Patents by Inventor Jean Pascal Herlin

Jean Pascal Herlin 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: 12078314
    Abstract: Automotive lighting appliance including an internal wall and a mini-LED lighting device which is coupled to the internal wall and includes a support circuit board formed by one or more support portions and a plurality of flat plate-shaped mini-LED electronic modules, which are firmly coupled to the support portions of the support circuit board, next to each other, so as to form a light emitting surface adapted to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy S.P.A. Con Socio Unico
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Michele Antonipieri, Riccardo Mestriner
  • Patent number: 11982417
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, comprising a light guide, at least one LED light source, wherein an inlet and diffusion wall and the light outlet wall are opposite to each other along a main optical axis (X). The lighting portion comprises a middle lighting portion aligned with the LED light source and the light emission portion, and a peripheral lighting portion. The device comprises at least one reflector element associated with the light inlet and diffusion wall of the light guide and directly facing the respective extraction elements so as to reflect light towards the light outlet wall. A diffusion layer is arranged to cover the lighting portion on the side of the light outlet wall. Cylindrical optics are provided on the light outlet wall, at the middle lighting portion, which extract the incident light beams thereon, towards the diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Sara Paroni, Pierfrancesco Zilio
  • Publication number: 20240044471
    Abstract: Automotive lighting appliance including an internal wall and a mini-LED lighting device which is coupled to the internal wall and includes a support circuit board formed by one or more support portions and a plurality of flat plate-shaped mini-LED electronic modules, which are firmly coupled to the support portions of the support circuit board, next to each other, so as to form a light emitting surface adapted to emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Mareiij Automotive Lighting Italy S.p.A. con Socio Unico
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Michele Antonipieri, Riccardo Mestriner
  • Patent number: 11346994
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, comprising: a light guide adapted to receive a light ray beam to a light outlet wall which creates a lighting portion of the lighting and/or signaling device, at least one LED light source adapted to receive the light beam, transmitted by total internal reflection towards the light outlet wall. The device includes at least one reflector element associated with the light inlet and diffusion wall of the light guide and directly facing the respective extraction elements so as to reflect light towards the light outlet wall. A diffusion layer is arranged to cover the lighting portion on the side of the light outlet wall. The diffusion layer has a differentiated transmission factor according to the light intensity of the incident light rays on the lighting portion so as to obtain a uniform light intensity over the whole lighting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Sara Paroni, Pierfrancesco Zilio
  • Patent number: 10788609
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device comprising a light guide which extends from a light input and diffusion wall to a light output wall that realizes a lighting portion, at least one LED light source, suitable to emit a light beam and facing a light input portion of said light input and diffusion wall. The lighting portion includes a central lighting portion and a peripheral lighting portion, surrounding the central lighting portion, the light guide being provided with extraction elements arranged on the light input and diffusion wall. A hologram is arranged between the LED light source and the light input portion so as to distribute according to a predefined pattern the light rays emitted by the LED light source and obtain a predefined luminance on the central lighting portion and the peripheral lighting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Maria Chiara Frijia
  • Patent number: 10591128
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signalling device, in particular for the automotive sector, comprising: at least two LED light sources, powered and activated separately, each facing a respective light input wall of a corresponding light guide, wherein the light guides emit the light of the LED light sources through at least two separate lighting portions at a front wall. The light guides are equipped with diffuser elements arranged on a rear wall opposite to the front wall. At least one reflector element is associated with each light guide directly facing the respective diffuser elements so as to reflect the light towards the front wall. The light guides are juxtaposed and adjacent to each other at at least one respective inner wall. The light guides are mechanically and optically separated by barrier elements which prevent the passage of light between the light guides at the at least one inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Lorenzo Spadaccini, Giulio Manfreda, Michele Antonipieri
  • Publication number: 20200081171
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device comprising a light guide which extends from a light input and diffusion wall to a light output wall that realizes a lighting portion, at least one LED light source, suitable to emit a light beam and facing a light input portion of said light input and diffusion wall. The lighting portion includes a central lighting portion and a peripheral lighting portion, surrounding the central lighting portion, the light guide being provided with extraction elements arranged on the light input and diffusion wall. A hologram is arranged between the LED light source and the light input portion so as to distribute according to a predefined pattern the light rays emitted by the LED light source and obtain a predefined luminance on the central lighting portion and the peripheral lighting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Maria Chiara Frijia
  • Publication number: 20190346106
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, comprising a light guide, at least one LED light source, wherein an inlet and diffusion wall and the light outlet wall are opposite to each other along a main optical axis (X). The lighting portion comprises a middle lighting portion aligned with the LED light source and the light emission portion, and a peripheral lighting portion. The device comprises at least one reflector element associated with the light inlet and diffusion wall of the light guide and directly facing the respective extraction elements so as to reflect light towards the light outlet wall. A diffusion layer is arranged to cover the lighting portion on the side of the light outlet wall. Cylindrical optics are provided on the light outlet wall, at the middle lighting portion, which extract the incident light beams thereon, towards the diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Sara Paroni, Pierfrancesco Zilio
  • Publication number: 20190346612
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, comprising: a light guide adapted to receive a light ray beam to a light outlet wall which creates a lighting portion of the lighting and/or signaling device, at least one LED light source adapted to receive the light beam, transmitted by total internal reflection towards the light outlet wall. The device includes at least one reflector element associated with the light inlet and diffusion wall of the light guide and directly facing the respective extraction elements so as to reflect light towards the light outlet wall. A diffusion layer is arranged to cover the lighting portion on the side of the light outlet wall. The diffusion layer has a differentiated transmission factor according to the light intensity of the incident light rays on the lighting portion so as to obtain a uniform light intensity over the whole lighting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Sara Paroni, Pierfrancesco Zilio
  • Publication number: 20190257490
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signalling device, in particular for the automotive sector, comprising: at least two LED light sources, powered and activated separately, each facing a respective light input wall of a corresponding light guide, wherein the light guides emit the light of the LED light sources through at least two separate lighting portions at a front wall. The light guides are equipped with diffuser elements arranged on a rear wall opposite to the front wall. At least one reflector element is associated with each light guide directly facing the respective diffuser elements so as to reflect the light towards the front wall. The light guides are juxtaposed and adjacent to each other at at least one respective inner wall. The light guides are mechanically and optically separated by barrier elements which prevent the passage of light between the light guides at the at least one inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Herlin, Lorenzo Spadaccini, Giulio Manfreda, Michele ANTONIPIERI
  • Patent number: 10054282
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell. The lighting assembly includes a planar OLED light source which emits light from its front face and is within the rear body with the front face facing the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell to direct light towards the front lenticular half-shell; a concentrated LED light source behind the planar light source; and a light-guide rod of photoconductive material between the concentrated light source and the planar light source and receives light emitted by the concentrated light source and conveys the light towards the rear face of the planar light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Patent number: 9869445
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Publication number: 20160102832
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell. The lighting assembly includes a planar OLED light source which emits light from its front face and is within the rear body with the front face facing the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell to direct light towards the front lenticular half-shell; a concentrated LED light source behind the planar light source; and a light-guide rod of photoconductive material between the concentrated light source and the planar light source and receives light emitted by the concentrated light source and conveys the light towards the rear face of the planar light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri
  • Publication number: 20160102835
    Abstract: An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Baccarin, Stefano Di Gallo, Ivan Favro, Jean Pascal Herlin, Fabio Leone, Stefano Marchesin, Nicola Schiccheri