Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlamp for generating a low beam, wherein a vertical extension of the low beam extends along a VV-line from at least 0° down to at least ?10° on the VV-line, said illumination device (10) comprises: —an optic body (100) comprising a common light input section (110), a light output section (130) and a shell surface (140) limiting the optic body (100), —a projection lens system (200) configured to project the light-rays in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the projection lens system (200) in combination with the optic body (100) are configured to generate the low beam illuminated by the projection lens system (200), wherein the optic body (100) comprises a first set of optically operative surfaces for guiding light-rays along a first light-ray path (LR1), wherein the first set of operative surfaces comprises a first and second light deflection surface (300a, 300b), and a first light exit surface (300c), wherein the first and second light deflection sur

Abstract: Illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight for producing a dipped beam distribution, which has a homogeneous light distribution in the region below the intersection HV up to at least ?3° along the vertical line V-V. The illumination device includes: (i) an illuminant for emitting light, (ii) a screen with a screen edge, wherein the screen includes a first and a second screen section, which are connected by a connecting section, and (iii) a projection optics system, which is designed to project the dipped beam distribution towards a main emission direction. The connecting section has a deflection surface, which extends along a plane with a spatial vector, which forms a first angle of 1° to 3°, preferably of 2°, to the first axis, and forms a second angle of 1° to 3°, preferably of 2°, to the main emission direction.

Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, which comprises the following: a first light module (100) for producing light distribution, a bulb shield (300) having a bulb shield (300), which comprises an optically relevant shield edge (310) for producing a cut-off line, a projection lens (400) with an optical axis (A), which is designed to image the light that can be produced by the first light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the projection lens (400) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body (410) and several annular steps (420) arranged on the base body (410), wherein each step (420) has a main surface (420a) to project the light beams of the at least one light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10) and a sloping surface (420b) extending from the base body (410) to the main surface (420a), wherein the main surface of each step is curved and has a focal point, which focal point is arranged horizontally and/or vertically displ

Abstract: Illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight for producing a dipped beam distribution, which has a homogeneous light distribution in the region below the intersection HV up to at least ?3° along the vertical line V-V. The illumination device includes: (i) an illuminant for emitting light, (ii) a screen with a screen edge, wherein the screen includes a first and a second screen section, which are connected by a connecting section, and (iii) a projection optics system, which is designed to project the dipped beam distribution towards a main emission direction. The connecting section has a deflection surface, which extends along a plane with a spatial vector, which forms a first angle of 1° to 3°, preferably of 2°, to the first axis, and forms a second angle of 1° to 3°, preferably of 2°, to the main emission direction.

Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, which comprises the following: a first light module (100) for producing light distribution, a bulb shield (300) having a bulb shield (300), which comprises an optically relevant shield edge (310) for producing a cut-off line, a projection lens (400) with an optical axis (A), which is designed to image the light that can be produced by the first light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the projection lens (400) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body (410) and several annular steps (420) arranged on the base body (410), wherein each step (420) has a main surface (420a) to project the light beams of the at least one light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10) and a sloping surface (420b) extending from the base body (410) to the main surface (420a), wherein the sloping surface (420a) forms a slope angle (W2) to the optical axis (A), and wherein the main surface (420a) and the sloping

Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, which comprises the following: a first light module (100) for producing light distribution, a bulb shield (300) having a bulb shield (300), which comprises an optically relevant shield edge (310) for producing a cut-off line, a projection lens (400) with an optical axis (A), which is designed to image the light that can be produced by the first light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the projection lens (400) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body (410) and several annular steps (420) arranged on the base body (410), wherein each step (420) has a main surface (420a) to project the light beams of the at least one light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10) and a sloping surface (420b) extending from the base body (410) to the main surface (420a), wherein the main surface of each step is curved and has a focal point, which focal point is arranged horizontally and/or vertically displ

Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, which comprises the following: a first light module (100) for producing light distribution, a bulb shield (300) having a bulb shield (300), which comprises an optically relevant shield edge (310) for producing a cut-off line, a projection lens (400) with an optical axis (A), which is designed to image the light that can be produced by the first light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the projection lens (400) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body (410) and several annular steps (420) arranged on the base body (410), wherein each step (420) has a main surface (420a) to project the light beams of the at least one light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10) and a sloping surface (420b) extending from the base body (410) to the main surface (420a), wherein the sloping surface (420a) forms a slope angle (W2) to the optical axis (A), and wherein the main surface (420a) and the sloping

Abstract: A projection module (10) for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a first light source (110) and a second light source (120), a beam stop (200), which is horizontally arranged, and which comprises an optically relevant stop edge (210) for creating an asymmetric light-dark boundary, wherein the first light source (110) is arranged on a top side of the beam stop (200) and, in combination with the stop edge (210), contributes to the creation of a low beam distribution, and wherein the second light source (120) is arranged on a bottom side of the beam stop (200) and contributes to the creation of a high beam distribution, and a projection lens (300), wherein the projection module (10) comprises an auxiliary stop (400), which is vertically arranged below the beam stop (200), and which has a vertically extending first optically relevant stop edge (410), which is configured to partially shade light from the second light source (120), so that a partial high beam distribution can be created, and wherein the auxiliary

