Vehicle light assembly comprising flexible lighting strip

US11519581B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LUMILEDS LLC · US

Inventors

• Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets · Bunde, NL
• Andreas Timinger · Aachen, DE
• Christian Kleijnen · Ittervoort, NL
• Ralph Hubert Peters · Aachen, DE
• Adam Lind · Aldenhoven, DE
• Rob Bastiaan Maria Einig · Aldenhoven, DE
• Tobias FINK · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21Y2115/10
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle light assembly comprising: a flexible lighting strip comprising a multitude of light-emitting diodes, wherein the flexible lighting strip is arranged to be bent around at least two, more preferred three linear independent axes; a light guiding structure comprising a light receiving surface and a primary light emission surface, wherein the light receiving surface receives light emitted by the flexible lighting strip, wherein the primary light emission surface emits at least a part of the light received via the light receiving surface, and wherein the light receiving surface is arranged to define a bending of the flexible lighting strip; a coupling structure that is arranged to mechanically couple the flexible lighting strip to the light receiving surface in accordance with the bending defined by the light receiving surface. The invention further describes a vehicle rear light or vehicle front light comprising the vehicle light assembly.