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US 12,228,260 · App. 18/253,141 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Vehicle high-beam illumination unit with light guide optical element

Inventors: Fang Liu (Shanghai, CN); Zhiping Qiu (Shanghai, CN); Dapan Zhang (Shanghai, CN); He Zhu (Shanghai, CN); Wenhui Sang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,228,260
App. No.
18/253,141
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-beam optical element includes a light incident part, a light guide part and a light emitting part sequentially arranged from back to front. The light incident part includes a high-beam incident part and an auxiliary lighting structure. The auxiliary lighting structure is configured to receive auxiliary lighting and transmit it to the light guide part after at least one reflection and then project it from the light emitting part as a low-beam III. The high-beam optical element is part of a high-beam illumination unit in a vehicle.

Claims (27)

1. A high-beam optical element, comprising:

a light incident part having a high-beam incident part and an auxiliary lighting structure;

a light guide part; and

a light emitting part with a light emitting surface,

wherein the light incident part, the light guide part and the light emitting part are sequentially arranged from back to front, the light emitted from the light incident part enters from the high-beam incident part, and is sequentially transmitted to the light guide part and the light emitting part, finally, it is emitted by the light emitting surface to form high-beam illumination light, and the auxiliary lighting structure comprising:

an auxiliary lighting incident surface;

a first reflecting surface; and

a second reflecting surface;

a rear end surface of the auxiliary lighting structure is formed as the auxiliary lighting incident surface; the first reflecting surface is configured to reflect light received by the auxiliary lighting incident surface to the second reflecting surface; and the second reflecting surface is configured to reflect light reflected from the first reflecting surface to the light guide part; the auxiliary lighting structure is located below the high-beam incident part, and the first reflecting surface is located below the second reflecting surface; the auxiliary lighting incident surface comprises a vertical light incident surface and an oblique light incident surface, and the oblique light incident surface is arranged to extend obliquely forward and downward from a bottom end of the vertical light incident surface;

in order that the auxiliary lighting structure configured to transmit incident light to the light guide part after at least one reflection, to then be projected into a low-beam III pattern by the light emitting surface.

2. The high-beam optical element according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-tight housing provided or integrally formed on an outer side surface of the light guide part.

3. The high-beam optical element according to claim 1 , wherein the high-beam incident part comprises at least one light incident structure; a rear end surface of each of the light incident structures is provided as a backward convex curved surface or conical surface, the at least one light incident structure forming an array; and

a light emitting surface in the light emitting part and provided as a forward convex surface formed by splicing a plurality of planar surfaces or curved surfaces in a grid.

4. The high-beam optical element according to claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal section line of the first reflecting surface is provided as a forward convex curve, and a transverse section line of the first reflecting surface is provided as a backward concave curve; and a longitudinal section line and a transverse section line of the second reflecting surface are respectively provided as backward convex curves.

5. The high-beam optical element according to claim 4 , further comprising a light diffusion structure is arranged on the second reflecting surface.

6. A high-beam illumination unit, comprising the high-beam optical element according to claim 1 ;

a circuit board;

a high-beam source arranged to correspond with the high-beam incident part; and

an auxiliary lighting source arranged to correspond with the auxiliary lighting structure,

wherein the high-beam source and the auxiliary lighting source are arranged on the circuit board.

7. The high-beam illumination unit according to claim 6 , wherein a longitudinal section line of the first reflecting surface is provided as a forward convex curve, and a transverse section line of the first reflecting surface is provided as a backward concave curve; and a longitudinal section line and a transverse section line of the second reflecting surface are respectively provided as backward convex curves.

8. The high-beam illumination unit according to claim 6 , wherein the high-beam incident part comprises at least one light incident structure; a rear end surface of each of the light incident structures is provided as a backward convex curved surface or conical surface, the at least one light incident structure forming arrays; and

a light emitting surface in the light emitting part and provided as a forward convex surface formed by splicing a plurality of planar surfaces or curved surfaces in a grid.

9. A vehicle, comprising the high-beam illumination unit according to claim 6 .

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein a longitudinal section line of the first reflecting surface is provided as a forward convex curve, and a transverse section line of the first reflecting surface is provided as a backward concave curve; and a longitudinal section line and a transverse section line of the second reflecting surface are respectively provided as backward convex curves.

11. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the high-beam incident part comprises at least one light incident structure; a rear end surface of each of the light incident structures is provided as a backward convex curved surface or conical surface, the at least one light incident structure forming an array; and

a light emitting surface in the light emitting part and provided as a forward convex surface formed by splicing a plurality of planar surfaces or curved surfaces in a grid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2023
From: LIU, FANG; QIU, ZHIPING; ZHANG, DAPAN; ZHU, HE; SANG, WENHUI
To: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202022812461.2 · Nov 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230417385A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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