Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision Belgique
  • Patent number: 11781727
    Abstract: A light guide extending in a main direction and including an inlet face for the light emitted by a light source, the inlet face being contoured to form a collimator. The light guide includes a face for guiding the light, a light outlet face, and a face for decoupling the light towards the outlet face, the decoupling face being transversely opposite to the outlet face. At least one portion of the profile of the inlet face is constant in a transverse direction so as not to collimate the light in a longitudinal plane including the transverse direction but in a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventor: Christophe Valois
  • Publication number: 20230012810
    Abstract: A light guide extending in a main direction and including an inlet face for the light emitted by a light source, the inlet face being contoured to form a collimator. The light guide includes a face for guiding the light, a light outlet face, and a face for decoupling the light towards the outlet face, the decoupling face being transversely opposite to the outlet face. At least one portion of the profile of the inlet face is constant in a transverse direction so as not to collimate the light in a longitudinal plane including the transverse direction but in a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventor: Christophe VALOIS
  • Patent number: 11505115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: —a housing (10); —a noise-reducing material (11); characterised in that: —the noise-reducing material (11) is partially disposed inside the housing (10) and is in contact with the housing (10); —the housing (10) has at least one hole (100) and the noise-reducing material (11) is configured to pass through the at least one hole (100) and extends projecting from the at least one hole (100) to the outside of the housing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandre Franc, Geoffrey Creus, Richard Geloen
  • Patent number: 11313530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device including a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source and including a wheel sector with a driven surface. The wheel sector is made in one piece with the lens as a whole. Also included is a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface, and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Franck Dinant, Dirkie Sacchet, Florestan Debert
  • Publication number: 20210354620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: —a housing (10); —a noise-reducing material (11); characterised in that: —the noise-reducing material (11) is partially disposed inside the housing (10) and is in contact with the housing (10); —the housing (10) has at least one hole (100) and the noise-reducing material (11) is configured to pass through the at least one hole (100) and extends projecting from the at least one hole (100) to the outside of the housing (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandre FRANC, Geoffrey CREUS, Richard GELOEN
  • Patent number: 10946786
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, the lighting device including a vehicle stop-lamp assembly and a cargo-lamp assembly. The lighting device includes a common lens that is configured, on the one hand, to form at least one stop-lamp light beam and, on the other hand, to form at least one cargo-lamp light beam. It furthermore includes a first group of light sources that are configured to emit stop-lamp light beams and a second group of light sources that are configured to emit cargo-lamp light beams, the light sources of the first group and of the second group being arranged on a common electronic holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandre Franc, Arthur-Guillaume Renaudeau, Yves Dubois
  • Patent number: 10849196
    Abstract: A device for driving the electrical power supply of at least one light source of an automotive vehicle includes a power supply unit arranged to deliver an electric current to the light source, the intensity of the electric current being dependent on a reference voltage. The device is noteworthy in that a control unit is arranged to deliver, on the basis of an input voltage, various reference voltage levels to the power supply unit, according to the situation of an indication of the temperature of the light source with respect to at least a first threshold value and a second threshold value, which is higher than the first threshold value, with a view to observing the optical regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Frederick Delgrange, Yves Dubois, Nicolas Durand
  • Publication number: 20200348004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device including a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source and including a wheel sector with a driven surface. The wheel sector is made in one piece with the lens as a whole. Also included is a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface, and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Franck DINANT, Dirkie SACCHET, Florestan DEBERT
  • Patent number: 10814779
    Abstract: A device for managing at least two light functions accommodated in a same motor vehicle light device, the managing device comprising a block of light sources for each light function, wherein the managing device further comprises: an input block configured to: provide a power supply common to the at least two light functions; indicate if the at least two light functions are activated or deactivated; a bias block configured to supply a stabilized reference voltage common to the at least two light functions; a switching block for each light function, one switching block of which is configured to deactivate one of the at least two light functions that is defined as secondary with respect to the other of the at least two light functions that is defined as having priority if the latter is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Yves Dubois, Alexandre Franc, Arthur Guillaume Renaudeau
  • Patent number: 10801690
    Abstract: An illumination module for a motor vehicle that includes at least a light source, an optical light guide including an entry face for the light emitted by the light source and a light exit face. The optical guide is arranged in order to allow propagation of the light from its entry face to its exit face. An opaque mask is arranged on the path of the light rays exiting the optical guide and includes at least one window allowing the passage of the light. At least one supplementary optical element closes off the window. The supplementary optical element includes a convergent optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Christophe Valois, Kurt Depoorter, Frederic Luu
  • Patent number: 10760763
