Patents by Inventor Marcel Trebouet
Marcel Trebouet 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).
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Publication number: 20170225660Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning an optical sensor (2) of an optical detection system of a motor vehicle, which comprises spray means (4) for spraying a cleaning liquid onto an exterior surface (20) of this optical sensor (2). The device comprises suction means (7) of which a chamber (5) opens onto at least a portion of the periphery of this optical sensor (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Marcel Trebouet, Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski
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Publication number: 20170072915Abstract: Method for washing a window of a motor vehicle, using a device comprising: at least one tank containing a de-icing fluid, a tube system connecting the at least one tank to openings through which the fluid is sprayed onto the window, a supply pump designed to circulate the fluid in the tube system until it is ejected via the aforesaid openings, and at least one wiper blade suitable for moving over the window through the action of a drive motor, characterized in that it comprises: a) a division of the angular sector swept by said at least one blade into elementary sectors, and b) over at least one elementary sector, a modulation of the exit pressure from the supply pump between a “nominal” pressure and a non-zero pressure that is less than this nominal pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Grégory Kolanowski, Giuseppe Grasso, Marcel Trebouet, Pierre-Emmanuel Negre
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Publication number: 20170021810Abstract: The invention consists in a device for cleaning a sensor of a motor vehicle. A piston (2) is able to slide in a circular hollow body (1) having a longitudinal axis (XX) and carrying at a first end a single nozzle (4) for distributing one or more fluids, said piston being hollow to enable the routing to the nozzle of at least one first fluid. The hollow piston is rendered mobile, between a rest position and a working position, by the effect of a second fluid to take up a working position in which the nozzle is deployed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Marcel Trebouet, Giuseppe Grasso
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Publication number: 20170021809Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for cleaning a sensor of a motor vehicle. The device in accordance with the invention includes means for simultaneous or sequential distribution via a distribution orifice (11) in a distribution nozzle (1) of a first fluid and/or a second fluid separately routed via a first admission channel (2) and/or via a second admission channel (3), respectively, to a common distribution chamber (10) in said distribution nozzle (1). It also includes means for moving said distribution nozzle (1) between a rest position and a deployed position, and these said means for moving the distribution nozzle (1) include means shared with the means for feeding the first admission channel (2) with the first fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Marcel Trebouet, Giuseppe Grasso
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Patent number: 9499133Abstract: The invention relates to a method for washing a motor vehicle wind shield (10) using a washing device (1) comprising reservoirs (2, 3) of first and second fluids, a channel (5) connecting the reservoirs (2, 3) to orifices (15) for ejecting the fluids onto the wind shield, at least one pump (20) intended to circulate the fluids in the channel (5), and at least one wiper blade (30), characterized in that, when the channel contains the first fluid, the method comprises the following steps: a) activating the pump system (20) so as to cause the second fluid to circulate in the channel system (5) so as to purge the channel of the first fluid, and b) deactivating the pump system (20) when the second fluid reaches the orifices (15).Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Pierre-Emmanuel Negre, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20160167625Abstract: The invention relates to a support (10) for a removable, interchangeable container for windshield washer fluid, said support (10) being designed to be secured to a vehicle and comprising a housing for one or more containers (30), which housing is designed to allow the repeated insertion and removal of the container(s) (30). The invention also relates to a removable, interchangeable container (30) for windshield washer fluid, designed to be mounted in such a support (10). The invention also relates to a device for supplying windshield washer fluid, comprising such a support (10) and such a container (30). The invention further relates to a vehicle windshield washing system comprising such a windshield washer fluid supply device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Gérald Caillot, Frédéric Giraud, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20160144831Abstract: The invention relates to a support (110) for a removable, interchangeable container for windshield washer fluid, said support being designed to be secured to a vehicle and comprising a housing for one or more containers (130), characterised in that it comprises read means (149) configured to detect identification means (145) borne by the container(s) (110). The invention also relates to a removable, interchangeable container (130) for windshield washer fluid, designed to be mounted in such a support (110). The invention also relates to a device for supplying windshield washer fluid, comprising such a support (110) and such a container (130). The invention further relates to a vehicle windshield washing system comprising such a windshield washer fluid supply device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Gérald Caillot, Frédéric Giraud, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20160121854Abstract: The invention relates to a method for washing a motor vehicle wind shield (10) using a washing device (1) comprising reservoirs (2, 3) of first and second fluids, a channel (5) connecting the reservoirs (2, 3) to orifices (15) for ejecting the fluids onto the wind shield, at least one pump (20) intended to circulate the fluids in the channel (5), and at least one wiper blade (30), characterized in that, when the channel contains the first fluid, the method comprises the following steps: a) activating the pump system (20) so as to cause the second fluid to circulate in the channel system (5) so as to purge the channel of the first fluid, and b) deactivating the pump system (20) when the second fluid reaches the orifices (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Giuseppe Grasso, Grégory Kolanowski, Pierre-Emmanuel Negre, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20160101735Abstract: A cleaning device (1) for cleaning a lens (8) of a camera (2), using a cleaning head (4), comprises drive means (6) for driving the camera or the cleaning head, which are able to generate a relative displacement of the cleaning head with respect to the camera between a passive position in which the cleaning head is positioned outside of the image-capturing field of the camera, and an active position in which the cleaning head extends facing the lens so as to allow cleaning liquid to be ejected towards the said lens. The device particularly comes into effect in the case of an application to the cleaning of a reversing camera installed in motor vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20160096512Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen wiper for a system for wiping a glazed motor vehicle surface, intended to be driven pivot-wise by an actuation arm (3) of a wiping system (1), characterized in that it comprises at least one dedicated sprinkling orifice (8) configured to spray washing fluid (9) onto a predetermined zone (Z) of the glazed surface (2) behind which there is a sensor (10), said dedicated sprinkling orifice (8) being arranged in a portion of the windscreen wiper (P) sweeping said predetermined zone (Z) of the glazed surface (2) and forming a greater density of sprinkling orifices (5, 8) in said portion of the windscreen wiper (P) than over the rest of the windscreen wiper (4; 41) and/or having a greater opening section than the sprinkling orifices (5) situated outside of the predetermined zone (Z). The present invention relates also to a wiping system and a method for wiping a glazed motor vehicle surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Frédéric Giraud, Denis Thebault, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20150183405Abstract: The invention concerns a motor vehicle wiper 3 including at least one wiper fastened to at least one device 14 for stiffening the wiper and to which is fixed at least a mechanical connector 15 adapted to connect the wiper 3 to an arm, the wiper 3 including at least one element 8 in which there is provided at least one conduit 9 adapted to channel a liquid, and a hydraulic connector 13 in communication at least with the conduit 9 and immediately adjacent the mechanical connector 15, characterized in that the hydraulic connector 13 includes fastening means 16 engaged at least with the stiffening device 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventor: Marcel Trebouet
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Patent number: 8938845Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid heating device for an automobile that comprises two independent liquid flow paths (10a, 10b) integrally formed in at least one part (1a) made of a heat-conducting material, each liquid flow path (10a) being capable of enabling a flow of liquid between a connection terminal defining an inlet and a connection terminal defining an outlet (12a, 12b), each of the connection terminals being capable of sealingly receiving a liquid supply duct or tube, and a heating means (14) thermally coupled with said part (1a) and capable of heating said part (1a) so that the liquid flowing through said flow paths can absorb the heat of said part (1a). The invention advantageously enables the very flexible use thereof for one or more systems requiring heated liquid inside a single vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2009Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventors: Denis Grandjean, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20150014294Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for melting frost and/or rime and/or ice and/or snow on the window of a motor vehicle using a wiper blade (1) arranged so as to provide heat to the window (2) according to a melting cycle associated with an upward phase or falling phase of the blade, the method comprising the step of causing heat to provided to the window (2) by means of the wiper blade (1) such that said provision of heat melts the frost and/or rime and/or ice and/or snow on the window (2) of the vehicle, wherein said provision can be carried out in particular by radiating heat or spraying a heated liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Christophe Dubosc, Frédèric Giraud, Marcel Trebouet
