EP0206908A1 - Kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer für Abblendlicht - Google Patents

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EP0206908A1
EP0206908A1 EP86401279A EP86401279A EP0206908A1 EP 0206908 A1 EP0206908 A1 EP 0206908A1 EP 86401279 A EP86401279 A EP 86401279A EP 86401279 A EP86401279 A EP 86401279A EP 0206908 A1 EP0206908 A1 EP 0206908A1
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François Bailly
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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
    • F21S41/686—Blades, i.e. screens moving in a vertical plane
    • 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
    • F21S41/36—Combinations of two or more separate reflectors
    • F21S41/365—Combinations of two or more separate reflectors successively reflecting the 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
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
    • F21S41/63—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on refractors, filters or transparent cover plates
    • F21S41/64—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on refractors, filters or transparent cover plates by changing their light transmissivity, e.g. by liquid crystal or electrochromic devices
    • F21S41/645—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on refractors, filters or transparent cover plates by changing their light transmissivity, e.g. by liquid crystal or electrochromic devices by electro-optic means, e.g. liquid crystal or electrochromic devices

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  • the present invention relates to automobile headlights, headlights capable of emitting either a long-range light beam, for example a driving beam, or a cut beam, for example a passing beam.
  • the headlamps / dipped headlights comprise a parabolic reflector and a double light source constituted by two tungsten filaments.
  • one of the filaments cooperates with the entire reflector.
  • a blackout screen or a blackout cup cuts off the light rays emitted by the second filament and arriving on the reflector, which returns them in the form of a cut low beam.
  • the passage of the lighting state to cross the road lighting state is made by a switching power supply of the filaments.
  • the present invention generally proposes to produce a beam cut projector eliminating the drawbacks of previous projectors, and making it possible to reach, by static means, insensitive to vibrations, extremely rapid beam variations, under the action of a command. electric. Consequently, the invention allows a particularly advantageous implementation of the aforementioned new light sources.
  • the projector according to the invention of the type comprising at least one reflector cooperating with a single light source, is characterized in that it comprises a cut-off screen interposed on the path of the light rays and comprising at least one zone occultation consisting of liquid crystals capable of giving this occultation zone either a state of transparency or a state of non-transparency, the zone limit constituting the cut-off limit.
  • the switching of the liquid crystal zone is preferably obtained by a variation in electrical voltage, this zone being produced in the manner known per se for producing passive screens in the field of digital display.
  • the screen has a single occultation zone made of liquid crystals. It consists, in a preferred example, of two transparent glass slides between which are arranged nematic liquid crystals in a helix in correspondence with the occultation zone. On the outside of the glass slides, two crossed light polarizers are arranged. Inside each blade, on the crystal side, are arranged ultra-thin transparent metallic layers or bands forming electrodes. As is well known to the specialist in liquid crystals, the application or non-application of an electrical voltage to the electrodes results in a. variation in torsion of the liquid crystals, so that the assembly may or may not be traversed by light. The transmission factor of such a system is not 100%, but it remains sufficient for automobile lighting, especially when light sources such as gas discharge lamps or arc lamps are used.
  • the invention there is produced, by appropriately distributing various excitation electrodes according to various regions to be obscured, a modulation of the limit of the occultation zone, constituting the beam cut-off limit. For example, by using a plurality of electrodes in juxtaposed horizontal bands, it is possible to adjust the height of the concealment zone, according to the electrodes finally excited on each of the two aforementioned plates.
  • the screens according to the invention can be placed judiciously in the projector by moving it away from the light source.
  • the liquid crystal screen merges with the exit lens of the projector.
  • the glass plates of the screen are oversized, in particular in thickness (compared to the usual screens), in order to increase the heat dissipation capacities.
  • the projector of this first embodiment comprises an elliptical reflector 10, a light source 11 disposed in the vicinity of its internal focus 12, the light rays emitted by the source returned by the elliptical reflector 10 converging in the vicinity of the external focus 13.
  • the convergent-divergent reflected rays are taken up by a lens 14 to finally constitute a useful emitted beam.
  • liquid crystal screen 15 of the aforementioned type defining a concealment zone Z defined between two glass plates comprising liquid crystals.
  • the screen 15 comprises two parallel glass blades assembled in leaktight manner and between which are arranged "nematic helical" liquid crystals.
