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Granted Patent B1
US 10,451,237 · App. 15/771,232 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Lighting device of a motor vehicle headlight

Inventor: Jürgen Zorn (Rossatz, AT)
Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
F21S41/143F21S41/25F21S41/321F21S41/365F21S41/43
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Patent No.
US 10,451,237
App. No.
15/771,232
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A lighting device ( 1 ) comprising: a first light source arrangement ( 2 ), a light-shaping device ( 3 ) arranged after the first light source arrangement ( 2 ), a first reflector ( 4,4 ′) having a first focal point (f 1 ) and a second reflector ( 5, 5 ′) having a second focal point (f 2 ), an additional second light source arrangement ( 6 ), which is arranged outside on the second reflector ( 5, 5 ′), wherein a recess is provided for this purpose on the second reflector ( 5, 5 ′), and a termination plate ( 8 ) positioned in the exit opening of the second reflector ( 5, 5 ′), wherein the light emitted from the light source arrangement ( 2 ) is directed by means of the light-shaping device ( 3 ) onto the first reflector ( 4, 4 ′), wherein the first reflector ( 4, 4 ′) deflects the light beams onto the second reflector ( 5, 5 ′), and the light beams reflected by the second reflector ( 5, 5 ′) are cast out in a desired exit direction by the termination plate ( 8 ) in the form of a defined light distribution, wherein the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) casts out an additional light output in the desired exit direction.

Claims (32)

1. A lighting device ( 1 ) of a motor vehicle headlight, the lighting device ( 1 ) comprising:

a first light source arrangement ( 2 ), comprising at least one laser device ( 2 a ) and at least one lighting surface ( 2 b ) comprising a light conversion element;

a light-shaping device ( 3 ) arranged after the first light source arrangement ( 2 );

a first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) having a first focal point (f 1 ) and a second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) having a second focal point (f 2 ), wherein the two reflectors ( 4 , 4 ′, 5 , 5 ′) form an optics system;

a second light source arrangement ( 6 ), which is arranged outside on the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) with respect to the reflecting surface of the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′), wherein a recess is provided for this purpose on the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) so that the light irradiated from the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) is cast out in substantially the same direction as the light beams reflected by the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) and

a termination plate ( 8 ) position in an exit opening of the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) for use of a common projection of the first and second light source arrangement ( 2 , 6 ),

wherein the device is configured such that light emitted from the light source arrangement ( 2 ) is directed by means of the light-shaping device ( 3 ) onto the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) arranged opposite the first light source arrangement ( 2 ) in the irradiation direction, wherein the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) deflects the light beams in the first focal point (f 1 ) in a bundled manner onto the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′), which is designed and arranged relative to the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) in such a way that the first focal point (f 1 ) of the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) is substantially coincident with the second focal point (f 2 ) of the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′), and the light beams reflected by the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) are cast out in a desired exit direction by the termination plate ( 8 ) in the form of a defined light distribution, wherein the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) casts out an additional light output, having an irradiation characteristic different from the first light source arrangement ( 2 ), in the desired exit direction through the recess in the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) and the termination plate ( 8 ).

2. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second light source arrangement ( 6 ) is arranged in a region of the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) in which substantially no light of the first light source arrangement ( 2 ) is directed from the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′).

3. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) comprises at least one light source ( 6 a ).

4. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one light source ( 6 a ) of the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) is formed as an LED light source.

5. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) is formed as a hyperbolic reflector ( 4 ) having a first focal point (f 1 ) and a first virtual focal point (f 3 ).

6. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 5 , wherein the light-shaping device ( 3 ) is formed in such a way that the light of the first light source arrangement ( 2 ) is concentrated in the form of light beams on the first virtual focal point (f 3 ) of the first reflector ( 4 ).

7. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) is formed as a parabolic reflector ( 4 ′) having a first focal point (f 1 ).

8. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 7 , wherein the light-shaping device ( 3 ) is formed as a collimator ( 3 ), wherein the collimator ( 3 ) is configured to cast the light beams of the first light source arrangement ( 2 ) onto the first reflector ( 4 ′) in the form of parallel light beams.

9. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) is formed as a parabolic reflector ( 5 ′) having a second focal point (f 2 ).

10. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 9 , wherein the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) comprises a TIR optics body ( 6 b ).

11. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 10 , wherein the optics system formed of the first and second reflector ( 4 , 4 ′, 5 , 5 ′), the TIR optics system ( 6 b ) of the second light source arrangement ( 6 ), and the light-shaping device ( 3 ) are formed in one piece.

12. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 9 , wherein the termination plate ( 8 ) is flat or planar.

13. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) is formed as a hyperbolic reflector ( 5 ) having a second focal point (f 2 ) and a second virtual focal point (f 4 ).

14. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one light source ( 6 a ) of the second light source arrangement ( 6 ) is arranged in the second virtual focal point (f 4 ) of the second reflector ( 5 ).

15. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) is formed as a totally reflective surface of a TIR optics.

16. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) is formed as a totally reflective surface of a TIR optics.

17. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a beam diaphragm ( 7 ) is provided between the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) and the second reflector ( 5 , 5 ′) in order to provide or optimise a light/dark line.

18. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector ( 4 , 4 ′) comprises active and/or passive safety systems ( 9 ).

19. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the optics system formed of the first and second reflector ( 4 , 4 ′, 5 , 5 ′) is formed in one piece.

20. The lighting device ( 1 ) according claim 1 , wherein the termination plate ( 8 ) has one or more optical regions which are formed as light-shaping projection optics in order to align incident light beams horizontally and/or vertically in parallel.

21. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 20 , wherein the termination plate ( 8 ) is constructed completely from one or more optical regions and is formed in one piece with the optics system.

22. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , which is configured to produce a main beam light function of a vehicle headlight.

23. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , which is configured to produce a dipped beam light function of a vehicle headlight.

24. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , which is configured to produce a fog light light function of a vehicle headlight.

25. The lighting device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , which is configured to produce a daytime running light light function of a vehicle headlight.

26. A motor vehicle headlight comprising one or more of the lighting devices according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: ZORN, JURGEN
To: ZKW GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 046023/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 51057/2016 · Nov 22, 2016 · national
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