Patents by Inventor Juan-Antonio RUBIA MENA

Juan-Antonio RUBIA MENA 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: 11092315
    Abstract: A device for closing a vehicle optical housing opening, the device including a cap, the cap being configured to close the opening in response to a reversible movement. The device further includes flexible or articulated connecting means fixed to the cap and designed to be fixed to the housing so that, after opening, the cap remains attached to the housing by the connecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Iluminacion
    Inventors: Ricardo Fernandez, Juan-Francisco Moreno, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena, Damien Cabanne, Ramon Pastor, Francisco Ruiz, Gonzalo Madorran Til
  • 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: 9914388
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling assembly including: a lighting module and an adapter that can be placed and retained in position in a housing of support means of an optical collector, and separate means for pressing the adapter against the support means of the module in a first direction and for adjusting the adapter in the housing of the support means in a second direction other than the first direction, these pressing and adjustment means being carried by the module and/or by the adapter. The invention further concerns the associated adapter and the associated module in this lighting and/or signaling assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO ILUMINACION
    Inventors: Juan-Antonio Rubia Mena, Alberto Rodriguez-Fuentes, Jose Castillo Jimenez, Francisco Ojeda, Jose-Antonio Aguilar Del Moral
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9829172
    Abstract: An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Illuminacion
    Inventors: Damien Cabanne, Manuel Gomez, Carlos Gomez, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena, Eric Moisy, Jose-Antonio Aguilar Del Moral
  • Patent number: 9605826
    Abstract: An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Iluminacion
    Inventors: Damien Cabanne, Manuel Gomez, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena, Jose-Antonio Aguilar Del Moral, Carlos Gomez, Eric Moisy
  • Publication number: 20170051891
    Abstract: A device for closing a vehicle optical housing opening, the device including a cap, the cap being configured to close the opening in response to a reversible movement. The device further includes flexible or articulated connecting means fixed to the cap and designed to be fixed to the housing so that, after opening, the cap remains attached to the housing- by the connecting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ricardo Fernandez, Juan-Francisco Moreno, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena, Damien Cabanne, Ramon Pastor, Francisco Ruiz, Gonzalo Madorran Til
  • Publication number: 20150338049
    Abstract: An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Damien CABANNE, Manuel GOMEZ, Juan Antonio RUBIA MENA, Jose-Antonio AGUILAR DEL MORAL, Carlos GOMEZ, Eric MOISY
  • Publication number: 20150308652
    Abstract: An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Damien Cabanne, Manuel Gomez, Carlos Gomez, Juan Antonio Rubia Mena, Eric Moisy, José-Antonio Aguilar Del Moral
  • Publication number: 20150266407
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling assembly including: a lighting module and an adapter that can be placed and retained in position in a housing of support means of an optical collector, and separate means for pressing the adapter against the support means of the module in a first direction and for adjusting the adapter in the housing of the support means in a second direction other than the first direction, these pressing and adjustment means being carried by the module and/or by the adapter. The invention further concerns the associated adapter and the associated module in this lighting and/or signaling assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Juan-Antonio RUBIA MENA, Alberto RODRIGUEZ-FUENTES, Jose CASTILLO JIMENEZ, Francisco OJEDA, Jose-Antonio AGUILAR DEL MORAL