Patent ID: 6457851
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A headlight arrangement in a vehicle for producing respective light beams with different characteristics, said headlight arrangement comprising, at least two headlight units (10), each having a plurality of individual headlights (12, 14, 16), by means of which said respective light beams are produced, and means for operating said individual headlights simultaneously, in different combinations or both simultaneously and in different combinations;wherein said individual headlights of each of the headlight units (10) include a base headlight (12) and means for changing a propagation direction of a light beam produced by the base headlight (12) of at least one of the headlight units independently from the other individual headlights at least in approximately horizontal directions from a basic direction and wherein a light beam produced by the base headlight (12) of one of the headlight units is propagated in a direction which is at least approximately parallel to a direction of a light beam produced by the base headlight (12) of another of the headlight units, and at least one of said headlight units (10) includes an auxiliary headlight (14) including means for propagating an additional light beam laterally, whereby a side region in front of the vehicle is illuminated, and means for turning said auxiliary headlight (14) is provided in addition to said base headlight (12) of said at least one of said headlight units (10) when said propagation direction of said light beam from said headlight (12) of said at least one of said headlight units is changed by means for changing said propagation direction of said light beam in said approximately horizontal directions.