EP2302293B2 - Dispositif d'éclairage et / ou de signalisation pour véhicule automobile comprenant une conduite d'aération - Google Patents

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EP2302293B2
EP2302293B2 EP10179136.6A EP10179136A EP2302293B2 EP 2302293 B2 EP2302293 B2 EP 2302293B2 EP 10179136 A EP10179136 A EP 10179136A EP 2302293 B2 EP2302293 B2 EP 2302293B2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S45/00—Arrangements within vehicle lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, for purposes other than emission or distribution of light
    • F21S45/30—Ventilation or drainage of lighting devices
    • F21S45/33—Ventilation or drainage of lighting devices specially adapted for headlamps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/30—Fog lights

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  • the present invention relates to a lighting and / or signaling device of a motor vehicle. It also relates to a vehicle equipped with such a lighting device and / or signaling.
  • Some devices are vented with baffle or labyrinth openings (as described for example in the documents FR 2,738,782 , FR 2,660,413 , FR 2,639,010 ) or with openings with membrane filters or with fine pipes.
  • the document FR 2923891 also shows a technical solution of ventilation.
  • Fine pipe solutions have limited ventilation efficiency due to small sections and the length of the pipes generating high pressure drops. They have the disadvantage of not prohibiting entries of water or dust.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a lighting and / or signaling device for a motor vehicle to overcome the problem mentioned above and improving the known devices of the prior art.
  • the invention provides a lighting and / or signaling device for a single motor vehicle, to ensure good ventilation with fresh air and dry while prohibiting the entry of water and dust in the device.
  • the lighting and / or signaling device for a motor vehicle comprises an enclosure formed by a housing and an ice, an opening being made in the enclosure. It comprises an air duct extending from the opening, the air duct being closed by a filter means impervious to liquids and dust and permeable to gases.
  • the pipe thus makes it possible to collect fresh gases at a distance from the enclosure of the device while preventing dust or liquid from entering the enclosure.
  • the length of the pipe is for example greater than 2 cm.
  • the reference value of pipe length is 15 cm.
  • the filter means may be glued into the pipe or at a free end of the pipe.
  • the filtering means can also be glued at an opening of the pipe.
  • the filtering means may also be an overmolded part between two parts of the pipe, for example by being of cylindrical shape. Thus, the filtering means can be set up simply.
  • the filtering means is a membrane, in particular a textile membrane, for example a membrane based on PTFE (or equivalent material) to guarantee fluid impermeability. It must also be impervious to dust without clogging to ensure air permeability throughout the life of the vehicle.
  • the membrane is maintained on a structure in the form of a grid.
  • the pipe can be fixed to the housing by pinching or welding or clipping.
  • the device may comprise a plurality of openings in the housing and from each of which extends a ventilation duct.
  • the areas of the straight sections of each of the pipes and / or filtering means are reduced relative to the area of the cross section of the pipe and / or the filtering means of a device according to the invention having only one pipe.
  • the pipe may include an anti-runoff means.
  • an anti-trickling means makes it possible for the liquid water not to come into contact with the filtering means.
  • the motor vehicle is characterized in that it comprises a lighting and / or signaling device defined above.
  • a free end of the air duct can be positioned at a place where the pressure varies according to the driving characteristics of the motor vehicle. These pressure variations make it possible to promote gas exchanges between the interior of the enclosure and the external environment.
  • the attached drawing shows, by way of example, an embodiment of a lighting and / or signaling device for a motor vehicle according to the invention.
  • the figure 1 is a diagram of a longitudinal and vertical section of an embodiment of a lighting and / or signaling device for a motor vehicle according to the invention.
  • the lighting and / or signaling device comprises an aeration or ventilation duct making it possible to remove, at a distance from the chamber of the device, the place where the ventilation air of this chamber is taken. .
  • the section of the pipe is adapted according to the length of the pipe to limit the pressure drops.
  • a filtering means of the pipe can be added, as well as possibly protection against the runoff of water to prevent the accumulation of water on the membrane.
  • a device 1 for lighting and / or signaling a motor vehicle shown schematically in section at the figure 1 , mainly comprises an enclosure 9 and a duct 10 aeration or ventilation of this enclosure.
  • the enclosure is mainly constituted by a housing 2, optionally forming or containing an optical mirror, and a transparent closure glass 3.
  • the enclosure contains a light source 4 such as in particular a light bulb, a halogen lamp or one or more light-emitting diodes . Except for a passage formed by an opening 8 which is made in the housing, the enclosure is sealed. This opening allows the pressure balance of the gases in the enclosure of the lighting and / or signaling device and in the external environment.
  • the opening is made in a lower part of the housing, that is to say in the bottom of the housing or in the lower part of a side wall of the housing.
  • the ventilation duct is connected to the housing at the opening 8 by a first end 11.
  • the ventilation duct also comprises a second free end 12.
  • the ventilation duct mainly comprises a pipe 5 and a filtering means 6 of this pipe.
  • the pipe may be made of any material, however it is preferably made of flexible or rigid plastic material, for example EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer).
  • EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer
  • the pipe has a circular section, including a circular internal section. However, it may have any other form of section.
  • the filter medium is also made of any material, provided it is impervious to liquids and dust and permeable to gases throughout the life of the product. It consists for example of a membrane, for example made by a textile fabric or PTFE having these properties.
  • the membrane is preferably glued in the pipe or on the pipe. It can be overmolded with the pipe in the form to ensure the largest possible exchange surface. It can be maintained on a structure in the form of mesh to stiffen according to the surface involved.
