A Fresh Approach to an Idea for Seeing at Night

700088

02/01/1970

Event
1970 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Existing automobile lighting is inadequate when meeting opposing traffic on the open road. This paper describes a relatively simple projector lamp which is self-aiming in relation to an oncoming vehicle. Its powerful beam supplements the light given by standard lower beams. An automatic shutter cuts off that part of the beam which would otherwise dazzle the oncoming driver. The remainder of the beam shines past the opposing vehicle, more than doubling the seeing-distance.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/700088
Pages
10
Citation
Hicks, H., "A Fresh Approach to an Idea for Seeing at Night," SAE Technical Paper 700088, 1970, https://doi.org/10.4271/700088.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1970
Product Code
700088
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English