EP2372235A3 - Vehicle light with an optical fibre lens adapter - Google Patents

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EP2372235A3
EP2372235A3 EP11159824A EP11159824A EP2372235A3 EP 2372235 A3 EP2372235 A3 EP 2372235A3 EP 11159824 A EP11159824 A EP 11159824A EP 11159824 A EP11159824 A EP 11159824A EP 2372235 A3 EP2372235 A3 EP 2372235A3
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light
optical fibre
vehicle light
lens adapter
vehicle lamp
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Matthias Gebauer
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Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen Germany GmbH
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/20—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S43/235—Light guides
    • F21S43/236—Light guides characterised by the shape of the light guide
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/10—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by the light source
    • F21S43/13—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by the light source characterised by the type of light source
    • F21S43/14—Light emitting diodes [LED]
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/20—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S43/235—Light guides
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2107/00—Use or application of lighting devices on or in particular types of vehicles

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)

Abstract

Vorgestellt wird eine Fahrzeugleuchte (10) mit wenigstens einer Lichtleiter-Vorsatzoptik (18), die dazu eingerichtet ist, Licht einer Lichtquelle (16) über eine Lichteinkoppelfläche (22) aufzunehmen und über Lichtauskoppelflächen (24, 26) auszukoppeln, wobei jede Lichtauskoppelfläche (24, 26) über einen Auskoppelarm (28, 30) optisch mit der Lichteinkoppelfläche (22) verbunden ist. Die Fahrzeugleuchte (10) zeichnet sich da durch aus, dass die Vorsatzoptik (18) einen Bereich (32) aufweist, in dem das eingekoppelte Licht gleichmäßig auf die einzelnen Auskoppelarme (28, 30) aufgeteilt wird, wobei die Auskoppelarme (28, 30) mit Lichteintrittsquerschnitten in den genannten Bereich (32) übergehen, deren Größe umgekehrt proportional zur dort herrschenden Lichtstromdichte ist.

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A vehicle lamp (10) is provided with at least one optical fiber attachment optics (18) which is adapted to receive light from a light source (16) via a light input surface (22) and to extract it via light output surfaces (24, 26), each light output surface (24 , 26) via a Auskoppelarm (28, 30) is optically connected to the light input surface (22). The vehicle lamp (10) is distinguished by the fact that the attachment optics (18) has a region (32) in which the coupled-in light is divided equally between the individual coupling arms (28, 30), the coupling arms (28, 30) with light entry cross sections in the said area (32) pass, whose size is inversely proportional to the prevailing luminous flux density there.
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EP11159824A 2010-03-27 2011-03-25 Vehicle light with an optical fibre lens adapter Withdrawn EP2372235A3 (en)

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DE102010013045A DE102010013045A1 (en) 2010-03-27 2010-03-27 Vehicle lamp with a fiber-optic attachment optics

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EP2372235A3 true EP2372235A3 (en) 2012-09-12

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DE102013221332B4 (en) 2013-10-21 2023-10-19 HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA lighting device
DE102020003014B4 (en) 2020-05-19 2023-11-23 Mercedes-Benz Group AG Lighting device for a vehicle
FR3135128B1 (en) * 2022-04-29 2024-03-29 Valeo Vision MULTIPLIER LIGHT MODULE
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JP2000318396A (en) * 1999-05-17 2000-11-21 Otani National Denki Kk Decorative illumination
US20060198158A1 (en) * 2005-03-04 2006-09-07 Daisuke Nagabuchi Light guiding unit, light guiding unit assembly, and lamp comprising the same

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FR2888917B1 (en) 2005-07-21 2009-11-20 Valeo Vision LIGHTING OR SIGNALING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

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JP2000318396A (en) * 1999-05-17 2000-11-21 Otani National Denki Kk Decorative illumination
US20060198158A1 (en) * 2005-03-04 2006-09-07 Daisuke Nagabuchi Light guiding unit, light guiding unit assembly, and lamp comprising the same

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