Patent · US Expired

Tail light for a motor vehicle

US6499870B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Hubert Zwick · Stuttgart, DE
Otto Muller · Konstanz, DE
Rudolf Bauder · Bad Wildbad, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 1999
Grant date	Dec 31, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21Y2113/20
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle tail light has a housing having a light source chamber and a light window delimiting one side of the light source chamber. A first light source provides a first signaling function and a second light source provides a second signaling function. The first and second light sources are mounted in the light source chamber remote from the light window. A first reflector, having a first horizontal reflection angle, and a second reflector, having a second horizontal reflection angle, are mounted in the housing opposite the light window. The first light source emits light being reflected at the first reflector onto the light window and passing through the light window to the exterior of the tail light. The second light source emits light being reflected at the second reflector onto the light window and passing through the light window to the exterior of the tail light. The second reflection angle is different from the first reflection angle.

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