Patents by Inventor Stephane PAUGAM

Stephane PAUGAM 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: 12698877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light assembly including a main housing with a front opening and a rear opening facing at least a part of the front opening, a luminous device with a secondary housing, and an outer lens sealingly closing the front opening of the main housing. The luminous device can be seated in the rear opening, and the secondary housing is sealingly and reversibly fastened to the main housing. In the event of a failure of a component of a luminous device of a light assembly and/or in the event of impacts damaging a part of the light assembly, the light assembly according to the invention requires just one part to be replaced, for example, only the outer lens and the main housing or only the luminous device need be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Stephane Paugam, Olivier Ruat, Gavin Warner, Stephane Patrizi, Matthieu Syre
  • Publication number: 20250264197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light assembly including a main housing with a front opening and a rear opening facing at least a part of the front opening, a luminous device with a secondary housing, and an outer lens sealingly closing the front opening of the main housing. The luminous device can be seated in the rear opening, and the secondary housing is sealingly and reversibly fastened to the main housing. In the event of a failure of a component of a luminous device of a light assembly and/or in the event of impacts damaging a part of the light assembly, the light assembly according to the invention requires just one part to be replaced, for example, only the outer lens and the main housing or only the luminous device need be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Stephane PAUGAM, Olivier RUAT, Gavin WARNER, Stephane PATRIZI, Matthieu SYRE
  • Patent number: 10502380
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, the lighting device including: a housing; a light module arranged inside the housing; a control device designed to control the electrical supply to the light module, including a female connector mounted outside the housing; a connection harness connected to the light module and including a male connector designed to be connected to the female connector of the control device so as to connect the control device electrically to the light module, characterized in that the housing includes: an orifice for the passage of the connection harness from the inside to the outside of the housing; and at least two ribs defining a receiver to receive and lock the male connector in position on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Stephane Paugam, Julien Cesaire, Benoit Milaret, Gilles Nodet, Carlos Bedoya, Remi Blot
  • Patent number: 10486366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assembling a first and a second part of a lighting device for a vehicle by mirror welding, including a step of supplying the parts wherein each part comprises, in the interface area thereof for contact with the other part, a weld bead intended to come into contact against the weld bead of the other part during the mirror welding, the weld bead of at least one of the parts is provided with a plurality of expander ribs (N) spread out along the weld bead, in such a way as to locally expand the width of the weld bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Guillaume Altermatt, Jean-Marc Colombel, Stephane Paugam, Jocelyn Prechais, Jean-Denis Tissier
  • Publication number: 20190063707
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, the lighting device including: a housing; a light module arranged inside the housing; a control device designed to control the electrical supply to the light module, including a female connector mounted outside the housing; a connection harness connected to the light module and including a male connector designed to be connected to the female connector of the control device so as to connect the control device electrically to the light module, characterized in that the housing includes: an orifice for the passage of the connection harness from the inside to the outside of the housing; and at least two ribs defining a receiver to receive and lock the male connector in position on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Stephane Paugam, Julien Cesaire, Benoit Milaret, Gilles Nodet, Carlos Bedoya, Remi Blot
  • Publication number: 20170305072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assembling a first and a second part of a lighting device for a vehicle by mirror welding, including a step of supplying the parts wherein each part comprises, in the interface area thereof for contact with the other part, a weld bead intended to come into contact against the weld bead of the other part during the mirror welding, the weld bead of at least one of the parts is provided with a plurality of expander ribs (N) spread out along the weld bead, in such a way as to locally expand the width of the weld bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Guillaume ALTERMATT, Jean-Marc COLOMBEL, Stephane PAUGAM, Jocelyn PRECHAIS, Jean-Denis TISSIER