FR2735432A1 - Reflector illuminating registration plate of motor vehicle - Google Patents

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FR2735432A1
FR2735432A1 FR9506970A FR9506970A FR2735432A1 FR 2735432 A1 FR2735432 A1 FR 2735432A1 FR 9506970 A FR9506970 A FR 9506970A FR 9506970 A FR9506970 A FR 9506970A FR 2735432 A1 FR2735432 A1 FR 2735432A1
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    • 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
    • F21V7/0008—Reflectors for light sources providing for indirect lighting
    • F21V7/0016—Reflectors for light sources providing for indirect lighting on lighting devices that also provide for direct lighting, e.g. by means of independent light sources, by splitting of the light beam, by switching between both lighting modes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/56—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for illuminating registrations or the like, e.g. for licence plates

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Abstract

The registration plate illumination has the light source and the reflector placed on opposite sides of the registration plate. The light source (20) is set in the top surface of the bumper bar (22), directing light upward to a reflector (34) extending approximately horizontally from the rear panel (10) of the vehicle. The reflector is above the registration plate (12). The underside of the reflector has a concave curve to focus the light over the width of the registration plate. The reflector extends the width of the registration plate. Alternatively the light source could be attached to the rear panel and the reflector set on the top edge of the bumper.

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L'invention concerne les dispositifs d'éclairage des plaques minéralogiques ou d'immatriculation des véhicules automobiles. The invention relates to lighting devices for number plates or registration plates of motor vehicles.

La plaque d'immatriculation située à l'arrière des véhicules automobiles est obligatoirement complétée, depuis longtemps, par un dispositif d'éclairage. En général, un tel dispositif est formé d'une lampe, montée dans un boîtier fixé sur la carrosserie du véhicule derrière un bandeau enjoliveur. The license plate located at the rear of motor vehicles has been mandatory for a long time with a lighting device. In general, such a device is formed by a lamp, mounted in a housing fixed to the vehicle body behind an embellished strip.

Une telle disposition est décrite, par exemple, dans le document FR 2 679 978.Such an arrangement is described, for example, in document FR 2 679 978.

Par ailleurs, la réglementation impose le respect de normes concernant l'éclairement des plaques, notamment l'uniformité de cet éclairement et l'angle d'incidence des rayons lumineux. Pour répondre à ces prescriptions, les dispositifs d'éclairage doivent être montés en avant et nettement en saillie par rapport au plan, sensiblement vertical, de la plaque. Cette contrainte augmente l'encombrement longitudinal du système et nuit à l'esthétique du véhicule. Furthermore, the regulations impose compliance with standards concerning the illumination of the plates, in particular the uniformity of this illumination and the angle of incidence of the light rays. To meet these requirements, the lighting devices must be mounted forward and clearly projecting from the substantially vertical plane of the plate. This constraint increases the longitudinal dimensions of the system and harms the aesthetics of the vehicle.

Pour remédier à ces inconvénients, on a proposé, dans le document FR 95 00 285 un module d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation de véhicule automobile comportant au moins une lampe, monté sur un élément de carrosserie dans une position adjacente à ladite plaque et un dispositif réflecteur disposé dans le trajet du faisceau lumineux émis par la lampe précitée pour renvoyer ledit faisceau en direction de la plaque d'immatriculation, à travers une glace disposée dans une ouverture de sa paroi latérale en regard de ladite plaque. To overcome these drawbacks, the document FR 95 00 285 has proposed a lighting module for a motor vehicle license plate comprising at least one lamp, mounted on a body element in a position adjacent to said plate and a reflector device arranged in the path of the light beam emitted by the aforementioned lamp for returning said beam in the direction of the license plate, through a glass arranged in an opening in its side wall opposite said plate.

La présente invention propose également un éclairage par réflexion mais dans lequel l'élément éclairant est dissocié de l'élément réflecteur. De la sorte, une plus grande liberté est laissée pour l'implantation de l'élément éclairant. The present invention also provides reflective lighting, but in which the illuminating element is dissociated from the reflective element. In this way, greater freedom is left for the implantation of the lighting element.

