Abstract: A supply system includes first, second and third supply terminals, a voltage regulating terminal, and an output terminal electrically connected to the voltage regulating terminal. A first battery generates a first supply voltage between the first and second terminals, and a second battery generates a second supply voltage between the second and third terminals. The second battery is connected in series with the first battery to deliver a first output voltage between the third and first supply terminals. A DC-to-DC voltage converter, in a first operating mode, converts the first output voltage into a second output voltage between the regulating terminal and the first supply terminal, the second output voltage being lower than the first output voltage, and in a second operating mode, it does not regulate the voltage between the regulating terminal and the first supply terminal.

Abstract: Circuit board, defining a plurality of switching arms connected in parallel so as to convert a first voltage into a second voltage, at least one of which is DC voltage. The board includes a plurality of controllable electronic switches mounted pairwise in series on either side of a midpoint, so as to produce the switching arms connected in parallel. A plurality of decoupling capacitors are connected in parallel to one another, and in parallel to the DC voltage. Two electrically conductive layers are arranged parallel to one other, one of which is at the highest potential of the DC voltage and the other of which is at the lowest potential of the DC voltage. Each of the decoupling capacitors having one terminal connected to one of these electrically conductive layers and its other terminal connected to the other of these electrically conductive layers.

Abstract: An electronic device for a motor vehicle, includes a first housing portion to receive one or more first electronic components, a second housing portion to receive one or more second electronic components, the second housing assembled with the first housing, and a coolant fluid inlet and a coolant fluid outlet, a coolant channel being provided in the electronic device for the coolant fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet so as to cool all or part of the first electronic components and/or all or part of the second electronic components, said channel having, over most of the course thereof in the device, in particular over the whole of the course thereof in the device, a section perpendicular to the flow direction of the fluid which is: exclusively provided in the first housing portion or exclusively provided in the second housing portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure cover (10) for closing a fluid-based cooling circuit for an item of electrical equipment (30), notably of a motor vehicle, said closure cover (10) being made of plastic and being configured to close, by covering it, a coolant circulation duct (130) of said cooling circuit.

Abstract: Circuit board, defining a plurality of switching arms connected in parallel so as to convert a first voltage into a second voltage, at least one of which is DC voltage. The board includes a plurality of controllable electronic switches mounted pairwise in series on either side of a midpoint, so as to produce the switching arms connected in parallel. A plurality of decoupling capacitors are connected in parallel to one another, and in parallel to the DC voltage. Two electrically conductive layers are arranged parallel to one other, one of which is at the highest potential of the DC voltage and the other of which is at the lowest potential of the DC voltage. Each of the decoupling capacitors having one terminal connected to one of these electrically conductive layers and its other terminal connected to the other of these electrically conductive layers.

Abstract: An electronic device for a motor vehicle, includes a first housing portion to receive one or more first electronic components, a second housing portion to receive one or more second electronic components, the second housing assembled with the first housing, and a coolant fluid inlet and a coolant fluid outlet, a coolant channel being provided in the electronic device for the coolant fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet so as to cool all or part of the first electronic components and/or all or part of the second electronic components, said channel having, over most of the course thereof in the device, in particular over the whole of the course thereof in the device, a section perpendicular to the flow direction of the fluid which is: exclusively provided in the first housing portion or exclusively provided in the second housing portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printed circuit board (1) with an insulated metal substrate, comprising a metal carrier (2), an insulating layer (4) and a metal layer (3) on which at least one electronic component (5) is mounted in at least one mounting zone (3A) of the metal layer (3), characterized in that each mounting zone (3A) is a raised zone of the metal layer (3).

Abstract: A valve actuator for a combustion engine has a movable member for collaborating with a stem of a valve, and an electromagnetic device with a permanent magnet associated with a resilient device for moving the movable member between an extreme valve-closed position and an extreme valve-open position. A method of controlling the valve actuator has the steps of determining a clearance range between the movable member and the valve stem during the movement of the movable member between the extreme closed and open positions, determining, in the clearance range, intermediate positions reached by the movable member as a function of different values of an electrical control parameter of the electromagnetic device, and using positional feedback control to control the electromagnetic device, using one of the intermediate positions as a setpoint value, according to the desired performance of the actuator.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator including an actuating member associated with an armature and able to move under the action of at least one electromagnet, a coil, and a core suitable for channeling a flux of the coil so that the flux closes within the armature, where the core includes a base from which branches extend, including a central branch around which the coil extends, and two permanent magnets which are associated with the core. The two permanent magnets are placed in the central branch of the core in order to form a V, which separates the central branch into two parts so that any section of the core or the armature through which the flux from one or the other of the permanent magnets can pass, has an area large enough to prevent saturation by this flux.

