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Additional headlamp for vehicles

US10632901B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 2016
Grant dateApr 28, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21Y2105/12
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an additional headlamp (3, 3′, 3″) for a vehicle, which headlamp is designed to produce a light image in front of the vehicle (1) by emitting light from at least one light module (5) and to project said light image in front of the vehicle by means of a downstream imaging optical unit (8), wherein a first light module (6) is designed to produce a first light image having at least one first light distribution having at lease one first, substantially vertically oriented, linear intensity maximum, and a second light module (7) is designed to produce a second light image having a second light distribution having at lease one second, substantially rectangular intensity maximum, and the light images of both light modules (6, 7) are superposed, wherein the first intensity maximum is vertically below the second intensity maximum.

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