Patents by Inventor Nicolas Labbe

Nicolas Labbe 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: 11979031
    Abstract: Transmitter or receiver resonant circuit for carrying out contactless power transmission via resonant inductive coupling to a receiver or transmitter resonant circuit, comprising a first capacitance and a first winding, the first winding comprising an inductance and a first resistance, the transmitter resonant circuit comprising a second capacitance of value C2? and a second winding, the second winding comprising a second inductance of value L2? and a second resistance of value R2?, the transmitter resonant circuit having a natural angular frequency u>2 such that w2=1/V(L2?×C2?) and a natural frequency f2 such that f2=w2/(2?), characterized in that the value of the second inductance varies in a predetermined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Gaetan Didier, Denis Netter, Julien Fontchastagner, Noureddine Takorabet, Hamidreza Zandi
  • Patent number: 11689046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10) for powering a rotating electrical machine (13) of a motor vehicle, comprising: —an amplifier (15) capable of being electrically powered by the first electrical energy storage unit (11) and capable of electrically powering the second electrical energy storage unit (12), characterised in that the amplifier (15) comprises an oscillating circuit (16), the oscillating circuit (16) comprising a capacitance (C) of value C? and an inductive assembly comprising an inductance (L) of value L? and a resistance (R) of value R?, —the oscillating circuit (16) having a specific angular frequency ? such that ?=I/?(L?×C?) and a natural frequency f such that f=?(2?), and in that the value of the inductance (L) is variable in a predetermined manner, in particular so as to increase an electric current, supplied by the first electrical energy storage unit (11) to the oscillating circuit (16), into an amplified current supplied by the oscillating circuit (16) to the second electrical
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Publication number: 20210242710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10) for powering a rotating electrical machine (13) of a motor vehicle, comprising: —an amplifier (15) capable of being electrically powered by the first electrical energy storage unit (11) and capable of electrically powering the second electrical energy storage unit (12), characterised in that the amplifier (15) comprises an oscillating circuit (16), the oscillating circuit (16) comprising a capacitance (C) of value C? and an inductive assembly comprising an inductance (L) of value L? and a resistance (R) of value R?, —the oscillating circuit (16) having a specific angular frequency ? such that ?=I/?(L?×C?) and a natural frequency f such that f=?(2?), and in that the value of the inductance (L) is variable in a predetermined manner, in particular so as to increase an electric current, supplied by the first electrical energy storage unit (11) to the oscillating circuit (16), into an amplified current supplied by the oscillating circuit (16) to the second electrical
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Patent number: 10132285
    Abstract: A starter battery voltage step-up device (LPF) intended to prevent a drop in the battery voltage (Vbat) produced by a current surge in a power circuit of the starter when the starter is powered on. The device comprises a casing of magnetic material (C, YO, CM, CM?), a primary winding circuit (W1) intended to be inserted in series in the power circuit, and a short-circuited secondary winding circuit (W2), in which the primary winding circuit (W1) and/or the secondary winding circuit (W2) comprises a winding formed by at least one flat conductor (3) wound on edge. The invention also relates to the corresponding combination (1) of a starter and a voltage step-up device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Tarik Alla, Nicolas Labbe, Raphaël Andreux, Benoît Baleydier, Pascal Jacquin, José Sanchez, Bertrand Riou
  • Patent number: 9450461
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprising a rotor (2) comprising a body (34) on the periphery of which are installed conductors (36) forming the winding, and a stator (3) positioned around the rotor (2) comprising a magnetized structure extending along a circumference of the stator (3). The body (34) of the rotor (2) is made partially of plastic, in the region of the teeth which conventionally separate the notches near the air gap, on the periphery of the armature. A modified structure of magnets of Halbach type is made with magnets of NdFeB type to reduce the thickness of the stator (3), to increase the radius (R2) of the rotor (2) so as to position all the conductors (36) on the periphery of the body (34) of the rotor (2) on one and the same layer at a diameter of maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Philippe Tesson, Benoit Dupeux, Aurélien Vauquelin, Jean-Paul Vilain
  • Patent number: 9350208
    Abstract: A machine having a wound rotor (102) comprising a manifold (112) that includes a set of blades (131) and longitudinal notches (133). Rotor (102) also comprises a winding (108) formed of a set of conductors (134) that each comprise two arms (135.1, 135.2), connected together by a base (136). The curve, representing the electromotive force (EMF) generated by the rotor (102) on the basis of the angle of rotation of the rotor, is linear and steep in a switching region, and the notches (133) are angularly shifted relative to the blades (131) so that each notch (133) is located opposite a junction between two blades. The machine may relate to a starter fitted with the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Aurélien Vauquelin, Benoit Dupeux
