Patents by Inventor Christian TEXIER

Christian TEXIER 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: 20250121766
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical module for a vehicle, which includes a camera with a set of optical lenses, a housing to receive the camera, a protective lens facing the camera, at least one light source to emit light rays to illuminate the protective lens and being next to the housing of the camera. The optical module also includes at least one optical deflection element to deflect the multiple reflections on the protective lens of all or part of the light rays emitted by the at least one light source so as to prevent the light rays from returning to the set of optical lenses of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe GRARD, Pierre RENAUD, Gregory PLANCHE, Christian TEXIER
  • Publication number: 20240288687
    Abstract: An optical module for a vehicle includes a camera including a set of optical lenses, a housing configured to receive the camera, and a glass pane arranged facing the camera and configured to conceal the camera from the outside of the vehicle. The optical module further includes an opaque element configured to absorb light from outside said vehicle so as to reduce stray reflections of the light on the set of optical lenses of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe GRARD, Christian TEXIER, Gregory PLANCHE, Pierre RENAUD
  • Patent number: 10634309
    Abstract: A lighting module including a base, on which there are mounted at least one light source and a cooling member including at least two fins joined together elastically and each having at least one heat-sink wall and a connection portion thermally connected to the base by a thermal interface. The module includes at least one stop piece able to come into contact with part of a fin when this fin is brought elastically closer to another fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marc Duarte, Brahim Elhachir, Stephane Andre, Christian Texier
  • Publication number: 20180058657
    Abstract: A lighting module including a base, on which there are mounted at least one light source and a cooling member including at least two fins joined together elastically and each having at least one heat-sink wall and a connection portion thermally connected to the base by a thermal interface. The module includes at least one stop piece able to come into contact with part of a fin when this fin is brought elastically closer to another fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marc DUARTE, Brahim ELHACHIR, Stephane ANDRE, Christian TEXIER