Patent · US Expired

Headlight for vehicles

US5390087A · kind A · utility

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8References

5Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans Daumueller · Bodelshausen, DE
Heinz Ruckwied · Tübingen, DE
Hans-Joachim Schmidt · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 24, 1992
Grant date	Feb 14, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21S41/675
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A headlight for a vehicle has a housing having a light outlet opening, a transparent light disc covering the light outlet opening, at least one reflector arranged in the housing and provided with a reflecting inner surface so that the reflector being turnable relative to the housing at least in a vertical plane, and a water level for controlling an inclined position of the reflector and visible through a part of the light disc from outside of the headlight. The water level is arranged in the region of the reflecting inner surface of the reflector and visible through a region of the light disc which extends over the light outlet opening of the housing transverse to the direction of light exiting the headlight.

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