Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
  • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
  • F21S43/10—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by the light source
  • F21S43/13—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
  • F21S43/14—Light emitting diodes [LED]
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F21V7/00—Reflectors for light sources
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
  • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
  • F21S43/30—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by reflectors
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • F21V7/00—Reflectors for light sources
  • F21V7/0025—Combination of two or more reflectors for a single light source
• • 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
  • F21W2106/00—Interior vehicle lighting devices
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
  • F21Y2101/00—Point-like light sources
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
  • F21Y2113/00—Combination of light sources
  • F21Y2113/20—Combination of light sources of different form
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
  • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
  • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of lighting for signaling and / or the environment of vehicles, especially motor vehicles. It relates more particularly to a device providing relief to the illumination of traffic lights and / or lighting outside or inside vehicles.
• light-return systems are known by mirrors placed opposite each other to provide an impression of infinity by the successive reflections of the image of the place sent by each mirror successively to the other.
• the images with sensation of infinity thus obtained use fully reflecting mirrors and give an impression that does not vary substantially depending on whether one is placed near or far from one of the mirrors concerned.
• the light sources involved they are all located in front of at least one of the mirrors, while the observer is, meanwhile, in a space between the two mirrors.
• the present invention aims at providing an original means for providing an infinite effect to the signaling and / or ambience lighting of motor vehicles.
• the device according to the invention also makes it possible to add stylistic effects to the traffic signals of the vehicles.
• a new device for signaling light and / or for exterior or interior lighting of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle comprising at least one LED or other type of light source, comprises an optical assembly at least a first reflector (RI) constituted by a mirror and at least a second reflector (R2) constituted by a semi-transparent mirror, said optical assembly being combined with a curtain diffuser (Dl) of transparent material in which a light emitted by at least one LED, while the mirror, the semi-transparent mirror and the curtain have their planes or their mean planes substantially parallel to each other, and while the light transmitted and / or reflected by said optical assembly is transmitted and visible by the observer by the face of said second reflector (R2) opposite that facing the other elements of said optical assembly.
• RI first reflector
• R2 second reflector
• the optical assembly is preferably integrated or integrable in a housing, the general shape of which is preferably that of a slice of cylinder, to constitute a module.
• Another object of the invention is thus a lighting and / or signaling module for the exterior or interior of a motor vehicle, which comprises at least one device according to the present invention, integrated or integrable into a set including all other necessary functional elements.
• the second reflector (R2) and optionally the curtain diffuser (D1) are arranged in front of the LED or LEDs.
• the device thus comprises, as a lighting subset located in the space between the mirror and the semitransparent mirror, and substantially consisting of a transparent optical material and at least one light source.
• LED type arranged to emit light rays propagating inside the thickness of said transparent optical material, according to the French patent application filed on December 11, 2009 under the number 09/05984 in the name of the same applicant, of which the description is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference.
• a subset essentially comprises:
• said plate having at least one bilateral elongate bulge of substantially circular overall cross-section having its mean longitudinal axis in the mean plane of said plate and adapted to form a light guide, and at least one LED placed at at least one end of said light guide, with its main axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of said light guide.
• the present invention therefore relates to a device for signaling lights and / or external lighting or interior ambience of a motor vehicle as defined above and in the description which follows.
• the planes or the average planes respectively of the mirror and (the) mirror (s) semi-transparent (s) are substantially parallel to each other.
• the planes or the average planes respectively of the mirror and (the) mirror (s) semitransparent (s) between them an angle substantially between 1 and 3 degrees of angle.
• the spatial variability of the images of the unit lighting sources is thus obtained, providing an even more original style effect.
• the optical assembly is disposed perpendicularly or substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the beam emitted by the LED or LEDs.
• the average direction of emission of the LEDs is parallel to the optical axis of the module.
• the mirror (RI) is located substantially at the level of the LEDs, with its reflecting face turned forward, while the mirror (RI) is hollow or non-existent at the LEDs to allow them to emit their beam bright in front of said mirror (RI).
