IP Library Granted Patent US 10,876,698
Granted Patent B2
US 10,876,698 · App. 16/461,829 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Headlight module for vehicles

Inventors: Matthias Mayer (Mank, AT); Stefan Miltterlehner (Mank, AT)
Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
F21S41/36F21S41/141F21S41/16F21S41/25
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,876,698
App. No.
16/461,829
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a headlight module ( 1 ) for motor vehicles, comprising at least one light source ( 2 ), downstream of which at least one deflection mirror ( 3 ), a micromirror array ( 4 ) and a lens ( 5 ) are arranged in the beam path, the light emitted by the at least one light source being reflected via the deflection mirror onto the micromirror array activated by a control system, and the light pattern produced on the array being projected into the traffic space via the lens as a lighting pattern, in which module lens and mirror are formed in one piece as a lens/mirror block ( 10 ) which has a lens area ( 10 - 3 ) and a mirror area ( 10 - 5 ).

Claims (10)

1. A headlight module for motor vehicles, the headlight module comprising:

at least one light source;

at least one deflection mirror, a micromirror array activated by a control system, and a lens, wherein light emitted by the at least one light source is reflected via the at least one deflection mirror onto the micromirror array, and wherein a light pattern produced on the micromirror array is directed to the lens and is projected into traffic space via the lens as a lighting pattern; and

a lens/mirror block formed in one piece comprising the lens in a lens area and the at least one deflection mirror in a mirror area,

wherein the mirror area comprises a reflective coating on a first surface of the lens/mirror block facing the at least one light source,

wherein the lens area comprises a diaphragm coating defining a light passage area on a second surface of the lens/mirror block facing the micromirror array, and

wherein the first surface of the lens/mirror block is adjacent to the second surface of the lens/mirror block, and the first surface and the second surface together form a concave surface of the lens/mirror block.

2. The headlight module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one further lens system is arranged downstream of the lens area ( 10 - 3 ).

3. The headlight module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source ( 2 ) comprises at least one laser diode/LED and a focusing lens (L 1 , L 2 , L 3 ) arranged downstream thereof.

4. A motor vehicle headlight, comprising at least one headlight module ( 1 ) according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2019
From: MITTERLEHNER, STEFAN; MAYER, MATTHIAS
To: ZKW GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 049401/0050 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 51064/2016 · Nov 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190360657A1 · Nov 28, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,379,084