Headlight lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9447939-B2
Application number	US-201314397811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2013
Priority date	May 15, 2012
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A method for producing a vehicle headlamp lens having at least one light entry surface and at least one optically effective light exit surface wherein glass, (for example, in gob and/or liquid form) is blank-pressed between a first mold and at least one second mold to form a one-piece member comprising a first partial light conducting part and a light tunnel, which transitions into the first partial light conducting part by means of a bend. The glass is, for example, drawn into the second mold by means of an under pressure and the first partial light conducting part is at least partially over molded with transparent plastic to form a second partial light conducting part so that the first partial light conducting part and the second partial light conducting part form and/or shape a light conducting part for imaging the bend as a light-shadow line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, the headlight lens comprising:
a light passage section, the light passage section comprising
a first partial light passage section; and
a second partial light passage section from transparent plastic material, wherein the second partial light passage section at least partially encloses the first partial light passage section; and
a light tunnel, which light tunnel, via a bend, transits into the first partial light passage section, wherein the light tunnel includes at least one light entry face, and wherein the light tunnel and the first partial light passage section form a monolithic glass body;
wherein the light passage section is configured for imaging the bend as a bright-dark-boundary.

2. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first partial light passage section is not enclosed by the second partial light passage section in the area of the bend.

3. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass body on its surface comprises a concentration of aluminium, which is larger than a concentration of aluminium in the interior of the glass body.

4. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass body on its surface comprises a concentration of sodium which is smaller than a concentration of sodium in the interior of the glass body.

5. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first partial light passage section includes a bulge embedded in the second partial light passage section.

6. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the light entry face is inclined with respect to an optical axis of the light passage section by an angle of between 5° and 70°, and wherein the light tunnel comprises a region on its surface which corresponds essentially to a part of the surface of an ellipsoid.

7. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 1 , the bend being a curved transition having a radius of curvature of no less than 50 nm and no larger than 5 mm.

8. Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, the headlight lens comprising:
a light passage section, the light passage section comprising
a first partial light passage section; and
a second partial light passage section from transparent plastic material, wherein the second partial light passage section is fixedly connected to the first partial light passage section; and
a light tunnel, which light tunnel, via a bend, transits into the first partial light passage section, wherein the light tunnel includes at least one light entry face, and wherein the light tunnel and the first partial light passage section form a monolithic glass body;
wherein the light passage section is configured for imaging the bend as a bright-dark-boundary.

9. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the glass body has a coating comprising a concentration of aluminium, which is larger than a concentration of aluminium in the interior of the glass body.

10. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the glass body has a coating comprising a concentration of sodium which is smaller than a concentration of sodium in the interior of the glass body.

11. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the light entry face is inclined with respect to an optical axis of the light passage section by an angle of between 5° and 70°, and wherein the light tunnel comprises a region on its surface which corresponds essentially to a part of the surface of an ellipsoid.

12. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 8 , the bend being a curved transition having a radius of curvature of no less than 0.05 mm.

13. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 12 , the bend being a curved transition having a radius of curvature of no larger than 5 mm.

14. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 8 , the bend being a curved transition having a radius of curvature of no larger than 5 mm.

15. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the glass body has a coating comprising a concentration of sodium which is smaller than a concentration of sodium in the interior of the glass body.

16. Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, the headlight lens comprising:
a light passage section, the light passage section comprising
a first partial light passage section;
a second partial light passage section; and
a third partial light passage section from transparent plastic material, wherein the third partial light passage section at least partially encloses the first partial light passage section, and wherein the third partial light passage section at least partially encloses the second partial light passage section;
a first light tunnel, which first light tunnel, via a first bend, transits into the first partial light passage section, wherein the first light tunnel and the first partial light passage section form a first monolithic glass body; and
a second light tunnel, which second light tunnel, via a second bend, transits into the second partial light passage section, wherein the second light tunnel and the second partial light passage section of the light passage section form a second monolithic glass body;
wherein the light passage section is configured for imaging the first bend as a bright-dark-boundary; and
wherein the light passage section is configured for imaging the second bend as a bright-dark-boundary.

17. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first partial light passage section is not enclosed by the third partial light passage section in the area of the first bend.

18. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the second partial light passage section is not enclosed by the third partial light passage section in the area of the second bend.

19. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first glass body has a coating comprising a concentration of aluminium, which is larger than a concentration of aluminium in the interior of the first glass body.

20. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first glass body has a coating comprising a concentration of sodium which is smaller than a concentration of sodium in the interior of the first glass body.

21. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first partial light passage section includes a bulge embedded in the third partial light passage section.

22. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the second partial light passage section includes a bulge embedded in the third partial light passage section.

23. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 16 , the first bend being a curved transition and the second bend being a curved transition.

24. Headlight lens as claimed in claim 16 , the first bend being a curved transition having a radius of curvature of no less than 0.05 mm and no larger than 5 mm and the second bend being a curved transition having a radius of curvature of no less than 0.05 mm and no larger than 5 mm.

Assignees

• Docter Optics Se

Inventors

• Wintzer Wolfram
• Fedosik Dmitry

Classifications

• G02B3/08

  with discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lens {(diffractive Fresnel lenses G02B5/1876)} · CPC title

• B29K2023/00

  Use of polyalkenes {or derivatives thereof} as moulding material · CPC title

• F21S41/24

  Light guides · CPC title

• G02B19/0066 Primary

  in the form of an LED array · CPC title

• B29C45/14778

  the article consisting of a material with particular properties, e.g. porous, brittle · CPC title