	US 12,234,961 B2
	Lighting device for a vehicle, comprising a screen having a masking part and a transparent part
Kostadin Beev, Bobigny (FR); Anthony Lozano, Bobigny (FR); Stephanie Bergerat, Bobigny (FR); Hui Jin, Bobigny (FR); and Thomas Dufils, Bobigny (FR)
Assigned to Valeo Vision, Bobigny (FR)
Appl. No. 18/555,417
Filed by VALEO VISION, Bobigny (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/059022 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/218764, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2103817 (FR), filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0191857 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 41/40 (2018.01); F21W 107/10 (2018.01)

CPC F21S 41/40 (2018.01) [F21W 2107/10 (2018.01)]

7 Claims

1. A luminous device for a vehicle, the luminous device being configured to carry out at least one luminous function and comprising at least one optical module and a screen arranged facing the optical module, with the screen including at least two elements that are arranged with respect to one another so as to form an upper part and a lower part of the screen, the upper part being configured to mask ambient light coming from outside the vehicle, and the lower part being configured to transmit the ambient light, and the screen including a primary plastic element and a secondary plastic element that are adjacent along their substantially equal lengths and have variable thicknesses, the thickness of the primary plastic element varying inversely to the thickness of the secondary element, such that the screen has variable transmission for the ambient light, with the secondary element including smoked or opaque plastic material.