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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric Blusseau, Malmaison, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362303 ; 362538 ; 362539 ; 362257 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a headlamp for an automobile vehicle comprising an elliptical reflector, a light source positioned in a region of the first focus of the reflector, a lens, the focus of which is in a region of the second focus of the reflector, and a mask interposed between the reflector and the lens to effect a cut-off of the light beam emitted. A mirror is located in front of the mask and adapted to return direct light rays emitted by the light source onto the front face of the mask which thereby diffuses them towards the lens.