Patent ID: 6224245
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
A headlight for vehicles, having a light source (12) and a reflector (10), which is embodied at least regionally in such a way that through it, light emitted by the light source (12) is reflected as a beam (20, 28) of light that converges in horizontal longitudinal planes (22) and is at least approximately parallel in vertical longitudinal planes (18), in the light exit direction (30) downstream of the reflector (10), an opaque baffle (32) is disposed, which has a light admission opening (34) whose cross section is smaller than the cross section of the reflector (10) on the front edge (36) thereof pointing in the light admission opening (30), and that the beam (20, 28) reflected by the reflector (10) is concentrated at least substantially on the light admission opening (34) of the baffle (32) and the light admission opening (34) of the baffle (32) is embodied as at least approximately circular or oval in cross section.