Shield apparatus for low-beam head lamp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9512973-B2
Application number	US-201414333029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2014
Priority date	Dec 18, 2013
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A shield apparatus for a low-beam head lamp may include a projection reflector equipped with a light source therein, a shield body having a through hole being formed in the shield body towards a lens, wherein the shield body may be coupled to a front surface of the projection reflector, and wherein the through hole includes a high beam distribution area and a lower beam distribution area, and a plurality of blind shields coupled to the shield body to cover the low-beam distribution area of the through hole and arranged one above another other, wherein the blind shields may be inclined at a predetermined angle to guide an irradiation direction of light outputted from the light source towards the low-beam distribution area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shield apparatus for a low-beam head lamp, comprising:
a projection reflector equipped with a light source therein;
a shield body having a through hole being formed in the shield body towards a lens,
wherein the shield body is coupled to a front surface of the projection reflector; and
wherein the through hole includes a high beam distribution area and a lower beam distribution area; and

a plurality of blind shields coupled to the shield body to cover the low-beam distribution area of the through hole and arranged one above another other,
wherein the blind shields are inclined at a predetermined angle to guide an irradiation direction of light outputted from the light source towards the low-beam distribution area, and
wherein, among the plurality of blind shields, an uppermost blind shield is formed such that a length thereof protruding towards the lens is longer than a length of the remaining blind shields.

2. The shield apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:
a shield cover integrally connecting opposite ends of each of the plurality of blind shields to each other,
wherein the shield cover is fixedly coupled to the shield body.

3. The shield apparatus as set forth in claim 2 , wherein each of the blind shields is installed at a downwardly inclined angle such that a first end thereof protruding towards the lens is located to be lower than an opposite second end thereof.

4. The shield apparatus as set forth in claim 2 , wherein each of the blind shields has a triangular cross-section in such a way that a tip thereof faces towards the lens, thus guiding the irradiation direction of light reflected by the blind shield towards the low-beam distribution area.

5. The shield apparatus as set forth in claim 4 , wherein, for a reference line that is perpendicular to a vertical cross-section of the shield body and connects the shield body to the tip of the blind shield, an angle between the reference line and an upper surface of the blind shield is larger than an angle between the reference line and a lower surface of the blind shield, thus guiding the irradiation direction of light reflected by the upper and lower surfaces of the blind shield towards the low-beam distribution area.

6. The shield apparatus as set forth in claim 5 , wherein a determining factor for guiding the irradiation direction of the light outputted from the light source towards the low-beam distribution area comprises the angle between the reference line and the upper surface of the blind shield, the angle between the reference line and the lower surface of the blind shield, and a gradient angle of an interior lower reflecting surface of the projection reflector by which the light of the light source is reflected.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Seong Hoon

Classifications

• B60Q1/04 Primary

  the devices being headlights · CPC title

• F21W2107/10

  for land vehicles · CPC title

• F21S41/32 Primary

  Optical layout thereof · CPC title

• F21W2102/00

  Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes · CPC title

• F21S41/43 Primary

  characterised by the shape thereof · CPC title