  • the membrane can be replaced by any component that diffuses moisture well and prevents water ingress, dust or any impurity.
  • the membrane can be positioned anywhere, especially on the pipe, inside the pipe or at the end of the pipe.
  • the diffusion rate per unit of time is a function of the surface of the membrane and the nature of the permeability of the membrane.
  • the slope characterizing the evolution of the diffusion rate as a function of the surface by assuming a linear variation is between 0.001 mm -2 .h -1 and 0.01 mm -2 .h -1 , with a typical value for a certain type of membrane of 0.002 mm -2 .h -1 .
  • the surface of the membrane is to be adapted depending on the type of membrane (including its permeability) and the diffusion rate that is desired to achieve.
  • the dimensions of the ventilation duct are determined according to the lighting device and / or signaling, in particular according to the volume of the enclosure of the device.
  • the area S of the cross section of the pipe is a function of its length L and / or the different bends it may have along its length. Indeed, the longer the pipe and / or its path is tortuous, the greater the area of the cross section of the pipe must be important to limit the pressure losses in the ventilation pipe that are likely to limit trade gas between the enclosure of the device and the external environment.
  • the area of the membrane must be adapted so as not to limit the gas exchange between the chamber and the external environment.
  • the area of the membrane may be different from, in particular greater than, the area of the cross section of the pipe.
  • the pipe may have at the level of the membrane an area of cross section different from the area of its cross section to another level.
  • the membrane may not be disposed along a straight section of the pipe but at an angle to it and / or extend along a non-planar surface, in order to maximize the surface of the membrane in a pipe of given dimensions.
  • the area of the internal section of the pipe is for example between 7 mm 2 and 700 mm 2 or, for a pipe with a circular inner section, a diameter of between 3 mm and 30 mm and preferably between 38 mm 2 and 320 mm 2 is, for a circular inner section pipe, a diameter of between 7 mm and 20 mm.
  • the area of the membrane may have the same characteristics.
  • the area of the internal section of the pipe is, for example, less than 80 mm 2 or, for a pipe with a circular inner section, a diameter less than 10 mm and preferably between 12 mm 2 and 40 mm 2 is, for a pipe with circular inner section, a diameter of between 4 mm and 7 mm.
  • the area of the membrane may have the same characteristics.
  • the area of the internal section of the pipe is, for example, less than 180 mm 2 or, for a pipe with a circular inner section, a smaller diameter. to 15 mm and preferably between 12 mm 2 and 80 mm 2 is, for a circular inner section pipe, a diameter of between 4 mm and 10 mm.
  • the area of the membrane may have the same characteristics.
  • the pipe preferably extends vertically downwards or substantially vertically downwards from the enclosure.
  • the aeration duct comprises a pipe having a length and a conformation so that its free end 12 can be positioned at a wing of the motor vehicle, at the level of the calender of the motor vehicle, especially at the level of a ventilation mouth of the engine compartment, the mouth being located at the front grille of the motor vehicle, or in front of the lighting and / or signaling device.
  • these zones are not close to the enclosure of the lighting and / or signaling device and the pipe thus has a length at least greater than 2 cm and, preferably greater than 15 cm, (the value of reference being 15 cm).
  • the vent pipe may have a run-off cover 7. It prevents runoff of water or other liquids along the pipe to the free end thereof where the membrane is located .
  • This run-off cover can be made of any material and can be made in any shape that prevents water from dripping onto the membrane.
  • the anti-dripping cover may be made of plastic, be fixed in the lower part of the pipe directly on the latter and have a flaring shape downwards, especially a frustoconical shape.
  • no run-off cover is necessary: indeed, it is free end itself of the pipe which, in combination with the position of the membrane higher up the pipe, prevents the water from rising up to the membrane.
  • the filtering means is the only interface allowing gas exchange between the enclosure 9 and the external environment.
  • the lighting and / or signaling device may comprise several openings 8 to which a plurality of ventilation ducts 10 are connected.
  • the ventilation device that constitutes the opening 8 and the ventilation duct 10 are very simple to make compared to the baffle or labyrinth solutions known from the prior art.
  • the length of the ventilation duct makes it possible, as we have seen, to position its free end in a location chosen and adapted to solve the problems mentioned above. It allows in particular to position the free end of the air duct at a place where the pressure varies according to the driving characteristics of the motor vehicle.
  • these pressure variations make it possible to promote gas exchanges between the interior of the enclosure 9 and the external environment by an alternation of pressures and depressions of the external medium relative to the interior of the enclosure.
  • These pressures and depressions create, in the event of a moisture level in the upper chamber at the moisture level at the free end of the pipe, the flow of wet gas out of the enclosure and dry gas flows into the enclosure.
  • the pipe 5 may be one made in several parts. For example, it can be made in a rigid upper part which is fixed at the level of the opening 8 and in a flexible lower part overmolded on the upper part and provided with the membrane. Alternatively, the pipe may be made in three parts: a flexible upper part being fixed at the opening 8, a rigid intermediate part on which is molded the upper part and a flexible lower part overmolded on the intermediate part and provided of the membrane. The filtering means can in these two cases be fixed at the level of the flexible lower part.
  • the end of the pipe is disposed at a dry and dust-free compartment of the vehicle, for example the passenger compartment of the vehicle or a compartment particular to the Inside this cabin, it is possible to do without the filtering medium.
  • the invention applies to different signaling lighting devices, including a front projector of a motor vehicle, a fog lamp for a motor vehicle and a signaling light of a motor vehicle.
  • the lighting and / or signaling device may be a front lighting and / or signaling device or a rear lighting and / or signaling device.

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