Lighting device in the door of a vehicle

US6160475A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sidler Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Hornung · Gilching, DE
• Thomas Jaiser · Reutlingen, DE
• Bern Merz · Neuffen, DE
• Anton Kempf · Lörrach, DE
• Klaus-Peter Fessler · Gomaringen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 1999
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2000
• Expiry date: May 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S362/806
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lighting device comprises at least one door light (4) provided in a door (2) of a vehicle, the light source of which (6) is disposed behind a wall (7) of a door covering, in particular a trim (3), wherein the outer side of the wall (7) is formed, in this region (8), by a light-permeable decorative layer (10) which has a surface pattern when the light source (6) is switched off corresponding to the remaining surface decor of the wall (7). The light-permeable decorative layer (10) is introduced onto a transparent plastic (13) using the IMD method. It is thereby possible to impart an arbitrary surface design to the light-permeable decorative layer (10).