Patents by Inventor José GARCÍA CASTILLA

José GARCÍA CASTILLA 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: 10618457
    Abstract: A torque limiting adjuster for adjusting the position of an adjustable part of a lighting device includes a housing, an output shaft, a driving gear, a driven gear, and a biasing element. The housing includes a main opening and a first threaded portion. The driven gear includes a gearing portion adapted to be engaged with the driving gear. The driving and driven gears are engaged by the biasing element. The output shaft has a first linear guiding portion oriented in a main direction and a second threaded portion coupled with the first threaded portion. The driven gear has a second linear guiding portion slidably coupled with the first linear guiding portion. The second linear guiding portion is configured to transmit the rotation of the driven gear to the first linear guiding portion when the driven gear rotates driven by the driven gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Valeo Iluminacion, S.A., Talleres Protegidos Gureak, S.A.
    Inventors: José García Castilla, Miguel Ángel Azcue Méndez, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena
  • Patent number: 10378712
    Abstract: A heatsink for an optical module for a motor vehicle (V), wherein the heatsink includes a bent plate, the plate includes a central part adapted to receive at least one light source of the optical module and including two edges common with two lateral parts, the two common edges forming bending axes of the plate; and the two lateral parts each forming an angle (?) with the central parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Iluminacion
    Inventors: José Garcia Castilla, Vicente Vallejo Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20180022265
    Abstract: A torque limiting adjuster for adjusting the position of an adjustable part of a lighting device includes a housing, an output shaft, a driving gear, a driven gear, and a biasing element. The housing includes a main opening and a first threaded portion. The driven gear includes a gearing portion adapted to be engaged with the driving gear. The driving and driven gears are engaged by the biasing element. The output shaft has a first linear guiding portion oriented in a main direction and a second threaded portion coupled with the first threaded portion. The driven gear has a second linear guiding portion slidably coupled with the first linear guiding portion. The second linear guiding portion is configured to transmit the rotation of the driven gear to the first linear guiding portion when the driven gear rotates driven by the driven gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: José GARCÍA CASTILLA, Miguel Ángel AZCUE MÉNDEZ, Juan Antonio RUBIA MENA
  • Publication number: 20170045194
    Abstract: A heatsink for an optical module for a motor vehicle (V), wherein the heatsink includes a bent plate, the plate includes a central part adapted to receive at least one light source of the optical module and including two edges common with two lateral parts, the two common edges forming bending axes of the plate; and the two lateral parts each forming an angle (?) with the central parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: José Garcia Castilla, Vicente Vallejo Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20160229334
    Abstract: A signaling and/or lighting device for a motor vehicle comprises a casing provided with an opening for access toward the interior of the casing and a closure cover closing off the access opening. It also comprises a support for receiving a light bulb arranged in the casing and a removable handling element by means of which it is possible to manually actuate the support to install and remove it with respect to the casing. The device comprises holding elements for the removable handling element by means of which it is possible to reversibly attach the removable handling element to the casing or to the closure cover. A method for producing such a signaling and/or lighting device for a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Puente, Isidro Garcia, Jose Garcia Castilla, Pedro Colmenero
  • Patent number: 6135619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing device for fixing a housing of a motor vehicle lighting or signalling device to the bodywork of the vehicle. The fixing device comprises a body having a portion that is elastically deformable in elongation connecting a fixing portion for fixing to the body work to a fixing portion for fixing to the housing, the fixing device having one of the two ends suitable for being engaged in an enclosure associated with the housing or with the bodywork so as to provide, in said enclosure, two degrees of freedom transverse to the elongation direction of the elastically-deformable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Donaire Camacho, Jose Garcia Castilla
  • Patent number: 5975733
    Abstract: A lamp for a motor vehicle, such as an indicator lamp for mounting on a flank of the vehicle, comprising a lamp body, a fastening piece behind the lamp body, and at least one screw inserted through a hole in the fastening piece from behind, the screw being received in a threaded hole in the lamp body. The lamp body has at least two external side faces which are divergent from each other towards the front of the lamp. Each of these side faces terminates in a flange which is oriented at right angles to an axis of the lamp. The fastening piece has at least two deformable lugs in contact with the external side faces of the lamp body, and these lugs have an end which is spaced away from the flange before the screws are tightened and is close to the flange after they have been tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Fermin Gonzalez Gallegos, Jose Garcia Castilla