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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2010
Ralf Ackermann, Kirchentellinsfurt, DE;
Helmuth Eggers, Sindelfingen, DE;
Gerhard Kurz, Wendlingen, DE;
Joerg Moisel, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Volker Oltmann, Calw, DE;
Volker Reinhold, Herrenberg, DE;
Bernd Woltermann, Fellbach, DE;
Ralf Ackermann, Kirchentellinsfurt, DE;
Helmuth Eggers, Sindelfingen, DE;
Gerhard Kurz, Wendlingen, DE;
Joerg Moisel, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Volker Oltmann, Calw, DE;
Volker Reinhold, Herrenberg, DE;
Bernd Woltermann, Fellbach, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, unknown;
Abstract
A device for controlling a driving light of a vehicle includes a headlight with a light source, a device for pivoting a produced light distribution and an optical element that provides adjustable light distribution. The optical element includes a light passage opening pivotable into an optical axis of the light source. A beam of the light distribution is limited or deflected such that a limited light field is produced in a pre-settable region in front of the vehicle, which light field has an external form of the light passage opening. Further light passage structures provide a 'high beam' or 'partial high beam' light pattern and thereafter the “high beam” light pattern by turning, pivoting and/or displacing the optical element in one direction, and another further light passage structure provides a “motorway” and thereafter a “country road” light pattern by turning, pivoting and/or displacing the optical element in an opposite direction.