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Granted Patent B2
US 11,028,990 · App. 16/562,804 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Single-piece optical motor-vehicle part comprising a structural modification

Inventors: Pierre Renaud (Bobigny, FR); Alexandre Joerg (Bobigny, FR); Francois Gratecap (Bobigny, FR); Yves Gromfeld (Bobigny, FR)
Assignee: VALEO VISION
F21S41/24F21S41/25
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Patent No.
US 11,028,990
App. No.
16/562,804
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A single-piece optical vehicle part comprising: a plurality of entrance dioptric interfaces and/or a plurality of exit dioptric interfaces; at least one junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or at least one junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces. The junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has a structural modification allowing light to be absorbed and/or scattered.

Claims (37)

1. Single-piece optical vehicle part comprising:

a plurality of optical waveguides each having an entrance dioptric and an exit dioptric interface;

at least one junction located along an optical path of one of said optical waveguides between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces; and

the single-piece optical part, wherein the junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has at least one structural modification to a surface of the single-piece optical part allowing light to be absorbed and/or scattered.

2. Single-piece optical part according to claim 1 , wherein only the junctions between the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces have the structural modification.

3. Single-piece optical part according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more junctions between two dioptric interfaces forms a line of separation of said dioptric interfaces, the structural modification being arranged along this line of separation.

4. Single-piece optical part according to claim 2 , wherein the entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the exit dioptric interfaces are spaced apart from one another so that a gap separates the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, the gap comprising walls that together form the junction between the dioptric interfaces that it separates.

5. Single-piece optical part according to claim 2 , wherein the structural modification is blackened area produced by laser.

6. Single-piece optical part according to claim 1 , wherein only the junctions between the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces have the structural modification.

7. Single-piece optical part according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more junctions between two dioptric interfaces forms a line of separation of said dioptric interfaces, the structural modification being arranged along this line of separation.

8. Single-piece optical part according to claim 7 , wherein the structural modification, arranged along the line of separation, extends depthwise into material of the optical part.

9. Single-piece optical part according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the exit dioptric interfaces are spaced apart from one another so that a gap separates the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, the gap comprising walls that together form the junction between the dioptric interfaces that it separates.

10. Single-piece optical part according to claim 9 , at least one structural modification is produced in the gap between the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or between the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, and in that the structural modification is located at a bottom of the gap.

11. Single-piece optical part according to claim 10 , wherein at least one structural modification is produced in the gap between the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces, and in that the structural modification is located as close as possible to the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces.

12. Single-piece optical part according to claim 10 , wherein the junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has a total area, called the total junction area, and in that the structural modification partially occupies the total area of the junction in question.

13. Single-piece optical part according to claim 10 , wherein the structural modification is a roughened area produced by graining.

14. Single-piece optical part according to claim 9 , wherein at least one structural modification is produced in the gap between the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces, and in that the structural modification is located as close as possible to the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces.

15. Single-piece optical part according to claim 9 , wherein the junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has a total area, called the total junction area, and in that the structural modification partially occupies the total area of the junction in question.

16. Single-piece optical part according to claim 9 , wherein the structural modification is a roughened area produced by graining.

17. Single-piece optical part according to claim 9 , wherein the structural modification comprises a reflective, absorbent and/or scattering coating.

18. Single-piece optical part according to claim 1 , wherein the structural modification is a blackened area produced by laser.

19. Single-piece optical vehicle part comprising:

a plurality of entrance dioptric interfaces and/or a plurality of exit dioptric interfaces;

at least one junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or at least one junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces;

the single-piece optical part, wherein:

the junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has at least one structural modification allowing light to be absorbed and/or scattered,

the entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the exit dioptric interfaces are spaced apart from one another so that a gap separates the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, the gap comprising walls that together form the junction between the dioptric interfaces that it separates,

at least one structural modification is produced in the gap between the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, and

the structural modification is located as close as possible to the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces.

20. Single-piece optical vehicle part comprising:

a plurality of entrance dioptric interfaces and/or a plurality of exit dioptric interfaces;

at least one junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or at least one junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces;

the single-piece optical part, wherein:

the junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has at least one structural modification allowing light to be absorbed and/or scattered,

the entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the exit dioptric interfaces are spaced apart from one another so that a gap separates the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, the gap comprising walls that together form the junction between the dioptric interfaces that it separates,

at least one structural modification is produced in the gap between the adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or between the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, and the structural modification is located at a bottom of the gap, and

at least one structural modification is produced in the gap between the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces, and that the structural modification is located as close as possible to the adjacent exit dioptric interfaces.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: RENAUD, PIERRE; JOERG, ALEXANDRE; GROMFELD, YVES
To: VALEO VISION
Reel/Frame 050292/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 18 58047 · Sep 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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