Front lighting system for motor vehicle
OwnerCarlos Orozainventor
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Abstract
A motor vehicle front lighting system including a pair of parabolic reflectors each including a light source located in the focus of the respected reflector. The reflectors are positioned such that the light rays produced are directed transversely of the front of the motor vehicle. A plurality of mirrors is located in the path of the light rays and generally at an acute angle to the light rays, the mirrors directing the light rays forwardly of the motor vehicle. Selected angular orienting of the mirrors or, alternatively, light directing lens, direct a substantial portion of the light rays downwardly in a non-glare manner in the front of the motor vehicle. Positioning of the light sources is such as to block direct transmission of the light forwardly from the light sources forwardly of the motor vehicle.
Claims37
In a motor vehicle, an elongate front lighting system mounted transversly across the front of the vehicle and including opposed ends generally adjacent opposed sides of the vehicle, said system comprising:
- a pair of light sources mounted on said vehicle for producing light rays, means associated with said light sources for directing said light rays along generally parallel paths transverse of the motor vehicle;
- mirror means mounted generally at acute angles in the paths of the generally parallel light rays for directing the light rays forwardly of the motor vehicle;
- means for directing a substantial portion of the light rays downwardly forward of the motor vehicle;
- means for blocking direct transmission of the light forwardly from said light sources forwardly of the motor vehicle.
In a motor vehicle, an elongate front lighting system mounted transversely across the front of the vehicle and including opposed ends generally adjacent opposed sides of the vehicle, said system comprising:
- a pair of light sources mounted on said vehicle for producing light rays, each light source mounted adjacent a side of the motor vehicle, means associated with said light sources for directing said light rays along generally parallel paths transverse of the motor vehicle, toward the center of the motor vehicle;
- mirror means mounted generally at acute angles in the paths of the light rays for directing the light rays forwardly of the motor vehicle;
- means for directing a substantial portion of the light rays downwardly forward of the motor vehicle;
- means for blocking direct transmission of the light forwardly from said light sources forwardly of the motor vehicle;
- wherein said mirror means is positioned in spaced relation to said light sources and in the vicinity of the center of the vehicle, said lighting system being non-reflecting for the section between each said light source and said mirror means, said mirror means being angled in front of said reflectors to intersect substantially all of the light paths at the center of the vehicle;
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- wherein said mirror means includes a stack of longitudinally extending mirrors of different ray directing angular configurations.
In a motor vehicle, a front headlight system, said system comprising a light assembly including a pair of light ray emitting light sources mounted in alignment transverse across the front of the vehicle, reflector means associated with each light source for directing rays emitted thereby along generally parallel horizontal paths transverse across the front of the vehicle, and light ray directing means for intersecting the generally parallel rays at selected points along the paths thereof and reflecting at least a substantial portion of said rays generally laterally of and vertically downwardly from the paths forward of the front of the vehicle.
In a motor vehicle, a front headlight system, said system comprising a light assembly including a pair of light ray emitting light sources mounted in alignment transverse across the front of the vehicle, reflector means associated with each light source for directing rays emitted thereby along the generally parallel horizontal paths transverse across the front of the vehicle, and mirrors interposed within the light paths for intersecting the generally parallel rays at selected points along the paths thereof and reflecting at least a substantial portion of said rays generally laterally of and vertically downwardly from the paths forward of the front of the vehicle, said mirrors being angularly positioned in vertical planes for a generally lateral reflection of said light rays, selective ones of said mirrors also being configured to present forwardly and downwardly reflecting surfaces;
- said light assembly having remote ends adjacent the opposite sides of the vehicle, and a central area generally at the front-to-rear central line of the vehicle, said light sources being positioned adjacent said remote ends, said reflector means being generally outward of the associated light sources for directing emitted rays toward said central area, said mirrors being at said central area longitudinally inward of said light sources, between said light sources, and longitudinally spaced from said light sources;
- said system including a vertical stack of said mirrors substantially completely interposed within the light paths between the opposed reflectors, said stack including at least two mirrors, one above the other, each mirror comprising said selective mirrors with forwardly and downwardly directed reflecting surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.