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Granted Patent B2
US 11,732,859 · App. 17/638,667 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Vehicle headlamp

Inventors: Whilk Marcelino Goncalves (Paris, FR); Mathieu Collot (Clamart, FR); Safouane El Khadri (Pessac, FR); Valerie Molto (Versailles, FR); Philippe Poilane (Antony, FR)
Assignee: PSA AUTOMOBILES SA
F21S41/657F21S41/153F21S41/285F21S41/635
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Patent No.
US 11,732,859
App. No.
17/638,667
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A headlamp for a vehicle configured to generate a lighting region ( 3 ) in front of the vehicle comprises: a fixed matrix-array first light source configured to emit a high beam, a movable second light source configured to emit a low beam, a correcting mechanism configured to keep a vertical inclination of the low beam constant with respect to a reference horizontal line, when the vehicle is in motion, and a dioptric prism configured to remove at least one shadow region that may occur, in said lighting region, between the high beam and the low beam.

Claims (31)

1. A headlamp for a vehicle, configured to generate a lighting region in front of the vehicle and comprising:

a fixed matrix-array first light source configured to emit a high beam,

a movable second light source configured to emit a low beam,

a correcting mechanism configured to keep a vertical inclination of the low beam constant with respect to a reference horizontal line, when the vehicle is in motion, and

a dioptric prism configured to remove at least one shadow region that may occur in said lighting region, between the high beam and the low beam,

wherein the dioptric prism is movably mounted, in front of the first light source, to be movable between:

a working position, allowing refraction of the incident rays of the high beam, and

a rest position, with no effect on said incident rays;

and in that said dioptric prism comprises:

a flat incident face, and

a flat diopter from which the incident rays emerge from the dioptric prism in a refracted beam intended to project the high beam in the lighting region in a manner adjacent to or partially superimposed on the low beam.

2. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the first light source comprises a plurality of light-emitting diodes arranged in a matrix fashion on a flat support and wherein the incident face of the dioptric prism is parallel to said flat support.

3. The headlamp according to claim 2 , wherein a primary optic, comprising a matrix of converging lenses, is arranged in front of said flat support and wherein the incident face of the prism is located in a focal plane of said converging lenses.

4. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the rest position is a retracted position of the dioptric prism with respect to the incident rays.

5. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the dioptric prism is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation located outside said incident rays.

6. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the dioptric prism is mounted to move in translation along a translation axis.

7. A vehicle, comprising the headlamp according to claim 1 .

8. A headlamp for a vehicle, configured to generate a lighting region in front of the vehicle and comprising:

a fixed matrix-array first light source configured to emit a high beam,

a movable second light source configured to emit a low beam.

a correcting mechanism configured to keep a vertical inclination of the low beam constant with respect to a reference horizontal line, when the vehicle is in motion, and

a dioptric prism configured to remove at least one shadow region that may occur in said lighting region, between the high beam and the low beam,

wherein the dioptric prism comprises an angle, defined by said incident face and said flat diopter, configured to induce a vertical deviation of the incident rays of the high beam of between 1 and 4 degrees.

9. A vehicle, comprising the headlamp according to claim 8 .

10. A headlamp for a vehicle, configured to generate a lighting region in front of the vehicle and comprising:

a fixed matrix-array first light source configured to emit a high beam,

a movable second light source configured to emit a low beam,

a correcting mechanism configured to keep a vertical inclination of the low beam constant with respect to a reference horizontal line, when the vehicle is in motion, and

a dioptric prism configured to remove at least one shadow region that may occur in said lighting region, between the high beam and the low beam,

wherein the dioptric prism comprises a deflecting member that may be activated and/or deactivated by a control signal from a control member configured to prevent or detect said shadow region.

11. A vehicle, comprising the headlamp according to claim 10 .

Priority Claims (2)
FR 1910235 · Sep 17, 2019 · national
FR 1910236 · Sep 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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