Bi-functional headlamp for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10359168-B2
Application number	US-201615378667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Apr 15, 2016
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A bi-functional headlamp for a vehicle is provided. The bi-functional headlamp implements a high beam mode and a low beam mode by adjusting a movement of a shield of a headlamp. The bi-functional headlamp reduces the occurrence of impact and noise caused by an operation of opening and closing the rotary shield by maintaining contact between a shock absorber component that reduces operational noise of the rotary shield and one side of the rotary shield.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bi-functional headlamp for a vehicle, comprising:
a rotary shield disposed at a front side of a light source and configured to rotate about a rotating shaft to position the rotary shield in a closed position to obstruct a portion of light entering an aspherical lens from the light source and configured to dispose the rotary shield in an open position to remove the obstruction of the light;
an actuator configured to provide rotational power to the rotary shield;
a position restricting cam mounted on the rotating shaft and configured to be simultaneously rotated with the rotating shaft; and
a shock absorber component that maintains contact with the position restricting cam and reduces impact caused by the rotation of the rotary shield,
wherein the shock absorber component includes:
a cam contact portion that maintains contact with the position restricting cam that is configured to move in a linear trajectory in conjunction with the rotation of the position restricting cam; and
a shock absorbing spring configured to elastically support the cam contact portion to move the cam contact portion in a linear trajectory, and

wherein an end portion of the cam contact portion, that maintains contact with the position restricting cam, includes a curved center contact portion and is in line contact with the position restricting cam, and side contact portions formed at both sides of the center contact portion and in surface contact with the position restricting cam.

2. The bi-functional headlamp of claim 1 , wherein a return spring is disposed on the rotating shaft of the rotary shield and is configured to generate an elastic restoring force while being deformed when the rotary shield is disposed in the opened position.

3. The bi-functional headlamp of claim 1 , wherein a contact surface, configured to maintain contact with the cam contact portion, is provided on an exterior circumferential surface of the position restricting cam, and the contact surface includes a line contact section configured to have line contact with the cam contact portion, and surface contact sections formed at both sides of the line contact section and has surface contact with the cam contact portion.

4. The bi-functional headlamp of claim 3 , wherein a shield closing catching projection is disposed at an end portion of a first surface contact section provided at both sides of the line contact section of the position restricting cam and configured to stop the rotation of the rotary shield when the rotary shield is disposed in the closed position, and a shield opening catching projection is disposed at an end portion of a second surface contact section to stop the rotary shield is stopped in place when the rotary shield is opened.

5. The bi-functional headlamp of claim 1 , wherein the actuator includes:
a motor configured to generate rotational power to move the rotary shield;
a shield pulley configured to simultaneously rotate with the rotating shaft of the rotary shield;
a motor pulley configured to rotate by power of the motor; and
a power transmission member coupled to the shield pulley and the motor pulley to be rotated simultaneously with the shield pulley and the motor pulley, and configured to transmit power of the motor to the rotary shield.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Seong Hoon
• Oh Young Sub
• Bae Su Ho

Classifications

• F21W2102/00

  Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes · CPC title

• B60Q1/1438 Primary

  Actuating means for dimming masks or screens · CPC title

• F21W2102/13

  for high-beam region or low-beam region · CPC title

• F21V15/04

  Resilient mountings, e.g. shock absorbers  {(shock absorbing devices of vehicle headlamp housings B60Q1/0491; in general F16F15/04)} · CPC title

• F21V14/08 Primary

  by movement of the screens {or filters} · CPC title