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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Zizala Lichtsysteme Gmbh, Wieselburg, AT;
ZKW GROUP GMBH, Wieselburg an der Erlauf, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a lamp unit () for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, the lamp unit () comprising multiple light sources (), a light guide unit (), and a downstream projector lens (), the light guide unit () having multiple light guides (), each light guide () having one light decoupling surface () and one light coupling surface (), and each light source () coupling light exactly into a light guide () assigned to it through a light coupling surface (). The invention provides that the light sources () and the light coupling surfaces () of the light guides () have light conducting rods () arranged between them, which are joined into at least one light conducting rod bundle (), each light source () coupling light essentially exclusively into the light conducting rod coupling areas () of the light conducting rods () assigned to the respective light source (), the light of an assigned light source () that exits from the light conducting rod decoupling areas () being coupled essentially exclusively into the light coupling surface () of the light guide () assigned to the respective light source ().