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US 11,236,881 B2Granted
Headlight for a vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAlexander Thiel, Ines Opaska, Christoph Loose, Mathias Thamm
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Abstract
A headlight (10) and a lighting system (54) with the headlight (10) and a control unit. A motor vehicle (52) has the headlight (10), which combines a full beam matrix (20) and a dipped light in a common pivotable lighting module (18).
Claims10
A headlight for a vehicle, the headlight comprising:
- a housing;
- a lens;
- a mechanical pivot frame;
- and
- a light module supported on said pivot frame in said housing and pivotally mounted about a vertical axis;
- said light module having at least one light source matrix with a multiplicity of individually controllable light sources, and at least one refractive element associated with each of said light sources and configured to generate high beams that are activatable segment by segment;
- and
- said light module additionally having at least one further light source and at least one further refractive element for generating a basic light distribution associated with said at least one further light source;
- and
- said pivot frame being moveable relative to said housing in translation in a vertical and horizontal direction;
- and
- said light module being pivotally mounted relative to said pivot frame, with said light module being suspended on a vertical axis, which is supported by said pivot frame and extends through a mass center of gravity of said light module.
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A motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least one headlight having a housing, a lens, and a light module disposed in said housing and pivotally mounted about a vertical axis;
- an electric drive for pivoting said light module;
- said light module having at least one light source matrix with a multiplicity of individually controllable light sources, and at least one refractive element associated with each of said light sources and configured to generate high beams that are activatable segment by segment;
- and
- said light module additionally having at least one further light source and at least one further refractive element for generating a basic light distribution associated with said at least one further light source;
- at least one control unit configured to control said light module of said at least one headlight and said electric drive for pivoting said light module;
- and
- a mechanical pivot frame mounted to be moveable relative to said housing in translation in a vertical and horizontal direction;
- said light module being pivotally mounted relative to said pivot frame, with said light module being suspended on a vertical axis that is supported by said pivot frame and extends through a mass center of gravity of said light module.
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