Patent · US Expired

Signal lamp

US5584570A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

3References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ITT Automotive Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter M. Binder · Bocholt, DE
Rolf Feger · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Peter Grynaeus · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Gunther Holzmacher · Asperg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 1995
Grant date	Dec 17, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 21, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21S43/255
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a signal lamp, in particular, for automotive vehicles, comprising a casing, a light source arranged in the casing, a reflector, a closure plate and an optical plate provided between the light source and the closure plate and comprising convex areas at the side thereof facing the light source and concave areas on the side thereof facing away from the light source between which are provided light-impermeable areas on the surface, a homogeneous light distribution is obtained in that the side of the closure plate facing the light source comprises concave recesses.

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