EP2745308A1 - Metal halide lamp for automotive headlamp and headlamp with said lamp - Google Patents
Metal halide lamp for automotive headlamp and headlamp with said lampInfo
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- EP2745308A1 EP2745308A1 EP12788277.7A EP12788277A EP2745308A1 EP 2745308 A1 EP2745308 A1 EP 2745308A1 EP 12788277 A EP12788277 A EP 12788277A EP 2745308 A1 EP2745308 A1 EP 2745308A1
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- diffusing
- lamp
- reflector
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- headlamp
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
- H01J61/82—Lamps with high-pressure unconstricted discharge having a cold pressure > 400 Torr
- H01J61/827—Metal halide arc lamps
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
- H01J61/02—Details
- H01J61/30—Vessels; Containers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
- H01J61/02—Details
- H01J61/30—Vessels; Containers
- H01J61/35—Vessels; Containers provided with coatings on the walls thereof; Selection of materials for the coatings
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- the present invention relates to a discharge lamp and to an automotive headlamp including a discharge lamp.
- High intensity discharge lamps are used today in headlighting systems of automobiles. Light is generated from an electrical arc in a discharge vessel. Within a headlamp, the light is reflected by a reflector to form a resulting light distribution pattern.
- High intensity discharge lamps used in automotive head lights today include within the discharge vessel a filling comprising at least a rare gas, such as Xenon, and metal halides.
- US5299101 describes an automotive headlamp with a metal halide discharge bulb as a light source arranged within a reflector. During operation of the discharge lamp, a part of the light emitted is scattered by metal halide sediment at the bottom of the discharge vessel. In order to eliminate flaring light resulting from this scattering, a lens with diffusing lens steps is arranged in the front opening of the reflector to diffuse light emitted through the metal halide sediment and reflected by lower reflecting surfaces of the reflector.
- the discharge lamp according to the invention includes a discharge vessel with electrodes for generating an electrical arc.
- a filling comprising a rare gas, such as Xenon, and metal halides.
- a part of the metal halides present in liquid form may deposit at the bottom of the discharge vessel.
- Light emitted from the electrical arc between the electrodes may be scattered at the thus formed "salt pool".
- this optical scattering effect is not constant.
- the exact size and position of the salt pool may vary, e.g. for dif- ferent operation of a motor vehicle (such as e.g. different acceleration etc.).
- the optical scattering effect may differ over the lamp lifetime, e.g. due to burn back of the electrodes.
- the scattering effect may lead to an inhomogeneity within the light distribution pattern generated from an optical system of a headlamp (which may include, besides a reflector, other optical elements such as e.g. a shutter and a projection lens). Moreover, since the scattering effect is not constant, it is not easy to design an optical system using the amount of light emitted from the arc into the general direction of the salt pool, but without generating noticeable inhomogeneities in the resulting light distribution pattern.
- the current invention describes a measure which significantly improves the homogeneity in the resulting light distribution pattern, independent of the varying geometry, size and spatial transmittance of the salt pool.
- the discharge lamp comprises a diffusing portion for diffusing light emitted from the electrical arc.
- An optical diffusing effect may be obtained e.g. by providing a roughened surface on a trans- parent part of the lamp, such as on the discharge vessel itself or, more preferred, on an outer enclosure provided around the discharge vessel.
- the diffusing portion serves to scatter light transmitted through it.
- this scattering effect as opposed to the scattering effect at the salt pool, is constant and reliable, and may therefore be accounted for in the design of the optical system of a headlamp.
- the optical diffusing effect may be achieved by stochastically distributed surface modifications, such as e.g. obtained by a blasting treatment, or alternatively also by any regular surface pattern differing from the usual flat surface.
- the current invention proposes that not all light emitted from the discharge lamp should be diffused at the diffusing portion, but that the diffusing portion should be arranged such that only light emitted below a horizontal is diffused at the diffusing portion, and that light emitted above the horizontal is not diffused at the same diffusing portion.
- a large amount of the light emitted from the electrical arc such as at least the light emitted above the horizontal, but preferably even a part of the light emitted below the horizontal, is not subject to diffusion at the diffusing portion.
- the diffusing portion has a size and position to allow that light emitted from the discharge lamp according to the invention still comprises portions with well-focussed light for the optical system of the headlamp. Due to the diffusing portion, at least for a portion of the light emitted below the horizontal, (constant) scattering is used to obtain light which is not subject to variation due to different size, position and geometry of the salt pool.
