Patent · US Expired

Lighting device in particular signalling lamp for a vehicle

US5685628A · kind A · utility

24Cited by

7References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ITT Automotive Europe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rolf Feger · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Gunther Holzmacher · Asperg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 1995
Grant date	Nov 11, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21S41/29
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lighting device, in particular to a signalling lamp for a vehicle, which consists of a lamp housing and of a cover plate which is connected therewith and is translucent at least in some areas. The lighting device is mountable on a wall or the like, and a gap which forcibly results from design, which provides an unesthetic view to a beholder, and which is formed between the lighting device and an adjacent wall has to be covered in a decorative manner.

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