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Light transmitting system for automobile headlamp

  • US 4,432,039 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1982
  • Issued: 02/14/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A light transmitting system for an automobile headlamp comprising a real light source, a light channel, means for concentrating flux from said source onto one end of said light channel, and a series of lenses, said light channel being formed by a single transparent bar arranged horizontally and transversely with reference to the direction of illumination, the front of said bar being formed by a vertical light output face and the rear of said bar having a series of vertical shape defining a series of oblique vertical reflecting facets constituting as many virtual light sources and being arranged in optical co-operation with said lenses, said lenses having axes which are parallel to the direction of illumination so that said lenses project images corresponding to said facets in said direction of illumination in order to form an assembly of elementary light beams merging into one single beam.

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