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Patent number: 8917981Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid heating device for an automobile that comprises at least one first part (1a) made of a heat-conducting material, a liquid flow path (10a) integrally formed in said first part (1a) for enabling a flow of liquid between an inlet and an outlet (12a), and a heating means (14) thermally coupled with said part (1a) and capable of heating said part (1a) so that the liquid flowing through said flow path can absorb the heat of said part (1a). According to the invention, the first part includes a planar bottom wall (15a) extending in a plane parallel to the flow path (10a), and the electric heating means includes a plurality of flat stones (14) having a positive temperature coefficient and arranged as a matrix in the same plane in parallel and in contact with the bottom wall (15a) as well as two electrodes in the form of two planar surfaces, each arranged in parallel and in contact with the corresponding surfaces of the flat stones of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20140317871Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory for wiper of motor vehicle comprising at least one heating channel (16; 16a, 16b) for receiving a heating element of the wiper, characterized in that said accessory (6; 10; 26) is made of a first part (17; 27) movable with respect to a second part (18; 28) in order to open said at least one heating channel (16; 16a, 16b) longitudinally. This invention also relates to a wiper of motor vehicle comprising such accessory.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: VALEO SYSTÈMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Gérald Caillot, Philippe Carraro, Clémentine Derrepas, Frédéric Giraud, Giuseppe Grasso, Jean-Michel Jarasson, Michael Schaeuble, Pierre Sevellec, Denis Thebault, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20110197384Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid heating device for an automobile that comprises two independent liquid flow paths (10a, 10b) integrally formed in at least one part (1a) made of a heat-conducting material, each liquid flow path (10a) being capable of enabling a flow of liquid between a connection terminal defining an inlet and a connection terminal defining an outlet (12a, 12b), each of the connection terminals being capable of sealingly receiving a liquid supply duct or tube, and a heating means (14) thermally coupled with said part (1a) and capable of heating said part (1a) so that the liquid flowing through said flow paths can absorb the heat of said part (1a). The invention advantageously enables the very flexible use thereof for one or more systems requiring heated liquid inside a single vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Denis Grandjean, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20110188839Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid heating device for an automobile that comprises at least one first part (1a) made of a heat-conducting material, a liquid flow path (10a) integrally formed in said first part (1a) for enabling a flow of liquid between an inlet and an outlet (12a), and a heating means (14) thermally coupled with said part (1a) and capable of heating said part (1a) so that the liquid flowing through said flow path can absorb the heat of said part (1a). According to the invention, the first part includes a planar bottom wall (15a) extending in a plane parallel to the flow path (10a), and the electric heating means includes a plurality of flat stones (14) having a positive temperature coefficient and arranged as a matrix in the same plane in parallel and in contact with the bottom wall (15a) as well as two electrodes in the form of two planar surfaces, each arranged in parallel and in contact with the corresponding surfaces of the flat stones of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventor: Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20090025173Abstract: A rotation control mechanism including a primary shaft driven in an alternating axially rotating manner, a drive carrier fixed to the primary shaft, a secondary shaft mounted in an axially rotatable manner in relation to the drive carrier, a fixed cam provided with a specific profiled element, and a control element which is fixed to the secondary shaft and cooperates in a sliding manner with the cam profiled element during the displacement of the drive carrier in relation to the fixed cam, where the sliding of the control element along the cam profiled element control the axial pivoting of the secondary shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventors: Marcel Trebouet, Franck Cathala
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Patent number: 7237820Abstract: A module for equipping a motor vehicle rear opening panel includes a support plate on which are directly mounted accessories, in particular, a drive motor for a wiper device. The support plate forms a plate for closing the drive motor of the wiper device.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2001Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Franck Cathala, Jean-Pierre Eustache, Laurent Simon, Marcel Trebouet
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Publication number: 20070132610Abstract: The invention provides an arrangement for mounting and fixing a rearview camera (10) on a body shell structure element of a motor vehicle, said camera (10) being arranged at the back of the vehicle with the optical axis (C) thereof globally oriented longitudinally towards the rear. Said invention is characterised in that the camera is arranged inside a hermetically-sealed housing (12), comprising a view window which is located in the optical axis (C) of the camera (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2004Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Stevan Guernalec, Marcel Trebouet, Franck Cathala