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Motor vehicle headlight having a complex headlight lens

US9719645B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 2013
Grant dateAug 1, 2017
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0018
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight having at least one first light source and a headlight lens which comprising, for example, a blank-molded integrally formed body which is made from a transparent material, and which comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part having at least one optically effective light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises, an optically effective, light entry surface and merges, while forming a kink, into the light-conducting part for imaging the kink as a light-dark boundary by means of light coupled in or radiated into the light entry surface from the first light source, wherein the light tunnel has a transition region in which the surface delimiting the light tunnel at the top rises in the direction of the light-conducting part.

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