Patent · US Active

Lighting apparatus for vehicles

US10563836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

Bernd Fischer · Bräunlingen, DE
Paul Friesen · Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE
Joerg Sieme · Ostbevern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21V11/08
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lighting apparatus for vehicles having a light source unit containing a number of light sources, having an optical unit disposed in front of the light source unit in the main emission direction and containing a number of optical elements for imaging the light source according to a predetermined light distribution, having an additional element containing a cutout for the light source, wherein the additional element is designed as an adjustment screen and the cutout as a screen opening, wherein the adjustment screen extends in a screen plane extending perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical unit between a light input face of the optical unit and a light source plane accommodating the light source, the light source has a contour, extending in the light source plane with light source edges which delimit a light-emitting face of the light source.

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