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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Christophe Valois, Wandignies Hamage, FR;
Inventor:
Christophe Valois, Wandignies Hamage, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical module for lighting and/or signalling apparatus for a motor vehicle, the optical module comprising at least one main reflector associated with at least one light source for emitting a main light beam. The optical module includes at least one supplementary reflective zone outside the main reflector and adapted to receive some of the light which comes directly or indirectly from the light source, and to reflect it so as to create a secondary light beam in a mean direction which is different from the mean direction of the main light beam.