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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denis Saladin, Bourg la Reine, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 ;
Abstract
A headlight for a motor vehicle is provided for generating a light beam, and particularly a dipped beam, of a given configuration. The headlight has a light source, a reflector of the elliptical type having a first focus in the vicinity of which the light source is situated, and a lens placed in front of the reflector. The reflector has at least two zones which are situated side by side and which are adapted to form, in a focal region of the lens, patches of light which are preformed in width, and overlap each other in a horizontal direction.