Lighting module comprising at least one removable light source
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorsRemi Letoumelin, Thomas Canonne
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a lighting module for a motor vehicle, the lighting module comprising: an optical means, a support for the optical means, at least one light source housed in the lighting module. The light source is removable and includes light emitting means, a mechanical support for the light emitting means, movement means for moving the optical means, which are arranged so as to allow the optical means to be moved between a locked position for holding the light source on the support for the optical means and an unlocked position for removing the light source from the lighting module.
Claims14
A lighting module for a motor vehicle, said lighting module comprising:
- at least one removable light source housed in the lighting module and comprising:
- a light emitting element;
- a mechanical support for the light emitting element;
- optical means exhibiting a focal zone, for altering an optical characteristic of light emitted by said light emitting element;
- a support for supporting the optical means;
- movement means for permitting movement of the optical means between:
- a predetermined locked position with respect to said light source, wherein the optical means in the locked position is secured on the support for the optical means with the light emitting element at the focal zone of the optical means;
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- an unlocked position permitting removal of said light source from the lighting module, wherein the optical means in the unlocked position is separated, in a direction of separation, from the support for supporting the optical means and is displaced, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of separation, from a position where the light emitting element is at the focal zone of the optical means,
- wherein said optical means includes a stop element that fixes a position of the mechanical support for the light emitting element with respect to said optical means in the direction perpendicular to the direction of separation when said optical means is in the predetermined locked position, such that the light emitting element is at the focal zone of the optical means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.