  • Figure 2a shows such a glass slide 15a.
  • electrodes 15b are arranged in very thin transparent layers (indium or tin oxide). By chemical etching, the electrode layer is given before the configuration corresponding to the concealment of the zone Z.
  • the electrodes are arranged in strips 15c. Between the plates a few tens of microns apart, the liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a quarter helix (twisted structure).
  • cross-polarizers 15d On the two outer faces of the glass plates are arranged cross-polarizers 15d.
  • the light polarized by the first polarizer of the first glass plate undergoes a rotation of 90 ° between the two plates due to the helical configuration of the liquid crystals and leaves at the rear polarized perpendicularly to its direction of entry, the second polarizer of the second plate letting it exit. There is transparency.
  • the zone Z is provided with a limit corresponding simply to the requirements of the crossing light (occultation of the zone 17 on a projection screen 18).
  • the light rays are or are not obscured by the screen 15.
  • the headlamp can emit either a driving beam or a passing beam.
  • the input electrodes can be arranged in parallel horizontal bands such as 15c which can be variably excited.
  • the height, and more generally the configuration of the cut-off zone Z can be adjusted by varying the cut-off limit.
  • completely transparent and always transparent zones can be provided between electrodes 15c, if one wishes to have light above the cut-off.
  • the projector of this second embodiment comprises a main parabolic reflector 20 having a focus 21 on its optical axis constituting the optical axis 22 of the projector.
  • a light source 23 constituted for example by a filament or an electric arc, is situated slightly in front of the hearth 21, its rear part coinciding with this hearth. As can be seen in the figure, the rays emitted by the light source and returned by the reflector are therefore slightly convergent.
  • a closing glass 24 provided with beam distribution streaks, in a manner known per se.
  • a liquid crystal screen 25 Between the reflector and the glass is disposed a liquid crystal screen 25 according to the invention having a structure similar to that which has just been described, with two electrical control terminals 25e.
  • the light rays such as p, which pass above the horizontal, freely pass through the screen and come to refract in the glass 24 thus ensuring a beam complementary to that created by rays such as ⁇ which, themselves, always pass freely through the upper part of the glass 24.
  • the headlamp when no voltage is applied to the terminals 25e, the headlamp emits a beam corresponding to all of the rays reflected by the reflector and refracted by all of the glass 24. A beam of beam is thus obtained.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 thus shows, in a very simple optical configuration, the intervention of a liquid crystal screen 25 according to the invention to achieve, depending on the state of excitation of the screen, two lighting regimes. It will be noted that it is a static electrically controlled system using only a single light source, which obviously makes it very superior both to the systems of the prior art using mobile screens and to the systems using two light sources, and in any case much less expensive than systems using two discharge sources.
  • the headlight of Figures 5 and 6 comprises two substantially elliptical reflectors 30a, 30b, arranged symmetrically with respect to a central vertical plane. These two reflectors 30a, 30b have a common internal focal point 31 and each an external focal point (32a, 32b), the two external focal points (32a, 32b) of the two elliptical reflectors also being symmetrical with respect to a central plane.
  • the light source 33 which can for example be a tungsten filament, an electric arc, a discharge lamp, is arranged at the common focus 31 of the two reflectors (30a, 30b), so that, as shown, the rays coming from the light source and returned to the left and right by the two ellip reflectors ticks converge on the foci (32a, 32b).
  • an opaque screen of the conventional type 35 which obscures the rising rays and here gives a beam cut horizontally of the passing beam type obtained by reflection on the reflectors 30b and 34b giving an illumination of the type represented on the Figure 7 (the opaque screen 35 is shown from the front fig.6b).
  • the associated reflectors 30a and 34a do not have a cut-off device. They therefore give a complete beam illuminating the entire perspective of the road and which therefore overlap the lower part of the beam given by the reflectors 30b and 34b, as seen in FIG. 8.
  • the reflectors 30a and 34a are associated with and over the entire light window of output a screen 36 containing liquid crystals formed as indicated above.
  • this screen 36 is not subjected to an activation voltage of the crystals at its terminals 36e, the rays such as Ra pass freely through said screen and the whole of the road perspective is illuminated as in FIG. 8. route function.
  • an electrical voltage is applied to the screen 36, it becomes opaque and obscures the rays Ra. Only the rays Rb emitted by the subassembly (30b, 34b), that is to say rays of crossing light are emitted (Fig. 7).
