Patents by Inventor Frederic Vacca

Frederic Vacca 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).

  • Publication number: 20240131920
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shutter device (1) for a front-end air intake of a motor vehicle, comprising:—a support frame (3),—at least two shutters (5) comprising a shutter body (Sa) and a first end (Sb) connected to the support frame (3). According to the invention, the first end (Sb) of a first shutter (5) comprises a device for disconnecting (60) the first shutter (5), and the first end (Sb) of a second shutter comprises a device for disconnecting (60) the second shutter (5), each disconnection device (60) comprising:—a first portion (61) connected to the shutter body (Sa), and—a second portion (62) arranged opposite the first portion (61), each shutter device (1) comprising at least one stop (9), the first portion (61) and/or the shutter body (Sa) being configured to core into contact with the stop (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Laura Marion, Karim Arab
  • Publication number: 20240059140
    Abstract: A shut-off device including: a support frame having four sides, a first and second levers configured to be set in motion by an actuator, a first connecting part connected with the first lever, and a second connecting part connected with the second lever, a first set of flaps and a second set of flaps, fastened respectively to the first and second connecting parts. Each flap includes a flap lever arm connecting the flap to the respective first or second connecting part. The first lever includes a primary lever arm connecting the first lever to the first connecting part. The second lever includes a secondary lever arm connecting the second lever to the second connecting part. Each flap lever arm is shorter than any of the primary and secondary lever arms. The first lever and the second lever are connected to one another by a connecting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Frederic VACCA, Enzo MITIDIERI, Karim ARAB, Laura MARION, Victor Manuel MINERO RAMALES, Eng KUACH
  • Publication number: 20230382216
    Abstract: A shut-off device for an air intake of a motor vehicle front end, including: a first support frame having four sidewalls, a second support frame having four sidewalls, at least one flap arranged within each of the first and second support frames and pivoting about a pivot axis between a first open end position and a second closed end position, the first and the second support frame being fastened mechanically to one another at one of their sidewalls, termed fixing sidewalls, the first and the second support frames each including at least one drive device dedicated to moving the at least one flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Vijendra KUMAR, Vladimir SZEGENY, Frederic VACCA, Sebastien VELASCO
  • Publication number: 20230373291
    Abstract: A shut-off device including: a support frame with a front face and a rear face and having four sidewalls, a which is disposed within the support frame and is able to pivot about a pivot axis between a first, open, end position and a second, closed, end position, the flap being connected to the support frame by a pivot connection. The pivot connection has an open receiving recess disposed on one of the faces of the support frame and intended to receive the pivot axis of the flap, the shut-off device further including: a retaining bar which covers an aperture of the receiving recess and is intended to retain the pivot axis of the flap within the receiving recess, and two guides which are aligned and disposed so as to retain the retaining bar above the aperture of the receiving recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Vijendra KUMAR, Sebastien VELASCO, Vladimir SZEGENY, Frederic VACCA
  • Publication number: 20230364985
    Abstract: A frame for an air intake regulating device of a vehicle, including at least two walls participating in defining an opening zone for receiving a set of movable flaps arranged parallel to one another, at least one movable flap being movable in rotation about at least one pivot axis, at least one bearing supported by an elastically deformable tab, the bearing being configured to receive a pin participating in defining the pivot axis of the movable flap, the tab being delimited in a wall of the frame by a U-shaped groove, the groove including a base and two arms respectively extending an end of the base, each of the arms having a free end opposite the base. The groove includes a clearance zone positioned at one of the free ends of the arms of the groove, the clearance zone laterally extending the corresponding arm while forming at least one protuberance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Frederic VACCA, Juan-Carlos DE FRANCISCO
  • Patent number: 11794569
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Victor Manuel Minero Ramales, Frederic Vacca, Karim Arab, Laura Marion, Sylvain Gerber
  • 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: 20220348271
    Abstract: Deflector device (7) for a motor vehicle wheel (3), comprising at least one aerodynamic region (4, 400, 401) designed to be exposed to an external air flow (IO), the device (7) further comprising an articulated mechanism (21) for moving the at least one aerodynamic region (4, 400, 401) so as to allow the deflector (7) to move from the retracted position to the deployed position, said articulated mechanism (21) comprising a drive member (22), and said articulated mechanism (21) being arranged to move the drive member (22) translationally when the deflector device (7) moves from the retracted position to the deployed position, the deflector device (7) comprising an actuator (19) configured to control the articulated mechanism (21) so as to allow the aerodynamic regions of the deflector to move relative to each other, said deflector device (7) further comprising a security device (50) configured to return said deflector device (7) to the retracted position without intervention by the actuator (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Laura Marion, Frédéric Vacca
  • Publication number: 20220126679
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a blocking device (1) for a front end air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising: a support frame (3), at least one flap (5) arranged inside the support frame (3), said at least one flap (5) comprising a first end (5b) and a second end (5c), the second end (5b) of the at least one flap (5) comprising a release device (60) of said flap (5), said release device (60) comprising a first part (61) and a second part (62) which are connected by a male/female device (63), the blocking device (1) comprising at least one stop (9), the first part (61) of the release device (60) and/or the flap body (5a) being configured to come into contact with said at least one stop (9), the first part (61) and the second part (62) tending to move apart from one another by the rotation of the second part (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Karim Arab, Laura Marion
