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Granted Patent B2
US 11,965,632 · App. 18/026,323 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp

Inventors: Bernhard Mandl (Ober-Grafendorf, AT); Andreas Hölzl (Wieselburg, AT)
Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
F21S41/40F21S41/147F21S41/265
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Patent No.
US 11,965,632
App. No.
18/026,323
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Illumination device ( 10 ) for a motor vehicle headlight, which comprises the following: a first light module ( 100 ) for producing light distribution, a bulb shield ( 300 ) having a bulb shield ( 300 ), which comprises an optically relevant shield edge ( 310 ) for producing a cut-off line, a projection lens ( 400 ) with an optical axis (A), which is designed to image the light that can be produced by the first light module ( 100 ) in front of the illumination device ( 10 ), wherein the projection lens ( 400 ) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body ( 410 ) and several annular steps ( 420 ) arranged on the base body ( 410 ), wherein each step ( 420 ) has a main surface ( 420 a ) to project the light beams of the at least one light module ( 100 ) in front of the illumination device ( 10 ) and a sloping surface ( 420 b ) extending from the base body ( 410 ) to the main surface ( 420 a ), wherein the main surface of each step is curved and has a focal point, which focal point is arranged horizontally and/or vertically displaced from the optical axis of the Fresnel lens, and wherein adjacent steps have different focal points from one another.

Claims (14)

1. An illumination device ( 10 ) for a motor vehicle headlight, the illumination device ( 10 ) comprising:

at least one first light module ( 100 ) having at least one light source to produce light distribution in a direction of a main emission direction, wherein the first light module ( 100 ) is designed to emit light beams in a main emission direction;

a projection lens ( 300 ) with an optical axis (A), which projection lens ( 300 ) is designed to image a light that can be produced by the first light module ( 100 ) in front of the illumination device ( 10 ), wherein the projection lens ( 300 ) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body ( 310 ) and several annular steps ( 320 ) arranged on the base body ( 310 ), which steps ( 320 ) are arranged substantially concentrically to one another, wherein each step ( 320 ) has a main surface ( 320 a ) to project the light beams of the at least one first light module ( 100 ) in front of the illumination device ( 10 ) and a sloping surface ( 320 b ) extending from the base body ( 310 ) to the main surface ( 320 a ); and

a bulb shield ( 400 ), wherein the bulb shield ( 400 ) comprises an optically relevant shield edge ( 410 ) for producing a cut-off line, wherein the optically relevant shield edge ( 410 ) intersects the optical axis (A) of the Fresnel lens, and wherein the first light module ( 100 ) is arranged on an upper side of the bulb shield and cooperates in combination with the optically relevant shield edge ( 410 ) of the bulb shield ( 400 ) to produce light distribution,

wherein the main surface ( 320 a ) of each step ( 320 ) is curved and has at least one focal point (F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 ), which focal point (F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 ) is arranged at least one of horizontally displaced from the optical axis (A) of the Fresnel lens or vertically displaced from the optical axis (A) of the Fresnel lens, and

wherein adjacent steps ( 320 ) have different focal points (F 1 , F 2 , F 3 , F 4 ) from one another.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the bulb shield has a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis of the bulb shield ( 400 ) is arranged in a horizontal plane in an installed state of the illumination device ( 100 ) in a motor vehicle headlight, and wherein the optically relevant shield edge is designed to produce an asymmetrical cut-off line, and wherein the first light module ( 100 ) cooperates in combination with the optically relevant shield edge ( 410 ) of the bulb shield ( 400 ) to produce dipped beam distribution.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the illumination device ( 10 ) comprises at least one second light module ( 200 ) having at least one light source to produce full beam distribution.

4. The illumination device according to claim 3 , wherein the second light module ( 200 ) is arranged on a lower side of the bulb shield ( 400 ).

5. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the main surface ( 320 a ) of the steps ( 320 a ) is convex or concave.

6. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the main surface ( 320 a ) and the sloping surface ( 320 b ) of a step ( 320 ) form a step edge ( 320 c ) in a common surface section line, wherein the step edges ( 320 c ) are spaced from adjacent step edges ( 320 c ) by a distance less than 20 μm.

7. A motor vehicle headlight having at least one illumination device ( 10 ) in accordance with claim 1 .

8. The illumination device according to claim 6 , wherein the step edges ( 320 c ) are spaced from adjacent step edges ( 320 c ) by a distance less than 10 μm.

9. The illumination device according to claim 6 , wherein the step edges ( 320 c ) are spaced from adjacent step edges ( 320 c ) by a distance less than 5 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: MANDL, BERNHARD; HÖLZL, ANDREAS
To: ZKW GROUP GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 20198393 · Sep 25, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
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