Valeo North America, Inc.

Valeo Vision

Colby J Darlage

Robert L Fraizer

Brant Potter

Robert Fraizer

Jose Alberto Gomez Ramirez

Shivi Singh

Drew Haywood

Jean Sebastien Delfosse

Rebecca Stanley

David Egly

Brian Jeffrey Hunt

Mark Singleton

Ziyi Li

Brian Guinn

Guilebaldo Munoz Ledo Espinosa

Damien Cabanne

Gaurav Bhutani

Todd Cleavenger

Scott Adaska

Cameron Martus

A light system of a vehicle comprising a removable light module, a housing with a receptacle to receive the light module, and a coupling to secure the light module to the housing. The light module includes a light emitter, an inner lens and a pivot. The inner lens of the light module is located at an end of the light module and the pivot has a center of rotation located between a midway point of the light module and the inner lens.

Pivotable light module for a vehicle light system

An illuminated component comprising: an outer lens, a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The outer lens forms an outside of the illuminated component. The first layer is disposed on a back side of the illuminated component. The second layer is disposed on the first layer to at least partially cover the first layer. The third layer is disposed on the first layer, the second layer, or both divided into a first portion and a second portion. The first electrode is connected to the first portion. The second electrode is connected to the second portion so that when power is applied, the power flows between the first electrode and the second electrode through the second layer so that the second layer generates light that is visible on an exterior of a vehicle housing the illuminated component.

Illuminated component with an electroluminescence light source

A body composition comprising: a bulk molded compound (BMC) comprising: one or more thermoset resins; one or more fillers; one or more reinforcements; and one or more binders; a thermally conductive material disposed within the bulk molded compound so that then the body composition as molded into a body the body assists is removing thermal energy.

Thermally conductive component with a bulk molded compound and no base coat

The present invention pertains to a luminous device of an automotive vehicle. The luminous device is configured to produce homogenous lit appearances when using multiple light sources. The luminous device comprises at least one light source for producing a light beam associated with a photometric function. Further, the at least one light source is encapsulated within an encapsulating material. The luminous device further comprises at least one optical element configured to produce said photometric function, wherein the at least one optical element is arranged juxtapose with said encapsulated light source and is configured to receive said light beam to perform at least one said photometric function of the luminance device.

Luminous device for an automotive vehicle

An illuminated vehicle component including a substrate; a first coating on the substrate; a second coating on the substrate; and light sources of a first color arranged to project light into the substrate. At least one of the first coating, or the second coating form one or more patterns. Light from the light source is received by the first coating to produce light with a second color that is different from the first color, and received by the second coating to provide light with a third color that is different from the first color and the second color. The pattern formed by the first coating and the second coating is visible when the one or more light sources are illuminated.

Multi-color illuminated component with a single-color light source

A light system comprising: a first light blade; a second light blade; a plurality of first light sources directing light into the first light blade in a first direction; a plurality of second light sources directing light into the first light blade, the second light blade, or both so that the light exiting the first light blade, the second light blade, or both extends in a second direction that is substantially normal to the first direction away from a vehicle housing the light system; wherein the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources provide a light function; and wherein the plurality of first light sources, the plurality of second light sources, or both are configured to illuminate in sequence so that the first light blade, the second light blade, or both are illuminated from a first edge toward a second edge.

Bi-directional light system

A light guide has an elongated body that includes an entrance face at which light is admitted into the light guide and an exit face at which the light emanates from the light guide. The light guide has an inboard side wall and an outboard side wall extending between the entrance face and the exit face. The entrance face, the exit face, the inboard side wall and the outboard side wall enclose a medium containing a colorant by which the medium meets a color criterion while minimizing light absorption at a wavelength of the light.

Automotive lighting

A light system of a vehicle comprising: a housing comprising: a glue bucket; a glue leg located partially or entirely within the glue bucket; and a light guide located between the glue bucket and the glue leg; wherein the light system is located proximate to a gap in the vehicle and the light guide guides light from the light guide into the glue leg and from the glue leg across the gap so that the light extends across the gap to illuminate the gap.

Edge lighting for a continuous illumination appearance

A light system comprising: a light blade comprising: a first surface and a second surface; a bi-directional light system configured to direct first lights into the light blade so that the first lights extend out of the first surface of the light blade to generate a first light direction, and the bi-directional light system is configured to direct second lights into the light blade so that the second lights extend out of the second surface of the light blade to generate a second light direction; and wherein the first surface and the second surface are substantially perpendicular to one another.

A light system comprising: (a) one or more bezels; (b) an internal lens located within and in communication with the one or more bezels, wherein the internal lens has a height; and (c) a light source that directs light from the light system to a location outside of a vehicle that is configured to house the light system, wherein some of the light is directed to the location outside of the vehicle directly through the internal lens; wherein the one or more bezels include a reflector surface located outside of the height of the internal lens and some of the light from the light source is redirected by the internal lens to the reflector surface of the one or more bezels so that the light is redirected outside of the height of the internal lens to the location outside of the vehicle.

Low profile light with an oversized light emission

A light system including: (a) a first light region configured to provide a first light function; (b) a second light region configured to provide a second light function that is different from the first light function; (c) a blocker located between the first light region and the second light region so that when the first light function is activated, light from the first light region is prevented from passing to the second light region by the blocker and when the second light function is activated, light from the second light region is prevented from passing to the first light region by the blocker; (d) a textured surface in the first light region, the second light region, or both; and (e) a texture shutoff located between the textured surface in the first light region, the second light region, or both and located between the textured surface and the blocker so that the texture surface prevents material of the first light region, the second light region, the blocker, or a combination thereof from forming flash on an outside of the light system; wherein the blocker prevents light from only extending through the texture shutoff; and wherein the first light function and the second light function provide the light to a location around a vehicle that comprises the light system.

Light system including a lens texture shutoff

A light assembly for a vehicle including a light source that provides an incident light, a pair of bezels adjacent to the light source, and a light guide. The light guide has an entrance face that receives the incident light, an exit face from which the incident light exits the light guide, an outboard face that joins the entrance face and the exit face, an inboard face opposite to the outboard face, and a side cut that joins the inboard face to the exit face, wherein the side cut deviates the incident light to spread the exiting light between a maximum inboard angle and a maximum outboard angle.

Light guide for automotive lighting

A light assembly to ground electronic elements, including a platform that supports a front part of the electronic elements; a housing that supports the electronic elements and the platform, the housing having an anchor that protrudes from the housing to support the platform, a plurality of ridges that protrudes from the housing to support a back part of the electronic elements, a back and a front reflective layers that cover the plurality of ridges and the anchor; and a connector that provides electrical connections between each electronic elements. The front and back reflective layers provide grounding for the electronic elements via the plurality of ridges and the anchor, the connector provides electrical connections between the electronic elements and the back reflective layer, and the platform support provides retaining of the electrical connections provided by the connector.

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Seymour, IN, United States of America

Colby J Darlage