Patent ID: 6059435
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: F21S,H05B

Abstract:
A headlight of a vehicle for a high beam and a low beam, said headlight comprising:a light source (10);a reflector (12) arranged to reflect light propagated from the light source (10), said reflector (12) including a first reflector part (16) arranged in relation to the light source so that at least light reflected by the first reflector part (16) forms the low beam in an operating configuration for low beam in an operating configuration for low beam light and a second reflector part (18) arranged at least one of substantially above and substantially beside the first reflector part (16) so that the high beam is formed by light reflected from the second reflector part together with the light reflected from the first reflector part in the operating configuration for the high beam light;a lens (26) and a stop (22) arranged in a path of the light reflected by the first reflector part (16), wherein the stop (22) is provided with an edge (24) for producing a light-dark boundary at least for the low beam;means for moving the second reflector part (18) so that the light reflected from the second reflector part (18) contributes to the low beam in the operating configuration for the low beam light and so that the light reflected from the second reflector part (18) has a greater range in the operating configuration for the high beam light than in the operating configuration for the low beam light;the second reflector part (18) producing a concentrated light beam width comparatively high illumination intensities above the light-dark boundary in the operating configuration for high beam light;the second reflector part (18) being pivotable about an approximately horizontal pivot axis (34) between an operating position for the low beam and an operating position for the high beam light.