recess has an opening on a fixing face (40, 40?) of the connector on the base plate or on the return, the base plate or the return forming a closure wall of the recess of the base providing the sealing of the fType: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Lionel Robillon, Frédéric Tison, Fabienne Tourneux, Véronique Westermann, Vincent Joubier
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Publication number: 20220379848Abstract: The invention concerns a crank pin for a connecting rod of a wiper-actuating linkage system, the crank pin being configured to be received in a complementary inner cavity of a ball joint of the linkage system, and comprising a truncated spherical portion having at least one spherical sector and at least one truncated sector. The invention also concerns a complementary ball joint. The invention also concerns a corresponding linkage system and the method for assembling a connecting rod of such a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventor: Cyrille GIRODOT
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Patent number: 11512828Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive optical system; the optical system includes one or more first optical elements that reflect light rays emitted from a number of first light sources that are configured to perform a first lighting function and a second optical element; the second optical element is configured to project a light beam from the first optical elements configured to perform the first lighting function where a portion of the second optical element is made of a diffusive material. Furthermore, the optical system includes a number of secondary light sources where the second optical element is configured to receive light ray emissions from the secondary light sources and perform a second lighting function by scattering light rays received from secondary light sources.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Valeo VisionInventor: Brant Potter
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Patent number: 11512873Abstract: An electrical connection interface (100) of a device for electrically heating a flow of air flowing within a ventilation, heating and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle comprises, in a panel (102), at least one notch that is dimensioned for receiving a connection terminal (126) mounted at the end of an electrode of a heating element of the electric heating device. The electrical connection interface comprises at least one device for limiting the shear (101) of the connection terminal which extends proud from the panel (102) adjacent to the notch.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Laurent Tellier, Frédéric Pierron, Serif Karaaslan, Yann Couapel
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Patent number: 11515744Abstract: A stator housing for an electric machine, includes a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid may flow and which has a plurality of main portions extending in the axial direction or in the circumferential direction, wherein adjacent main portions are connected by deflection portions of the cooling channel in such a way that a meandering cooling path is formed, wherein a guide element is formed within each of the deflection portions and separates the cooling path into two cooling sub-paths.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventors: Nils Krais, Philipp Söntgerath
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Patent number: 11515755Abstract: Stator housing for an electric machine, includes a plurality of axially extending main channels, wherein pairs of adjacent main channels are connected by deflection channels to form a meandering cooling path for a coolant, and a plurality of connection channels that connect each pair of adjacent main channels in a fluid conductive manner at an axial position between the deflection channels.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventors: Nils Krais, Philipp Söntgerath
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Publication number: 20220371508Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes a housing having a front lighting surface, a substantially planar plate and at least one lighting module mounted on the plate. The plate has a general plane of extension that is horizontal when the housing is mounted in the vehicle, and has a surface referred to as a lower surface and a surface referred to as an upper surface. The plate includes a first control system which comprises a first male element and is arranged to cause translation of the first male element in an axis parallel to the plate, the plate being provided with a first recess receiving the first male element, and a second control system that includes a second male element and is arranged to cause translation of the second male element in an axis perpendicular to the plate, the plate being provided with a second recess on its upper or lower surface that receives the second male element. The housing thus takes up less space above the modules, which can easily be raised.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Jerome CHIRON, Jean-Marc GRESSOT
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Publication number: 20220374031Abstract: The invention concerns a heat management method for an electric heating device comprising at least one subassembly of resistive elements configured to be electrically supplied and a support for a circuit supplying power to the resistive elements, wherein the power supply of the resistive elements is controlled according to a power setpoint (P_(sub)system_target_0) or temperature (T_(sub)system_target_0) or electrical current amplitude (i_(sub)system_target_0) or resistance (R_(sub)system_target_0), or even a duty ratio of the control signal (PWM_(sub)system_target_0).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Bertrand Puzenat, Erwan Gogmos
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Patent number: RE49327Abstract: The present invention relates to a support for a light source of a lighting device of a motor vehicle, including a zone for positioning the light source, referencing elements with respect to three given mutually transverse axes, one of the referencing elements, termed a referencing element with two portions, a first portion extending along or parallel to a first axis of the three given axes, and a second portion extending transversely relative to this first given axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: David Dorn, Christophe Cherreau, Pierre Renaud, Silas Bakary-Gando, Laurent Garrouste