Headlight unit for motor vehicle having collecting means for light beam not bundled by a lens or intercepted by a headlight diaphragm
US6030107A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF21S41/43
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A headlight unit for a motor vehicle has a light source, a reflector for bundling a radiation of the light source, a first lens device on which the radiation of the light source is bundled by the reflector, the first lens device deviating a light beam bundle in an illumination direction from the headlight unit, a light conductor system having light outlet surfaces, and means for coupling arranged in a region between the reflector and the first lens device and coupling those light beams which are not bundled on the first lens device, in the light guiding system with the light outlet surfaces.
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