Abstract: A light guide designed to be mounted in a vehicle includes a coupling portion presenting an input face, a main portion adjacent to said coupling portion, and a light output surface extending at least along the main portion. The light guide is arranged in such a way that light rays that enter into the light guide through the input face are propagated by total internal reflection along the coupling portion and then along the main portion, before reaching out of the light guide trough the output surface. The light input face is flat and has a periphery that is formed by only five edges of substantially the same size, these edges joining together such that they form five angles with substantially the same value.

Abstract: A light system including: light branches extending in parallel to one another with each of the light branches have lights that provide light to a region around a vehicle, the light branches include: a primary light branch include: a bias circuit and a switch; and secondary light branches that are controlled by the primary light branch; wherein electricity is provided to the light branches and when all of the lights on the light branches are operating properly the electricity maintains the switch in a closed position; and when any of the lights fail or are not operating properly, electricity is prevented from extending through the light branch, by the lights that have failed, and the electricity continues to extend through the light branches that are operating properly so that the electricity that extends to the switch is not sufficient to maintain the switch in the closed position.

Abstract: A process for mounting a light component on a carrier. The light component includes a generally planar substrate, on a first face of which submillimetre-sized electroluminescent semiconductor elements are epitaxied in the form of a matrix. The process is noteworthy in that it eliminates the need for a layer of filler material between the component and the carrier, while providing good thermal and electrical conductivity between the component and the carrier and high mechanical strength.

Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system of a host motor vehicle with a plurality of selectively controllable elementary light sources, each able to emit an elementary light beam with the vertical angular opening of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object by a sensor system. Determining a vertical angle between a given point of the sensor system of the host vehicle and a detected point of the target object. Determining, from the vertical angle, a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the lighting system and, respectively, an upper cut-off and a lower cut-off intended to together vertically border the target object. Controlling the elementary light sources to emit a pixelated road light beam, as a function of the lower and upper angles, to generate, in the light beam, a dark area extending substantially between the upper and lower cut-offs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a lighting device of a motor vehicle, including a light source and an optical device, the optical device being arranged to receive light emitted by the light source and to form, from the light, a light beam having an upper cut-off including a first portion and a second portion which are substantially horizontal and separated by a third portion descending from the first portion and ascending towards the second portion, the third portion being such that the light beam has, when projected onto a screen, a light-free zone extending at least horizontally in a range from substantially 0° to ?2.2° and vertically in a range from substantially 0° to ?0.8°.

Abstract: A luminous module intended to be fastened to a luminous device of a motor vehicle. The luminous module includes at least one first attachment mechanism configured to fasten the luminous module to the luminous device in a first direction and a second attachment mechanism configured to fasten the luminous module to the luminous device in a second direction that differs from the first direction.

Abstract: A light guide for the illumination of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a light inlet portion and a light outlet portion. The light inlet portion includes at least two light inlet faces and the light outlet portion includes at least two light outlet faces. The light inlet portion has at least one slot disposed between two light inlet faces, a groove separating two light outlet faces extending in the continuation of this slot.

Abstract: A light system including a lens, a reflector, and a light source. The lens has body portion and a waterfall portion that extends at an angle relative to the body portion so that the waterfall portion is exposed when the light system is installed in a vehicle. The reflector is located adjacent to the lens. The light source is located adjacent to the lens that is configured to provide light to the reflector so that the reflector reflects the light through the waterfall portion so that the waterfall portion is illuminated.

Abstract: A light system of a vehicle includes a first light housing including a first light source configured to emit a first light from a face of the first light housing, a second light housing including a second light source configured to emit a second light from a face of the second light housing, a gap located between the first light housing and the second light housing, and a light guide within the gap, wherein the light guide is configured to transmit the first light from the first light housing to illuminate the gap with the first light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lighting device that includes light module arranged adjacent to one another in a transverse direction of the lighting device, each light module includes a light source capable of emitting a light beam and a collector comprising a reflective surface. A common lens common to the light modules, configured to project the light beam reflected by the collector, the lens forms on the road an image of the reflective surface of the collector. The lighting device includes a plurality of printed circuits, each printed circuit supporting the light source of one of the light modules. The printed circuits are arranged in the device in a stepped arrangement extending in planes that are parallel to one another and the common lens extending in the transverse direction while being substantially inclined with respect to these planes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle logo assembly and a method for forming a vehicle logo assembly. The vehicle logo assembly has a housing and a cover, the housing and the cover form an internal space, and a light-emitting assembly and a light-diffusing assembly are accommodated in the internal space, wherein, a coating is provided on the inner side of the cover facing the light-emitting assembly, so as to present a vehicle logo, and the cover is provided with a light-transmitting portion.

