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US 10,760,759 B2Granted
One-piece lens with driven wheel sector
AssigneeValeo Vision Belgique
InventorsFranck Dinant, Dirkie Sacchet, Florestan Debert
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device including a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source and including a wheel sector with a driven surface. The wheel sector is made in one piece with the lens as a whole. Also included is a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface, and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens.
Claims14
A vehicle lighting device comprising:
- a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source;
- a wheel sector comprising a driven surface, the wheel sector being made in one piece with the lens as a whole, the lens further comprising a deflection part, the wheel sector forming an arm extending lengthwise, its length being aligned with a flexing direction between a first end connected to the deflection part and a free, second end of the length including the driven surface;
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- a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens
- wherein each of the driven surface and the driving surface comprises raised patterns,
- wherein the raised patterns of the driven surface are raised in a plane parallel to the flexing direction, and
- wherein the raised patterns of the driven surface and the raised patterns of the driving surface engage one another in the flexing direction.
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A vehicle lighting device comprising:
- a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source, the lens having a rotation axis;
- a wheel sector comprising a driven surface, the wheel sector being made in one piece with the lens as a whole;
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- a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens,
- wherein the wheel sector includes a conical wheel sector pivoting with respect to the rotation axis of the lens, and in which the driving means is a conical wheel that drives the conical wheel sector such that a longitudinal axis of the conical wheel sector moves between being parallel to being non-parallel to a rotation axis of the conical wheel, and
- wherein the driven surface is oblique relative to a direction of the rotation axis of the lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.