Patents by Inventor Francois Louys

Francois Louys 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: 5373280
    Abstract: A vehicle signal light comprises a support element carrying electroluminescent elements on its front face, together with an optical collimating element. Each electroluminescent element has supply terminals and a semiconductor light source, the electrical supply circuit interconnecting the terminals being arranged on the rear face of the support element, and the latter being non-planar and so shaped to allow mounting of all of the electroluminescent elements in such a way that they are all oriented in the same inclined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Louy, Bernard Mauroy
  • Patent number: 5165754
    Abstract: The headrest for a seat backrest, especially of a motor vehicle consists inter alia, of a U-shaped frame (10) with an inner part (101) and an outer part (102), a cushion (20), for example annular, in which the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed and an outside covering (30) enclosing the cushion (20); it is characterised in that the cushion (20) is made of a closed-cell foam with a density of approximately between 20 g/l and 300 g/l and is obtained by moulding and in that the covering (30) has a surface film (31) and an underlayer (32), is made of a foam with a density of approximately between 100 g/l and 1000 g/l, on which (32) this surface film (31) is autoformed, and is obtained by overmoulding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: CESA-Compagnie Europeenne de Sieges pour Automobiles
    Inventor: Francois Louys