Patent · US Expired

Illumination device for vehicle

US5984497A · kind A · utility

27Cited by

5References

9Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rolf Foerstner · Bodelshausen, DE
Michael Hamm · Pfullingen, DE
Albrecht Duerr · Pfullingen, DE
Doris Boebel · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 1997
Grant date	Nov 16, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/001
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An illumination device for a vehicle has a housing having a light outlet opening, a light-permeable cover member closing the light outlet opening of the housing, a light source arranged in the housing, a unit forming a side marker light, the a unit including at least one light guiding element in which a light emitted by the light source is uncoupled, the at least one light guiding element extending over a part of a contour of the illumination device, the light guiding element being arranged so that the light exits from the at least one light guiding element over its course from a part of an outer surface of the light guiding element.

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