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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Benoit Reiss, Paris, FR;
Valeo Vision, Bobigny Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A motor vehicle headlight comprises a light source having a given geometry, a mirror and a lens. The mirror co-operates with the source to generate a beam delimited by a cut-off at least part of which is horizontal. The source has the general shape of a cylinder having a horizontal axis perpendicular to an optical axis and a length less than the width of the mirror. At least one vertical section of the mirror has a profile such that a ray emitted tangentially by an edge of the source is reflected parallel to the optical axis and rays emitted by the rest of the source are reflected downwards relative to the optical axis. The mirror has at the height of the source a horizontal section adapted to assure a predetermined horizontal distribution of light.