Reflector device for a light module with electromagnetic shielding

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11193644-B2
Application number	US-201615548800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2016
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Dec 7, 2021
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a reflector device for a lighting module of a motor vehicle. The device includes a housing made of plastic, wherein the internal faces are metallized so as to reflect the light received. The housing on an external face of one of its walls has reception means able to house a support including at least one light source, the wall having an opening which leads toward the inside of the housing and which allows the light emitted by the light source or sources to propagate toward the inside of the housing. According to the provisions of the invention, the external face of the housing may be connected to ground potential so as to act as a shield against the electromagnetic waves emitted by various electronic components.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reflector device for a lighting module of a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
a housing made of plastic having internal faces, at least part of the internal faces of the housing being metallized to reflect light received, the housing comprising,
on an external face of one of its walls, a receiver to house a support comprising at least one light source, said one of its walls comprising an opening which leads to an inside of the housing and which allows light emitted by the at least one light source to propagate toward the inside of the housing, the opening surrounded by a rim and to which the support comprising the at least one light source is attached being perpendicular to an exit opening in the housing through which the light emitted by the at least one light source exits the reflector device,

wherein at least part of the receiver on the external face of the housing is metallized to define a contact zone that allows the metallized part to make electrical contact,
the receiver includes indexing studs to align the support comprising the at least one light source relative to the housing in order to orient the at least one light source in a direction that allows the light emitted by the at least one light source to propagate through the exit opening, and
the indexing studs are arranged on a surface of the housing opposite the rim and outside a circumference of the rim.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver includes a cavity in the external face of the one of said walls of the housing, a bottom of the cavity comprising said opening.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein external faces of the housing are metallized.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the metallization of the external face comprises a layer of aluminium.

5. A lighting module for lighting and/or signaling of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a reflector device,
wherein the reflector device is according to claim 1 , the receiver of the housing is configured to house said support to allow light emitted by at least one light source to propagate through said opening, and the contact zone being connected to ground.

6. The lighting module according to claim 5 , wherein the support is a printed board, the at least one light source being arranged on a first face of the printed board which faces toward the external face of the wall of the housing of the reflector device.

7. The lighting module according to claim 6 , wherein the printed board comprises on its second face at least one electronic component to control and power the at least one light source.

8. The lighting module according to claim 6 , wherein the contact zone is electrically connected to an element of a control circuit, which is connected to ground.

9. The lighting module according to claim 5 , wherein the module further comprises a heat sink to allow removal of heat produced by the at least one light source or by an electrical power control circuit.

10. The lighting module according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one light source is arranged on the heat sink.

11. The lighting module according to claim 9 , wherein the contact zone is electrically connected to the heat sink, which is connected to ground.

12. The lighting module according to claim 10 , wherein the contact zone is electrically connected to the heat sink, which is connected to ground.

13. The lighting module according to claim 5 , wherein the contact zone is electrically connected to an element of a control circuit, which is connected to ground.

14. The lighting module according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one light source includes at least one light emitting diode (LED).

15. The device according to claim 2 , wherein all of external faces of the housing are metallized.

16. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the metallization of the external face comprises a layer of aluminum.

17. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the metallization of the external face comprises a layer of aluminium.

18. A lighting module for the lighting and/or signaling of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a reflector device,
wherein the reflector device is a device according to claim 2 , the receiver of the housing being configured to house said support to allow light emitted by at least one light source to propagate through said exit opening, the contact zone being connected to ground, and
the opening to which the support including the at least one light source is attached to the receiver is perpendicular to the exit opening in the lighting module through which the light emitted by the at least one light source exits the reflector.

Assignees

• Valeo Vision

Inventors

• Krick Sebastian
• Jaaidane Mohamed
• Bouayad Hamza
• Boudikian David
• Debert Florestan
• Dinant Franck

Classifications

• F21S41/148

  the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis · CPC title

• F21S45/48

  with means for conducting heat from the inside to the outside of the lighting devices, e.g. with fins on the outer surface of the lighting device · CPC title

• F21S45/00

  Arrangements within vehicle lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, for purposes other than emission or distribution of light · CPC title

• F21S43/14

  Light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21S41/37 Primary

  characterised by their material, surface treatment or coatings · CPC title