Valeo Vision

Ghislaine Pinson

Patrice Collot

Jean-Marie Brel

Norbert Brun

Hector Fratty

Jean-Paul Ravier

Guy Dorleans

Antoine Deslandres

R&eacute;gis Duplessy

Charles Wassen

Marc Saget

The present invention relates to a component for a motor-vehicle lighting or indicator device. According to the invention, it consists of a transparent material within which light-diffusion foci consisting of local discontinuities are situated only at predetermined locations in order to diffuse the light emitted by a light source associated with the lighting or indicator device.

Optical or styling component for a lighting or indicator device for a motor vehicle

A motor vehicle headlamp of the closed type includes ventilation means for ventilating its inside volume, said means comprising at least one air inlet and one air outlet. According to the invention, the air outlet opens out into a hollow column that is disposed so as to have a substantial inclination relative to the horizontal. The top end of the column is closed. Along one of the outside walls of the column there is an elongate opening which opens out to the outside and which has a top end terminating at a certain distance from the closed top end of the column. Finally, the air outlet opens out into the column at a certain distance above the top end of the opening. This provides an air outlet associated with a device that ensures that extraction takes place adequately even when the vehicle is stationary, while nevertheless minimizing the risk of water penetrating into the headlamp, e.g. due to a cleaning jet.

Motor vehicle headlamp fitted with improved ventilation means

A motor vehicle headlamp of the type comprising a lamp, a reflector in which the lamp is mounted, and a glass suitable for being received in an opening in the bodywork of the vehicle, the headlamp being wherein the glass is fixed to the bodywork in the region of said bodywork adjacent to the opening. This serves to eliminate defects in mutual positioning between the glass and the bodywork due to manufacturing tolerances.

Motor vehicle headlamp fitted with improved fixing means

A motor vehicle lighting or indicating unit comprises a first part, such as a reflector, and a second part such as a headlamp casing. The first part is mounted to the second part by a mounting device comprising at least one bar carried by one of the two parts of the unit and having a substantially spherical head, together with at least one retaining means which is mounted on the other part of the unit and which has a recess substantially complementary to the head. This recess is open transversely so as to receive the head, while the retaining means is arrange to pivot about an axis passing substantially through the center of the recess, between a position in which the head can be fitted into the corresponding recess and another position in which it is retained in the latter. The arrangement is especially applicable to a three point mounting of a headlamp reflector on the casing of the headlamp.

Mounting device for a part of a motor vehicle headlamp

A device for indicating the aim, at least in bearing, of the optical axis of the reflector of a motor vehicle headlight relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the device comprises apparatus for establishing a reference direction and suitable for being mounted on a fixed portion of the vehicle to define a reference direction that is well determined relative to the longitudinal axis apparatus. Apparatus is also included for establishing the direction of the optical axis of the reflector and is fixed relative to the reflector and distinct from a surface of the reflector for generating its beam. Finally, an indicator is provided for establishing the position of the optical axis direction relative to the reference direction. Indications thus given by the device enable the reflector to be adjusted after is has been mounted on the vehicle.

Device for indicating the aim of the optical axis of a reflector on a

An embellisher is arranged to surround, at least partially a glass which is generally of the kind typified by a cover glass of an auxiliary driving lamp, such as a long range lamp or fog lamp for an automotive vehicle. The embellisher has a structure comprising at least two layers, one of which is an outer layer which is transparent, with reliefs in the form of ribs or the like being formed at the interface between two of the layers.

Embellisher for at least partly surrounding a glass, more particularly a

A motor vehicle headlight comprising a light source, a reflector, a housing, and a front glass, and further comprising an indicator device for indicating the elevation direction of the reflector, the indicator device being of the type comprising a spirit level mounted on the reflector in a plane which is essentially vertical and parallel to the optical axis defined by the reflector, and being in a predetermined angular relationship with the optical axis. An opening is formed through a top wall of the housing. The spirit level is mounted on the reflector via a support member extending upwards towards the opening. The spirit level is situated outside the housing, at least in part.

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Villeneuve la Garenne, France

Ghislaine Pinson