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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny Cedex, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/18 (2006.01); F21V 15/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 15/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0005 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0041 (2013.01); F21S 48/1768 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/30 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0047 (2013.01); F21S 48/14 (2013.01); F21S 48/1784 (2013.01); F21S 48/2225 (2013.01); F21S 48/23 (2013.01); F21S 48/232 (2013.01); F21S 48/24 (2013.01); F21S 48/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting and/or signaling device and method comprising an opaque element that can move between at least two positions, one of the positions interposing the opaque element between the main light source and the optical focusing device, in which the opaque element is arranged so that when it is interposed between the main light source and the optical focusing device it prevents rays originating from outside the lighting and/or signaling device from being focused, especially in a line or spot, by the optical focusing device, in order to prevent degradation of the lighting and/or signaling device.