US 12,320,485 B2
Lighting device for a motor vehicle
Sylvain Giraud, Bobigny (FR)
Assigned to Valeo Vision, Bobigny (FR)
Appl. No. 18/687,067
Filed by VALEO VISION, Bobigny (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/074362
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 27, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/031344, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2109226 (FR), filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280233 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 41/32 (2018.01); F21S 41/147 (2018.01); F21S 41/25 (2018.01); F21W 102/135 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/321 (2018.01) [F21S 41/147 (2018.01); F21S 41/25 (2018.01); F21W 2102/135 (2018.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luminous device of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first luminous module including a first sub-module provided with a first light source and a first collector designed to collect and reflect light emitted by the first light source;
a lens designed to project light reflected by the first collector in a first light beam with a first upper cut-off, the first light beam being formed by an image of the reflective surface of the first collector formed by the lens;
a second sub-module provided with a second light source and a second collector designed to collect and reflect light emitted by the second light source, wherein each of the first and second collectors has a rear edge;
the rear edge of the first collector being offset vertically in relation to the rear edge of the second collector:
wherein the lens has a focal area situated in a vicinity of the rear edge of the second collector;
the lens being designed to project light reflected by the second collector in a second light beam with a second upper cut-off;
the second light beam being formed by an image of the reflective surface of the second collector formed by the lens; with the first and second sub-modules being designed such that the first upper cut-off is offset vertically in relation to the second upper cut-off.