Abstract: A valve actuator for a combustion engine has a movable member for collaborating with a stem of a valve, and an electromagnetic device with a permanent magnet associated with a resilient device for moving the movable member between an extreme valve-closed position and an extreme valve-open position. A method of controlling the valve actuator has the steps of determining a clearance range between the movable member and the valve stem during the movement of the movable member between the extreme closed and open positions, determining, in the clearance range, intermediate positions reached by the movable member as a function of different values of an electrical control parameter of the electromagnetic device, and using positional feedback control to control the electromagnetic device, using one of the intermediate positions as a setpoint value, according to the desired performance of the actuator.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including an actuating member associated with an armature and able to move between two extreme positions under the action of an elastic member and two electromagnets that attract the armature to one of the extreme positions, where the electromagnets each include a coil, a core for channeling a flux of the coil so that it forms a return path in the armature, and permanent magnets associated with the core so that the latter channels a flux of the permanent magnets so that it forms a return path in the armature, where the permanent magnets of one of the electromagnets exert a force on the armature sufficient to retain the armature in the associated extreme position against the springs, and where the permanent magnets of the other electromagnet exerts a force on the armature insufficient to retain the armature in the associated extreme position against the springs.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator includes a coil, a core designed to channel a flux of the coil so as to form a return path in an armature, the core having a base from which branches extend, including a central branch around which the coil extends, and two permanent magnets associated with the core so that the latter channels a flux of the permanent magnets so as to form a return path in the armature, the flux of the coil passing through the magnets. The two permanent magnets are placed in the central branch of the core so as to form a V, which separates the central branch into a support part, which supports the permanent magnets and is integral with the base, and an end part lying above the permanent magnets. The end part has an active face facing the armature in which a groove lies parallel to the permanent magnets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set containing an electromagnet (14) and an electromagnet palette that can be magnetically linked to the electromagnet (14), the palette comprising a connecting edge arranged in such a way as to connect to a connecting limb (141D, 141G) formed in the electromagnet (14). The connection between the connecting edge of the palette and the connecting limb (14 ID, 141G) of the electromagnet (14) is asymmetrical in such a way as to encourage the palette to pivot in a pre-determined direction during the interruption of the magnetic connection.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator including an actuating member associated with an armature and able to move under the action of at least one electromagnet, a coil, and a core suitable for channeling a flux of the coil so that the flux closes within the armature, where the core includes a base from which branches extend, including a central branch around which the coil extends, and two permanent magnets which are associated with the core. The two permanent magnets are placed in the central branch of the core in order to form a V, which separates the central branch into two parts so that any section of the core or the armature through which the flux from one or the other of the permanent magnets can pass, has an area large enough to prevent saturation by this flux.

Abstract: A valve actuator for a combustion engine has a movable member for collaborating with a stem of a valve, and an electromagnetic device with a permanent magnet associated with a resilient device for moving the movable member between an extreme valve-closed position and an extreme valve-open position.

Abstract: A method of controlling a valve actuator for a combustion engine, wherein the actuator has a movable member for collaborating with a stem of a valve, and a electromagnetic device with a permanent magnet associated with a body for moving the movable member between an extreme valve-closed position and an extreme valve-open position, includes the steps of determining a clearance range between the movable member and the valve stem during the movement of the movable member between the extreme closed and open positions, determining, in the clearance range, intermediate positions reached by the movable member as a function of different values of an electrical control parameter of the electromagnetic device, and using positional feedback control to control the electromagnetic means, using one of the intermediate positions as a setpoint value, according to the desired performance of the actuator.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including an actuating member associated with an armature and able to move between two extreme positions under the action of an elastic member and two electromagnets that attract the armature to one of the extreme positions, where the electromagnets each include a coil, a core for channeling a flux of the coil so that it forms a return path in the armature, and permanent magnets associated with the core so that the latter channels a flux of the permanent magnets so that it forms a return path in the armature, where the permanent magnets of one of the electromagnets exert a force on the armature sufficient to retain the armature in the associated extreme position against the springs, and where the permanent magnets of the other electromagnet exerts a force on the armature insufficient to retain the armature in the associated extreme position against the springs.