Patents by Inventor Gerard Vall

Gerard Vall 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: 11936128
    Abstract: An electrical unit includes a circuit board, a plurality of first terminals having respective first tabs fixed to the circuit board, a plurality of second terminals having respective second tabs fixed to the circuit board, the second tabs offset from the first tabs in a first direction and a second direction, and/or a terminal housing disposed over the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, and connected to the circuit board. A method of assembling an electrical unit includes connecting first tabs with the circuit board, connecting second tabs with the circuit board such that each second tab is at least partially offset from each of the first tabs the plurality of first terminals in a first direction and a second direction, and/or disposing the terminal housing over the first and second terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Oscar Cano Salomo, Marcos Blanco Figueras, Gerard Vall Gendre, Joan Ignasi Ferran Palau, Antoni Pujol Simon
  • Publication number: 20230199986
    Abstract: An electrical assembly may include a first housing unit, a second housing unit, and a locking member. The first housing unit may include a guide portion. The second housing unit may be releasably connectable to the first housing unit. The locking member may be configured to slidably engage the guide portion. The locking member may be adjustable relative to the first housing unit and the second housing unit to an unlocked position and a locked position. When the locking member is in the unlocked position, the second housing unit may be removable from the first housing unit. When the locking member is in the locked position, the second housing unit may be secured to the first housing unit via the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Oscar Cano Salomo, Antoni Pujol Simon, Joan Ignasi Ferran Palau, Kapil Jadhav, Sainath Shinde, Gerard Vall
  • Publication number: 20220255252
    Abstract: An electrical unit may include a circuit board, a plurality of first terminals having respective first tabs fixed to the circuit board, a plurality of second terminals having respective second tabs fixed to the circuit board, the second tabs offset from the first tabs in a first direction and a second direction, and/or a terminal housing disposed over the plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals, and connected to the circuit board. A method of assembling an electrical unit may include connecting first tabs with the circuit board, connecting second tabs with the circuit board such that each second tab is at least partially offset from each of the first tabs the plurality of first terminals in a first direction and a second direction, and/or disposing the terminal housing over the first and second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Oscar Cano Salomo, Marcos Blanco Figueras, Gerard Vall Gendre, Joan Ignasi Ferran Palau, Antoni Pujol Simon
  • Patent number: 10136522
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a circuit board assembly that may include a circuit board that may include a first side and a second side opposite from the first side. The circuit board assembly may include a female terminal inserted in the first side of the circuit board and an electrical component that may be disposed at the second side. The first electrical component may include a first male terminal extending through the circuit board into the first female terminal. A female electrical terminal may include an outer wall defining an internal space and a pair of prongs extending from the outer wall and at least partially within the internal space. The pair of prongs may be disposed at a vertical distance from the top of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Xavier Carbonell Maté, Gerard Vall Gendre, Ramón Piñana López
  • Publication number: 20160336670
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a circuit board assembly that may include a circuit board that may include a first side and a second side opposite from the first side. The circuit board assembly may include a female terminal inserted in the first side of the circuit board and an electrical component that may be disposed at the second side. The first electrical component may include a first male terminal extending through the circuit board into the first female terminal. A female electrical terminal may include an outer wall defining an internal space and a pair of prongs extending from the outer wall and at least partially within the internal space. The pair of prongs may be disposed at a vertical distance from the top of the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Xavier Carbonell Maté, Gerard Vall Gendre, Ramón Piñana López
  • Patent number: 7164272
    Abstract: Modular unit connectable to a battery for monitoring its condition and protecting, including a housing which is directly connectable to the B battery posts of by means of receptor terminals clamped to said posts, the housing containing a first BD module, used to perform a disconnection of the supply of energy from said B battery; a second electronic module BM, used for a dynamic measurement of the B battery's state of health (SOH) and charge (SOC); a third electronic LCM module, used to control and manage all or part of the charges that supply said B battery, and a fourth electronic PDFS module, used to control the distribution of power supplied by said B battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Lear Automotive (EEDS) Spain, S.L.
    Inventors: Carles Borrego Bel, Joan Fontanilles Pinas, Daniel Guasch Murillo, Gerard Vall Gendre
  • Patent number: 7056137
    Abstract: Provided for connectors intended for being coupled to a housing (1) defined in an electric junction box, with male terminals projecting from the bottom thereof and wherein between the body (9) of the connector and the bottom of the housing (1), a leak-tight seal (12) is arranged, the invention consists of situating between said seal (12) and the bottom of the housing (1), a separator (3) traversed by said male terminals, on which separator said seal (12) is in turn assembled, having die cuts (13) for said terminals and with slits (14) and (15) for pins (5) and (6) projecting from the plate (3) of the separator and which can be coupled inside the body (9), such that in the tightening of these elements, a deformation of the seal (12) is achieved against the separator (3), and accordingly with regard to the bottom of the housing (1), as well as with regard to the side wall of the latter, quite considerably facilitating the assembly of the seal (12), as this can be carried out on the stiff element constituted of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard Vall Gendre, Josep Maria Roset Rubio
  • Patent number: 6790051
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical connector of the type fixedly attached to printed circuit boards having the male pins or terminals of the connector designed to go through corresponding bores in printed circuit boards that are then soldered to said board permanently establishing the desired electrical connections and further offering a high degree of resistance to humidity and, consequent humidity caused corrosion in the male pins or terminals through the novel use of ring-like projections around each male pin, stand-off supports, and a insulating and sealing resin filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Xavier Secall, Jordi Bigorra, Gerard Vall, Jordi Sanchez