A cet effet, I'invention a pour objet un dispositif d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation de véhicule automobile comportant au moins un dispositif éclairant, monté dans un élément de carrosserie du véhicule et dans une position adjacente à ladite plaque, et un dispositif réflecteur disposé dans le trajet du faisceau lumineux émis par le dispositif éclairant précité, pour renvoyer ledit faisceau en direction de la plaque dans lequel le dispositif éclairant.et le dispositif réflecteur sont placés d'un côté et de l'autre de la plaque minéralogique, adjacents, respectivement, à deux bords parallèles de celle-ci. To this end, the subject of the invention is a lighting device for a motor vehicle license plate comprising at least one lighting device, mounted in a bodywork element of the vehicle and in a position adjacent to said plate, and a device reflector arranged in the path of the light beam emitted by the aforementioned lighting device, for returning said beam towards the plate in which the lighting device and the reflector device are placed on one side and the other of the number plate, adjacent, respectively, to two parallel edges thereof.

Selon une disposition avantageuse, le dispositif réflecteur
est constitué d'une surface réfléchissante solidaire de la
paroi d'un élément du volet arrière du véhicule et,
le dispositif éclairant est monté dans le pare-chocs du
véhicule.According to an advantageous arrangement, the reflector device
consists of a reflective surface integral with the
wall of an element of the rear flap of the vehicle and,
the lighting device is mounted in the bumper of the
vehicle.

En variante, les positions respectives du dispositif éclairant
et du dispositif réflecteur sont inversées.As a variant, the respective positions of the lighting device
and of the reflector device are reversed.

Dans une deuxième variante, le dispositif d'éclairage
comporte une pluralité de dispositifs éclairants, coopérant
avec un ou plusieurs dispositifs réflecteurs
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre, pour la compréhension de laquelle on se reportera à la figure unique annexée, laquelle est une section, dans un plan vertical transversal, d'un dispositif selon l'invention monté dans la partie arrière d'un véhicule automobile.In a second variant, the lighting device
includes a plurality of lighting devices, cooperating
with one or more reflecting devices
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows, for the understanding of which reference will be made to the single appended figure, which is a section, in a transverse vertical plane, of a device according to the invention mounted in the rear part of a motor vehicle.

On voit, sur la figure, un élément 10 de la carrosserie arrière d'un véhicule automobile. Cet élément peut être, par exemple, un volet de hayon ou de coffre, ou tout autre partie adaptée pour supporter une plaque d'immatriculation 12. La plaque est montée dans un enfoncement 14 de l'élément 10. We see in the figure, an element 10 of the rear body of a motor vehicle. This element can be, for example, a tailgate or trunk flap, or any other part adapted to support a registration plate 12. The plate is mounted in a recess 14 of the element 10.

Le volet 10 est muni d'un profilé 16 qui fait saillie par rapport au plan de la plaque 12 et qui peut être, par exemple, un bandeau enjoliveur pour le volet ou le hayon 10 ou, simplement, un élément de forme longitudinal de celui-ci. Le profilé 16 est adjacent à l'un des bords 12a de la plaque minéralogique 12 et comporte une face 18 orientée en direction de celle-ci. The shutter 10 is provided with a profile 16 which projects relative to the plane of the plate 12 and which can be, for example, a trim strip for the shutter or the tailgate 10 or, simply, an element of longitudinal shape of that -this. The profile 16 is adjacent to one of the edges 12a of the number plate 12 and has a face 18 oriented in the direction thereof.

Un dispositif d'éclairage 20 est monté dans la face supérieure d'un pare-chocs 22 en regard du bandeau 16, du côté du bord 12b de la plaque minéralogique parallèle au bord 12a précité. Ce dispositif d'éclairage est constitué, de manière classique, d'une lampe 24, d'un réflecteur 26, placé derrière celle-ci, et d'une glace 28 de fermeture pourvue de moyens réfracteurs 30 de la lumière émise par la lampe. A lighting device 20 is mounted in the upper face of a bumper 22 opposite the strip 16, on the side of the edge 12b of the number plate parallel to the aforementioned edge 12a. This lighting device is made up, in a conventional manner, of a lamp 24, of a reflector 26, placed behind it, and of a closing glass 28 provided with refracting means 30 of the light emitted by the lamp. .

Les caractéristiques photométriques de ce dispositif d'éclairage sont telles que le faisceau lumineux 32 émis par la lampe 24 est dirigé sur une surface réfléchissante 34 solidaire de la paroi 18 du bandeau 16 dirigée vers la plaque minéralogique 12. Cette surface réfléchissante 34 est ellemême orientée, par rapport au plan de ladite plaque, de telle manière que le faisceau lumineux 36 qu'elle réfléchit est réparti sur toute la surface de la plaque 12 précitée. The photometric characteristics of this lighting device are such that the light beam 32 emitted by the lamp 24 is directed on a reflecting surface 34 integral with the wall 18 of the strip 16 directed towards the number plate 12. This reflecting surface 34 is itself oriented , relative to the plane of said plate, so that the light beam 36 which it reflects is distributed over the entire surface of the aforementioned plate 12.

