Patents by Inventor Stéphane André

Stéphane André 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).

  • Vehicle front headlight device
    Patent number: 10953790
    Abstract: A vehicle front headlight device includes: a fixed illumination section configured to shine light toward a first illuminated region at a lower side ahead of a vehicle; a variable illumination section that selectively adopts either an illumination angle from which light is shone toward a second illuminated region further ahead of the vehicle than and at an upper side of the first illuminated region, or a depiction angle from which a depicted pattern is shone toward a depiction region nearer to the vehicle than the first illuminated region; a support member to which the fixed illumination section being attached; a retention section that retains the variable illumination section and is supported by the support member so that it can pivot about an axial direction running along a vehicle width direction; and a drive section that causes the retention section to selectively adopt either the illumination angle or the depiction angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takanori Hamamoto, Daisuke Takamura, Stéphane André
  • VEHICLE FRONT HEADLIGHT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200231089
    Abstract: A vehicle front headlight device includes: a fixed illumination section configured to shine light toward a first illuminated region at a lower side ahead of a vehicle; a variable illumination section that selectively adopts either an illumination angle from which light is shone toward a second illuminated region further ahead of the vehicle than and at an upper side of the first illuminated region, or a depiction angle from which a depicted pattern is shone toward a depiction region nearer to the vehicle than the first illuminated region; a support member to which the fixed illumination section being attached; a retention section that retains the variable illumination section and is supported by the support member so that it can pivot about an axial direction running along a vehicle width direction; and a drive section that causes the retention section to selectively adopt either the illumination angle or the depiction angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takanori Hamamoto, Daisuke Takamura, Stéphane André