Vehicle headlight
AssigneeHarley-Davidson Motor Company
InventorsKevin G. Darczuk, Michael C. Heit, Robert J. Brummond, Anthony N. Avallone
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Abstract
A vehicle headlight includes a housing and a central area within the housing configured to emit high beam illumination from a high beam light source and configured to emit low beam illumination from a low beam light source. A pair of flow-through vents open to a front side of the housing and open to a rear side of the housing. A pair of outboard areas within the housing include supplementary light sources. The pair of outboard areas are positioned outboard of the pair of flow-through vents of the vehicle headlight.
Claims20
A vehicle headlight comprising:
- a housing;
- a central area within the housing including a high beam light source configured to emit high beam illumination and a low beam light source configured to emit low beam illumination;
- a position light separate from the high beam illumination and the low beam illumination, the position light including a central portion that extends along a portion of a perimeter of the central area, a first outboard portion continuous with the central portion, and a second outboard portion continuous with the central portion, and
- a pair of flow-through vents extending through the housing between a front side of the housing and a rear side of the housing;
- and
- wherein the first outboard portion and the second outboard portion are positioned outboard of the pair of flow-through vents of the vehicle headlight.
A vehicle headlight comprising:
- a housing;
- a high beam light supported by the housing;
- a low beam light supported by the housing;
- and
- a position light supported by the housing, the position light being separate from the high beam light and low beam light, the position light including a central portion connecting a first outboard portion and second outboard portion, wherein the first outboard portion and the second outboard portion are positioned on opposite sides of both the high beam light and the low beam light,
- wherein each of the first outboard portion and second outboard portion is configured to illuminate separately from the central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.