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VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEUR

432Patents
276Active
432Granted
54Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1990 → Feb 18, 2022 · 95 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6087746A Alternator with improved cooling means, especially for motor vehicles Electricity 41 Expired
US6271613A Rotating machine, such as motor vehicle alternator Electricity 40 Expired
US6561336B1 Friction clutch bearing an electric machine rotor, in particular for a motor vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5270605A Three-phase alternator for a motor vehicle Electricity 32 Expired
US5892422A Motor vehicle starter contactor incorporating an auxiliary control relay Electricity 29 Expired
US6472789B1 Electric rotary machine with novel rotor excitation arrangement by permanent magnets Electricity 28 Expired
US7417857B2 Power-electronic-cooling device Electricity 27 Expired
US6526931B1 Method and systems for the automatic control of the cutting off and restarting of the thermal engine of a vehicle during temporary immobilizations thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US5743227A Method and device for stopping the starter of a motor vehicle once the engine of the vehicle has started Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US5909067A Motor vehicle starter contactor incorporating an auxiliary control relay Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7224145B2 Control and power module for integrated alternator-starter Electricity 25 Expired
US6051904A Rotary electric machine, especially an alternator for a motor vehicle Electricity 25 Expired
US6147429A Electrical machine with double excitation, especially a motor vehicle alternator Electricity 24 Expired
US5624193A Ball or roller bearing assembly, in particular a back bearing assembly for a motor vehicle alternator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 23 Expired
US5424700A Starter motor contactor for a motor vehicle internal combustion engine Electricity 22 Expired
US5245267A Indicating means in a double voltage motor vehicle electrical circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5883450A Alternator, in particular for a motor vehicle including an improved arrangement of rectifier diodes Electricity 21 Expired
US6847143B1 Rotary electrical machine having magnet arrangements with magnets of different compositions Electricity 20 Expired
US7391180B2 Pulse width modulation control circuit for a multimode electrical machine, and a multimode electrical machine equipped with such a control circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5982155A Method for regulating the excitation current in a motor vehicle alternator by digital processing, and a regulating device for carrying out the method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6242834A Brushless polyphase machine, in particular motor vehicle alternator Electricity 19 Expired
US6894402B2 Method for controlling a polyphase and reversible rotating electrical machine for heat engine motor vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7378766B2 Rotating electrical machine, such as an alternator, particularly for an automobile Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US5182511A Detector circuit for detecting a phase signal of a polyphase alternator for a battery charge regulator in a motor vehicle, and utilization thereof Electricity 18 Expired
US6050233A Controller for a vehicle starter motor Electricity 18 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.