Patents by Inventor Jonathan Blandin
Jonathan Blandin 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).
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Patent number: 11408574Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jeffrey Hunt, Jonathan Blandin
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Patent number: 11353190Abstract: A system for electrically connecting at least one light source to a system for supplying electrical power, wherein the connecting system comprises a lead frame able to be electrically connected to a system for supplying electrical power, the lead frame including at least one connecting terminal and at least one connecting means allowing the connecting terminal of the lead frame to be electrically connected to the light source, the connecting terminal and the connecting means being able to electrically connect the light source to the lead frame, thereby allowing the light source to be placed away from the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Marc Duarte, Eric Mornet, Sylvain Yvon, Jonathan Blandin
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Publication number: 20210131631Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jeffrey HUNT, Jonathan BLANDIN
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Publication number: 20210071840Abstract: A system for electrically connecting at least one light source to a system for supplying electrical power, wherein the connecting system comprises a lead frame able to be electrically connected to a system for supplying electrical power, the lead frame including at least one connecting terminal and at least one connecting means allowing the connecting terminal of the lead frame to be electrically connected to the light source, the connecting terminal and the connecting means being able to electrically connect the light source to the lead frame, thereby allowing the light source to be placed away from the lead frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Valeo VisionInventors: Marc DUARTE, Eric MORNET, Sylvain YVON, Jonathan BLANDIN
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Patent number: 10928027Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jeffrey Hunt, Jonathan Blandin
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Patent number: 10865957Abstract: A system for electrically connecting at least one light source to a system for supplying electrical power, wherein the connecting system comprises a lead frame able to be electrically connected to a system for supplying electrical power, the lead frame including at least one connecting terminal and at least one connecting means allowing the connecting terminal of the lead frame to be electrically connected to the light source, the connecting terminal and the connecting means being able to electrically connect the light source to the lead frame, thereby allowing the light source to be placed away from the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Marc Duarte, Eric Mornet, Sylvain Yvon, Jonathan Blandin
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Publication number: 20200224844Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jeffrey Hunt, Jonathan Blandin
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Patent number: 10655810Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detests to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jeffrey Hunt, Jonathan Blandin
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Publication number: 20200041105Abstract: A system for electrically connecting at least one light source to a system for supplying electrical power, wherein the connecting system comprises a lead frame able to be electrically connected to a system for supplying electrical power, the lead frame including at least one connecting terminal and at least one connecting means allowing the connecting terminal of the lead frame to be electrically connected to the light source, the connecting terminal and the connecting means being able to electrically connect the light source to the lead frame, thereby allowing the light source to be placed away from the lead frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: Valeo VisionInventors: Marc DUARTE, Eric MORNET, Sylvain YVON, Jonathan BLANDIN
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Patent number: 10544915Abstract: A heat sink for use in a lamp assembly comprising a body having a first portion that lies in a first imaginary plane and that is adapted to receive at least one light source for emitting light rays and a shield that extends from the first portion. The shield blocks at least a portion of the light rays to facilitate reducing or eliminating glare or back dazzle. The shield is integrally or monolithically formed in the body and lies in a second imaginary plane that is generally orthogonal to the first imaginary plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Wilfried Hutchinson, Gavin Francis Warner, Jonathan Blandin
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Patent number: 10533731Abstract: A lighting assembly having a mounting structure, an LED mounted on the mounting structure, an optical device optically coupled to the LED, and a support structure for connecting the optical device to the mounting structure. The LED is enclosed within a space formed by the mounting structure, the support structure, and the optical device. The support structure absorbs thermal energy to reduce an operating temperature of the optical device. The optical device may be formed from a first material and the support structure may be formed from a different, second material.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Blandin, Gavin Warner, Brian Guinn
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Patent number: 10396477Abstract: A fastening device to maintain a connector engaged in an electronic assembly, the fastening device including a body, a first clip member that engages in a first opening, the first clip member having a first shank that protrudes substantially perpendicularly from the body, and a first arm that protrudes the first shank towards the body, a second clip member that engages in a second opening, the second clip member having a second shank that protrudes substantially perpendicular from the body, and a pair of second arms that protrudes from the second shank towards the body, and a head affixed to the body that contacts the connector and maintains the connector engaged in the electronic assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Fred Roth, Julien Hemon, Jonathan Blandin, Tyler Ryan, Kable Walton
