GB1463312A - Vehicle lamp assemblies - Google Patents

Vehicle lamp assemblies

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Publication number
GB1463312A
GB1463312A GB2543873A GB2543873A GB1463312A GB 1463312 A GB1463312 A GB 1463312A GB 2543873 A GB2543873 A GB 2543873A GB 2543873 A GB2543873 A GB 2543873A GB 1463312 A GB1463312 A GB 1463312A
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Prior art keywords
reflector
vehicle lamp
lamp assemblies
principal axis
axis
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB2543873A
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Lucas Electrical Co Ltd
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Lucas Electrical Co Ltd
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Publication date
Application filed by Lucas Electrical Co Ltd filed Critical Lucas Electrical Co Ltd
Priority to GB2543873A priority Critical patent/GB1463312A/en
Priority to SE7406900A priority patent/SE7406900L/xx
Priority to IT51187/74A priority patent/IT1013224B/en
Priority to FR7418260A priority patent/FR2231920B1/fr
Priority to JP49058892A priority patent/JPS5020586A/ja
Priority to BE144802A priority patent/BE815601A/en
Priority to US474104A priority patent/US3904864A/en
Priority to DE19742426336 priority patent/DE2426336A1/en
Priority to DE7418852U priority patent/DE7418852U/en
Publication of GB1463312A publication Critical patent/GB1463312A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/16—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights illuminating the way asymmetrically
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/12—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source characterised by the type of emitted light
    • F21S41/125—Coloured light
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/14—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
    • F21S41/162—Incandescent light sources, e.g. filament or halogen lamps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S41/25—Projection lenses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S41/285—Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S41/24-F21S41/28
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/30—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by reflectors
    • F21S41/32—Optical layout thereof
    • F21S41/321—Optical layout thereof the reflector being a surface of revolution or a planar surface, e.g. truncated
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/40—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
    • F21S41/65—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on light sources
    • F21S41/657—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on light sources by moving light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/14—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
    • F21S41/17—Discharge light sources
    • F21S41/173—Fluorescent light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/40—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades
    • F21S41/43—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades characterised by the shape thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/10—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light
    • F21W2102/13—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/10—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light
    • F21W2102/13—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region
    • F21W2102/135—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions
    • F21W2102/155—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for high-beam region or low-beam region the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions having inclined and horizontal cutoff lines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/10—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light
    • F21W2102/17—Arrangement or contour of the emitted light for regions other than high beam or low beam

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Lighting Device Outwards From Vehicle And Optical Signal (AREA)

Abstract

1463312 Vehicle headlamps LUCAS ELECTRICAL Ltd 16 May 1974 [29 May 1973] 25438/73 Heading F4R A vehicle headlamp assembly comprises an ellipsoidal reflector and an electric lamp filament disposed in an inner focal plane of the reflector, the axis of the filament being perpendicular to the principal axis of the reflector and inclined at an angle of 30-45 degrees to a horizontal plane containing the principal axis.
GB2543873A 1973-05-29 1973-05-29 Vehicle lamp assemblies Expired GB1463312A (en)

Priority Applications (9)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2543873A GB1463312A (en) 1973-05-29 1973-05-29 Vehicle lamp assemblies
SE7406900A SE7406900L (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-24
IT51187/74A IT1013224B (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-24 PROJECTOR FOR VEHICLES
FR7418260A FR2231920B1 (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-27
JP49058892A JPS5020586A (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-27
BE144802A BE815601A (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-28 HEADLIGHTS FOR VEHICLES
US474104A US3904864A (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-28 Vehicle lamp assemblies
DE19742426336 DE2426336A1 (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-29 VEHICLE LIGHT
DE7418852U DE7418852U (en) 1973-05-29 1974-05-29 VEHICLE LIGHT

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2543873A GB1463312A (en) 1973-05-29 1973-05-29 Vehicle lamp assemblies

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1463312A true GB1463312A (en) 1977-02-02

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GB2543873A Expired GB1463312A (en) 1973-05-29 1973-05-29 Vehicle lamp assemblies

Country Status (8)

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US (1) US3904864A (en)
JP (1) JPS5020586A (en)
BE (1) BE815601A (en)
DE (2) DE7418852U (en)
FR (1) FR2231920B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1463312A (en)
IT (1) IT1013224B (en)
SE (1) SE7406900L (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1476297A (en) * 1973-09-29 1977-06-10 Lucas Electrical Ltd Motor vehicle lamp assemblies

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2338901A (en) * 1939-05-22 1944-01-11 Chiti Aroldo Vehicle lamp
US2673489A (en) * 1950-09-21 1954-03-30 American Optical Corp Incandescent light source and condensing system for optical projectors
FR1319105A (en) * 1961-04-04 1963-02-22 Philips Nv Headlight for motor vehicles
FR1297086A (en) * 1961-08-09 1962-06-22 Philips Nv Headlight for motor vehicles
FR1309130A (en) * 1962-01-05 1962-11-09 Philips Nv Automobile headlight
DE1197825B (en) * 1963-05-07 1965-08-05 Bosch Gmbh Robert Headlights for motor vehicles
GB1221947A (en) * 1967-08-16 1971-02-10 Lucas Industries Ltd Lamps for road vehicles
DE1772256C3 (en) * 1968-04-20 1978-05-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart Dimmable vehicle headlight for asymmetrical dipped beam

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2231920A1 (en) 1974-12-27
US3904864A (en) 1975-09-09
SE7406900L (en) 1974-12-02
FR2231920B1 (en) 1976-06-25
DE7418852U (en) 1977-06-23
DE2426336A1 (en) 1975-01-02
JPS5020586A (en) 1975-03-04
IT1013224B (en) 1977-03-30
BE815601A (en) 1974-09-16

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee