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EP2500633B1
EP2500633B1 EP12159434.5A EP12159434A EP2500633B1 EP 2500633 B1 EP2500633 B1 EP 2500633B1 EP 12159434 A EP12159434 A EP 12159434A EP 2500633 B1 EP2500633 B1 EP 2500633B1
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Teruaki Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Sazuka
Hiroki Tokutake
Kenichi Takada
Yuji Yasuda
Hirohiko Ohshio
Tatsuhiko Yamamichi
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    • 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
    • F21S41/68—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on screens
    • F21S41/683—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on screens by moving screens
    • F21S41/689—Flaps, i.e. screens pivoting around one of their edges
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F21S41/68—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on screens
    • F21S41/683—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on screens by moving screens
    • F21S41/686—Blades, i.e. screens moving in a vertical plane
    • 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
    • F21W2102/14—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 vertical cut-off lines; specially adapted for adaptive high beams, i.e. wherein the beam is broader but avoids glaring other road users
    • F21W2102/15—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 vertical cut-off lines; specially adapted for adaptive high beams, i.e. wherein the beam is broader but avoids glaring other road users wherein the light is emitted under L-shaped cut-off lines, i.e. vertical 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
    • F21W2102/13—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
    • F21W2102/16—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 blurred cut-off lines

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  1. Leuchten-Einheit (10), die umfasst:
    eine Lichtquelle (14);
    eine Projektions-Linse (20), die Licht von der Lichtquelle (14) in einer Vorwärtsrichtung der Leuchten-Einheit (10) ausstrahlt; sowie
    eine Blende (120, 130), die zwischen der Lichtquelle (14) und der Projektions-Linse (20) angeordnet ist und die so ausgeführt ist, dass sie ein Lichtverteilungsmuster ausbildet, das eine erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1), die sich horizontal von einer Umgebung einer Mitte des Lichtverteilungsmusters aus erstreckt, und eine zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL2) hat, die sich in der Umgebung der Mitte von einem Endabschnitt der ersten Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1) im Wesentlichen vertikal nach oben erstreckt, wobei ein Seitenkantenabschnitt der Blende (120, 130) einen die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120b, 130b) bildet, der so ausgeführt ist, dass er die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL2) ausbildet, dadurch gekennzeichnet , dass die Blende (120, 130) einen eine Abstufung ausbildenden Abschnitt in dem die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120b, 130b) umfasst,
    wobei der eine Abstufung ausbildende Abschnitt zum Ausbilden einer Abstufung wenigstens in einem Abschnitt der zweiten Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL2) dient, und
    die Abstufung dazu dient, Änderungen der Beleuchtung in dem Abschnitt der zweiten Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL2) gradueller zu machen als in einem Bereich der ersten Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1), der sich in der Umgebung der Mitte des Lichtverteilungsmusters befindet.
  2. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei der eine Abstufung ausbildende Abschnitt einen Erweiterungsabschnitt (122) enthält, der sich von dem die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120b, 130b) in Vorwärts- oder/und Rückwärtsrichtung der Leuchte erstreckt.
  3. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Blende (120, 130) des Weiteren ein erstes Blenden-Element (120) und ein zweites Blenden-Element (130) umfasst, die in einer Richtung der optischen Achse (O) der Leuchten-Einheit (10) voneinander beabstandet angeordnet sind; und,
    wobei der eine Abstufung ausbildende Abschnitt einen Verlängerungsabschnitt (122), der sich in einer Vorwärtsrichtung der Leuchte von dem die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120b, 130b) des ersten oder des zweiten Blenden-Elementes (120, 130) erstreckt, das vor der Leuchte angeordnet ist, oder/und einen Verlängerungsabschnitt (132) einschließt, der sich in einer Rückwärtsrichtung der Leuchte von dem die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze bildenden Kantenabschnitt (120b, 130b) des anderen von dem ersten und dem zweiten Blenden-Element (120, 130) erstreckt, das hinter der Leuchte angeordnet ist.
  4. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei der eine Abstufung ausbildende Abschnitt einen unebenen Teil (126, 136; 127, 137) enthält, der in dem die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze bildenden Kantenabschnitt (120b, 130b) ausgebildet ist.
  5. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die Blende (120, 130) des Weiteren ein erstes Blenden-Element (120) und ein zweites Blenden-Element (130) umfasst, die in einer Richtung der optischen Achse (O) der Leuchten-Einheit (10) voneinander beabstandet angeordnet sind,
    wobei das erste und das zweite Blenden-Element (120, 130) jeweils die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildende Kantenabschnitte (120b, 130b) enthalten, die jeweils einen unebenen Abschnitt (126, 136; 127, 137) einschließen, der den eine Abstufung ausbildenden Abschnitt bildet, und
    die jeweiligen unebenen Teile (126, 136; 127, 137) so zueinander versetzt sind, dass sie sich abwechseln.
  6. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5,
    wobei ein oberer Kantenabschnitt der Blende (120, 130) einen die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120a, 130a) bildet, der so ausgeführt ist, dass er die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1) ausbildet, und
    wobei der eine Abstufung ausbildende Abschnitt in einem Abschnitt des die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitts (120b, 130b) ausgebildet ist, der um einen vorgegebenen Abstand von dem oberen Kantenabschnitt der Blende entfernt ist.
  7. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach Anspruch 2 bis 6, wobei der Verlängerungsabschnitt (122) so ausgebildet ist, dass die Länge des Verlängerungsabschnitts (122) in der Längsrichtung der Leuchte von seinem oberen Endabschnitt auf den unteren Endabschnitt zu stufenweise oder kontinuierlich zunimmt.
  8. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 6 oder 7,
    wobei ein oberer Kantenabschnitt der Blende (120, 130) einen die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120a, 130a) bildet, der so ausgeführt ist, dass er die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1) ausbildet, und
    die Blende (120) des Weiteren einen verlängerten Abschnitt (120c) aufweist, während der Verlängerungsabschnitt (122) als eine Abstufung ausbildender Abschnitt an dem Seitenkantenabschnitt des verlängerten Abschnitts (120c) ausgebildet ist, eine Seitenkante des verlängerten Abschnitts (120c) einen Teil des die zweite Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitts (120b) bildet und sich in einer Längsrichtung der Blende (120) erstreckt und sich der Verlängerungsabschnitt (122) von dem verlängerten Abschnitt (120c) in einer Vorwärts- oder/und Rückwärtsrichtung der Leuchte erstreckt;
    wobei ein oberer Endabschnitt (IIIs) des eine Abstufung ausbildenden Abschnitts (122) von dem die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze bildenden Kantenabschnitt (Is) weiter entfernt ist als ein oberer Endabschnitt (IIs) des verlängerten Abschnitts (120c).
  9. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei der eine Abstufung ausbildende Abschnitt eine reflektierende Fläche einschließt, die so ausgebildet ist, dass ihr Diffusions- und Reflexionsgrad für das Licht von der Lichtquelle (14) höher ist als der der anderen Flächen der Blende (120, 130).
  10. Leuchten-Einheit (10) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9,
    wobei ein oberer Kantenabschnitt der Blende (120, 130) einen die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120a, 130a) bildet, der so ausgeführt ist, dass er die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1) bildet, und
    die Blende (120, 130) in dem die erste Hell-Dunkel-Grenze ausbildenden Kantenabschnitt (120a, 130a) einen eine Abstufung ausbildenden Abschnitt einschließt, mit dem die Abstufung wenigstens in einem Abschnitt der ersten Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (CL1) ausgebildet wird.
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