Abstract: A projection module (10) for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a first light source (110) and a second light source (120), a beam stop (200), which is horizontally arranged, and which comprises an optically relevant stop edge (210) for creating an asymmetric light-dark boundary, wherein the first light source (110) is arranged on a top side of the beam stop (200) and, in combination with the stop edge (210), contributes to the creation of a low beam distribution, and wherein the second light source (120) is arranged on a bottom side of the beam stop (200) and contributes to the creation of a high beam distribution, and a projection lens (300), wherein the projection module (10) comprises an auxiliary stop (400), which is vertically arranged below the beam stop (200), and which has a vertically extending first optically relevant stop edge (410), which is configured to partially shade light from the second light source (120), so that a partial high beam distribution can be created, and wherein the auxiliary

Abstract: Motor vehicle light module (1) comprising at least one microprojector (2) and at least one at least partially translucent projection screen element (3), the at least one microprojector (2) being configured to create a light distribution (4), the light distribution being projectable in the form of a predefinable luminous pattern (5) onto the at least one at least partially translucent projection screen element (3), wherein, when the motor vehicle light module (1) is in a switched-on state, the predefinable luminous pattern (5) is visible on a side (30) of the projection screen element (3) facing away from the microprojector (2) and contains optically displayed information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) which comprises an imaging unit (2) which is configured to generate an intermediate light image in an imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE?), wherein each imaging unit (2) is composed of a light source (3) and a collimator optics (4), wherein the collimator optics (4) are designed in such a way that the light emitted by the light source (3) in the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE?) is imaged as an intermediate light image, and wherein the lighting device (1) comprises a projection lens (5) which has a focal plane (BE), and the imaging unit (2) and the projection device (5) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE?) lies substantially in the focal plane (BE) of the at least one projection device (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a mechanically highly loaded surface (2) of a component (1) consisting of a hardened steel with a nitrogen and/or carbon component with an adherent or functional coating (4) for surface treatment, wherein a metallic binding material (5) is introduced into the surface (2) prior to the application of the adherent or functional coating (4) to create a graduated diffusion barrier zone (3) conforming to the surface with a proportion of metal nitride and/or metal carbide increasing towards the surface (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) which comprises an imaging unit (2) which is configured to generate an intermediate light image in an imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE?), wherein each imaging unit (2) is composed of a light source (3) and a collimator optics (4), wherein the collimator optics (4) are designed in such a way that the light emitted by the light source (3) in the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE?) is imaged as an intermediate light image, and wherein the lighting device (1) comprises a projection lens (5) which has a focal plane (BE), and the imaging unit (2) and the projection device (5) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that the imaging plane (ZBE, ZBE?) lies substantially in the focal plane (BE) of the at least one projection device (5).

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and the micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; all of the micro-optical systems (3) are subdivided into at least two micro-optical s

Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp unit (100) for a motor-vehicle lighting device, comprising: a dipped-beam module (101), a main-beam module (102), an imaging optical element (103, 503) connected downstream of the dipped-beam module (101) and the main-beam module (102), having an optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504) and a focal surface (116) orientated normal to the optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504), and a diaphragm (105, 405), which has a diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) and extends essentially up to the focal surface (116) of the imaging optical element (103, 503) for generating the horizontal cut-off line in a light image generated by the lamp unit (100), wherein the diaphragm (105, 405) has an opaque diaphragm region (107, 407) and has a transparent diaphragm region (108, 408) with a geometric structure (109, 409) made from a transparent material at the diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) in the region of the focal surface (116), the geometric structure (109, 409) has at least one prism body (110, 210, 310, 410, 510)

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and all micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; the micro-diaphragm (32) of each micro-optical system (3) has an optically effective

Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp unit (100) for a motor-vehicle lighting device, comprising: a dipped-beam module (101), a main-beam module (102), an imaging optical element (103, 503) connected downstream of the dipped-beam module (101) and the main-beam module (102), having an optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504) and a focal surface (116) orientated normal to the optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504), and a diaphragm (105, 405), which has a diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) and extends essentially up to the focal surface (116) of the imaging optical element (103, 503) for generating the horizontal cut-off line in a light image generated by the lamp unit (100), wherein the diaphragm (105, 405) has an opaque diaphragm region (107, 407) and has a transparent diaphragm region (108, 408) with a geometric structure (109, 409) made from a transparent material at the diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) in the region of the focal surface (116), the geometric structure (109, 409) has at least one prism body (110, 210, 310, 410, 510)

Abstract: Motor vehicle light module (1) comprising at least one microprojector (2) and at least one at least partially translucent projection screen element (3), the at least one microprojector (2) being configured to create a light distribution (4), the light distribution being projectable in the form of a predefinable luminous pattern (5) onto the at least one at least partially translucent projection screen element (3), wherein, when the motor vehicle light module (1) is in a switched-on state, the predefinable luminous pattern (5) is visible on a side (30) of the projection screen element (3) facing away from the microprojector (2) and contains optically displayed information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising: at least one light source (1) and at least one projection device (2), the projection device (2) having an entry optical unit (21) and an exit optical unit (22), the entry optical unit (21) being designed to form an intermediate image from light emitted by the at least one light source (1) in an intermediate image plane, which lies between the entry optical unit (21) and the exit optical unit (22) and is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection device (2), and the exit optical unit (22) being designed to image the intermediate image into a region in front of the light module in the form of a light distribution of a first predefined type, at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being provided, which at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) is designed to emit light between the entry optical unit (21) and the exit optical unit (22); the exit optical unit (22) being designed to imag

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and all micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; the micro-diaphragm (32) of each micro-optical system (3) has an optically effective