Light shield with reflective inner surface
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsArun Kumar, Jeyachandrabose Chinniah
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Abstract
A light shield is adapted to be mounted within a headlamp assembly and includes a shield portion having an inner surface and an outer surface and a support portion which is adapted to mount the shield portion within a headlamp assembly. The outer surface of the shield portion has a decorative finish and the inner surface of the shield portion has a reflective finish, which is adapted to reflect light back within the headlamp assembly into which the light shield is mounted.
Claims21
A headlamp assembly comprising:
- a light source;
- a reflector having a reflective surface adapted to reflect light from said light source outward from said headlamp assembly in a beam pattern;
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- a light shield coupled to said reflector and adapted to prevent light emitted from said light source from projecting directly outward from said headlamp assembly, whereby the beam pattern consists of only light reflected from said reflector, said light shield including a shield portion and a support portion;
- said support portion coupling said shield portion with said reflector;
- said shield portion having an outer surface and an inner surface, said inner surface having a reflective zone and a dead zone, said reflective zone including a reflective finish and presenting a concave spherical surface having a focal point, said reflective finish adapted to reflect light from said light source to said reflector such that light reflected from said inner surface of said shield portion is reflected from said reflector as part of the beam pattern.
A light shield adapted to be mounted within a headlamp assembly comprising:
- a shield portion having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a support portion adapted to couple said shield portion to a headlamp assembly;
- said inner surface of said shield portion including a reflective zone and a dead zone, said reflective zone including a reflective finish adapted to reflect light back within the headlamp assembly.
A headlamp assembly comprising:
- a light source;
- a reflector having a reflective surface adapted to reflect light from said light source;
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- a light shield coupled with said reflector and having an outer surface and an inner surface, said inner surface including a reflective zone and a dead zone, said reflective zone including a reflective finish adapted to reflect light from said light source to said reflector, and said dead zone including a non reflective finish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.