• the mirror (RI) is itself a semi-transparent mirror identical to or different from that which constitutes the second reflector (R2), and in this case the LEDs are provided with reflectors.
• the mirror (RI) is selected from reflectors, mirrors literally, semi-mirrors, and can be plane, conical, elliptical, semi-elliptical, hyperbolic, spiral, spiral logarithmic, helical, and others.
• the mirror (RI) may have variable curvatures, including between different areas of the same mirror. For example, it can be plane on all its central and spherical part on the periphery.
• the mirror (RI) may have a color when the LEDs are extinguished, for example if another metal is used instead of Al in an argon deposition treatment.
• At least one LED is arranged centrally in the module and, in combination with a curtain itself confused with the mirror (RI), provides a relief effect or inverse infinity effect, particularly appreciated to mark the ignition of a stop light.
• the reflecting face of the semi-transparent mirror (R2) or optionally (RI) can be achieved by a) fixing a semi-transparent film, or b) direct metallization (for example of aluminum or other metals by sputtering ), c) depositing a thin layer on a light or a transparent screen which makes it possible to obtain differentiated colors while keeping the semi-transparency; technique a) is controllable on flat surfaces and technique b) has the advantage of being able to be performed on flat and complex surfaces.
• the semi-transparent mirror (R2) or optional mirror (RI) may be of the crystal type or, on the contrary, colored (for example: amber, yellow, fluorescent green, police blue, combination of red light with transparent material of green color, or else smoked which gives a black appearance when the lighting is off and red when it is lit.
• the module has a colored appearance, for example in red, when it is off or on, or only when it is turned on.
• the device fulfills the regulatory function of lantern for a first ring of LEDs arranged in a circle around a point central, and that stop with a stronger intensity and a relief effect from the bottom.
• the assembly or a subset thereof may be electronically controlled, for example by a resistive system or PWM (Pulse Wave Modulation), which varies the frequency of the current between 80 and 150 Hz and allows a variation the light intensity to obtain alternative functions stop and lantern.
• PWM Pulse Wave Modulation
• the center ring only comes on when the stop is pressed.
• At least one of the mirrors (R1) and (R2) is spherical; it maintains the effect of depth or infinity between 20 and 30 m. The number of repetitions visible by the human eye is then a function of the intensity of the light source.
• the depth effect style provided by the device has the appearance of a dotted line or a continuous line or whatever.
• the LEDs are arranged at the periphery and / or at the center of the module; they illuminate live or in the edge of a curtain.
• a curtain is integrated between the two mirrors (RI) and (R2) to allow to create a lit form that is reflected several times.
• said curtain has a beveled opening on its periphery.
• the curtain receives by one or more of its slices the lighting of several LEDs, advantageously grouped in one or more PCBs.
• the surface of the mirror (RI) is discontinuous or perforated where the LEDs are arranged, preferably in the peripheral and / or central position in a circular or substantially circular module.
• the LEDs can be replaced or supplemented by 16 W axial filament lamps.
• the shape of the module housing can be arbitrary, for example circular, elliptical, square, etc., or specific to provide a signature.
• the semi-transparent mirror (R2) can constitute the protective glass of the module. Alternatively, this window is added classically.
• the outer periphery of the device according to the invention may comprise a shoulder, providing an underlining of the outline of the fire.
• curtain At the end of the light guide called curtain opposite to that which is equipped with at least one LED, it is possible to provide either a cover to mask the view of the light escaping from the curtain on its periphery, or a return element preferably metal, or else chamfers and / or prisms.
• FIG. 1 represents a schematic sectional view of a subassembly enclosing a plane mirror 1 and a semi-transparent plane mirror 2 (T ⁇ 50%, R ⁇ 50%), as well as LEDs 3. In the square to right, the bright images seen by an observer located as shown.
• Figure 1 shows a schematic view with a point of observation in the optical axis of one of the LEDs.
• FIG. 2 represents a schematic view with a point of observation different from that of the optical axis of one of the LEDs.
• FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of a subassembly enclosing a spherical mirror 1 and a semitransparent plane mirror 2 (T ⁇ 50%, R ⁇ 50%), as well as LEDs 3. right, the bright images seen by an observer on the optical axis of one of the LEDs are shown.
• FIG. 4 represents a schematic view according to FIG. 3, with a point of observation different from that of the optical axis of one of the LEDs.
• FIG. 5 represents a schematic sectional view of a subassembly enclosing a curtain mirror 1 and a semi-transparent spherical mirror 2 (T ⁇ 50%, R ⁇ 50%), as well as LEDs 3.
• T ⁇ 50%, R ⁇ 50% semi-transparent spherical mirror 2
• LEDs 3 In the square to the right, the bright images seen by an observer on the light output axis are shown.
• Figure 6 shows a schematic view according to Figure 1, with a point of observation other than that of the axis of the light output.
• Figures 7, 8 and 9 schematically show the variation in the distances between the images seen by the eye of the observer when the distance d between the two mirrors 1 and 2 is varied.
• Figure 10 shows all the images seen by an observer: a) with a mirror 1 plane, and twelve peripheral light sources and a central light source; b) with a spherical mirror 1; and c) with a mirror 1 plane and a curtain 4 interposed.
• FIG. 11 diagrammatically represents in section a device according to the invention, comprising a plane mirror 1 and a semi-transparent mirror 2, and LEDs (not shown) as for the objects of FIGS. 2, 4, 6 and 8, among others , as well as a curtain 4 in which the light emitted by an LED or a set of LEDs 5 can be diffused, for example in the form of an LED PCB, which is a set of LEDs available under this name and known from the skilled person.
• FIG. 12 schematically represents in section a device according to the invention, comprising a plane mirror 1 and a semi-transparent mirror 2, and LEDs (not shown) as for the objects of FIGS. 2, 4, 6 and 8, among others , as well as a curtain 4 in which the light emitted by an LED or a set of LEDs 5 can be diffused, for example in the form of an LED PCB, which is a set of LEDs available under this name and known from those skilled in the art, while the curtain 4 has a pattern which, when the curtain is illuminated by the LED or 5, provides a pattern "in relief".
• FIG. 13 shows a schematic perspective view of a module according to the invention, comprising a mirror 1, a semi-transparent mirror 2, a light curtain 4 capable of being illuminated over substantially its entire surface by an LED or a set appropriate LED 5, a pattern 6, the frontal vision giving a particularly attractive relief effect on each of the patterns.
• Said module can thus provide, under suitable lighting and an appropriate viewing angle, a relief image such as that shown in FIG. 13.
• the device according to the invention comprises a mirror 1 and a semitransparent mirror 2, and it comprises LEDs 3 are suitably powered and directed to emit in the direction perpendicular to the mean plane of the mirror 1 light rays which are partly reflected by the semi-transparent mirror 2 and partly transmitted therethrough.
• the complete assembly according to the invention makes it possible to make visible, when they are illuminated by the LED (s) diffusing their light in said curtain, patterns chosen on purpose. and embedded / applied in and / or said curtain.
• one or more of the LEDs 3 may be non-existent or switchable, so as to reserve the effect of infinity on the images of the patterns carried by the curtain 4.
• the device according to the invention provides an infinite number of images of which only 7 to 12 on average are visible by the human eye.
• the light source constituted by the LED or LEDs illuminating the screen and diffusing therein a distributed light, allows viewing one or more patterns engraved on this screen or included in this screen. It is the light thus diffused which is then subjected to the successive reflections of the mirror 1 and / or the semi-transparent mirrors 2 which provides an image of the aforesaid pattern (s) having a remarkable attractiveness, with an effect infinite.
• the device according to the invention is mainly intended to serve as a lantern and / or position light and / or stop light and / or flashing light, etc., depending on the case both at the rear and at the front. cars. It can also equip an external lighting device such as a side repeater, and / or an interior lighting system of the passenger compartment of a vehicle.

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