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Headlight for vehicles

US5775793A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 3, 1995
Grant dateJul 7, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21S41/19
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A headlight for vehicles has a reflector having at least two regions formed for different illumination functions, at least one light source associated with each of the regions of the reflector and having two light source elements, a lamp carrier fixed to the reflector, one of the light source elements being inserted in the reflector via the lamp carrier and held in the lamp carrier, the lamp carrier having a first portion fixed to the reflector and a second portion in which the one light source element is held, the second portion of the lamp carrier with the one light source element held in it being movable transverse to an optical axis of the reflector relative to the first portion of the lamp carrier for adjusting of the one light source element when the second portion is fixed to the reflector, the second portion of the lamp carrier being accessible from a backside of the reflector for moving the second portion relative to the first portion of the lamp carrier.

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