Head lamp for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsDo Hyung Kim, Tae Kyoung Jin, Moo Kwan Kim
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Abstract
A head lamp for a vehicle includes: a lamp housing; a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle; a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source; and a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel. Each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units includes: a housing having an opening formed on one side the housing, and a space formed in the housing; and a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening.
Claims11
A head lamp for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lamp housing;
- a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle;
- a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source;
- a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel, wherein each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units comprises:
- a housing having an opening formed on one side of the housing, and a space formed in the housing;
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- a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening;
- a sensor unit disposed in the bezel and configured to measure an internal temperature and internal humidity of the lamp housing;
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- a control unit configured to transmit a flip disk operation signal to each flip-dot unit to rotate the flip disk.
A head lamp for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lamp housing;
- a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle;
- a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source;
- a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel, wherein each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units comprises:
- a housing having an opening formed on one side of the housing, and a space formed in the housing;
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- a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening;
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- a control unit configured to control the flip disk to rotate such that a heated surface of the flip disk faces the bezel in response to an internal temperature of the lamp housing being determined to be equal to or greater than a preset value.
A head lamp for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lamp housing;
- a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle;
- a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source;
- a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel, wherein each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units comprises:
- a housing having an opening formed on one side of the housing, and a space formed in the housing;
- and
- a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the flip disk to repeatedly rotate such that moisture is removed from the lamp housing in response to an internal humidity of the lamp housing being determined to be equal to or greater than a preset value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.