Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11104265-B2
Application number	US-201816755798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Priority date	Oct 19, 2017
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a primary optical element ( 100 ) which is arranged in the main beam direction of a first light fixture ( 50 ) and which has a light coupling-in surface ( 110 ) for coupling in light into the primary optical element ( 100 ), a light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) as well as a lateral surface which extends between the light coupling-in surface ( 110 ) and the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) and on which the light coupled in can be relayed by total reflection in the direction of the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ), a secondary optical element ( 200 ) which is arranged after the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ) and which has a light coupling-in surface ( 210 ) and a light coupling-out surface ( 220 ), and an arranged reflector ( 400, 410, 420 ), the secondary optical element ( 200, 250, 500 ) being designed as part of a quadric, the secondary optical element ( 200, 250, 500 ) being configured to guide the light beams on the reflector ( 400, 410, 420 ) by means of refraction or let the light beams pass without a change of direction during coupling, which light beams are emitted by the first light fixture ( 50 ) and reach the light coupling-out surface ( 220, 270, 520 ) of the secondary optical element ( 200, 250, 500 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight comprising:
a light-guiding primary optical element ( 100 ), which is arranged in main emission direction of a first light fixture ( 50 ) and which, on a side facing the first light fixture ( 50 ), has a light coupling-in surface ( 110 ) for coupling light beams into the primary optical element ( 100 ), a light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) on a side facing away from the first light fixture ( 50 ) as well as a lateral surface extending between the light coupling-in surface ( 110 ) and the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ), on which the coupled-in light can be relayed through total reflection in direction of the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ),
a secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) arranged in light emission direction after the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ), which comprises a light coupling-in surface ( 210 , 260 , 510 ) on a side facing the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ) and a light coupling-out surface ( 220 , 270 , 520 ) on a side facing away from the primary optical element ( 100 ), which light coupling-out surface is shaped convexly, and
a reflector ( 400 , 410 , 420 ) arranged in light emission direction after the light coupling-out surface ( 220 , 270 , 520 ) of the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) and provided for generating a light distribution or a partial light distribution of a light function,
wherein the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) is designed as part of a quadric, wherein the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) is arranged to guide the light beams emitted by the first light fixture ( 50 ) and reaching the light coupling-out surface ( 220 , 270 , 520 ) of the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ), onto the reflector ( 400 , 410 , 420 ) during coupling-out by means of refraction or to let them pass without a change in direction, and wherein an ancillary optics ( 300 ) is arranged in main emission direction of the first light fixture ( 50 ) in front of the light coupling-in surface ( 110 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ), the ancillary optics being arranged to parallelise or focus the light beams emitted by the first light fixture ( 50 ) onto one point.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary optical element ( 200 ) is shaped as part of a sphere with a sphere centre ( 201 ) or as a cone or as part of an ellipsoid.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting lateral surface of the primary optical element ( 100 ) comprises a parabolically shaped area ( 150 ) with a focal point ( 151 ), wherein the parabolically shaped area ( 150 ) permits deflection of the light beams entering through the light coupling-in surface ( 110 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ) in direction of the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ).

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the focal point ( 151 ) of the parabolically shaped area ( 150 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ) and the sphere centre ( 201 ) lie in one point.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting lateral surface of the primary optical element ( 100 ) comprises a hyperbolically shaped area ( 160 ) with a focal point ( 161 ) and a virtual focal point ( 162 ), wherein the hyperbolically shaped area ( 160 ) permits deflecting the light beams entering through the light coupling-out surface ( 110 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ) in direction of the light coupling-out surface ( 120 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ).

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the focal point ( 161 ) of the hyperbolically shaped area ( 160 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ) and the sphere centre ( 201 ) lie in one point.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the ancillary optics ( 300 ) is arranged to focus the light beams of the first light fixture ( 50 ) in a virtual focal point ( 162 ) of the hyperbolically shaped area ( 160 ) of the primary optical element ( 100 ).

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the primary optical element ( 100 ) and the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) are firmly bonded to each other, wherein preferably the primary optical element ( 100 ) and the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) are formed in one piece and consist of the same material.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the ancillary optics ( 300 ) is firmly bonded to the primary optical element ( 100 ), wherein the ancillary optics ( 300 ) is formed in one piece with the primary optical element ( 100 ).

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the primary optical element ( 100 ) and the secondary optical element ( 200 , 250 , 500 ) are made of Tarflon.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light fixture ( 50 ) comprises at least one light source, wherein the at least one light source is configured as an LED or as a laser light source with a light conversion element.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light fixture ( 50 ) is provided for generating a light distribution or a partial light distribution of a light function such as dipped-beam or full-beam.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector is configured as a free-form reflector ( 420 ).

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector is configured as a parabolic reflector ( 400 ) with a focal point ( 401 ).

15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the focal point ( 401 ) of the parabolic reflector ( 400 ) and the sphere centre lie in one point.

16. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the reflector is configured as a hyperbolic reflector ( 410 ) with a focal point ( 411 ).

17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the focal point ( 411 ) of the hyperbolic reflector ( 410 ) and the sphere centre ( 201 ) lie in one point.

18. A motor vehicle headlight ( 10 ) with at least one lighting device according to claim 1 .

19. The motor vehicle headlight according to claim 18 , wherein the motor vehicle headlight ( 10 ) further comprises a second light fixture ( 60 ) for generating a light distribution or a partial light distribution of a second light function such as dipped-beam or full-beam, wherein the second light fixture ( 60 ) comprises at least one light source, wherein in particular the at least one light source is configured as an LED or as a laser light source with a light conversion element.

20. The motor vehicle headlight according to claim 19 , wherein the first and the second light fixtures ( 50 , 60 ) are arranged on a common printed circuit board ( 70 ).

Assignees

• Zkw Group Gmbh

Inventors

• Hechenberger Josef
• Mandl Bernhard
• Zorn Jürgen
• Kevin Riepl

Classifications

• F21S41/322

  the reflector using total internal reflection · CPC title

• G02B19/0066

  in the form of an LED array · CPC title

• F21S41/32

  Optical layout thereof · CPC title

• G02B6/0055

  Reflecting element, sheet or layer · CPC title

• F21S41/27 Primary

  Thick lenses · CPC title