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US 12,742,531 B2Granted
Motor-vehicle lighting module that produces a cutoff with a reflector the surface of which is partially grained
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorJulien Aubert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lighting module for an automotive vehicle. The lighting module includes a light source adapted to emit light rays, a collector with a reflective surface configured to reflect the light rays in a reflected beam, an optical device configured to project the reflected beam in a projected beam along an optical axis of the lighting module by imaging a portion of the reflective surface. The reflective surface includes a front edge and a grained front area including the front edge.
Claims14
A lighting module for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a light source adapted to emit light rays;
- a collector with a reflective surface configured to reflect the light rays in a reflected beam;
- an optical device configured to project the reflected beam in a projected beam along an optical axis of the lighting module by imaging a portion of the reflective surface;
- wherein the reflective surface includes a front edge and a grained front area including the front edge;
- wherein at 25 m, the projected beam is restricted horizontally and vertically within an area horizontally between −15° and +15° and vertically between −4.5° and +1.5° relative to the optical axis, and
- the projected beam overall produces an illumination of less than 1 lux outside the area when the lighting module is in a mounting position on the automotive vehicle.
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A luminous device for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a main lighting module configured to project a main light beam, extended horizontally and with a horizontal upper cutoff, when the luminous device is in a mounting position on the automotive vehicle;
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- at least one additional lighting module configured to project an additional light beam, restricted and central horizontally and with a horizontal upper cutoff, when the luminous device is in the mounting position on the automotive vehicle;
- the at least one additional lighting module including a light source adapted to emit light rays,
- a collector with a reflective surface configured to reflect the light rays in a reflected beam,
- an optical device configured to project the reflected beam in a projected beam along an optical axis of the lighting module by imaging a portion of the reflective surface, wherein the reflective surface includes a front edge and a grained front area including the front edge;
- wherein at 25 m, the projected beam is restricted horizontally and vertically within an area bounded horizontally between −15° and +15° and vertically between −4.5° and +1.5° relative to the optical axis,
- wherein the projected beam produces an overall illumination of less than 1 lux outside the area bounded by −15° and +15° horizontally and bounded by −4.5° and +1.5° vertically relative to the optical axis when the lighting module is mounted on the automotive vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.