Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lightguide with horizontal cutoff and horizontal spread
- Patent Title (中): 水平截面和水平展开的光导
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Application No.: US14955357Application Date: 2015-12-01
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Publication No.: US09541248B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Brant James Potter
- Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Seymour
- Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Seymour
- Agency: Jacox, Meckstroth & Jenkins
- Main IPC: F21V9/00
- IPC: F21V9/00 ; F21S8/10 ; F21V8/00 ; G02B19/00

Abstract:
An automotive lightguide includes a main guide portion with a light entrance surface and a reflective rear edge surface; and an exit lens joined to the main guide portion, the exit lens having an exit surface with an arcuate exit profile. In use, light rays from a light source enter the main guide portion through an entrance surface, travel through the main guide portion and reflect off the rear edge surface to the exit lens which images the reflected light rays as a light beam pattern having a predetermined sharp horizontal cutoff and a predetermined horizontal spread, the arcuate profile of the rear edge surface determining the horizontal cutoff and vertical spread of the light beam pattern with respect to the horizontal optical axis H-H, and the exit profile of the exit lens determining the horizontal spread of the light beam pattern.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160084463A1 LIGHTGUIDE WITH HORIZONTAL CUTOFF AND HORIZONTAL SPREAD Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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