Patent ID: 7178957

Claim:
A lamp for a motor vehicle headlight with at least two coils ( 14 , 16 ) which can be controlled independently of one another, said lamp ( 10 ) comprising means for screening off ( 18 , 20 , 36 ) the light emitted by the coils ( 14 , 16 ) in certain angular regions, such that, when a first coil ( 14 ) is switched on, a first light beam is radiated in a first region ( 30 ), and when a second coil ( 16 ) is switched on, a second light beam is radiated in a second region ( 32 ), characterized in that the at least two coils ( 14 , 16 ) are arranged axially parallel to one another, and the first region and the second region overlap by no more than 20% of the first region plus the second region at least in those radiation directions which are relevant for the use in a reflector ( 42 ).