Patent ID: 7458707

Claim:
A headlamp optical module for a motor vehicle comprising, disposed along an optical axis: an elliptical-type reflector with at least one light source placed in a vicinity of a first focal point of the elliptical-type reflector; a converging lens placed in front of said elliptical-type reflector and admitting a focal point located in a vicinity of a second focal point of the elliptical-type reflector, or combined therewith; and, in its low portion, a light recovery means suitable for collecting a portion of the flux from said light source and for sending it forward, said headlamp optical module comprising: an ellipsoid-type reflector provided at a front, in an upper portion of said headlamp optical module, said ellipsoid-type reflector focusing a portion of rays issuing from said at least one light source in said vicinity of said second focal point located at said front, lower than a focal point of said converging lens, and said light recovery means comprising an input face, in proximity to which is located said second focal point of said ellipsoid-type reflector.