Patent · US Expired

Lamp for vehicles

US6871988B2 · kind B2 · utility

16Cited by

5References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Gebauer · Kassel, DE
Petra Heinbuch · Stuttgart, DE
Kurt Schuster · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 2002
Grant date	Mar 29, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/0038
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lamp for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, has a light source and at least one light-guide arrangement associated with the light source for guiding the light radiated by the light source and coupled into the light-guide arrangement in a specified direction toward an outcoupling point. The lamp further has a light-diverting device in the light-guide arrangement for diverting and/or splitting the light. The light-diverting device is formed as a recess in the light-guide arrangement, and the diversion takes place by means of reflecting the light on one of the lateral surfaces of the recess. The recess is closed by means of a cover element, such that the recess is covered as viewed from the outside of the light-guide arrangement.

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