Light guide, lighting device and vehicle part
US10871266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF21Y2115/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This relates to a light guide for a lighting device for a vehicle, including at least one woven flat body and a plurality of optical fibers, which at least partly build the flat body. All or some of the optical fibers comprise at least one coupling section. Each coupling section is disposable or disposed in a socket of the lighting device to receive light from a light source of the lighting device. The optical fibers include at least one light decoupling section being part of at least one illumination section of the woven flat body. The woven flat body and/or the at least one light decoupling section of the optical fibers include at least one reflecting element to decouple light from the optical fibers.
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