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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gavin Warner, Seymour, IN (US);

Brant Potter, Seymour, IN (US);

John Orisich, Seymour, IN (US);

Assignee:

Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/657 (2018.01); B60Q 1/068 (2006.01); B60Q 1/076 (2006.01); B60Q 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/657 (2018.01); B60Q 1/0683 (2013.01); B60Q 1/076 (2013.01); B60Q 1/08 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/054 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an automotive lighting apparatus lighting components generate respective light fields. The lighting components are aligned one with the others such that the light fields combine in a lighting profile having cutoff regions meeting a predetermined cutoff criterion. An actuator is mechanically coupled to a corresponding one of the lighting components to aim that lighting component in a direction other than that in which the lighting component was aligned. A control component operate the actuator to aim the lighting component in the direction other than that in which the lighting component was aligned so that the light fields of the lighting components combine in another lighting profile having cutoff regions meeting another cutoff criterion.


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