  • Patent number: 9231460
    Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine, such as a starter of an automotive vehicle, includes a stator with salient poles having at least four poles distributed uniformly over the circumference of the stator, a rotor disposed inside the stator, a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor, and at least two geometrically opposed salient poles. Each pole includes at least one substantially radial slot in a plane parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor and preferably passes through the axis of the rotor. By minimizing the reaction fields of the armature, utilization of the magnetic material of the parts of the stator is balanced and a harmful armature reaction effect, which increases saturation of the polar parts of the inductor and which leads to reduction in the driving magnetic torque, is mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Jean-Paul Yonnet
  • Patent number: 9130418
    Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine mainly for the starter of an automotive vehicle, including: a stator having a magnetized structure with permanent magnetization and extending along the circumference of the stator; a rotor; a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor; wherein the magnetized structure (5) of the stator includes at least one sector, between two consecutive magnetic poles (N; S) of the magnetized structure, having a magnetization vector that varies in an essentially sinusoidal manner upon displacement on the stator circumference, and wherein the angular deviation of the neutral line is selected so as to improve the switching during the operation of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Jean Sébastien Metral, Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Stéphane Plaideau
  • Patent number: 9077271
    Abstract: The starter motor circuit (1) comprises a combination (10) of a starter motor and of a device (LPF) for stepping up the battery voltage. The device for stepping up the battery voltage is intended to prevent a drop in battery voltage caused by a current spike that appears in a power circuit of the starter motor when power is applied thereto. The starter motor in the conventional way comprises an electric motor (DCM) and an electromagnetic contactor (EC). The device for stepping up the battery voltage is a filtering device of the inductive type which is mounted in series with the electric motor in the power circuit and comprises a casing made of magnetic material, a primary winding circuit intended to be inserted in series in the power circuit, and a secondary winding circuit mounted as a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Publication number: 20150028600
    Abstract: A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit (1) of a motor vehicle starter (15). The starter includes an electromagnetic contactor (12) and an electric motor (7) comprising motor windings (6) having a rated inductance (L0). The method consists in controlling the rate of variation of the inrush current by means of an inductive element (8) inserted in series into the electrical power circuit (1). According to the invention, an initial value of the variation rate is substantially separate from the rated inductance (L0). According to another feature, the initial value is a function of a coupling coefficient between a primary winding (8) and a secondary winding (10) of a transformer (9), the primary winding (8) of which constitutes the inductive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Patent number: 8766501
    Abstract: A direct-current rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle starter. The machine includes a stator comprising a magnetized structure with permanent magnetization, extending along a circumference of the stator, a rotor, and a group of brushes arranged to allow the electrical supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor. The magnetized structure of the machine includes a plurality of main magnets and a plurality of auxiliary magnets, each arranged between two main magnets. The auxiliary magnets have a smaller angular extent and/or radial thickness than the main magnets. The magnetization vector in at least one of the main and auxiliary magnets varies continuously or in steps, at least locally taking a direction other than radial and orthoradial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Benoit Dupeux, Nicolas Labbe
  • Publication number: 20130342134
    Abstract: The starter motor circuit (1) comprises a combination (10) of a starter motor and of a device (LPF) for stepping up the battery voltage. The device for stepping up the battery voltage is intended to prevent a drop in battery voltage caused by a current spike that appears in a power circuit of the starter motor when power is applied thereto. The starter motor in the conventional way comprises an electric motor (DCM) and an electromagnetic contactor (EC). The device for stepping up the battery voltage is a filtering device of the inductive type which is mounted in series with the electric motor in the power circuit and comprises a casing made of magnetic material, a primary winding circuit intended to be inserted in series in the power circuit, and a secondary winding circuit mounted as a short circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENT ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventor: Nicolas Labbe
  • Publication number: 20130207488