  • the sub-assembly (30a, 34a) can be equipped with a permanent screen to conceal the rays of the crossing type permanently since the other sub-assembly (30b, 34b) always emits enough of them.
  • a projector comprising a parabolic upper half-reflector 40 of focal point 41.
  • the light source 42 constituted by an axial filament is slightly in front of this focal point 41.
  • This half-reflector 40 gives downward rays such that ⁇ oet gives on a screen ( Figure 12) a projection 43 whose upper part is substantially horizontal, therefore not dazzling.
  • the upper half-reflector 40 is associated with a lower parabolic half-reflector 50, the focus 51 of which is situated in the middle of the source 42.
  • This lower half-reflector therefore gives a beam of rays such that ⁇ , the projection of which on a screen (FIG. 12 ) gives an image such as 53.
  • this fourth embodiment represents the transposition, in a system of liquid crystal screens of the system with movable shutters described in the old French patent 1 296 036 given here by reference and additional information. This reference also makes it possible to understand all the advantages of the static electrically controlled system according to the invention which has the advantage of being faster, more reliable and insensitive to vibrations.
  • the invention applies to any switchable beam cut projector. It is possible, for example, to produce a dipped headlight whose illumination changes from "right-hand traffic” to "left-hand traffic” mode.

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FR2657681A1 (fr) * 1990-01-30 1991-08-02 Bosch Gmbh Robert Projecteur pour vehicules automobiles, dont la source de lumiere est une lampe de decharge de gaz.
EP1039213A3 (de) * 1999-03-25 2001-01-10 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. Langgestreckter Scheinwerfer
US6527426B2 (en) * 2000-04-26 2003-03-04 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd Vehicle lamp
EP1160503A3 (de) * 2000-06-02 2004-03-03 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. Fahrzeugscheinwerfer
EP1258394A3 (de) * 2001-05-18 2005-07-20 C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni Beleuchtungseinrichtung insbesondere für Fahrzeuge
WO2006027230A1 (de) * 2004-09-09 2006-03-16 Oec Ag Optisches system für einen kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer, beleuchtungseinheit für einen kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer und kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer
WO2007122544A1 (en) * 2006-04-21 2007-11-01 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lamp unit for an adaptive front lighting system for a vehicle
EP2275735A1 (de) * 2009-07-14 2011-01-19 Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Fahrzeugscheinwerfer
DE102012112127A1 (de) * 2012-12-12 2014-06-12 Hella Kgaa Hueck & Co. Lichtmodul für einen Scheinwerfer eines Fahrzeugs
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FR2199094A1 (de) * 1972-09-12 1974-04-05 Bosch Gmbh Robert
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FR2199094A1 (de) * 1972-09-12 1974-04-05 Bosch Gmbh Robert
GB1451066A (en) * 1973-02-14 1976-09-29 Ass Eng Ltd Lighting units
FR2399680A1 (fr) * 1977-08-04 1979-03-02 Siemens Ag Dispositif a transparence variable et sans dispersion

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FR2657681A1 (fr) * 1990-01-30 1991-08-02 Bosch Gmbh Robert Projecteur pour vehicules automobiles, dont la source de lumiere est une lampe de decharge de gaz.
EP1039213A3 (de) * 1999-03-25 2001-01-10 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. Langgestreckter Scheinwerfer
US6527426B2 (en) * 2000-04-26 2003-03-04 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd Vehicle lamp
EP1150061A3 (de) * 2000-04-26 2004-02-11 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. Fahrzeugleuchte
EP1160503A3 (de) * 2000-06-02 2004-03-03 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. Fahrzeugscheinwerfer
EP1258394A3 (de) * 2001-05-18 2005-07-20 C.R.F. Società Consortile per Azioni Beleuchtungseinrichtung insbesondere für Fahrzeuge
WO2006027230A1 (de) * 2004-09-09 2006-03-16 Oec Ag Optisches system für einen kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer, beleuchtungseinheit für einen kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer und kraftfahrzeugscheinwerfer
WO2007122544A1 (en) * 2006-04-21 2007-11-01 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Lamp unit for an adaptive front lighting system for a vehicle
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EP2275735A1 (de) * 2009-07-14 2011-01-19 Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Fahrzeugscheinwerfer
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