Patent ID: 6386744
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
A headlight for a vehicle, said headlight comprising a light source (14), a reflector (10) for reflecting light generated by the light source (14) and a light ray stop (30), said light ray stop (30) having a pot-shaped region (32), said pot-shaped region (32) having a circumference and being formed and arranged to block off a part of the light produced by the light source (14) so that said part of said light does not reach the reflector (10),wherein said pot-shaped region (32) of the light ray stop has a wall (W) provided with a plurality of openings (36) through which a portion of the light reflected by a reflector region (20) of the reflector (10) near a peak portion (P) of the reflector and falling on the pot-shaped region (32) at least partially passes through the openings (36) into the pot-shaped region (32) of the light ray stop, and wherein the pot-shaped region (32) has respective cover elements (38) associated with said openings (36) arranged so that another part of the light propagated directly from the light source (14) to said openings (36) is blocked off by said cover elements (38) and does not pass out from said pot-shaped region (32) through said openings (36), and so that said portion of said light reflected from said reflector region (20) of said reflector passes through the openings (36) into the pot-shaped region (32).