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Granted Patent B2
US 12698878 · App. 18/410,480 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Headlamp for a vehicle

Inventors: Christian Hüster (Salzkotten, DE); Boris Kubitza (Möhnesee-Körbecke, DE); Martin Plümpe (Paderborn, DE); Udo Venker (Güterlsoh, DE); Carsten Wilks (Lippsradt, DE)
Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
F21S41/645F21S41/153F21S41/16F21W2102/135F21Y2105/10F21Y2115/10F21Y2115/30
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Patent No.
US 12698878
App. No.
18/410,480
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A headlamp for a vehicle is provided, and includes at least one light source and an optical element for generating a high beam light distribution and a low beam light distribution in front of the vehicle. The headlamp is designed to generate a high beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region, and at least one glare suppression region that is not lit. The headlamp is also designed to also generate a low beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region, and at least glare one suppression region that is not lit.

Claims (13)

1 . A headlamp for a vehicle, the headlamp comprising:

at least one light source wherein the at least one light source has a solidstate light emitting diodes (LEDs) array containing numerous LEDs arranged in a matrix, in which the individual LEDs can be actuated individually and/or in groups to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and

an optical element for generating a high beam light distribution and a low beam light distribution in front of the vehicle,

wherein the headlamp generates a high beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region and at least one glare suppression region that is not lit,

wherein the headlamp also generates a low beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region and at least glare one suppression region that is not lit.

2 . The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one glare suppression region in the high beam light distribution and/or the low beam light distribution comprises a vertical light/dark boundary and a horizontal light/dark boundary.

3 . The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one glare suppression region in the high beam light distribution and/or low beam light distribution is generally rectangular.

4 . The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the headlamp retains at least one property of the at least one glare suppression region, when switching from the high beam light distribution to the low beam light distribution or from the low beam light distribution to the high beam light distribution.

5 . The headlamp according to claim 4 , wherein the property retained by the headlamp is its position and/or size and/or shape.

6 . The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the lighting elements are part of a digital micromirror device or an LCOS display or LCD.

7 . The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the headlamp contains a control unit that uses information from at least one sensor in the vehicle to determine the position and/or size and/or shape of the at least one glare suppression region.

8 . The headlamp according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one sensor is a camera that records a region in front of the vehicle.

9 . The headlamp according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit uses information from the at least one sensor in the vehicle relating to dynamic vertical movement of the vehicle body and/or travel through curves and/or turning procedures.