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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Gerhard Kurz, Wendlingen, DE;
Volker Oltmann, Calw, DE;
Reinhold Schoeb, Gaeufelden, DE;
Bernd Woltermann, Fellbach, DE;
Gerhard Kurz, Wendlingen, DE;
Volker Oltmann, Calw, DE;
Reinhold Schoeb, Gaeufelden, DE;
Bernd Woltermann, Fellbach, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a vehicle headlight system with a light source () and at least one reflector () for shaping the light emitted by the light source into a high beam and a low beam, and with a shield () adjustable via an actuating element () between a position in which the light from the light source () is blocked across a maximum cross section and an essentially transmissive position in which this light is substantially allowed to pass through, the actuating element () adapted for adjusting the shield () in a plurality of intermediate positions between the maximal blocking and the essentially transmissive position in which intermediate position the blocked cross section is less than the maximal cross section.