Patent ID: 6273595
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
A headlight for a motor vehicle, comprising a light source; a reflector having a substantially concavely curved reflection surface by which a light emitted by said light source is reflected for producing a predetermined illumination intensity distribution, said reflector having at least one further reflection surface which follows said concave reflection surface in a light outlet direction; a light-permeable member located in a beam path of the light reflected by said reflector and formed so that the light passes through said light-permeable member without being substantially influenced, said at least one further reflection surface of said reflector being subdivided at least locally by visible separating lines into several facets, at least a part of said facets being formed so that the light emitted by said light source is reflected by said at least one part of said facets into at least one lateral region in front of the vehicle, said at least one further reflection surface being formed so that the light reflected by said facets of said at least one further reflection surface continues the illumination intensity distribution produced by the light reflected by said concave reflection surface at least at one side and at least approximately continuously, and an illumination intensity distribution which is produced by the light reflected by said concave reflection surface in at least one lateral region has a low illumination intensity while the light reflected by said at least one further reflection surface increases the illumination intensity in said at least one lateral region.