Patents by Inventor Lingxuan ZHU

Lingxuan ZHU 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: 20240159377
    Abstract: A rear combination lamp for a vehicle comprises: a first housing member that is opaque; a first light source inside the first housing member; a first lightguide abutting the first housing member and enclosing the first light source, a first taillight portion extending from the first lightguide; a structural member that is opaque and abuts the first lightguide on an opposite side from the first housing member; a second lightguide abutting the structural member on an opposite side from the first lightguide, a second taillight portion extending from the second lightguide; a second housing member that is opaque and that abuts the second lightguide on an opposite side from the structural member; and a second light source inside the second housing member, wherein the second lightguide encloses the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hans-Christoph Eckstein, Lingxuan Zhu, Jaime Ivan Calderon Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10989383
    Abstract: A lighting device including at least one surface light source and a support for this, wherein the surface light source includes a fixing element which has a T-shaped cross-section, and wherein the support includes a receiving part for the fixing element, a cross-section through the receiving part having a shape complementary to the cross-section of the fixing element. In the lighting device according to the invention, the fixing element includes an upright and a head, the upright extending from a lower face of the surface light source, the upright and the head together with this lower face delimiting at least one engagement groove for the receiving part of the support. Application to motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Xinyu Deng, Lingxuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 10845022
    Abstract: A light-emitting module for a motor vehicle. The light-emitting module includes a substrate including a curved main section, light-emitting elements arranged on a face of the substrate and configured to generate light rays, a curved screen arranged facing the face of the substrate and away from the face, an area of the screen being suitable for being illuminated by the light rays emitted by the light-emitting elements, the screen having scattering properties with respect to the light emitted by the light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element being arranged on the substrate in a given zone, each light-emitting element furthermore being arranged to emit the corresponding light rays in a main emission direction that is angularly offset from a local direction that is normal to the substrate in the given zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vincent Godbillon, Franck Millon, Jean-Didier Kinfack, Lothar Seif, Natacha Audy, Lingxuan Zhu, Patrice Collot, Arnaud Abala
  • Patent number: 10648638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining a light-scattering assembly in particular for a motor vehicle, the light-scattering assembly comprising a part including first and second sections. The process includes forming, by injection molding, the first section of the light-scattering assembly, the first section forming a transparent scattering screen having microstructures obtained by injection molding and configured to scatter light passing through said first section, and forming, by injection molding, the second section, the second section being devoid of microstructures obtained by injection molding and configured to scatter light. The second section has an external region extending around at least some of the perimeter of the first section, the external region extending beyond a peripheral portion of the first section [and away from the first section, the first and second sections being formed in contact with each other and being united with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Lingxuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200041094
    Abstract: A light-emitting module for a motor vehicle. The light-emitting module includes a substrate including a curved main section, light-emitting elements arranged on a face of the substrate and configured to generate light rays, a curved screen arranged facing the face of the substrate and away from the face, an area of the screen being suitable for being illuminated by the light rays emitted by the light-emitting elements, the screen having scattering properties with respect to the light emitted by the light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element being arranged on the substrate in a given zone, each light-emitting element furthermore being arranged to emit the corresponding light rays in a main emission direction that is angularly offset from a local direction that is normal to the substrate in the given zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vincent GODBILLON, Franck MILLON, Jean-Didier KINFACK, Lothar SEIF, Natacha AUDY, Lingxuan ZHU, Patrice COLLOT, Arnaud ABALA
  • Patent number: 10551025
    Abstract: A lighting device, in particular for a motor vehicle, including a substrate; light sources of the side-emitting LED type, which are placed on the substrate and which illuminate in main directions that are orientated along the substrate; and a screen placed so as to receive the light rays emitted by the light sources. The substrate includes windows and the lighting device furthermore includes reflective surfaces that are placed facing the windows so as to reflect, toward the screen, a portion of the light rays emitted by the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Franck Millon, Natacha Audy, Lingxuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190078752
    Abstract: A lighting device, in particular for a motor vehicle, including a substrate; light sources of the side-emitting LED type, which are placed on the substrate and which illuminate in main directions that are orientated along the substrate; and a screen placed so as to receive the light rays emitted by the light sources. The substrate includes windows and the lighting device furthermore includes reflective surfaces that are placed facing the windows so as to reflect, toward the screen, a portion of the light rays emitted by the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Franck MILLON, Natacha AUDY, Lingxuan ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180372292
    Abstract: A lighting device including at least one surface light source and a support for this, wherein the surface light source includes a fixing element which has a T-shaped cross-section, and wherein the support includes a receiving part for the fixing element, a cross-section through the receiving part having a shape complementary to the cross-section of the fixing element. In the lighting device according to the invention, the fixing element includes an upright and a head, the upright extending from a lower face of the surface light source, the upright and the head together with this lower face delimiting at least one engagement groove for the receiving part of the support. Application to motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Xinyu DENG, Lingxuan ZHU
  • Patent number: 10165641
    Abstract: A light emission module, in particular for a motor vehicle. The module includes a substrate comprising a curved main portion extending in a longitudinal direction. A plurality of electroluminescent elements is arranged on the substrate and configured to emit light rays when supplied with electrical energy. The electroluminescent elements are distributed along the longitudinal direction, and a control assembly suitable for regulating the electrical energy supplied to the electroluminescent elements. The control assembly has a mode of operation in which the control assembly is configured to supply the electroluminescent elements with respective electrical energies and/or powers determined at least as a function of respective main directions of light emission of the electroluminescent elements to obtain at least two maximum light intensities emitted by the electroluminescent elements in the corresponding main direction of emission which are different along the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vincent Godbillon, Patrice Collot, Franck Millon, Jean-Didier Kinfack, Lothar Seif, Arnaud Abala, Lingxuan Zhu, Natacha Audy
  • Publication number: 20180092180
    Abstract: A light emission module, in particular for a motor vehicle. The module includes a substrate comprising a curved main portion extending in a longitudinal direction. A plurality of electroluminescent elements is arranged on the substrate and configured to emit light rays when supplied with electrical energy. The electroluminescent elements are distributed along tje longitudinal direction, and a control assembly suitable for regulating the electrical energy supplied to the electroluminescent elements. The control assembly has a mode of operation in which the control assembly is configured to supply the electroluminescent elements with respective electrical energies and/or powers determined at least as a function of respective main directions of light emission of the electroluminescent elements to obtain at least two maximum light intensities emitted by the electroluminescent elements in the corresponding main direction of emission which are different along the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vincent GODBILLON, Patrice COLLOT, Franck MILLON, Jean-Didier KINFACK, Lothar SEIF, Arnaud ABALA, Lingxuan ZHU, Natacha AUDY
  • Publication number: 20180087738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining a light-scattering assembly in particular for a motor vehicle, the light-scattering assembly comprising a part including first and second sections. The process includes forming, by injection molding, the first section of the light-scattering assembly, the first section forming a transparent scattering screen having microstructures obtained by injection molding and configured to scatter light passing through said first section, and forming, by injection molding, the second section, the second section being devoid of microstructures obtained by injection molding and configured to scatter light. The second section has an external region extending around at least some of the perimeter of the first section, the external region extending beyond a peripheral portion of the first section [and away from the first section, the first and second sections being formed in contact with each other and being united with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Lingxuan ZHU