Side flashing lamp

US6271750A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• FER Fahrzeugelektrik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Bräutigam · Immelborn, DE
• Rolf Kunstler · Eisenach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R1/1207
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A side flashing lamp for fitting into a cover cap of a motor vehicle external rear view mirror includes a lamp housing with a light exit opening and a translucent cover which closes the opening. The translucent cover is curved in such a way that it extends from the outward side, that is remote from the vehicle, in a continuous transition into the front side of the cover cap, which faces approximately in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The lamp has at least one light source in the lamp housing and at least one reflector for focusing the light of the light source in a main radiation direction which faces substantially in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The lamp includes at least one further light source with a reflector which focuses the light thereof transversely with respect to the main radiation direction. Arranged in the beam path of the further light source and reflector is a light deflection element which deflects the major part of the light focused by that reflector in an inclinedly rearwardly extending radiation direction.