  • Patent number: 11285800
    Abstract: An air flow regulation device for an air inlet of a front-end module for a motor vehicle includes a support frame with multiple blocking flaps mounted mobile on the support frame. At least one of the blocking flaps of the support frame includes a leading edge and a trailing edge, and one of the leading and trailing edges is arranged to come into abutment against the support frame. The support frame includes an obstacle configured to generate disturbances in the flow of the air between the support frame and the flap that comes into abutment against the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Simon Tierce, Karim Arab, Sophie Bede
  • Patent number: 11142059
    Abstract: An air guide for a motor vehicle includes: at least one downstream main duct intended to be positioned in front of a heat exchange device of the motor vehicle; and at least one air inlet upstream duct configured to be connected to an air inlet, the at least one air inlet upstream duct being connected to the downstream main duct in order to guide the air from the air inlet towards the heat exchange device. The air guide is made as a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Jean-Louis Lanard
  • Publication number: 20210071460
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (1), in particular for a motor vehicle, for controlling at least one flap configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position by an actuator, said device (1) comprising at least one member (8) made of shape memory material configured to be supplied with electric power so as to deform between a first state and a second state in order to disconnect said at least one flap from the actuator if the actuator fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Karim Arab, Sylvain Gerber, Enzo Mitidieri, Laura Marion, Frédéric Vacca, Victor-Manuel Minero
  • Publication number: 20200307371
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air flow regulation device for an air inlet for a front-end module for a motor vehicle, comprising: a support frame (26), a plurality of blocking flaps (2) mounted mobile on the support frame, at least one of the flaps comprising a leading edge (6) and a trailing edge (10), one of these edges being arranged to come into abutment against the support frame (26), the support frame (26) comprising an obstacle (40) configured to generate disturbances in the flow of the air between this support frame and the flap which is intended to come into abutment against the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Simon Tierce, Karim Arab, Sophie Bede
  • Patent number: 10787141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (AGS) for controlling the air intake for a front face module for a motor vehicle, comprising shutters (SHT1, SHT2), an actuator (ACT) arranged so as to control the shutters (SHT1, SHT2), and a flexible connection (STR, ROD) connecting the actuator (ACT) to the shutters (SHT1, SHT2), which can displace the actuator (ACT) in order to prevent it (ACT) from causing damage to an entity (PED, OBS) in the event of a collusion between the motor vehicle and said entity (PED, OBS). The invention also relates to a front face module for a motor vehicle comprising such an air intake control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Enzo Mitidieri
  • Patent number: 10759269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for sealing an air intake of a motor vehicle, comprising: —at least one sealing means (3) intended to be arranged in an air intake of the motor vehicle, and —a support (5) for the sealing means (3) in order to retain the sealing means (3) and intended to be attached on a load-bearing structure of the motor vehicle. According to the invention, the support (5) comprises damping guidance means (15) for the sealing means (3) in order to allow, in the event of an impact on the sealing means (3), the movement of the sealing means (3) from an initial retaining position to a position retracted with respect to the initial position. The invention also relates to a front-end module for a motor vehicle comprising such a sealing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Frédéric Vacca, Enzo Mitidieri
  • Patent number: 10723218
    Abstract: The invention concerns a structure (2) of a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle, said structure (2) comprising:—a frame (3) intended to be positioned facing a heat exchanger (Ra), —one or more deflectors (7) that are secured to said frame (3) and are arranged in such a way as to intercept a flow of air and deflect it through said frame (3). The invention also concerns a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle having such a structure (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Enzo Mitidieri, Frédéric Vacca, Thomas Nore
  • Patent number: 10562389
    Abstract: An inlet-air management device for a motor vehicle may include a flexible duct for guiding the air entering via a motor vehicle grille and a shutter device fixed in the flexible duct. Additionally, an inlet-air management device is configured to be fixed in a motor vehicle via the flexible duct. Further, the shutter device is then being suspended in the motor vehicle via the flexible duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Frédéric Vacca
  • Patent number: 10532652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a panel (6) of flaps (9) for an air intake (2, 3) of a motor vehicle (1) comprising a plurality of flaps (9) mounted with the ability to pivot about a respective longitudinal axis of pivoting (A), the longitudinal axes of pivoting (A) extending parallel to one another and being arranged side by side, characterized in that the alignment of the longitudinal axes of pivoting (A) lies within a curved surface (S). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle (1) comprising such a panel (6) of flaps (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Frédéric Vacca
  • Patent number: 10507720
    Abstract: A flap control device spring driven toward open position upon actuator failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Frédéric Vacca
  • Publication number: 20190315224
    Abstract: The invention concerns a structure (2) of a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle, said structure (2) comprising:—a frame (3) intended to be positioned facing a heat exchanger (Ra),—one or more deflectors (7) that are secured to said frame (3) and are arranged in such a way as to intercept a flow of air and deflect it through said frame (3). The invention also concerns a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle having such a structure (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Enzo Mitidieri, Frédéric Vacca, Thomas Nore