US 12,072,076 B2
Light guide assembly for an automotive vehicle
Claire Jobard, Bobigny (FR); and Pierre Bahin, Bobigny (FR)
Assigned to Valeo Vision, Bobigny (FR)
Appl. No. 18/546,367
Filed by VALEO VISION, Bobigny (FR)
PCT Filed Feb. 16, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/053828
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175332, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2101625 (FR), filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0125450 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 43/243 (2018.01) [F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light guide assembly of a vehicle light module, the light guide assembly comprising:
a light guide having a first end face, a second end face and a light guiding portion connecting the first end face and the second end face;
a first light source and a second light source supported in a common support plane, the first end face being arranged opposite the first and second light sources so that the first and second light sources emit the light toward the first end face in a light emission direction;
wherein
the first light source presents a first height measured along the light emission direction, and the second light source presents a second height measured along the light emission direction, the first height being inferior to the second height; and
the first end face includes a first inlet portion configured to receive light from the first light source and a second inlet portion configured to receive the light from the second light source, wherein the first and second inlet portions are offset from one another in the light emission direction in such a way that the first inlet portion is located closer to the common support plane than the second inlet portion.