Supplementary light module for a headlamp of a vehicle
AssigneeHella KGaA Hueck & Co.
InventorThomas Herbers
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Abstract
A supplementary light module for a headlamp of a vehicle, and in particular a cornering light module, a turning light module, or a fog light module. Such module can be accommodated in a housing of the headlamp, comprising a lamp and a reflector. The light generated by the lamp can be emitted in a propagation direction. A base body is provided, on which at least the lamp and the reflector are accommodated, and wherein the base body is securely accommodated in the headlamp housing by means of a pivot axle and by means of an adjustment unit for adjusting the supplementary light module about the pivot axle.
Claims10
A supplementary light module for a headlamp of a vehicle, said supplementary light module being at least one of a cornering light module, a turning light module, and a fog light module, said supplementary light module comprising:
- a lamp;
- a reflector by means of which light generated by the lamp can be emitted in a propagation direction;
- a base body on which at least the lamp and the reflector are accommodated;
- a pivot axle having a longitudinal axis aligned in a first direction, said pivot axle fixedly attaching the base body in the headlamp housing;
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- an adjustment unit aligned in a second direction different than the first direction for attaching the base body in the headlamp housing and for adjusting the supplementary light module about the fixed longitudinal axis of the pivot axle in an adjustment axis;
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- wherein the supplementary light module is accommodated in a housing of the headlamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.