Lighting device for motor vehicles

US6347880B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Furst · Burgstädt, DE
• Harald Buchalla · Amorbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21Y2115/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lighting device for attachment to a motor vehicle inside a housing 4. One or more light emitting diodes 9 which emit substantially white light are employed as lighting emitters. On account of the small amount of waste heat of the light-emitting diodes 9 the lighting device can be particularly easily integrated into existing subassemblies of the motor vehicle, in particular into the outside mirrors, inside mirror, trim strips and door handles, and can serve to illuminate the region around the vehicle or the interior of the vehicle.