Patent ID: 6161952
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B60Q,F21S,F21V

Abstract:
A headlight for a vehicle operating in accordance with the projection principle, the headlight comprising a reflector; a light source; a screen arranged in a path of light emitted by said light source and reflected by said reflector; a lens through which a light reflected by the reflector passes; at least one partially light-permeable element which surrounds said lens at least over a part of its periphery, so that light which is emitted by said light source and not engaged by said reflector passes through and is collected by said at least one element, wherein, said reflector and said lens being formed so that light which is reflected by said reflector, passes said screen and passes through said lens and forms an upper bright-dark limit, said element is formed at least locally as a fresnel lens with ring-shaped optical profiles; and further optical profiles arranged at least in a part of a beam path of the light passing through said element and deviating this light so that it illuminates a region in front of the vehicle above said bright-dark limit formed by the light reflected by the reflector and passing said screen and passing through said lens.