Patent · US Expired

Headlight for vehicle

US5961206A · kind A · utility

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11References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 1997
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21S41/335
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A headlight for a vehicle has a reflector, a light source, a collecting lens arranged after the reflector in a light outlet direction so that light emitted by the light source is reflected as a converging light beam and the light beam exiting the headlight has an upper bright-dark limit, the reflector being formed so that images of the light source reflected by the reflector are located in an intermediate image plane which is perpendicular to an optical axis of the reflector in the region of a focal point of the collecting lens facing the reflector and above an imaginary line corresponding to a height and side running of the bright-dark limit.

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