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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1984
Thomas F Soules, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Milan R Vukcevich, Burton, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A multiple headlamp system for vehicles, comprising at least two individual lamps having their filaments connected in electrical series. This permits the use of shorter filaments and hence smaller diameter reflector lamps, without loss of optical control or reflector efficiency, for use in modern cars having low-profile front ends for providing improved aerodynamic streamlining. In a preferred embodiment, a vehicle is provided with two sets of headlamps, each set comprising a pair of individual headlamps each containing a filament at the focal point of the reflector for achieving maximum optical control, and means for connecting the filaments of each pair in electrical series across the vehicle's battery, one lamp of the pair being designed to provide a narrow-beam 'punch' light for distant viewing, and the other lamp of the pair being designed to provide a wide-angle beam 'spread' light for general viewing.