    Abstract: A lighting module intended to be placed behind a translucent or transparent outer lens or window, the module including: a place for at least one light source that is able to emit light rays; and an optical system that is able to deviate the light rays emitted by the one or more light sources so as to form a light beam along an optical axis of the module, the optical system extending in a main direction that is transverse to the optical axis and including an exit face for rays. The exit face of the optical system has in sagittal cross section a concave or convex curved general profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandre Franc, Florestan Debert, Cindy Leclercq, Dirkie Sacchet
  • Patent number: 10760759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device including a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source and including a wheel sector with a driven surface. The wheel sector is made in one piece with the lens as a whole. Also included is a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface, and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Franck Dinant, Dirkie Sacchet, Florestan Debert
  • Patent number: 10753570
    Abstract: The invention proposes a light device casing formed by a wall made of an electrically insulating material, such as a polymer. The casing includes an inner surface forming a housing receiving a light module with a light-emitting diode and a light guide. The inner surface includes a zone reflecting light from the light module out of the casing, and a fixing zone for a control module of the light module. The light device includes a reflecting and electrically conductive coating, which covers both the reflecting zone and the fixing zone. The aluminum coating is cost-effective since it is applied in one step, and it ensures two functions, namely a reflection and a protection against the electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Cyril Herbin, Guillaume Larche, David Boudikian
  • Patent number: 10676014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting and/or signaling system for motor vehicles, including a light source and a lens configured for receiving light rays coming directly or indirectly from the source through an input surface and for emitting a first output beam providing a first regulatory lighting and/or signaling function through an output surface. A waveguide is configured for directly or indirectly receiving light rays coming from the source through an input surface and for emitting a second output beam through an output surface, wherein a coupling zone of the waveguide is located opposite a portion of either the input surface of the lens or the output surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Christophe Valois, Beny Grigorescu, Dirkie Sacchet
  • Publication number: 20200130574
    Abstract: A device for managing at least two light functions accommodated in a same motor vehicle light device, the managing device comprising a block of light sources for each light function, wherein the managing device further comprises: an input block configured to: provide a power supply common to the at least two light functions; indicate if the at least two light functions are activated or deactivated; a bias block configured to supply a stabilized reference voltage common to the at least two light functions; a switching block for each light function, one switching block of which is configured to deactivate one of the at least two light functions that is defined as secondary with respect to the other of the at least two light functions that is defined as having priority if the latter is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Yves DUBOIS, Alexandre FRANC, Arthur Guillaume RENAUDEAU
  • Patent number: 10520154
    Abstract: Lighting device for a motor vehicle, including: a housing, a printed circuit provided with at least one light source of light-emitting diode type, and provided with an electromagnetic shielding cage, the printed circuit extending along a printed circuit plane and being fixed inside the housing, an electrical cable harness fixed by a first end to the printed circuit and fixed by a second end to the housing, characterized in that the electrical cable harness has a run whose projection along an axis at right angles to the printed circuit plane does not intersect the projection of the cage along the axis at right angles to the printed circuit plane and in that the electrical cable harness includes a portion extending parallel to a lateral edge of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Cyril Herbin, Frederick Delgrange
  • Publication number: 20190394850
    Abstract: A device for driving the electrical power supply of at least one light source of an automotive vehicle includes a power supply unit arranged to deliver an electric current to the light source, the intensity of the electric current being dependent on a reference voltage. The device is noteworthy in that a control unit is arranged to deliver, on the basis of an input voltage, various reference voltage levels to the power supply unit, according to the situation of an indication of the temperature of the light source with respect to at least a first threshold value and a second threshold value, which is higher than the first threshold value, with a view to observing the optical regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Frederick DELGRANGE, Yves DUBOIS, Nicolas DURAND
  • Patent number: 10495279
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device including: a housing and an outer lens; a light source support in the housing; an optical element; a bearing member fixed to the housing, the optical element being gripped between the light source support and the bearing member; and at least one elastic element gripped between the bearing member and the optical element and configured to be elastically deformable in a direction from the bearing member toward the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Franck Dinant, Florestan Debert, Jean-Francois Delourme
  • Patent number: 10488030
    Abstract: A light device for a motor vehicle, the light device including: a housing; a heat sink over moulded with the housing; at least one light source arranged directly on the heat sink; a control device for the electrical power supply of the at least one light source arranged in the housing and electrically connected to the light source; an optical element suitable for cooperating with light rays emitted by the at least one light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Franck Dinant, Dirkie Sacchet, Florestan Debert
  • Publication number: 20190299842
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, the lighting device including a vehicle stop-lamp assembly and a cargo-lamp assembly. The lighting device includes a common lens that is configured, on the one hand, to form at least one stop-lamp light beam and, on the other hand, to form at least one cargo-lamp light beam. It furthermore includes a first group of light sources that are configured to emit stop-lamp light beams and a second group of light sources that are configured to emit cargo-lamp light beams, the light sources of the first group and of the second group being arranged on a common electronic holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandre FRANC, Arthur-Guillaume RENAUDEAU