Light assembly for the lighting and/or the signaling of a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9958128-B2
Application number	US-201715435795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Priority date	Feb 18, 2016
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a light assembly which comprises means for emitting and means for focusing one or more light beams for the lighting or the signaling of a vehicle. It also comprises a mask which extends below the focusing means. This mask has at least a first surface that can be seen by any person passing close to the vehicle and at least a second surface opposite the first surface.
The mask is made from a dark diffusing material and a reflective material coating is deposited on part of the second surface while leaving a portion of this second surface free of reflective coating. Additional light-emitting means are placed opposite the second surface, such that the light rays emitted by the additional light-emitting means can pass through the mask via the portion free of reflective coating.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light assembly for the lighting and/or the signaling of a motor vehicle, including at least one light module housing means for emitting light rays in the direction of the output of said module, and a mask, part of which extends below focusing means, wherein said part of said mask which extends under said focusing means has at least a first surface that are seen by any person passing close to the vehicle and at least a second surface opposite said first surface, wherein the mask is made from a dark diffusing material and a reflective material coating is deposited on part of the second surface while leaving a portion of this second surface free of reflective coating, and wherein additional light-emitting means are placed opposite said second surface, such that the light rays emitted by said additional light-emitting means pass through the mask via said portion free of reflective coating.

2. The light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the reflective material coating deposited on the second face of the mask is a metal thin layer.

3. The light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mask is produced from a polymer material to which are added additives for obtaining a black visual appearance of said mask.

4. The light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a transparent element is attached to the second surface of the mask, at the portion free of reflective coating.

5. The light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said portion free of reflective coating is produced in a region of the mask on which light rays coming from the sun are concentrated after having been reflected and focused by the focusing means of said light module.

6. The light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said additional light-emitting means are separate from said means for emitting and focusing light rays for the lighting and/or the signaling of the vehicle.

7. The light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the light assembly associates with said additional light-emitting means for controlling said additional light-emitting means which are independent of the means for controlling the means for emitting and focusing light rays for the lighting and/or the signaling of the vehicle.

8. The light assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the light assembly includes means for detecting the presence of the driver close to the vehicle, said means for controlling said additional light-emitting means acting according to a set of predefined parameters when detection information is received.

9. A method of producing a mask of a light assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said portion free of reflective coating is obtained via cutting a reflective material coating previously deposited on the second surface of the mask.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein said cutting is achieved by laser ablation.

Assignees

• Valeo Vision

Inventors

• Faoucher Erwan
• Gratecap Francois

Classifications

• F21S43/50 Primary

  characterised by aesthetic components not otherwise provided for, e.g. decorative trim, partition walls or covers · CPC title

• F21V5/04

  of lens shape · CPC title

• F21S41/50

  characterised by aesthetic components not otherwise provided for, e.g. decorative trim, partition walls or covers · CPC title

• F21S41/25

  Projection lenses · CPC title

• B60Q1/0041

  of several lamps in relation to each other · CPC title