Patent · US Expired

Lighting device, particularly a motor vehicle headlamp, having a micro-lens structure with a flexible support for adjusting the emitted light beam

US6059428A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1998
Grant dateMay 9, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B3/0006
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lighting device includes a thin transparent plate in which a plurality of micro-lenses arranged in a matrix are integrated. A second thin transparent plate is supported so as to be movable relative to the first plate by means of at least one pair of flexures. A plurality of micro-lenses arranged in a matrix are also integrated in the second plate.

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