Patents by Inventor Stephane DE CLERCQ

Stephane DE CLERCQ 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: 11923740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (200) comprising an annular body (210) provided with a plurality of slots (213) and a winding (400) comprising a first series (A) of needles (1) and a second series (B) of needles (1) which are arranged in the slots (213) in a plurality of superimposed layers (C1-C4), each needle (1) comprising a first segment (1A) and a second segment (1B) which are each arranged in different slots (213) and connected by an elbow connector (1C). According to the invention, the first segments (1A) and the second segments (1B) of the first series (A) are respectively arranged in a first layer (C1) and in a second layer (C2) and the first segments (1A) and the second segments (1B) of the second series (B) are respectively arranged in a third layer (C3) and in a fourth layer (C4), the first series (A) being electrically connected to the second series (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Vincent Ramet, Jean Duquesne, Stéphane De Clercq, Julien Pauwels, Humberto Menezes, Laurent Delassus
  • Patent number: 11621617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (2) comprising an annular body (4) having a side face (6) from which a plurality of radial teeth (8) extend, said teeth being angularly spaced in such a way as to define slots (10), and a plurality of conductive needles (15A, 15B), each conductive needle comprising two conductive segments (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D) connected by an elbow connector (18), the conductive segments being stacked one above the other in the slots (10) so as to form N layers which are parallel or substantially parallel to the side face (6) of the annular body. Each conductive needle (15A, 15B) comprises a conductive segment present in two separate slots, with one conductive segment present in a slot E in such a way as to occupy a layer (Ci) and another conductive segment present in a slot E+P in such a way as to occupy a layer (Ci+2), P being a pitch that is predetermined in a first direction of orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Vincent Ramet, Jean Duquesne, Stéphane De Clercq, Julien Pauwels, Laurent Delassus, Humberto Menezes
  • Publication number: 20220385048
    Abstract: An electrical conductor for a rotating electrical machine wound component includes a body formed of an electrically conductive material and a coating layer formed of an electrically insulating material, the coating layer partially covering the body. The conductor is formed of a first portion, referred to as the main portion, in which the body is covered by the coating layer, a second portion, referred to as the intermediate portion, in which the body is covered with residue of the coating layer, and a third portion, referred to as the stripped portion, in which the body is bare. The intermediate portion is arranged between the main portion and the stripped portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Jean DUQUESNE, Vincent RAMET, Stephane DE-CLERCQ, Humberto TELES DE MENEZES, Denis BODIN, Claire SCHAYES
  • Publication number: 20220360130
    Abstract: A winding for an active portion of a rotary electric machine has at least one phase system including a plurality of phases each including a first energizing pin and a second energizing pin each forming a phase input or output. Each energizing pin includes an energizing end that extends out of the slot and each energizing end that forms a phase output being electrically connected to an energizing end that forms a phase input of a different phase, in order to achieve a delta configuration. The winding includes a first set including at least one energizing end forming a phase input and at least one other energizing end forming a phase output, and a second set including at least one energizing end forming a phase input and at least one other energizing end forming a phase output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Maxime GROSPEAUD, Alexandre SCHMITT, Clement BERNARD, Jean-Francois GAUTRU, Wojciech MANDOK, Stephane DE CLERCQ, Cyril PICARD
  • Publication number: 20220337114
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine having a plurality of pins, which are arranged on concentric circles at different distances from a stator center point in slots in the stator, and each concentric circle forms a layer, where four pins in different layers are connected to one another in series and form a winding. A first pin of the winding is located in a first slot in the 4n-3 layer, wherein n is a natural number, a second pin of the winding is located in a second slot in the 4n-2 layer, wherein the second slot is at a first radial distance from the first slot in a first circumferential direction of the stator, a third pin of the winding is located in the first slot in the 4n layer, and a fourth pin of the winding is located in the second slot in the 4n-3 layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stephane De-Clercq, Wojciech Mandok, Christian Finger-Albert, Boris Dotz
  • Publication number: 20220255390
    Abstract: A winding for an active part of a rotary electric machine having at least one phase system. The winding includes a plurality of phases each including a first power supply pin and a second power supply pin each forming a phase input or output, each power supply pin including a power supply end that extends outside the slot and extends a conductive segment that extends inside the slot. At least one portion of a first power supply end is arranged on an inner periphery of the winding, the first end extending a conductive segment arranged in an external layer and at least one portion of a second power supply end is arranged on an outer periphery of the winding, said second end extending a conductive segment arranged in an internal layer, the inner periphery being closer to the axis than the outer periphery and the internal and external layers forming edge layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Maxime GROSPEAUD, Alexandre SCHMITT, Pierre FAVEROLLE, Wojciech MANDOK, Clement BERNARD, Stephane DE CLERCQ, Paul ARMIROLI, Damien LE GAC
