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Headlight of a motor vehicle with low construction depth

US10113704B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Knittel · Tuttlingen, DE
Martin Licht · Round Rock, US
Christian Buchberger · Reutlingen, DE
Emil P. Stefanov · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 2017
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B27/18
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A headlight of a motor vehicle including a light source and first projection optics, in which each one includes a respective first pair made of one respective first image mask and of one respective first projection lens with a first focal length, which is illuminated by the light source through the one respective image mask. The headlight has two projection optics, in which each one is featuring a respective second pair made of one respective second image mask and of one respective second projection lens with a second focal length, which is illuminated by the light source through the one respective second image mask. The second focal length is greater than the first focal length. An illuminated portion of the first image mask, has a shape of at least a first portion of an overall light distribution of the headlight, and a portion of the second image masks, has a shape of a central portion of the overall light distribution of the headlight.

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