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Headlight device for vehicle for producing light bundle with different characteristics

US6481865B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

13Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Woerner · Reutlingen, DE
Michael Hamm · Pfullingen, DE
Henning Hogrefe · Neckartenzlingen, DE
Doris Boebel · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 1999
Grant date	Nov 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Q2400/30
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A headlight device for a vehicle for producing light bundles with difference characteristics has at least one headlight having a plurality of headlight units, light means including a plurality of light sources with at least one light source provided for each of the headlight units, each of the light sources produces a light bundle with at least one characteristic, the headlight units being simultaneously operatable in various combinations, at least one of the headlight units being formed so that it produces a light bundle with at least two different characteristics.

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