Patent · US Expired

Taillight for vehicles, especially for motor vehicles

US5707130A · kind A · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Hubert Zwick · Stuttgart, DE
Otto Muller · Konstanz, DE
Stephan Berlitz · Schrobenhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 1996
Grant date	Jan 13, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/0068
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle taillight has a housing and a light-transmissive cover for closing off the housing. At least one light source is located within the housing for emitting light through the light-transmissive cover. At least one light-guiding member is positioned within the housing between the light source and the light-transmissive cover. The light-guiding member consists of light guide material and reflects light emitted by the light source onto the light-transmissive cover.

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