US 12,077,095 B2
Light assembly, rearview device and vehicle
James N. Dickson, Lonsdale (AU); Paul Home, Lonsdale (AU); and Tom Willis, Lonsdale (AU)
Assigned to Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/044,256
Filed by MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/074777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/063589, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,709, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311767 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); F21S 43/27 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); F21S 43/40 (2018.01); F21S 43/50 (2018.01); F21S 45/50 (2018.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); F21W 103/25 (2018.01); F21W 103/30 (2018.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/247 (2022.05); B60Q 1/2665 (2013.01); B60R 1/006 (2013.01); B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); F21S 43/27 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); F21S 43/40 (2018.01); F21S 43/50 (2018.01); F21S 45/50 (2018.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/20 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/50 (2022.05); F21W 2103/25 (2018.01); F21W 2103/30 (2018.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a housing;
a lens covering the housing;
a plurality of light sources disposed in the housing, wherein the plurality of light sources include at least one first light source, at least one second light source, and at least one third light source;
a reflector body mounted in the housing, wherein the reflector body includes a reflector element and different zones for each of the plurality of light sources, and wherein the reflector body comprises a first upper channel, a first lower channel, a second upper channel, and a second lower channel; and
a light collector located between the reflector body and the housing,
wherein light emitted by the at least one first light source is captured by the reflector element which reflects the light emitted by the at least one first light source towards the lens, the lens directing the light emitted by the at least one first light source generally downward towards a ground area when the light assembly is attached to the vehicle,
wherein light emitted by the at least one second light source is passed through an aperture in the reflector body without reflection of the emitted light,
wherein light emitted from the at least one third light source is captured by the reflector body which reflects and directs the light from the at least one third light source horizontally towards the lens with the lens directing the light from the at least one third light source generally horizontal, and
wherein the light collector captures and transmits the light emitted from at least one of the plurality of light sources.