Global Patent Index - EP 0256930 B1

EP 0256930 B1 19901219 - FOG LAMP WITH TRANSVERSE FILAMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

Title (en)

FOG LAMP WITH TRANSVERSE FILAMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

Publication

EP 0256930 B1 19901219 (FR)

Application

EP 87401810 A 19870804

Priority

FR 8611263 A 19860804

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4827367A] A motor vehicle foglight of the type comprising: a lamp having a transverse horizontal filament (10); a reflector (20) whose axis (Ox) passes in the same vertical plane as the center of the filament (FO); and a closure glass (30). According to the invention the surface of the reflector is a surface without discontinuity forming images of the filament in which all the points of the images are situated below a horizontal cutoff and in a horizontal strip of substantially constant height situated beneath said cutoff. The invention is applicable to foglights which do not include a masking cup.

IPC 1-7

F21M 3/08

IPC 8 full level

F21S 8/10 (2006.01); F21S 8/12 (2006.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21V 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F21S 41/173 (2017.12 - EP US); F21S 41/323 (2017.12 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0256930 A1 19880224; EP 0256930 B1 19901219; DD 261400 A5 19881026; DE 3766774 D1 19910131; FR 2602305 A1 19880205; FR 2602305 B1 19900323; JP 2631980 B2 19970716; JP S6343201 A 19880224; US 4827367 A 19890502

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87401810 A 19870804; DD 30566687 A 19870803; DE 3766774 T 19870804; FR 8611263 A 19860804; JP 19275987 A 19870803; US 8062487 A 19870731