Valeo North America, Inc.

Jonathan Blandin

Marc Duarte

Gavin Francis Warner

Julien Hemon

Brian Jeffrey Hunt

Brian Guinn

Fred Roth

Frederick Roth

Chase Rouse

Wilfried Hutchinson

Tyler Ryan

Kable Walton

Keith Edward Chesser

Keith Chesser

Frederick-Allen Roth

Gavin Warner

A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.

Card edge connector for a lighting module

A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detests to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.

A heat sink for use in a lamp assembly comprising a body having a first portion that lies in a first imaginary plane and that is adapted to receive at least one light source for emitting light rays and a shield that extends from the first portion. The shield blocks at least a portion of the light rays to facilitate reducing or eliminating glare or back dazzle. The shield is integrally or monolithically formed in the body and lies in a second imaginary plane that is generally orthogonal to the first imaginary plane.

Vehicle lamp assembly having an improved heat sink with light shield

A lighting assembly having a mounting structure, an LED mounted on the mounting structure, an optical device optically coupled to the LED, and a support structure for connecting the optical device to the mounting structure. The LED is enclosed within a space formed by the mounting structure, the support structure, and the optical device. The support structure absorbs thermal energy to reduce an operating temperature of the optical device. The optical device may be formed from a first material and the support structure may be formed from a different, second material.

Bi-material transmitting optical element

A fastening device to maintain a connector engaged in an electronic assembly, the fastening device including a body, a first clip member that engages in a first opening, the first clip member having a first shank that protrudes substantially perpendicularly from the body, and a first arm that protrudes the first shank towards the body, a second clip member that engages in a second opening, the second clip member having a second shank that protrudes substantially perpendicular from the body, and a pair of second arms that protrudes from the second shank towards the body, and a head affixed to the body that contacts the connector and maintains the connector engaged in the electronic assembly.

Fastening device for connector in automotive light equipment

A circuitry assembly including an electrical component, a peripheral circuitry that supports the electrical component, a support assembly affixed to the peripheral circuitry to evacuate heat excess generated by the electrical component and the peripheral circuitry, a main circuitry separated from the support assembly by a spacing, the main circuitry having a plurality of detection bands, and a plurality of ribbons electrically connecting the peripheral circuitry with the main circuitry and deformable between an undamaged state and a damaged state, wherein in the undamaged state the plurality of ribbons steps over the spacing and the plurality of detection bands and in the damaged state at least one ribbon of the plurality of ribbons contacts at least one detection band of the plurality of detection bands and generate a short circuit.

Damaged connection detection

A lamp assembly for mounting in a headlamp comprising a heat sink having a printed circuit board landing area for receiving a printed circuit board and a light source landing area for receiving at least one light source. The lamp assembly also comprises a light guide and a bracket for detachably mounting on the heat sink. The bracket is adapted to engage and secure the light guide in a predetermined position on the heat sink, the at least one light source and the printed circuit board a unsealed in the heat sink.

Lamp assembly for use in a headlamp

According to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, a method of placing a solid state light source on a heat sink can include coating a surface of the heat sink with an anodized coating or an e-coating, for example. A portion of the coated surface can be treated via laser ablation for placing the solid state light source. Additionally, the laser ablation parameters can be adjusted to provide a predetermined roughness to the treated portion of the coated surface.

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Columbus, IN, United States of America

Jonathan Blandin