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Illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle

US12392466B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

Bernd Fischer · Bräunlingen, DE
Marc Kaup · Paderborn, DE
Dirk Kliebisch · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21S41/322
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle having at least one light source from which light is emitted when the illumination apparatus is in operation, a collimation optical system through which, when the illumination apparatus is in operation, the light emitted from the at least one light source passes at least in part, and a secondary optical system with at least one array of cylinder lenses arranged adjacently on a face, through which, when the illumination apparatus is in operation, the light emitted by the collimation optical system passes at least in part, wherein the secondary optical system has an entry face and an exit face for the light emitting from the collimation optical system. The secondary optical system being arranged such that the exit face of the secondary optical system forms an angle unequal to 0° or unequal to 180° with the vertical when the illumination apparatus is installed.

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