- references such as "horizontal” and “vertical” relate to possible orientations of the lamp within a reflector for generating a resulting light distribution pattern emitted generally horizontally from the front of a motor vehicle.
- generally discharge lamps used in automotive headlamps are operated in ho- rizontal orientation.
- the diffusing portion provided according to the invention in a position below the horizontal does not exclude the possibility to provide further, separate diffusing elements at other positions, e.g. above the horizontal.
- the diffusing portion is continuous and deli- mited, i.e. a non-diffusing portion, where light emitted from the arc is not diffused, is arranged around the diffusing portion. While there may be other diffusing parts present at the lamp serving other purposes, these are preferably separated from the diffusing portion according to the invention.
- a diffusing portion may be provided on a transparent outer envelope provided around the discharge vessel.
- This outer envelope also referred to as an outer bulb, is already present in many discharge lamps today and serves purposes such as thermal stabilization and/or UV filtering.
- the diffusing portion is provided on the outer envelope. While it is possible to provide the diffusing portion on the inside of the outer envelope, it is especially pre- ferred to be provided as a film or coating or as a surface modification of the outside of the outer envelope.
- the thus formed diffusing portion is preferably a diffusing window provided on a surface, where the surface around it remains smooth and non-diffusing.
- the discharge vessel may be made out of quartz glass.
- an outer envelope, if present, may be made out of quartz glass.
- a diffusing portion may be provided as a roughened surface of quartz glass.
- Such a surface, or "frosting" may be provided e.g. by a blasting treatment.
- a laser treatment such as by a preferred pulsed laser for providing a roughened surface structure.
- the roughness of the surface should be strong enough to achieve a diffusion effect.
- the roughness Ra should be above 6 ⁇ . Preferred values of surface roughness are 10-20 ⁇ .
- the diffusing portion is effective to eliminate varying optical effects from the salt pool, it is generally preferred to provide only a neceessary minimum amount of scattering at the diffusing portion in order to limit the loss of focus.
- the size of the diffusing portion should be limited as far as possible while still obtaining the desired degree of homogeneity in the resulting light distribution.
- the diffusing portion is arranged as a diffusing window provided over only a part of the lower portion of the discharge vessel of the outer enclosure.
- the diffusing window is preferably a surface region on an at least substantially cylindrical body around the arc, such as preferably the outer envelope.
- the diffusing window may be arranged to cover a lower portion of the discharge ves- sel or outer enclosure, such that all light emitted from the arc which passes through a potential position of the salt pool is diffused. In this way, any variant optical effects of the salt pool would be eliminated, while still reasonably limiting the amount of scattering, and thus preserving focus.
- the diffusing window may be restricted even further. This is, because, as will become apparent in connection with preferred embodiments, different portions of the light emitted from the arc may be used quite differently in the resulting light distribution pattern formed in a vehicle headlamp.
- advantageous reflector designs for the most important region in terms of homogeneity, namely the region close to the center of the light distribution, light emitted directly vertically from the center of the arc is not used.
- the diffusing window may be arranged axially offset, so as to cover only a part of the region between the electrodes.
- the extent of the diffusing window is limited, such that at least a portion of light emitted from the arc into a lower vertical direction may pass by the diffusing portion. However, a portion of the light emitted from the arc under defined angles with the lower vertical direction will pass through the diffusing window. It is this portion of the light that is preferably used to generated center images of the arc in the resulting light distribution pattern.
- the size of the diffusing window should be large enough to provide a desired degree of homogeneity in the resulting light distribution pattern, but should otherwise be as small as possible.
- the diffusing window has an axial length corresponding to 1-3 times the (axial) distance between the electrodes.
- the width of the diffusing window is preferably such that light emitted under +/- 45° to +/- 85° from the lower vertical direction is diffused.
- the headlamp according to the invention comprises, besides the discharge lamp as described above, at least a reflector and, optionally, further optical elements such as a shutter and a projection lens.
- the lamp is arranged within the reflector such that light emitted from the lamp is re- fleeted by the reflector.
- the reflector comprises different reflector portions, comprising at least an upper reflector portion for reflecting light emitted from the lamp above a horizontal and a lower reflector portion reflecting light emitted from the lamp below a horizontal.
- the diffusing portion of the lamp is arranged such that at least a portion of light reflected from the lower reflector portion is diffused, and such that light reflected at the upper reflector portion is not diffused.