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Publication number: 20190186726Abstract: A circuitry assembly including an electrical component, a peripheral circuitry that supports the electrical component, a support assembly affixed to the peripheral circuitry to evacuate heat excess generated by the electrical component and the peripheral circuitry, a main circuitry separated from the support assembly by a spacing, the main circuitry having a plurality of detection bands, and a plurality of ribbons electrically connecting the peripheral circuitry with the main circuitry and deformable between an undamaged state and a damaged state, wherein in the undamaged state the plurality of ribbons steps over the spacing and the plurality of detection bands and in the damaged state at least one ribbon of the plurality of ribbons contacts at least one detection band of the plurality of detection bands and generate a short circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Warner, Julien Hemon, Jonathan Blandin
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Patent number: 10309635Abstract: A circuitry assembly including an electrical component, a peripheral circuitry that supports the electrical component, a support assembly affixed to the peripheral circuitry to evacuate heat excess generated by the electrical component and the peripheral circuitry, a main circuitry separated from the support assembly by a spacing, the main circuitry having a plurality of detection bands, and a plurality of ribbons electrically connecting the peripheral circuitry with the main circuitry and deformable between an undamaged state and a damaged state, wherein in the undamaged state the plurality of ribbons steps over the spacing and the plurality of detection bands and in the damaged state at least one ribbon of the plurality of ribbons contacts at least one detection band of the plurality of detection bands and generate a short circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Warner, Julien Hemon, Jonathan Blandin
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Publication number: 20190140377Abstract: A fastening device to maintain a connector engaged in an electronic assembly, the fastening device including a body, a first clip member that engages in a first opening, the first clip member having a first shank that protrudes substantially perpendicularly from the body, and a first arm that protrudes the first shank towards the body, a second clip member that engages in a second opening, the second clip member having a second shank that protrudes substantially perpendicular from the body, and a pair of second arms that protrudes from the second shank towards the body, and a head affixed to the body that contacts the connector and maintains the connector engaged in the electronic assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Fred ROTH, Julien HEMON, Jonathan BLANDIN, Tyler RYAN, Kable WALTON
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Publication number: 20190017683Abstract: A lighting assembly having a mounting structure, an LED mounted on the mounting structure, an optical device optically coupled to the LED, and a support structure for connecting the optical device to the mounting structure. The LED is enclosed within a space formed by the mounting structure, the support structure, and the optical device. The support structure absorbs thermal energy to reduce an operating temperature of the optical device. The optical device may be formed from a first material and the support structure may be formed from a different, second material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan BLANDIN, Gavin WARNER, Brian GUINN
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Patent number: 10180247Abstract: According to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, a method of placing a solid state light source on a heat sink can include coating a surface of the heat sink with an anodized coating or an e-coating, for example. A portion of the coated surface can be treated via laser ablation for placing the solid state light source. Additionally, the laser ablation parameters can be adjusted to provide a predetermined roughness to the treated portion of the coated surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Chase Rouse, Jonathan Blandin, Brian Guinn, Marc Duarte
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Publication number: 20190003695Abstract: According to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, a method of placing a solid state light source on a heat sink can include coating a surface of the heat sink with an anodized coating or an e-coating, for example. A portion of the coated surface can be treated via laser ablation for placing the solid state light source. Additionally, the laser ablation parameters can be adjusted to provide a predetermined roughness to the treated portion of the coated surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Chase ROUSE, Jonathan BLANDIN, Brian GUINN, Marc DUARTE
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Publication number: 20180313512Abstract: A heat sink for use in a lamp assembly comprising a body having a first portion that lies in a first imaginary plane and that is adapted to receive at least one light source for emitting light rays and a shield that extends from the first portion. The shield blocks at least a portion of the light rays to facilitate reducing or eliminating glare or back dazzle. The shield is integrally or monolithically formed in the body and lies in a second imaginary plane that is generally orthogonal to the first imaginary plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Wilfried Hutchinson, Gavin Francis Warner, Jonathan Blandin
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Publication number: 20180283646Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source, The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detests to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Brian Jeffrey Hunt, Jonathan Blandin