Light efficiency methods for vehicular HTL systems

US10969080B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMR Patents S.à.r.l. · LU

Inventors

• James Nicholson · Adelaide, AU
• Shane Randell Koehne · McLaren Vale, AU
• Scott Edwards · Clarendon, AU
• Simon Belcher · Clarendon, AU
• Jacob Heath Messenger · Stuttgart, DE
• Mathew Chapman-Winter · McLaren Vale, AU
• Gary Dekievit · Clarendon, AU
• Simon David Field · Loxton, AU
• Sam Thoday · McLaren Vale, AU
• Dean Caruso
• Bill Frank · Clarendon, AU
• Raimund Negel · Unterensingen, DE
• Arne Schmierer · Stuttgart, DE
• Daniel Fritz · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Eugen Meier · Ditzingen, DE
• Oliver Schmidt · Palo Alto, US
• Volker Erhart · Stuttgart, DE
• David Derry Chamberlain · New Milton, GB
• Andrew Brian Little · Somerset, GB
• Eugene Schmirin · Adelaide, AU
• Drew Raymond Evans · Adelaide, AU
• Colin James Hall · Adelaide, AU
• Kamil Zuber · Salisbury, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21W2105/00
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A multifunction lamp unit for a vehicle includes a housing, at least one light pipe together with at least one light source disposed at least partially within the housing, and a clear lens substantially enclosing the housing, the at least one light pipe and the at least one light source, the lens having an inner surface, an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface and at least one of a continuous transparent and translucent coating on the outer surface.