Vehicle having an electroluminescent light band

US6037865A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Werner Heinz · Bocholt, DE
• Wolfgang Mueller · Lustenau, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q2900/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle illumination system includes at least one electroluminescent light band arranged on the shell of the vehicle body. The electroluminescent light band is arranged in an indentation of the vehicle body shell such that, on its exterior, it extends essentially flush with respect to the adjoining shell area, continuously from a front head light to a rear light. It may be operated as a moving light during a certain driving maneuver, such that its moving direction corresponds to the driving direction of the vehicle.