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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Hella Kgaa Hueck & Co., Lippstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO., Lippstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01); B60Q 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 48/17 (2013.01); B60Q 1/12 (2013.01); B60Q 1/085 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/32 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for setting a pivot angle of a headlamp with an asymmetrical low beam when a vehicle is negotiating a bend, wherein a course of a highway line is determined, a contact point is determined, wherein a tangent from the headlamp to the contact point makes contact with the highway line, and the headlamp is adjusted such that a projection of an intersection of a horizontal portion of a cut-off line of the headlamp and an ascending branch of the cut-off line of the headlamp in a plane in front of the vehicle and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle on the highway falls within a circle of predetermined radius around the contact point.