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprising a rotor (2) comprising a body (34) on the periphery of which are installed conductors (36) forming the winding, and a stator (3) positioned around the rotor (2) comprising a magnetized structure extending along a circumference of the stator (3). The body (34) of the rotor (2) is made partially of plastic, in the region of the teeth which conventionally separate the notches near the air gap, on the periphery of the armature. A modified structure of magnets of Halbach type is made with magnets of NdFeB type to reduce the thickness of the stator (3), to increase the radius (R2) of the rotor (2) so as to position all the conductors (36) on the periphery of the body (34) of the rotor (2) on one and the same layer at a diameter of maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Philippe Tesson, Benoit Dupeux, Aurélien Vauquelin, Jean-Paul Vilain
  • Publication number: 20130134822
    Abstract: A machine having a wound rotor (102) comprising a manifold (112) that includes a set of blades (131) and longitudinal notches (133). Rotor (102) also comprises a winding (108) formed of a set of conductors (134) that each comprise two arms (135.1, 135.2), connected together by a base (136). The curve, representing the electromotive force (EMF) generated by the rotor (102) on the basis of the angle of rotation of the rotor, is linear and steep in a switching region, and the notches (133) are angularly shifted relative to the blades (131) so that each notch (133) is located opposite a junction between two blades. The machine may relate to a starter fitted with the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Aurélien Vauquelin, Benoit Dupeux
  • Patent number: 8258639
    Abstract: A starting device for an internal combustion engine, especially that of a motor vehicle, comprises: a stator, or inductor, comprising an inductor coil (5), said inductor coil comprising at least first (43), second (41) and third (42) windings that are all electrically connected in parallel; a rotor associated with said stator and having a longitudinal axis; a starter element that can be rotated by the rotor; and a contractor designed to supply power, in a prerotation first phase, only to the first winding (43) of the inductor coil and, in a full-speed second phase, following the first phase, to the first, second and third windings (41, 42) of the inductor coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Stéphane Plaideau, Yannick Parvery
  • Publication number: 20110210634
    Abstract: A direct-current rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle starter. The machine includes a stator comprising a magnetized structure with permanent magnetization, extending along a circumference of the stator, a rotor, and a group of brushes arranged to allow the electrical supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor. The magnetized structure of the machine includes a plurality of main magnets and a plurality of auxiliary magnets, each arranged between two main magnets. The auxiliary magnets have a smaller angular extent and/or radial thickness than the main magnets. The magnetization vector in at least one of the main and auxiliary magnets varies continuously or in steps, at least locally taking a direction other than radial and orthoradial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Benoit Dupeux, Nicolas Labbe
  • Patent number: 7804180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Christian Mornieux
  • Publication number: 20100176675
    Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine, mainly for the starter of an automotive vehicle. The machine includes a stator including a wound structure forming a plurality of poles extending along the circumference of the stator, a rotor, and a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor by commutation of the electric current in sections of the rotor. The wound structure of the stator includes a plurality of slots between two central parts of consecutive poles of the stator, these slots being formed in a magnetic body of the stator. At least one of the slots including at least one conducting segment forming a winding of an electrical coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Jean-Paul Yonnet
  • Publication number: 20100176677
    Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine, such as a starter of an automotive vehicle, includes a stator with salient poles having at least four poles distributed uniformly over the circumference of the stator, a rotor disposed inside the stator, a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor, and at least two geometrically opposed salient poles. Each pole includes at least one substantially radial slot in a plane parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor and preferably passes through the axis of the rotor. By minimizing the reaction fields of the armature, utilization of the magnetic material of the parts of the stator is balanced and a harmful armature reaction effect, which increases saturation of the polar parts of the inductor and which leads to reduction in the driving magnetic torque, is mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Jean-Paul Yonnet
  • Publication number: 20100127590
    Abstract: A DC electric rotating machine mainly for the starter of an automotive vehicle, including: a stator having a magnetised structure with permanent magnetisation and extending along the circumference of the stator; a rotor; a set of brushes adapted for the electric supply of the rotor by switching the electrical current in sections of the rotor; wherein the magnetised structure (5) of the stator includes at least one sector, between two consecutive magnetic poles (N; S) of the magnetised structure, having a magnetisation vector that varies in an essentially sinusoidal manner upon displacement on the stator circumference, and wherein the angular deviation of the neutral line is selected so as to improve the switching during the operation of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Jean Sébastien Metral, Nicolas Labbe, Benoit Dupeux, Stéphane Plaideau