EP 0258116 B1 19910227 - DIPPED AND MAIN BEAM HEADLAMP WITH TWO TRANSVERSE FILAMENTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
Title (en)
DIPPED AND MAIN BEAM HEADLAMP WITH TWO TRANSVERSE FILAMENTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 8611265 A 19860804
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4794493A] The invention provides a motor vehicle main beam and dipped beam headlight of the type comprising: a lamp provided with a transverse horizontal dipped beam filament (10a) and a transverse horizontal main beam filament (10b), said filaments being offset relative to each other in two directions perpendicular to the axis of the headlight; a reflector (20) whose axis (Ox) passes between the two filaments; and a closure glass (30) including members for deflecting the dipped beam and the main beam sideways; the headlight being arranged so that the dipped beam is situated beneath a cutoff (Hh) whose orientation is generally horizontal. According to the invention the surface of the reflector is a surface without discontinuity forming shallow images of the dipped beam filament and of the main beam filament, with all of the points in the images of the dipped beam filament additionally being situated beneath said horizontal cutoff (Hh). The invention is applicable to making main beam and dipped beam headlights that satisfy the requirements of the regulations in force in the United States of America.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F21S 8/10 (2006.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21V 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F21S 41/164 (2017.12 - EP US); F21S 41/173 (2017.12 - EP US); F21S 41/323 (2017.12 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0258116 A1 19880302; EP 0258116 B1 19910227; DE 3768181 D1 19910404; FR 2602306 A1 19880205; FR 2602306 B1 19881110; JP 2631981 B2 19970716; JP S6343202 A 19880224; US 4794493 A 19881227
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 87401811 A 19870804; DE 3768181 T 19870804; FR 8611265 A 19860804; JP 19276087 A 19870803; US 8063487 A 19870731