US 12,276,388 B2
Headlamp for a vehicle having a novel basic structure, and production method
Ansgar Gollnick, Paderborn (DE); and Hubertus Hering, Werl (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,806.
Application 18/512,806 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2022/061461, filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 112 674.6 (DE), filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084991 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 41/29 (2018.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); F21S 41/20 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/29 (2018.01) [B60Q 1/0408 (2013.01); F21S 41/28 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headlight for a vehicle, the headlight comprising:
at least one light module designed to emit light;
a headlight lens through which the light from the headlight is adapted to be emitted;
a housing, which, together with the headlight lens, encloses an interior in which the at least one light module is arranged; and
a support unit on which the at least one light module is mounted, the support unit having a front on which a first mount is arranged to receive the headlight lens, the support unit having a back on which a second mount is arranged to receive the housing, and the support unit having at least two fasteners via which the headlight is attached to the vehicle,
wherein the second mount is inserted into a groove of the housing, and
wherein, with reference to a predetermined installation position of the headlight, a first fastener of the at least two fasteners is arranged above external dimensions of at least one of the headlight lens or the housing and a second fastener of the at least two fasteners is arranged below the external dimensions of the at least one of the headlight lens or the housing, or wherein one of the at least two fasteners protrudes laterally over at least one of the lens or the housing.