Patents by Inventor Blaise Rouleau

Blaise Rouleau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10566874
    Abstract: The rotary electrical machine comprises, in front, a pulley (3) secured to a shaft (9) of a rotor (20) passing through the front bearing (1a) of a housing. The bearing includes a base, having a nose (18) for mounting a front ball bearing (7) for rotating the shaft (9), and air inlets (15) defined by arms belonging to an outwardly opening area connecting a peripheral strip of material from the base to the nose (18) in order to shift the nose (18) toward the front in accordance with the central body of a device (100) for adjusting the tension of a belt received in the groove (31) of the pulley (3) and attached onto the housing (1a, 1b). The adjustment device (100) comprises at least one idler (200, 201) for tensioning the belt and a central opening (102) enabling passage of air through the air inlets (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Ryadh Ben-Omrane, Christophe Monteil, Blaise Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20180019638
    Abstract: The rotary electrical machine comprises, in front, a pulley (3) secured to a shaft (9) of a rotor (20) passing through the front bearing (1a) of a housing. The bearing includes a base, having a nose (18) for mounting a front ball bearing (7) for rotating the shaft (9), and air inlets (15) defined by arms belonging to an outwardly opening area connecting a peripheral strip of material from the base to the nose (18) in order to shift the nose (18) toward the front in accordance with the central body of a device (100) for adjusting the tension of a belt received in the groove (31) of the pulley (3) and attached onto the housing (1a, 1b). The adjustment device (100) comprises at least one idler (200, 201) for tensioning the belt and a central opening (102) enabling passage of air through the air inlets (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Ryadh BEN-OMRANE, Christophe MONTEIL, Blaise ROULEAU
  • Patent number: 8742259
    Abstract: This holder includes a conductor metal part designed to be warmed for assembly of the electrical component on the metal part. It also includes a part made of synthetic material, jointed with the metal part, guaranteeing cohesion of the holder. This part made out of synthetic material contains a mass with a low melting point and a mass with a high melting point, inserted between the mass with a low melting point and the metal part. More specifically, the mass with the high melting point is made in a material with a melting point greater than the melting point of the mass with a low melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Etudes Electroniques
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Morelle, Laurent Vivet, Blaise Rouleau
  • Patent number: 8531067
    Abstract: An alternator includes a stator S, a rotor R and a transistor bridge, which form synchronous rectification. The synchronous rectification is in the form of an over-molded mechatronic housing (2), and the mechatronic housing includes an electronic power substrate (3) and power connection terminals (23), (24). Electronic chips (300A, 300B) are implanted on the electronic power substrate, and at least one of the power connection terminals is connected electrically to the electronic chip by means of at least a first soldered connection wire (300, 301, 302, 30B+, 30B?). According to one embodiment, the electronic power substrate is of the IMS, DBC or PCB type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Equipments Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Marc Tunzini, Fabrice Tauvron, Olivier Grammont, Olivier Danger, Blaise Rouleau, Régis Seidenbinder, Victor Dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20110127863
    Abstract: An alternator includes a stator (S), a rotor (R) and a transistor bridge, which form a synchronous rectification. The synchronous rectification is in the form of an over-moulded mecatronic housing (2). The mecatronic housing includes power connection terminals (23, 24), and contains a plurality of electronic power substrates (30, 31, 32) which have the same architecture, and in each of which there is implanted at least a first electronic chip (300A, 300B) of the transistor bridge. According to one embodiment, the electronic power substrate is of the IMS, DBC or PCB type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Marc Tunzini, Fabrice Tauvron, Olivier Grammont, Olivier Danger, Blaise Rouleau, Régis Seidenbinder, Victor Dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20110127888
    Abstract: An alternator includes a stator S, a rotor R and a transistor bridge, which form synchronous rectification. The synchronous rectification is in the form of an over-moulded mecatronic housing (2), and the mecatronic housing includes an electronic power substrate (3) and power connection terminals (23), (24). Electronic chips (300A, 300B) are implanted on the electronic power substrate, and at least one of the power connection terminals is connected electrically to the electronic chip by means of at least a first soldered connection wire (300, 301, 302, 30B+, 30B?). According to one embodiment, the electronic power substrate is of the IMS, DBC or PBC type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Marc Tunzini, Fabrice Tauvron, Olivier Grammont, Olivier Danger, Blaise Rouleau, Régis Seidenbinder, Victor Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 7859147
    Abstract: An electronic module for a rotary electrical machine which applies to any type of polyphase rotary electrical machine, synchronous or asynchronous, such as alternators or alternator starters, and also whether it is a case of electrical machines for motor vehicles and driven for example by belt, with cooling by air, liquid or any other solution that can be envisaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Cyril Dubuc, Laurent Thery, Jean Julien Pfiffer, Blaise Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20100157561
    Abstract: This holder includes a conductor metal part designed to be warmed for assembly of the electrical component on the metal part. It also includes a part made of synthetic material, jointed with the metal part, guaranteeing cohesion of the holder. This part made out of synthetic material contains a mass with a low melting point and a mass with a high melting point, inserted between the mass with a low melting point and the metal part. More specifically, the mass with the high melting point is made in a material with a melting point greater than the melting point of the mass with a low melting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO ETUDES ELECTRONIQUES
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Morelle, Laurent Vivet, Blaise Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20090175005
    Abstract: The support is for fitting on a heat dissipation mass. The support comprises an electrically insulating plate and a heat conductor plate for conducting heat to the heat dissipation mass. In particular, the heat conductor plate is in contact with the electrically insulating plate. The heat conductor plate includes a layer forming a junction with the heat dissipation mass, referred to as its bottom layer, and a layer for stiffening the heat conductor plate, referred to as its intermediate layer. More particularly, the stiffener layer is made of a material of hardness greater than that of the material of the bottom layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Valeo Etudes Electroniques
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Morelle, Laurent Vivet, Blaise Rouleau, Mathieu Medina
  • Publication number: 20080211331
    Abstract: An electronic module for a rotary electrical machine which applies to any type of polyphase rotary electrical machine, synchronous or asynchronous, such as alternators or alternator starters, and also whether it is a case of electrical machines for motor vehicles and driven for example by belt, with cooling by air, liquid or any other solution that can be envisaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Cyril Dubuc, Laurent Thery, Jean Julien Pfiffer, Blaise Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20070024131
    Abstract: This invention relates to a ventilator for an alternator-starter fixed on a rotor (4) with magnetic poles including: a metal insert (13) which is used to fix the ventilator to the rotor: an end shield plate (17) and ventilation blades (12) which are made of a plastic material and which are molded on the metal insert; a magnetic target (14) ensuring metal follow-up of the rotation of the rotor with the aid of at least one associated rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Blaise Rouleau, Claudiu Vasilescu
  • Patent number: 6707177
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a housing having a bushing mounted at a first end about a shaft extending through the housing. A lubricant recirculation member formed of a one-piece assembly of unitarily joined oil throw and vibration dampening material portions is fixedly mounted on the shaft between a commutator and the bushing. The lubricant recirculation member recirculates lubricant from the bushing back toward the bushing and away from the commutator and provides a vibration dampening layer between the bushing and the commutator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Campbell, Steve C. Bailey, Blaise Rouleau
  • Patent number: 6229242
    Abstract: The case for an electric motor brush defines a housing for a brush and comprises a cooling fin. The case comprises a flat metal base plate and a cover plate formed by separate pieces and defining the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'Essuvage
    Inventors: Alain Autret, Blaise Rouleau, Abdou Salembere