Motor vehicle lighting device having a lens-free appearance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11975649-B2
Application number	US-202117996974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2021
Priority date	Apr 27, 2020
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

The invention relates to a light device for a motor vehicle, the device including a housing, members for fastening the housing to a body of the motor vehicle, a plate arranged in the housing and supporting at least one light module, a device for manually adjusting the orientation of the housing relative to the fastening members of the motor vehicle, arranged outside the housing, and a device for dynamically adjusting the orientation of the plate relative to the housing, arranged inside the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light device for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing and members for fastening the housing to a body of the motor vehicle, a plate arranged in the housing and supporting at least one light module, an outside adjuster) for manually adjusting the orientation of the housing relative to the fastening members, arranged outside the housing, and an inside adjuster for dynamically adjusting the orientation of the plate relative to the housing, arranged inside the housing.

2. The light device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is at least partially enclosed by a closing outer lens.

3. The light device according to claim 2 , wherein the closing outer lens is provided with at least one recess protruding from the rest of the outer lens and in which the light module at least partially extends.

4. The light device according to claim 3 , wherein the recess of the closing outer lens includes a front portion suitable for being passed through by a light beam emitted by the light module and a portion protruding towards the front of the device relative to the front portion.

5. The light device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening members include an exoskeleton provided with elements for fastening the exoskeleton to the body of the motor vehicle, the housing being mounted on the exoskeleton by means of the outside adjuster.

6. The light device according to claim 1 , wherein the outside adjuster) comprises three ball joint connection members, between the fastening members and the housing, including a fixed point, about which the housing can pivot, a vertical manual adjustment member capable of applying a force to the housing level with this member and a horizontal manual adjustment member capable of applying a force to the housing level with this member, the fixed point and the vertical manual adjustment member defining a vertical axis about which the housing can pivot and the fixed point and the horizontal manual adjustment member defining a horizontal axis about which the housing can pivot.

7. The light device according to claim 6 , wherein the fixed point includes a screw having a substantially spherical head mounted fixedly on the exoskeleton, the head being received in a substantially spherical recess of a capsule fastened to the housing and in which each of the vertical and horizontal manual adjustment members includes a screw mounted translatably on the exoskeleton and comprising a head snap-fitted into a capsule fastened to the housing.

8. The light device according to claim 1 , wherein the plate is mounted on the housing by means of the inside adjuster.

9. The light device according to claim 8 , wherein the inside adjuster comprises three ball joint connection members, between the plate and the housing, including one fixed point, about which the plate can pivot, and at least one vertical or horizontal dynamic adjustment member comprising an actuator connected to the plate and capable of applying a force to the plate level with this member, the fixed point defining with one or both of the other two connection members a vertical axis and/or a horizontal axis about which the plate can pivot, the dynamic adjustment device comprising a control unit arranged to control the actuator.

10. The light device according to claim 1 , wherein the light module is a light module arranged to emit a beam for lighting the road.

Assignees

• Valeo Vision

Inventors

• Madelaine Mehdi
• Honnet Nicolas
• Patrizi Stephane
• Syre Matthieu

Classifications

• B60Q1/0683 Primary

  Adjustable by rotation of a screw · CPC title

• B60Q1/076

  by electrical means {including means to transmit the movements, e.g. shafts or joints} · CPC title

• F21S41/28

  Cover glass · CPC title

• F21W2102/19

  for curves · CPC title

• F21S41/657

  by moving light sources · CPC title