IP Library Granted Patent US 9,296,331
Granted Patent B2
US 9,296,331 · App. 14/314,172 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Vehicle headlight

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Patent No.
US 9,296,331
App. No.
14/314,172
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle headlight includes: a first illuminator that including a projector unit having a projection optical system and illuminates a predetermined region ahead of a vehicle with a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line at an upper end; and a second illuminator that includes a reflector unit having a reflective optical system and illuminates, with a second light distribution pattern that partially overlaps with the first light distribution pattern, a region extended further toward an upper side than the first light distribution pattern in a range outside a predetermined horizontal angle from an elbow point of the cutoff line.

Claims (4)

1. A vehicle headlight comprising:

a first illuminator including a projector unit that has a projection optical system and illuminates a predetermined region ahead of a vehicle with a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line at an upper end; and

a second illuminator that has a reflector unit including a reflective optical system and illuminates, with a second light distribution pattern that partially overlaps with the first light distribution pattern, a region extended further toward an upper side than the first light distribution pattern in a range outside a predetermined horizontal angle from an elbow point of the cutoff line,

wherein the second light distribution pattern of the second illuminator includes a region that extends outside in a vehicle width direction relative to a region extended further towards the upper side than the first light distribution pattern, and that is on a lower side of the cutoff line of the first light distribution pattern.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 31, 2014
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034114/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2014
From: YAMASAKI, KENTAROU
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033173/0517 →