Patent ID: 6719444
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
A vehicular headlight comprising at least one light source that emits light when in use; a reflector having a main reflection surface so positioned relative to the light source as to reflect any light reaching the same from said light source in the form of at least a low light beam delimited at least by an upper light/dark boundary at its upper region as considered in the position in which the headlight is to be used; a light-transmitting plate extending across the path of said light beam at a distance from said light source and at least substantially devoid of any optically active profiles; and a reflection element integral with said reflector and having an additional reflection surface deviating in configuration from that of said basic reflection surface and specifically and controllably reflecting any light reaching the additional reflection surface from said light source to form an additional light beam directed to an additional, predefined region situated upwardly of said upper light/dark boundary, wherein said additional light beam forms a portion of a total light distribution generated by the headlight.