Signalling arrangement for vehicle, in particular motor vehicle, locking circuit
AssigneeValeo Electronique
InventorVirgil Barbulescu
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Abstract
The invention concerns a signalling arrangement for a vehicle, in particular motor vehicle, comprising a ring made of translucent or transparent material enclosing the body of an element controlling contact in said vehicle and further comprising means for illuminating said ring. The invention is characterised in that said lighting means illuminate said ring made of translucent or transparent material in accordance with a lighting mode or another depending on whether the vehicle locking circuit is activated or not.
Claims13
A signaling arrangement for vehicle, in particular motor vehicle, comprising a ring made of a translucent or transparent material which surrounds the body of a contact control element in said vehicle and also comprising means for the illumination of said ring, characterized in that said means of illumination illuminate said ring made of a translucent or transparent material according to one mode of illumination or another depending on the activated or nonactivated state of a circuit for immobilizing the vehicle.
The arrangement as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a piece forming a light guide made of a transparent material, which comprises on the one hand a support forming portion which is able to carry at least one source or means and on which said source is mounted and which is of substantially plane shape and on the other hand a linking portion which extends said support forming portion while lying along a plane perpendicular to the plane of the latter portion and which is extended by a portion which defines the illuminated or intended to be illuminated ring, said linking portion guiding the light up to the portion which defines said ring and being, with at least a part of the support forming portion, overmolded by an opaque material.
The arrangement as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a source is a laser or light-emitting diode.
A piece made of a transparent material forming a light guide, characterized in that, in respect of an arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, it comprises on the one hand a support forming portion which is able to carry at least one source or means and on which said source is mounted and which is of substantially plane shape m and on the other hand a linking portion which extends said support forming portion while lying along a plane perpendicular to the plane of the latter portion and which is extended by a portion which defines a ring intended to be illuminated, said linking portion being able to guide the light up to the portion which defines said ring.
The piece as claimed in one of claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the portion which extends the linking portion is a collar of tubular general shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.