- the headlamp provides a resulting light distribution pattern comprising a light/dark cut-off line.
- a light/dark cut-off line which is oriented generally horizontally (and, as the skilled person knows, may comprise a portion under a defined, small angle with the horizontal) is required for different lighting functions, such as, most impor- tantly, low beam lighting.
- the light/dark cut-off line has a strong contrast between low intensity above the cut-off line and high intensity below. While a light/dark cut-off line may be generated by the shape of a reflector alone, it is preferred in the context of the present invention that the light/dark cut-off is generated by a shutter providing an edge for cutting off part of the light distribution.
- the lower reflector portion comprises different portions or regions used to form different parts of the resulting light distribution pattern.
- the lower reflector portion comprises a first lower reflector portion reflecting light from the discharge lamp for forming center images. Center images are reflected images of the electrical arc that are projected into a region close to the center of the resulting light distribution.
- the first lower reflector portion may be defined as being part of the lower reflector portion, but axially located between the base of the lamp and the center of the interspace between the electrodes of the lamp.
- the diffusing portion is arranged such that light emitted from the lamp into such a direction that it is reflected at at least a part of the first lower reflector por- tion is diffused.
- the diffusing portion is arranged at a position corresponding to the direction of the light used to form the center images.
- This center region of the resulting light distribution pattern is the most critical with regard to inhomogeneities, in particular time- variant inhomogeneities. Since the scattering effect introduced by the diffusing portion is constant, the optical system, and in particular the shape of the reflector can preferably be de- signed to form center images out of diffused images of the arc. Thus, an advantageously homogenous center of the resulting light distribution pattern may be achieved.
- the diffusing portion is preferably arranged axially offset from the electrodes into a direction closer to the base of the lamp.
- the axial position of the diffusing portion is chosen such it extends axially at most up to the center of the interspace between the electrodes, but not beyond.
- a direction from the center between the electrodes up to an edge of the diffusing window may form a angle with the lower horizontal direction that is preferably 0° (i.e. the diffusing por- tion extends right up to the center) to 10° (i.e. an edge of the diffusing portion is located at an axial distance to the center).
- fig. 1 shows a side view of an embodiment of a discharge lamp
- fig. 2a shows an enlarged view of a discharge vessel and outer bulb of the lamp according to fig. 1;
- fig. 2b shows a sectional view of the discharge vessel and outer bulb of fig. 2a with the section taken along the line B..B in fig. 2a;
- fig. 3 shows a schematic side view of an embodiment of a headlamp
- fig. 4 shows in a schematic view a projection of a light distribution emitted from the headlamp of fig. 3 projected on a screen.
- Fig. 1 shows a high intensity discharge lamp for use in a motor vehicle headlamp.
- the discharge lamp 10 includes a base 12 including mechanical and electrical connections and a burner 14 for generating light, mechanically and electrically connected to the base 12.
- the burner 14 includes a quartz glass discharge vessel 16, and, provided around the discharge vessel 16, a cylindrical outer bulb 18 made of quartz glass.
- electrodes 20 are provided within a discharge space with their electrode tips arranged axially at a distance d (fig. 2a).
- the electrode distance d is about 4 mm, but may vary according to different lamp types and regulations.
- discharge lamps for automotive headlamps are operated at steady-state operating powers of 20-40 W.
- a salt pool 22 of liquid metal halides will form in the lower part of the discharge space.
- Light emit- ted from the arc into directions below may thus be scattered depending on the size, position and optical properties of the salt pool 22.
- these properties of the salt pool may change, e.g. due to external forces or over the lifetime of the lamp 10.
- the position and size of the salt pool may vary between different lamps with different inner shapes of the discharge vessel. Thus, the scattering effect will vary, too.
- a diffusing window 24 is provided in the outer surface of the outer bulb 18.
- the diffusing window 24 renders a portion thereof diffusive, so that light is transmitted, but scattered to a certain amount.
- this is schematically shown by comparison of a first example of a light beam 26 emitted from the arc into a direction to pass by the diffusing win- dow 24, so that it may be scattered at the salt pool 22, but is not scattered by the diffusing window 24, and by a second light beam 28 emitted from the arc, which passes through the diffusing window 24 and is scattered there.
- the diffusing window 24 with its size and arrangement relative to the tips of the electrodes 20 and therefore to the electrical arc is shown in more detail in the enlarged views of fig. 2a and fig. 2b.
- the diffusing window 24 is continuous, i.e. the covered surface area is completely diffusive.
