Light device for automobile overhead lights
First Claim
1. A projection device for a motor vehicle, comprisinga reflector,a light source producing a set of light signals which can be reflected by the reflector,an exit lens, comprising an entry surface and an exit surface, for producing a light beam, anda shield disposed between the reflector and the exit lens in order to produce a cutoff in the light beam produced,wherein the exit lens comprises a central part of the exit surface which encompasses a region of the exit surface intersected by a vertical plane defined by an optical axis of the projection device, and first and second side parts of the exit surface laterally disposed on opposing sides of the central part, and a set of protuberances produced in at least one side part of the exit surface of the exit lens, each protuberance diverting in a given direction a part of the light signals encountering the protuberance, the protuberances being produced solely on the side parts of the exit surface of the exit lens.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a projection device in which a projection lens has undergone arrangements at its exit surface, and more particularly side areas of this exit surface. The arrangements are intended to divert certain light rays emitted by a light source of the light in order to illuminate overhead lights without interfering with the homogeneity of the light beam of said light. The arrangements made may consist of protuberances in the form of serrations.
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1. A projection device for a motor vehicle, comprising
a reflector, a light source producing a set of light signals which can be reflected by the reflector, an exit lens, comprising an entry surface and an exit surface, for producing a light beam, and a shield disposed between the reflector and the exit lens in order to produce a cutoff in the light beam produced, wherein the exit lens comprises a central part of the exit surface which encompasses a region of the exit surface intersected by a vertical plane defined by an optical axis of the projection device, and first and second side parts of the exit surface laterally disposed on opposing sides of the central part, and a set of protuberances produced in at least one side part of the exit surface of the exit lens, each protuberance diverting in a given direction a part of the light signals encountering the protuberance, the protuberances being produced solely on the side parts of the exit surface of the exit lens.
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18. A projection device adapted to produce a set of light signals, the device comprising:
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a light source adapted to emit light; a reflector disposed to receive and reflect light generated by the light source to form a light beam having an optical axis; an exit lens disposed in the path of the light beam, the lens having an entry surface facing the light source and an opposing exit surface, the exit surface having a central part which encompasses a region of the exit surface intersected by a vertical plane defined by the optical axis, and first and second side parts, the side parts being laterally disposed on opposing sides of the central part, and a shield disposed between the reflector and the exit lens in order to produce a cutoff in the light beam produced, wherein the exit lens further comprises a plurality of modified surface regions having tangent planes that differ from adjacent surfaces of the lens, the modified surface regions being produced solely on the side parts of the exit surface of the lens, each of the modified surface regions diverting in a given direction a part of the light signals encountering the modified surface region. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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