Joseph Jameslee Turner

US Patent:

7537365, May 26, 2009

Filed:

May 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/382566

Inventors:

Burnell L. Bender - Woodburn IN, US
Allen R. Wittman - Convoy OH, US
Jason E. McVay - Fort Wayne IN, US
Joseph R. Turner - Huntertown IN, US

Assignee:

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC - Warrenville IL

International Classification:

F21S 8/10

US Classification:

362512, 362539, 362507

Abstract:

An exterior lighting system of a motor vehicle () has headlamps () and foglamps () for illuminating a field of view. The headlamps have lenses () through which light passes to illuminate the field of view and are constructed to alter the light that is directed within the headlamps toward upper zones (A) of the lenses relative to light that is directed toward lower zones (B) of the lenses when both headlamps and foglamps are shining onto the field of view so as to attenuate headlight glare that would otherwise be seen by a driver of the vehicle looking toward the field of view in the absence of the light alteration. Various embodiments of inventive headlamps are shown.