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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Karl-Otto Dobler, Reutlingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The illumination device is formed as a headlight and has a frame-shaped housing part with a light outlet opening closed by a light permeable cover disc and with a reflector supported in the housing part and provided with a light source. The housing part is supported on the front part of the vehicle turnably about an axis and mountable on the front part by a releasable mounting element. It is open at its rear side and has there a circumferential edge abutting against a circumferential edge of a front part portion with interposition of a sealing element. The circumferential edge encloses a depression limited by a wall and receiving the apex of the reflector with the light source. With the released mounting element, the housing part is turnable from the front part portion, so that the light source becomes accessible for an exchange. Since the housing part does not need a rear wall, it is formed simply and only a small mounting space in the longitudinal direction of the headlight is required on the front part.