Patent ID: 8894257

Claim:
A headlight ( 1 ; 11 ) producing a low-beam and a high-beam and having a generally horizontal longitudinal axis (Z), comprising: a transmissive lens ( 2 ) through which light exits the headlight; a concave reflector ( 3 ) that receives low-beam light from a low-beam source ( 7 ) and directs reflected low-beam light toward the lens ( 2 ); a cut-off edge ( 4 ; 5 ; 63 ) disposed longitudinally adjacent to the lens ( 2 ) that comprises an edge that blocks a portion of the reflected low-beam light and forms a bright/dark edge in the reflected low-beam light; a stationary mirror ( 5 ) disposed proximate the edge of the cut-off edge ( 4 ; 5 ; 63 ), the mirror ( 5 ) receiving high-beam light directly from a high-beam source ( 8 ) and directing reflected high-beam light toward the lens ( 2 ), the reflected high-beam light lacking a bright/dark edge, and ( 5 ) wherein the cut-off edge ( 4 ; 5 ; 63 ) is defined by an upper edge of the stationary mirror ( 5 ).