Avantageusement le module lumineux est conçu sous forme de bandeau enjoliveur disposé le long d'au moins l'un des côtés de la plaque d'immatriculation. Dans ce cas, Dans le cas d'une pluralité de lampe celles-ci peuvent toutes être alimentées à partir du même connecteur lui-même logé dans le bandeau. Advantageously, the light module is designed in the form of a decorative strip arranged along at least one of the sides of the license plate. In this case, In the case of a plurality of lamps, these can all be supplied from the same connector itself housed in the strip.

Bien entendu, I'invention n'est pas limitée à l'agencement représenté. C'est ainsi qu'il n'est pas nécessaire que la plaque d'immatriculation soit disposée dans un enfoncement de la carrosserie. Le dispositif peut comporter plus d'un élément d'éclairage 20, le faisceau lumineux émis par ces lampes étant réfléchi par une ou plusieurs surfaces réfléchissantes 34. De même, les positions respectives de l'élément d'éclairage 20 et de la surface réfléchissante 34 peuvent être inversées, le premier étant, par exemple, intégré dans le bandeau 16 et la deuxième étant solidaire du pare-chocs.  Of course, the invention is not limited to the arrangement shown. This is why it is not necessary for the license plate to be placed in a recess in the body. The device may include more than one lighting element 20, the light beam emitted by these lamps being reflected by one or more reflecting surfaces 34. Likewise, the respective positions of the lighting element 20 and the reflecting surface 34 can be reversed, the first being, for example, integrated in the strip 16 and the second being integral with the bumper.

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REVENDICATIONS 1. Dispositif d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation de véhicule automobile comportant au moins un dispositif éclairant (20), monté dans un élément de carrosserie (22) et dans une position adjacente à ladite plaque (12), et un dispositif réflecteur (34) disposé dans le trajet du faisceau lumineux (32) émis par le dispositif éclairant (20) précité, pour renvoyer ledit faisceau en direction de la plaque (12), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif éclairant (20) et le dispositif réflecteur (34) sont placés d'un côté et de l'autre de la plaque (12), adjacents, respectivement, à deux bords parallèles (12.) et (12b) de celle-ci. 1. Lighting device for a motor vehicle license plate comprising at least one lighting device (20), mounted in a body element (22) and in a position adjacent to said plate (12), and a reflector device ( 34) arranged in the path of the light beam (32) emitted by the aforementioned lighting device (20), for returning said beam towards the plate (12), characterized in that the lighting device (20) and the reflective device ( 34) are placed on one side and the other of the plate (12), adjacent, respectively, to two parallel edges (12.) and (12b) thereof. 2. Dispositif d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif réflecteur (34) est constitué d'une surface réfléchissante solidaire de la paroi (18) d'un élément (16) du volet arrière du véhicule. 2. Lighting device for license plate according to claim 1, characterized in that the reflector device (34) consists of a reflective surface integral with the wall (18) of an element (16) of the rear flap of the vehicle. 3. Dispositif d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif éclairant (20) est monté dans le pare-chocs (22) du véhicule. 3. Lighting device for license plate according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lighting device (20) is mounted in the bumper (22) of the vehicle. 4. Dispositif d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que le dispositif réflecteur (34) est constitué d'une surface réfléchissante solidaire du pare-chocs (22) du véhicule. 4. Lighting device for license plate according to claim 1 characterized in that the reflector device (34) consists of a reflecting surface secured to the bumper (22) of the vehicle. 5. Dispositif d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation selon la revendication 4 caractérisé en ce que le dispositif éclairant (20) est monté dans un élément (16) du volet arrière du véhicule.  5. Lighting device for license plate according to claim 4 characterized in that the lighting device (20) is mounted in an element (16) of the rear flap of the vehicle. 6. Module d'éclairage pour plaque d'immatriculation selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une pluralité de dispositifs éclairants (20), coopérant avec un ou plusieurs dispositifs réflecteurs (34).  6. Lighting module for license plate according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of lighting devices (20), cooperating with one or more reflecting devices (34).
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