IP Library Granted Patent US 8,118,459
Granted Patent B2
US 8,118,459 · App. 12/354,279 · Granted Feb 21, 2012

Vehicle headlight

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Patent No.
US 8,118,459
App. No.
12/354,279
Granted
Feb 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle headlight has at least one lens module. The lens module, or each lens module, respectively has a lighting device and a projection lens. Accordingly, at least two lens modules are positioned one on top of the other and at least one reflector is positioned between, in each case, two lens modules which are positioned one on top of the other.

Claims (10)

1. A vehicle headlight, comprising:

lens modules each having a lighting device and a projection lens, at least two of said lens modules disposed in a plane and such that one of said two lens modules is disposed at a height above the top portion of the other, said lens modules having center points that lie on an axis which is disposed obliquely with respect to a vertically extending axis in said plane; and at least one reflector disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, said reflector having first and second reflectors disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, so that a left-hand roadway region is illuminated using said first reflector or a reflector component of said first reflector which is disposed to the right next to said lens modules, and a right-hand roadway region is illuminated using said second reflector or a reflector component of said second reflector which is disposed to the left next to said lens modules.

2. The vehicle headlight according to claim 1 , wherein said lens modules have center points disposed one on top of the other and lie on a vertically extending axis.

3. The vehicle headlight according to claim 1 , wherein said reflectors are disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, in such a way that axes of symmetry, which extend transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle and horizontally, of said reflectors pass through a free space which extends between respective ones of said lens modules.

4. The vehicle headlight according to claim 3 , wherein the axes of symmetry of said first and second reflectors which are disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, coincide.

5. The vehicle headlight according to claim 3 , wherein the axes of symmetry of said first and second reflectors which are disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, extend in parallel.

6. The vehicle headlight according to claim 1 , wherein said reflector which is disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, has a circular contour.

7. The vehicle headlight according to claim 1 , wherein said reflector which is disposed between, in each case, said two lens modules, has an oval contour.

8. The vehicle headlight according to claim 1 , wherein said reflector which is disposed between, in each case, two of said lens modules, has a rectangular contour.

9. The vehicle headlight according to claim 1 , wherein said lens modules which are disposed one on top of the other are offset with respect to one another in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
Reel/Frame 025346/0895 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 10, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 025339/0949 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2010
From: EBERHARDT, STEFAN; LEUTIGER, BURKHARD; REDLICH, HEINZ
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
Reel/Frame 025245/0324 →