Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight

Abstract

The invention relates to a lighting device () for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a first light-guide () unit having a retaining bar () and at least two outcoupling bars () arranged at least at a distance from one another and protruding from the retaining bar (), a second light-guide unit () having a retaining bar () and at least one outcoupling bar () protruding from the retaining bar (), a number of light sources () for coupling light into the outcoupling bars () of the light-guide units (), wherein at least one light source () is associated with each outcoupling bar (), and comprising at least one lens (), preferably a projection lens, arranged after the light-guide units () for generating a light distribution, wherein each outcoupling bar () has a light-outcoupling surface () for emitting light into the at least one lens (), wherein the first and the second light-guide units () are separate components from one another, which are arranged in relation to one another in such a way that a respective outcoupling bar () of the second light-guide unit () is arranged between neighbouring outcoupling bars () of the first light-guide unit (), and wherein an aperture () is arranged between the lens () and the light-outcoupling surfaces () of the outcoupling bars ().