Illuminating device for a vehicle for realizing an asymmetrical light distribution

US7226193B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerd Bahnmüller · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Thomas Fröhlich · Münchenstein, CH
• Michael Hamm · Pfullingen, DE
• Peter Jauernig · Tiefenbronn, DE
• Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn · Bodelshausen, DE
• Peter Schottle · Stuttgart, DE
• Mathias Kinzel · Reutlingen, DE
• Kurt Neuffer · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q2300/122
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention in various embodiments relates to an illuminating device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, for realizing an asymmetrical light distribution. The asymmetrical light distribution has a greater illumination depth on the vehicle's side of traffic than it does on the side of oncoming traffic.