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US 10,018,317 · App. 15/564,372 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp

Inventors: Lukas Taudt (Wieselburg, AT); Josef Plank (Purgstall/Erlauf, AT)
Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
F21S41/24F21S41/141F21S41/285F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 10,018,317
App. No.
15/564,372
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a lighting device ( 1 ) for a headlamp, in particular a motor-vehicle headlamp, comprising a plurality of light sources ( 100 ), a light-guiding device ( 10 ) with a plurality of light-guiding elements ( 11, 12, 13 ), and a downstream imaging optical element ( 200 ), wherein each light-guiding element ( 11, 12, 13 ) has a light infeed face and a light exit face, wherein the light-guiding elements ( 11, 12, 13 ) are arranged in at least one row, wherein the light-guiding elements of at least one row are configured as main beam light-guiding elements ( 11 ) and form a main beam row, wherein each main beam light-guiding element ( 11 ) comprises a lower light-guiding face ( 24 ), wherein the lower light-guiding face ( 24 ) has, at least in the region in which the light beams ( 52 ) are reflected, structures ( 25 ) at least in regions.

Claims (15)

1. A lighting device ( 1 ) for a motor-vehicle headlamp, comprising:

a plurality of light sources ( 100 );

a light-guiding device ( 10 ) with a plurality of light-guiding elements ( 11 , 12 , 13 ); and

a downstream imaging optical element ( 200 ),

wherein each of the light-guiding elements ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) has a light infeed face and a light exit face, wherein the light-guiding elements ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) are arranged in at least one row and the light-guiding elements of at least one row are configured as main beam light-guiding elements ( 11 ) and form a main beam row, wherein each main beam light-guiding element ( 11 ) comprises a lower light-guiding face ( 24 ),

wherein the lower light-guiding face ( 24 ) has, at least in the region in which the light beams ( 52 ) are reflected, structures ( 25 ) at least in regions, wherein the structures ( 25 ) are formed in the region of the lower light-guiding face ( 24 ) which borders the light exit face ( 23 ) and in which the light is reflected, and

wherein the structures are rib-like, wherein the ribs ( 25 ) are oriented transversely to an optical axis ( 16 ) of the lighting device and have a width of 0.2 to 0.4 mm and a height of 0.015 to 0.03 mm.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lower light-guiding face ( 24 ) totally reflects the coupled-in light beams.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1 wherein the ribs have a periodic geometry.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein, starting from the light exit face, 6 to 15 ribs ( 25 ) are formed on the lower light-guiding face ( 24 ).

5. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-guiding elements ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) are arranged in exactly three rows arranged one above the other, which together form a main beam distribution.

6. The lighting device according to claim 5 , wherein the lowermost row ( 11 ) is the main beam row.

7. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein all light-guiding elements are formed as main beam light-guiding elements arranged in exactly one row.

8. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light exit faces ( 23 ) of the light-guiding elements ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) are part of a joint light exit face ( 23 ′), wherein individual light exit faces ( 23 ) border one another.

9. A motor-vehicle headlamp comprising a lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2017
From: TAUDT, LUKAS; PLANK, JOSEF
To: ZKW GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 044127/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50672/2015 · Jul 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180128443A1 · May 10, 2018
Cited By (1)
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