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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Francesco Butera, Turin, IT;

Bartolomeo Pairetti, Barge, IT;

Alessandro Zanella, Strada Turin, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 1/702 ;
Abstract

A vehicle headlamp having two glass panes carrying an array of micro-lenses that can be moved relative to each other both along the optical axis of the headlamp and along a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. These movements are controlled via a number of shape memory actuators.


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