Method for producing a light for vehicles and exterior mirror assembly of a vehicle with a lamp thus prepared
US9643532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/0065
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a lamp for vehicles is disclosed in which a housing, a light conductor, and a clear lens are produced as one unit out of plastic in a 3-component injection procedure. The refractive index of the plastic of the clear lens is selected to be different from the refractive index of the plastic of the light conductor. The boundary between clear lens and the light conductor adjacent to it is formed with a structure. Because of the difference of the two refractive indexes and the structure at the given light admission on at least one light incoupling area at one end of the light conductor, light outcoupling areas are defined along the extent of the light conductor and out of the lamp. The invention furthermore relates to a side-view mirror arrangement of a vehicle having a lamp manufactured in this manner, preferably in the form of a blinker.
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