  • Patent number: 11374457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine for a vehicle comprising an electronic assembly, a stator and an electrical phase connector (10) for a rotary electric machine stator (20). The electrical phase connector (10) comprises a predefined angular configuration of electrical coupling means (130b) so as to carry, respectively, a different electrical phase toward or away from a rotary electric machine stator (20). Each electrical coupling means (130b) is electrically connected to a conductive phase track (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Stéphane De Clercq, Vincent Ramet, Julien Pauwels
  • Patent number: 11336140
    Abstract: The invention mainly concerns a coiling procedure of a stator for a multiphase electrical rotating machine: the said stator comprising grooves, each intended to take up an uneven number of conductors of a coil, the said coil comprising two systems, each comprising one group of conductors (C1-C3, C1?-C3?) respectively, the said procedure comprises stages of installation of the conductors (C1-C3, C1?-C3?) into the said grooves, repeated in order to form a coil comprising several turns (S1-S9) completed alternately according to a first direction of rotation (K1) and according to a second direction of rotation (K2) opposite the first direction of rotation, with the characteristic that at least two changes of direction of rotation (CH1-CH8) from one turn to the other are carried out in different angular zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Stéphane De Clercq, Geoffrey Wilquin, Sébastien Leclercq
  • Publication number: 20210376682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary electric machine for a vehicle comprising an electronic assembly, a stator and an electrical phase connector (10) for a rotary electric machine stator (20). The electrical phase connector (10) comprises a predefined angular configuration of electrical coupling means (130b) so as to carry, respectively, a different electrical phase toward or away from a rotary electric machine stator (20). Each electrical coupling means (130b) is electrically connected to a conductive phase track (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Stéphane De Clercq, Vincent Ramet, Julien Pauwels
  • Publication number: 20210234444
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (2) comprising an annular body (4) having a side face (6) from which a plurality of radial teeth (8) extend, said teeth being angularly spaced in such a way as to define slots (10), and a plurality of conductive needles (15A, 15B), each conductive needle comprising two conductive segments (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D) connected by an elbow connector (18), the conductive segments being stacked one above the other in the slots (10) so as to form N layers which are parallel or substantially parallal to the side face (6) of the annular body. Each conductive needle (15A, 15B) comprises a conductive segment present in two separate slots, with one conductive segment present in a slot E in such a way as to occupy a layer (Ci) and another conductive segment present in a slot E+P in such a way as to occupy a layer (Ci+2), P being a pitch that is predetermined in a first direction of orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Vincent Ramet, Jean Duquesne, Stéphane De Clercq, Julien Pauwels, Laurent Delassus, Humberto Menezes
  • Publication number: 20210175764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (200) comprising an annular body (210) provided with a plurality of slots (213) and a winding (400) comprising a first series (A) of needles (1) and a second series (B) of needles (1) which are arranged in the slots (213) in a plurality of superimposed layers (C1-C4), each needle (1) comprising a first segment (1A) and a second segment (1B) which are each arranged in different slots (213) and connected by an elbow connector (1C). According to the invention, the first segments (1A) and the second segments (1B) of the first series (A) are respectively arranged in a first layer (C1) and in a second layer (C2) and the first segments (1A) and the second segments (1B) of the second series (B) are respectively arranged in a third layer (C3) and in a fourth layer (C4), the first series (A) being electrically connected to the second series (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Vincent Ramet, Jean Duquesne, Stéphane De Clercq, Julien Pauwels, Humberto Menezes, Laurent Delassus
  • Publication number: 20190020238
    Abstract: The invention mainly concerns a coiling procedure of a stator for a multiphase electrical rotating machine: the said stator comprising grooves, each intended to take up an uneven number of conductors of a coil, the said coil comprising two systems, each comprising one group of conductors (C1-C3, C1?-C3?) respectively, the said procedure comprises stages of installation of the conductors (C1-C3, C1-C3?) into the said grooves, repeated in order to form a coil comprising several turns (S1-S9) completed alternately according to a first direction of rotation (K1) and according to a second direction of rotation (K2) is opposite the first direction of rotation, with the characteristic that at least two changes of direction of rotation (CH1-CH8) from one turn to the other are carried out in different angular zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Stéphane De Clercq, Geoffrey Wilquin, Sébastien Leclercq
  • Publication number: 20180083498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (13) for an alternator or an electric machine, which comprises: a cylindrical hub (14) in which a plurality of slots (201) that extend in the axial direction are formed, and a coil (12) mounted in the slots; in which the stator core (14) comprises: a cylindrical base portion (203) forming a cylinder head (203), a plurality of teeth (202) arranged such as to extend from the base portion towards an axial center (X-X), the plurality of slots (201) being defined by the base portion and by an adjacent pair of the teeth (202). For each notch (201) the width at the opening of the notch (l_eo) is smaller than the width (l_ec) at the cylinder head (203).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR
    Inventors: Eric SIMON, Matthieu BONNICI, Olivier SAVINOIS, Bruno DANDRE, Vincent RAMET, Stéphane DE CLERCQ, Xavier DUNESME, Jean-Francois GAUTRU, Pierre FAVEROLLE
