Patent · US Expired

Vehicle headlight

US5954428A · kind A · utility

26Cited by

5References

16Claims

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Assignee

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. · DE

Inventors

Karsten Eichhorn · Ennigerloh, DE
Roland Lachmayer · Braunschweig, DE
Christian Plattfaut · Lippstadt, DE
Holm Tietz · Lippstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 1997
Grant date	Sep 21, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21W2102/30
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle headlight (1) has a reflector (2) that is divided vertically into an upper region (6), a middle region (7), and a lower region (8), wherein the upper region is structured as a low-beam light surface (9) having a first center (10), through which extends a longitudinal axis of a first lamp (3), the middle region is formed as a fog light surface (14) and the lower region as a high-beam light surface (15), and the fog light surface and the high-beam light surface have a common center (16) through which extends a longitudinal axis of a second lamp (4). The reflector is mounted so that it can pivot about its central axis, and is pivoted by an electric motor (5) as a function of lateral inclination of a vehicle on which the headlight is mounted.

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