Patents by Inventor Régis Duplessy

Régis Duplessy 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).

  • Optical or styling component for a lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6752522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for a motor-vehicle lighting or indicator device. According to the invention, it consists of a transparent material within which light-diffusion foci consisting of local discontinuities are situated only at predetermined locations in order to diffuse the light emitted by a light source associated with the lighting or indicator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Ghislaine Pinson, Régis Duplessy
  • Lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6637918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle, including at least one light source, a reflector and a light-diffusing plate. According to the present invention, the reflector and the light-diffusing plate consist of substantially flat elements forming a small but non-zero angle between them and delimiting between them a prismatic volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Fabien Changeur, Jean Paul Drouet, Régis Duplessy
  • Indicating light unit with additive synthesis for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20030103353
    Abstract: An indicator light for a motor vehicle includes a divider screen adapted to divide a light beam into a plurality of elementary light beams which are then added together downstream of the dividing screen. A first coloring means, for coloring some of the elementary light beams, is located at a distance from the divider screen. The light unit includes a second coloring means adapted to color at least some of the elementary light beams, the second coloring means being spaced away from the divider screen and the first coloring means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Vincent Duflos, Regis Duplessy, Benoist Fleury, Vincent Godbillon
  • Indicating light unit with additive synthesis for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6533439
    Abstract: An indicator light for a motor vehicle includes a divider screen adapted to divide a light beam into a plurality of elementary light beams which are then added together downstream of the dividing screen. A first coloring means, for coloring some of the elementary light beams, is located at a distance from the divider screen. The light unit includes a second coloring means adapted to color at least some of the elementary light beams, the second coloring means being spaced away from the divider screen and the first coloring means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Vincent Duflos, Régis Duplessy, Benoist Fleury, Vincent Godbillon
  • Lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20020126493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle, including at least one light source, a reflector and a light-diffusing plate. According to the present invention, the reflector and the light-diffusing plate consist of substantially flat elements forming a small but non-zero angle between them and delimiting between them a prismatic volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Fabien Changeur, Jean-Paul Drouet, Regis Duplessy
  • Optical or styling component for a lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20020093829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for a motor-vehicle lighting or indicator device. According to the invention, it consists of a transparent material within which light-diffusion foci consisting of local discontinuities are situated only at predetermined locations in order to diffuse the light emitted by a light source associated with the lighting or indicator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Ghislaine Pinson, Regis Duplessy