Vehicle high beam with selective directional illumination
OwnerRoy M. Brown, Caryl D. Browninventors
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Abstract
A system and method involve driver-side high beams to be selectively deactivated for oncoming traffic. It is intended to allow passenger-side high beams to continue operation to preserve the driver's peripheral vision. The driver's side high beam is manually controlled by a separate switch. During use, when an oncoming vehicle approaches, the activation of the switch allows the driver to deactivate only the driver side high beam while the passenger side high beam remains activated. This produces a situation in which the oncoming driver is no longer blinded, but the vehicle driver still maintains the extended vision of the high beam on the left-hand side of the vehicle.
Claims17
A directional high beam lamp, comprising:
- a lamp first half having an interior with a first light source;
- a lamp second half having an interior with a second light source;
- a lamp divider separating the lamp first half interior and the lamp second half interior;
- a lamp base adapted to a corresponding high beam lamp socket of a headlight of a vehicle;
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- a plurality of terminals extending from the lamp base to allow for energization of the first light source and the second light source in an independent manner;
- wherein the lamp first half and the lamp second half extend from the lamp base from the opposite side of the lamp base where the terminals extend;
- wherein the lamp first half and the lamp second half are directly co-extensively adjacent to each other;
- wherein the lamp divider is co-extensive between the lamp first half and the lamp second half;
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- wherein the one or more vehicles engage in high beam illumination.
A directional high beam lamp, comprising:
- a lamp first half having an interior with a first light source;
- a lamp second half having an interior with a second light source;
- a lamp divider separating the lamp first half interior and the lamp second half interior;
- a lamp base adapted to a corresponding high beam lamp socket of a headlight of a vehicle;
- a plurality of terminals extending from the lamp base to allow for energization of the first light source and the second light source in an independent manner;
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- a directional high beam switch providing energization of the first light source and the second light source;
- wherein the lamp first half and the lamp second half extend from the lamp base from the opposite side of the lamp base where the terminals extend;
- wherein the lamp first half and the lamp second half are directly co-extensively adjacent to each other;
- wherein the lamp divider is co-extensive between the lamp first half and the lamp second half;
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- wherein the one or more vehicles engage in high beam illumination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.