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Granted Patent B2
US 12698877 · App. 18/859,338 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Removable lighting assembly

Inventors: Stephane Paugam (Bobigny, FR); Olivier Ruat (Bobigny, FR); Gavin Warner (Bobigny, FR); Stephane Patrizi (Bobigny, FR); Matthieu Syre (Bobigny, FR)
Assignee: Valeo Vision
F21S41/24B60Q1/04B60Q1/0466F21S41/26F21S43/237F21S43/26231F21S45/50
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12698877
App. No.
18/859,338
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (10)

1 . A light assembly intended to be mounted on an automotive vehicle and to cover a front or rear width of the vehicle, comprising:

a main housing including a first side with a front opening and a second side, opposite the first side, with a rear opening facing at least a part of the front opening, and having an elongated shape having two ends,

two headlights or two rear lights, each having a secondary housing,

an outer lens sealingly closing the front opening in the first side of the main housing and covering the two headlights or two rear lights,

and the two headlights or two rear lights are seated in the rear opening in the second side of the main housing, and the secondary housings are sealingly and reversibly fastened to the second side of each end of the main housing, with at least one light guide in the main housing behind the outer lens, the light guide being powered by a light source arranged in at least one of the headlights or the rear lights, and positioned in the secondary housing of the at least one headlight or the at least one rear light, on a dedicated printed circuit board that is distinct from a printed circuit board on which a light source of the headlight or rear light is arranged.

2 . The light assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer lens is irreversibly fastened to the main housing.

3 . The light assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the secondary housing includes a groove in which a gasket is positioned facing the main housing.

4 . The light assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two headlights or the two rear lights include means for attaching the secondary housing to the main housing.

5 . The light assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the secondary housing is open on a front face and in that the outer lens closes the front face of the secondary housing.

6 . The light assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two headlights or the two rear lights include a light source and an optical deviation element.