Patent ID: 6997589

Claim:
Device for masking automobile vehicle headlights, comprising: at least one transparent optical element (B) inserted on the path of light rays between a lighting source and glass of the headlight, and a mask (C) placed in an approximately vertical median plane of said optical element (B) at a distance from a horizontal plane of symmetry of said optical element (B), wherein said optical element (B) is a lens moulded around said mask (C), characterised in that said optical element (B) comprises a cylindrical entry face (E 3 ) with radius R and a cylindrical exit face (E 4 ) with radius R symmetrical to the entry face (E 3 ) about a vertical median plane located at a distance 2R from the entry face (E 3 ) and the exit face (E 4 ), a mask (C) being located in the vertical median plane and at a distance from the horizontal plane of symmetry.