- the diffusing window 24 is delimited, i.e. around it the surface of the outer bulb 18 remains smooth and non-diffusive.
- the axial length L of the diffusing window 24 is about 2.5 times the distance d between the electrodes 20.
- the diffusing window 24 axially is not arranged centrally underneath the inter- space between the electrodes 20, but is axially arranged offset towards the base 12.
- the axial offset of the diffusing window 24 is such that the right edge 25 of the diffusing window 24 is arranged closer to the base 12 than the center of the interspace between the electrodes 20.
- An angle ⁇ defined in a vertical plane through the central longitu- dinal axis of the lamp 10 from a center of the interspace between the electrodes between the lower vertical direction and the edge of the diffusing window 24 in the shown example is about 3°.
- the axial offset of the window 24 may be different, such that the angle ⁇ may vary e.g. between 0° and 10°.
- the diffusing window 24 only covers a portion of the lower half of light emission directions. Specifically, the angular range a does not extend up to +/- 90°, i.e. up to horizontal directions, but the diffusing window 24 remains a distance h below the horizontal as shown in fig. 2a. Thus, light emitted into horizontal directions is not diffused.
- Fig. 3 show an automotive headlamp 30 including a reflector 32 with a socket 34 in which the base 12 of a lamp 10 is received.
- the reflector 32 comprises an inner reflective surface with an upper reflector portion 36 and a lower reflector portion 38.
- the headlamp comprises a shutter 40 and a projection lens 42.
- the lamp 10 In operation of the headlamp 30, the lamp 10 emits light that is reflected by the reflector 32, partly shielded by the shutter 40 and then projected through projection lens 42 to form a resulting light distribution pattern.
- the reflector 32 is a complex shape reflector, where the shape of the upper and lower reflective surfaces 36, 38 is numerically designed to form the light distribution pattern from a superposition of differently reflected images of the arc.
- Fig. 4 shows in a symbolic representation a projection of this resulting light distribution pattern on a screen.
- the light distribution pattern comprises a light/dark cut-of line 44 which runs generally horizontally, with an inclined portion forming an angle with the horizontal.
- the reflector 32 is shaped to generate images of the arc within the discharge lamp 10 to be projected into different portions of the resulting light distribution pattern. As shown in Fig. 4, the light distribution pattern is formed by images of the arc arranged under different angles.
- the reflector 32 is shaped such that the angular orientation of each image is indicative of the reflector region on which the light is reflected: light emitted from the lamp 10 into the lower vertical direction will form images of the arc oriented vertically, whereas light emitted horizontally will form images of the arc oriented horizontally.
- the reflector 32 comprises an upper reflector portion 36, reflecting light emitted from the arc into peripheral portions 54 of the resulting light distribution pattern.
- examples of corresponding beams as well as peripheral images 46 created therefrom are represented as dotted lines.
- a part of the lower reflector portion 38 is a first lower reflector portion 48, which reflects the light from the arc of the discharge lamp 10 into a central portion 52 of the light distribution pattern, forming center images 50.
- the center images 50 and the corresponding beams are represented as dashed lines.
- the first lower reflector portion 48 is axially located between the base 12 and the center of the interspace between the electrodes 20 of the lamp 10.
- the light emitted from the lamp 10 into the direction of the first lower reflector portion 48 passes through the diffusing window 24.
- the first lower reflector portion 48 is designed to project slightly diffused center images 50 into the central portion 52 of the resulting light distribution pattern.
- the central portion 52 arranged close to the center of the light distribution pattern, is illuminated by the dif- fused center images 50, whereas the peripheral region 54, located further from the center, is illuminated by peripheral images 46, which are not diffused.
- illumination is homogenous and not subject to variation of the position, size and optical properties of the salt pool 22.
- the light of the lamp 10 is emitted into all spatial directions without diffusion or shading, except for the diffusing window 24.
- various modifications known to discharge lamps in general including diffusing surface modifications or shading elements, such as pin stripes.
- the present inventions differs from these further diffusive/shading elements in that it is arranged to diffuse light possibly scattered at the salt pool 22, i.e. that the diffusing window 24 is arranged below the horizontal.
- this is not intended to exclude alternative lamps, which - besides the diffusing window 24 below the electrodes - further comprise other shading elements or diffusive elements, arranged in different locations.
- the diffusing window 24 is delimited from those other diffusing or shading elements, i.e. that a non-diffusing portion remains around it.
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