Method for fastening a cover plate for a motor vehicle headlamp to a motor vehicle headlamp housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12140285-B2
Application number	US-202218278906-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2022
Priority date	Feb 26, 2021
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

Method for attaching a lens ( 100 ) for a motor vehicle headlight ( 10 ) to a motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ), comprising the following steps in chronological order:
a. providing a motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ), wherein the following is arranged in the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ):
a first light module ( 210 ) and a second light module ( 220 ), a screen ( 230 ), wherein the first and second light module ( 210, 220 ) as well as the screen ( 230 ) form an assembly, and
providing a lens ( 100 ), which has a first projection section ( 110 ) and a second projection section ( 120 ), wherein the first projection section ( 110 ) in combination with the first light module ( 210 ) is designed to produce a first light distribution, and wherein the second projection section ( 120 ) in combination with the second light module ( 220 ) is designed to produce a second light distribution, wherein the lens ( 100 ) has an opaque section ( 130 ), b. transferring the assembly into the mounting position (P 1 ) with respect to the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ), c. transferring the lens ( 100 ) onto the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ) in a fixing position and subsequently fixing the lens ( 100 ) to the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ) by means of vibration welding, d. transferring the assembly into the end position (P 2 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for attaching a lens ( 100 ) for a motor vehicle headlight ( 10 ) to a motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ), comprising the following steps in chronological order:
a. providing a motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ), wherein the following is arranged in the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ):
a first light module ( 210 ), which helps produce a first light distribution,
a second light module ( 220 ), which helps produce a second light distribution,
a screen ( 230 ), which is arranged between the first light module and the second light module ( 210 , 220 ), wherein the screen ( 230 ) is arranged in such a manner that light emitted by one of the light modules ( 210 , 220 ) is prevented from directly entering another light module,
a holding body, on which the first and second light modules ( 210 , 220 ) and the screen ( 230 ) are arranged, wherein the holding body, the first and the second light modules ( 210 , 220 ), and the screen ( 230 ) form an assembly, and wherein the assembly in the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ) can be moved into a mounting position (P 1 ) and into an end position (P 2 ) that is different from the mounting position (P 1 ), and

providing a lens ( 100 ), which has a first projection section ( 110 ) and a second projection section ( 120 ), which first and second projection sections ( 110 , 120 ) are at least partially translucent, wherein the first projection section ( 110 ) is associated with the first light module ( 210 ) and in combination with the first light module ( 210 ) is designed to produce the first light distribution, and wherein the second projection section ( 120 ) is associated with the second light module ( 220 ) and in combination with the second light module ( 220 ) is designed to produce the second light distribution,
wherein the lens ( 100 ) has an opaque section ( 130 ), which is arranged between the first and second projection section ( 110 , 120 ) and is designed to optically and spatially separate the first and second projection section ( 110 , 120 ) from one another such that the light entering a projection section is prevented from entering the other projection section;
b. transferring the assembly into the mounting position (P 1 ) with respect to the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ), wherein in the mounting position (P 1 ), the assembly is pre-positioned in such a way that the screen ( 230 ) is free from mechanical contact with the opaque section ( 130 ) of the lens ( 100 ) during the subsequent fixing of the lens ( 100 ) in a fixing position to the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ) in accordance with step c);
c. transferring the lens ( 100 ) onto the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ) in the fixing position and subsequently fixing the lens ( 100 ) to the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ) by means of vibration welding; and
d. transferring the assembly into the end position (P 2 ), wherein in the end position (P 2 ), the assembly is arranged in such a manner that the screen ( 230 ) extends continuously to the opaque section ( 130 ) and is in mechanical contact with the opaque section ( 130 ) of the lens such that light from one light module is prevented from entering a projection section ( 110 , 120 ) of the lens ( 100 ) associated with the other light module.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly is transferred into the mounting position (P 1 ) in step b) and into the end position (P 2 ) in step c) with adjusting screws.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the adjusting screws are accessible from outside of the motor vehicle headlight housing ( 200 ).

Assignees

• Zkw Group Gmbh

Inventors

• Artner Martin
• Bemmerl Markus
• Huber Markus

Classifications

• F21S41/2805

  Cover glass · CPC title

• F21S41/28

  Cover glass · CPC title

• F21V15/01

  Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) · CPC title

• F21S41/148

  the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis · CPC title

• F21S41/47

  Attachment thereof (achieving variable light distribution by movable screens F21S41/683) · CPC title