Patent ID: 7226193
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. An illuminating device for a vehicle ( 2 ), in particular a motor vehicle, for providing an asymmetrical light distribution that has a greater illumination depth on the vehicle's side of traffic than on the side of oncoming traffic, by means of at least two headlights ( 3 , 4 ) that are arranged in a forward area of the vehicle ( 2 ), of which at least a first headlight ( 4 ) is arranged on the vehicle's side of traffic and at least a second headlight ( 3 ) is arranged on the side of oncoming traffic, wherein the illuminating device has means for horizontally shifting the direction at which light exits the second headlight ( 3 ), the means being connected only to the second headlight ( 3 ), and when the vehicle ( 2 ) corners, the direction at which light exits the second headlight ( 3 ) is horizontally swiveled at least in the direction of the oncoming traffic as a function of the direction and the radius of the curve, and simultaneously the direction at which light exits the first headlight ( 4 ) is fixedly oriented straight ahead ( 6 ) irrespective of the direction and the radius of the curve.