Lighting module for a vehicle component and vehicle component with a lighting module

US11878626B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · US

Inventors

• Roland Och · Rottendorf, DE
• Joachim OBERST · Großrinderfeld, DE
• Andreas Rudolf · Würzburg, DE
• Matthias HEGWEIN · Ippesheim, DE
• Matthias Gans · Wittighausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/0001
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An illumination module (1) for highlighting a region of a vehicle component, such as a charging or tank recess (20) or a handle assembly, includes a light source support (2) having at least one light source (3) and a housing (4), in which the light source support with the at least one light source is received. The housing includes a light outlet region (5), via which light can be decoupled from the housing (4). The illumination module (1) further includes a light diffuser (6) optically coupled to the light outlet region of the housing, which diffuser includes a first light outlet region (7), via which light can be decoupled for direct illumination or highlighting of the region of the vehicle component and which includes a second light outlet region (8), which is spatially separated from the first light outlet region (7) via which signal light can be decoupled.