Abstract: A device for a vehicle is configured to perform at least one observation function (F). The device includes at least one camera, an output lens and a sub-array including the at least one camera. The device includes a masking zone covering a surface of the device, the masking zone being arranged opposite the camera and configured to reduce the transmission of light (Lx) entering the device by the surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for projecting light beams for a vehicle, including a first device configured to generate a first beam which performs a signaling function and a second device configured to generate at least a second beam for projecting a pattern, with the first device including at least one refractive optical member for shaping the first beam and in that the second device includes at least one optical element having a controlled pattern-generating surface to deflect light rays from a light source, this generating surface having local variations arranged so as to form a predetermined pattern in the second beam.

Abstract: An Interior-lighting device for a motor vehicle includes a carrier on which are placed a first row of light sources and a second row of light sources. The lighting device includes a first light guide that includes an evacuation face, light rays emitted by the first row of light sources being transmitted to the evacuation face. Also included is a second light guide that includes an entrance face, a first exit face and a second exit face, light rays emitted by the second row of light sources being transmitted to these first and second exit faces.

Abstract: A lighting module for a motor vehicle signaling device includes a substrate provided with an electronic circuit on which a matrix arrangement of elementary light sources is mounted, and wall through which light emitted from the light sources can pass. The substrate and/or all or part of the elementary light sources are bonded to the wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting module including a light source capable of emitting light rays, a collector with a reflective surface, an optical system configured to project a light beam by imaging a portion of the reflective surface located behind the light source, a screen located in front of the light source, with a rear face arranged so as to gather light rays which are emitted forward by the light source and are not reflected by the reflective surface. The screen includes an end face, adjacent to the rear face and facing the reflected light rays, which is configured to avoid and/or to absorb the reflected light rays.

Abstract: A light-emitting module and a vehicle, the light-emitting module having a main light exit direction. The light-emitting module includes a first light source, used for a first light function, a first reflector for receiving and reflecting light emitted from the first light source. A second light source is used for a second light function, and a second reflector is for receiving and reflecting light emitted from the second light source. A carrier, has the light sources and the reflectors arranged thereon, and a lens, for projecting light emitted from the light sources and reflected by the corresponding reflectors. The lens is configured to correspondingly form light distributions associated with the reflecting surfaces of the first reflector and the second reflector, and the first light source, the first reflector, the second light source and the second reflector are arranged on the same mounting surface of the carrier.

Abstract: A lighting module for an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of lighting sub-modules each including at least one light source, a flat optical light guide with an input surface, and an output surface and a reflection surface which is capable of reflecting light from the input surface to the output surface. The plurality of lighting sub-modules includes first lighting sub-modules configured to each produce a lighting sub-beam with an upper horizontal cut-off, and second lighting sub-modules configured to each produce a lighting sub-beam without an upper horizontal cut-off. The first and second lighting sub-modules are juxtaposed so as to form, along the juxtaposition, a plurality of alternations between the first and second lighting sub-modules.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lighting device for lighting the road, including at least one light module. The at least one light module includes a light source and a collector with the collector having a reflective surface configured to collect and reflect the light beam. A lens associated with the at least one light module, configured to project the light beam reflected by the collector of the at least one light module, to form on the road an image of the reflective surface of the collector of the at least one light module. The lens extending in a horizontal direction substantially inclined with respect to the at least one light module. The lens having a horizontal focal point and a vertical focal point, with the horizontal focal point being offset with respect to the vertical focal point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous module for automotive vehicle including a light source and a projection optic designed to project a light field onto the ground. The luminous module also includes an element with a variable light transmission rate positioned between the light source and the projection optic, the element with a variable light transmission rate includes at least one first portion and at least one second portion. Each of these portions has a different light transmission rate so that the image sectors respectively formed by the first portion and the second portion have the same luminous intensity.