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Rear element for a motor vehicle comprising a lighting unit

US8251556B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Evonik Röhm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Sven Schroebel · Darmstadt, DE
Rudolf Blass · Darmstadt, DE
Anton Halblaender · Griesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 9, 2008
Grant date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R13/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rear-end element (1) for a motor vehicle encompassing an illumination unit (2) for the illumination of a number plate, where the illumination unit (2) illuminates the rear side of the number plate and the illumination unit (2) has a translucent body (3) and an illuminant (4), where the translucent body of the illumination unit (2) has been introduced by way of the side area (5) into the rear-end element (1). The present invention moreover describes a motor vehicle which encompasses a rear-end element described above.

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