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Projector type headlamp

US10830406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 15, 2018
Grant dateNov 10, 2020
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21S41/143
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The projector-type headlamp comprises a projection lens unit and a light source unit. A diffraction grating designed to eliminate chromatic aberrations is provided on at least part of a lens surface of the lens unit. When an x axis in the horizontal direction and a y axis in the vertical direction are defined on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, R1 is the maximum y coordinate on the lens surface, and 0≤A<1, an area of the lens surface in which y<A·R1 comprises a curved surface or a flat surface, at least partially provided with the diffraction grating, and an area of the lens surface in which y≥A·R1 comprises a separate curved surface that has a power greater than the power of the curved surface or flat surface, and is not provided with a diffraction grating.

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