Motor vehicle lighting device
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorYves Gromfeld
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Abstract
A motor vehicle lighting device including a housing with a first module for emitting a first beam, a second module for emitting a second beam, extending above the first, a third module for emitting a third segmented beam, extending above the second beam, and an optical projection system. The second module is arranged below the first module, the third module is arranged below the second module, and each of the modules includes a plurality of light sources, a collector for collecting and reflecting the rays emitted by the plurality of light sources into a beam, and a portion of the optical projection system that is arranged to project the beam, the portion forming an image of the collector.
Claims13
A motor vehicle lighting device, said device comprising a housing in which there is an arrangement of at least:
- a. a first lighting module designed to emit a first beam of light with an upper cut-off,
- b. a second lighting module designed to emit a second beam of light extending at least partially above the first beam of light;
- c. a third lighting module designed to emit a third beam of light that is segmented, where each sector that is segmented is configured to be controlled selectively, the third beam of light extending at least partially above the second beam of light;
- d. an optical projection lens common to the first, second and third lighting modules including a plurality of portions;
- e. the second lighting module is arranged in the housing below the first lighting module;
- f. the third lighting module is arranged in the housing below the second lighting module where each of the first, second and third lighting modules includes:
- i. A plurality of light sources;
- ii. a collector including a reflective surface configured to collect a number of light rays emitted by the plurality of light sources reflected as a beam of light;
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- g. a portion of the plurality of portions of the optical projection lens being configured to project the beam of light reflected by the collector, where shapes of the plurality of portions along the optical projection lens align with openings from a number of dividing walls in contact with the optical projection lens from a first submodule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.