  • Publication number: 20180034351
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a method for winding a stator for a multiphase electric machine, the stator comprising notches and intended to receive conductors of a winding, the winding comprising, for each phase, a coil and forming two systems each comprising a respective group of coils, the method comprising steps of installing conductors in the repeated notches in such a way as to form a winding comprising a plurality of concentric turns, wherein one of the steps of installing the conductors in a series of notches is subdivided into a first step of installing the conductors of a first turn of the first system; followed by a second step of installing the conductors of the first turn of the second system while the first step of installing the conductors of the first system continues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Vincent RAMET, Alain DEFEBVIN, Jean DUQUESNE, Jérôme FOURNIER, Stéphane DE-CLERCQ, Sébastien LECLERCQ, Geoffroy WILQUIN
  • Publication number: 20170257012
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stator consisting of a plurality of metal sheets (1a, 1b, 1c, . . . , 1n) forming a generally cylindrical packet of metal sheets (1), the stator having a plurality of radial notches (2), each being delimited by two adjacent teeth (3) extending radially and being connected to one another by the proximal end (3A) thereof, the distal ends (3B) thereof defining a cylindrical axial recess capable of receiving a rotor and being provided with tooth roots (4), an insulator (5) for insulating the bottom of the notch which is provided inside the notches and covers the inner wall of the notches along the useful boundary for receiving conductive wires (F), the stator further comprising a plurality of flat shims (6) for closing the notches, wherein each notch-closing shim is arranged inside a notch, at a distance greater than zero from the lower end of the notch-bottom insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent RAMET, Stéphane DE CLERCQ, Eric MAQUINGHEN
  • Publication number: 20170257000
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a rotary electrical machine stator, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: a stator body (11) with a central axis, the stator body (11) comprising a series of notches (15); a winding wound in the notches (15) in the stator body (11) forming a first chignon (231) and a second chignon (232) extending axially on both sides of the stator body (11); wherein at least one of the phase windings (PH1-PH3, PH1?-PH3?) is a shielded winding which comprises all the active portions (20) of the layer (C1, CN) situated at one of the radial ends at least of each notch (15) of the series, each extended firstly by a corresponding connection portion (21) of the first chignon (231), and secondly by a corresponding connection portion (21) of the second chignon (232).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Geoffroy WILQUIN, Stéphane DE-CLERCQ, Vincent RAMET, Sébastien LECLERCQ
  • Patent number: 9742231
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator (1). The stator comprises a tooth (21) delimited by notches (22), and a winding composed of n×M wires (3), wherein n corresponds to a number of phases and is equal to at least 2, and M corresponds to a number of continuous electric wires for each phase (3) and is equal to at least one. The winding is composed of successive turns, each of the successive turns comprising n×M wires wound simultaneously in n of the notches (22) to be inserted in n series of notches. Each of the series of the notches is dedicated to a single phase, and for each of the successive turns, each of the assembly of the M wires (3) constitutes a phase and is inserted in the same series of the notches (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Xavier Dunesme, Jérôme Fournier, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Ludovic Darras, Alain Defebvin, Stéphane De Clercq, Olivier Luittre, David Desmet, Nicolas Langlard
  • Publication number: 20150194853
    Abstract: A rotary electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator (1). The stator comprises a tooth (21) delimited by notches (22), and a winding composed of n×M wires (3), wherein n corresponds to a number of phases and is equal to at least 2, and M corresponds to a number of continuous electric wires for each phase (3) and is equal to at least one. The winding is composed of successive turns, each of the successive turns comprising n×M wires wound simultaneously in n of the notches (22) to be inserted in n series of notches. Each of the series of the notches is dedicated to a single phase, and for each of the successive turns, each of the assembly of the M wires (3) constitutes a phase and is inserted in the same series of the notches (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Xavier DUNESME, Jérôme FOURNIER, Jean-Pierre CHOCHOY, Ludovic DARRAS, Alain DEFEBVIN, Stéphane DE CLERCQ, Olivier LUITTRE, David DESMET, Nicolas LANGLARD
  • Publication number: 20120292423
    Abstract: A method and device for winding a rotor or a stator (2), of a rotary electrical machine, having a series of teeth (21) which are delimited by notches (22). In each notch there are inserted M continuous electric wires (3) constituting a turn; M being equal to 1 or more, characterised in that n×M wires (3) are wound simultaneously in a number n of notches (22), n corresponding to the number of phases and being ?2. The assembly of the M wires (3) constituting a phase, being inserted in a single notch (22). The device for winding has at least two carriages (4, 5), with a series of teeth, delimited by n notches (40, 50). And, likewise corresponding to the winding, each set of M continuous electric wires (3) constituting a turn, is characterised in that M×n wires (3) are inserted simultaneously in the extension of the n notches (22) of the rotary electrical machine in the n notches (40, 50) in the respective carriages (4, 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Xavier Dunesme, Jérôme Fournier, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Ludovic Darras, Alain Defebvin, Stéphane De Clercq, Olivier Luittre, David Desmet, Nicolas Langlard