WO2005010853A1 - Plaque d'immatriculation eclairee destinee a un vehicule - Google Patents

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WO2005010853A1
WO2005010853A1 PCT/US2004/016505 US2004016505W WO2005010853A1 WO 2005010853 A1 WO2005010853 A1 WO 2005010853A1 US 2004016505 W US2004016505 W US 2004016505W WO 2005010853 A1 WO2005010853 A1 WO 2005010853A1
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Arnold Eberwein
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
    • G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
    • G09F9/35—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being liquid crystals
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
    • G09F13/16—Signs formed of or incorporating reflecting elements or surfaces, e.g. warning signs having triangular or other geometrical shape
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
    • G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated

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  • the present invention relates to an illuminated license plate for a vehicle and, in particular, to a back-lit license plate. Moreover, the invention relates to a vehicle, in particular a power driven vehicle, e.g. a car, a motorcycle, a train, an aircraft, or a ship, the body of which comprises such an illuminated license plate.
  • a power driven vehicle e.g. a car, a motorcycle, a train, an aircraft, or a ship, the body of which comprises such an illuminated license plate.
  • Externally illuminated license plates made of metal or other materials are commonly known. These known license plates are illuminated by normally two or three lamps arranged in front of and below or above the license plate. The light of the lamps is directed towards the front face of the license plate for illuminating the same.
  • the known external illumination designs are suffering from a non-uniform illumination of the license plate.
  • the light sources externally arranged from the license plate limit the design freedom of the car designers.
  • EP-A-1 262 373 a back-lit license plate is described in which a layer of luminescent material is used in front of which a light-transmissive retro-reflective film is arranged.
  • a light transmissive indicia film Arranged in front of the light-transmissive retro-reflective film is a light transmissive indicia film provided with indicia.
  • a similar illuminated license plate is disclosed in
  • the invention provides an illuminated license plate for vehicles wherein the license plate comprises a light guide having opposite major front and back faces and side faces therebetween, - an elongate light source arranged along at least a portion of at least one of the side faces of the light guide for illuminating the light guide, a light-transmissive retro-reflective film, and indicia, wherein the light-transmissive retro-reflective film and the indicia are arranged in front of the front face of the light guide.
  • an edge-lit hollow or solid light guide having two opposite front and back major faces and side faces therebetween.
  • An elongate light source is arranged along at least a portion of at least one of the side faces of the light guide for emitting light into the light guide.
  • the elongate light source emits light substantially along its longitudinal direction and comprises an elongated luminant, like a light tube, e.g. a fluorescent tube, or several individual luminants spaced from each other and arranged adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction of the light source. Accordingly, the elongate light source can comprise a linear array of separate light emitting elements.
  • a light-transmissive retro-reflective film In front of the front face of the light guide, there are arranged a light-transmissive retro-reflective film and indicia in the form of, for example graphics and/or characters or the like.
  • the indicia can be directly arranged, e.g. by printing, on the light- transmissive retro-reflective film or at the front face of the light guide or can be supported by an additional film (indicia film).
  • the light-transmissive retro-reflective film can be beaded, prismatic or provided with cube corners as basically known to those skilled in the art. Basically, each type of light-transmissive retro-reflective film can be used. In particular those light-transmissive retro-reflective films can be used which are known from traffic signs.
  • the cube corner retro-reflective film as described in US-A-4,588,258, US-A-5,122,902 and WO-A-98/20375 is useful as the light-transmissive retro-reflective film for the illuminated license plate according to the invention.
  • a beaded retro-reflective film comprising retro-reflective microspheres as used in the traffic sign of US-A-4,005,538 can be employed.
  • light is transmitted by total internal reflection at the front and back and side faces until the light rays impinge onto the front face and onto the light- transmissive retro-reflective film at an angle at which the light is transmitted out of the front face of the light guide and through the light-transmissive retro-reflective film.
  • the amount of light extracted out of the front face of the light guide can be enhanced by light-scattering particles added to the transparent material of the light guide.
  • a back reflector can be arranged at the back face of the light guide. Reflectors can also be arranged at the side faces of the light guide. Both the back reflector and the side face reflectors preferably are diffuse reflective, specular reflective, or scattering reflective films with high reflection efficiency.
  • Arranging reflectors and, in particular, highly diffuser or specular or scattering reflective films along the back and side faces of the light guide provides for a light guide in which light can escape exclusively through the front face so that most of the light of the light source can be used for illuminating the indicia. Accordingly, such a design is highly efficient with regard to the required brightness, even illumination, and power consumption.
  • light extraction mechanisms in addition to, or as an alternative to, the reflectors mentioned before
  • films or paints in addition to, or as an alternative to, the reflectors mentioned before
  • light-extraction elements printed onto a surface of the light guide e.g. dots of variable size, shape and density
  • Such arrangements are described, for example, inUS-A-5,736,686; 5,649,754; 5,600,462; 5,377,084; 5,363,294; 5,289,351; 5,262,928; 5,667,289; and 3,241,256.
  • Other light extraction arrangements useful for the invention are described in US-A-5,618,096, WO-A-92/05535, and WO-A- 01/71248.
  • the light guide is a solid light guide.
  • a solid light guide is more stable than a hollow light guide and, accordingly, is more useful for automotive applications.
  • the solid light guide can have a plate-like shape or a wedge-like shape.
  • the light guide is provided with opposite narrow and wide side faces wherein the light source is arranged along the wide side face. Due to the wedge-like shape light rays emitted from the light source can be reflected more uniformly from the back face towards the front face of the light guide even within areas of the light guide opposite to the light source and relatively far away therefrom thereby compensating for decreased light intensity in these areas.
  • plate-like and wedge-like shapes can also be used for hollow light guides.
  • an indicia film provided with the indicia is laminated onto a transparent support film by means of a transparent optically clear adhesive.
  • the adhesive has a refractive index no greater than 1.3.
  • the light-transmissive retro-reflective film can be adhered to the support film. This arrangement is located in front of the light guide and can be removed therefrom. The light guide and the support film can be mechanically fastened allowing removability of the support film including indicia and light-transmissive retro- reflective films.
  • the light-transmissive retro-reflective film can be directly provided with indicia printed thereon or applied thereto in a different manner.
  • the indicia film or light-transmissive retro-reflective film can be directly adhered to the front face of the light guide by means of an optical clear (transparent) adhesive which most preferably has a refractive index no greater than 1.3. i this design, no air interface is provided between the light guide and the light-transmissive retro-reflective film or indicia film.
  • a tapered light guide i.e. a light guide of a wedgelike type is preferred for uniform light distribution over the front face of the light guide.
  • this film assembly can be adhered to the front face of the light guide by means of an optical clear (transparent) adhesive as mentioned above.
  • an optical clear (transparent) adhesive it is preferred that the indicia film adhered to the light-transmissive retro-reflective film or a support film will be automatically destroyed upon removal. This can be achieved e.g. by providing slits in the indicia film.
  • These safety features are basically known in the art from e.g. stickers or other graphic films attached to car windows, for instance.
  • These safety systems are also generally known from tamper-indicating theft protecting articles as for example described in US-B6,372,341. Suitable sheetings for the indicia films to be used in the present invention are also available from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing under the trade names ScotchlightTM VP5580 or VP5570 or VP5490 or VP5480.
  • the light guide of the license plate according to the invention is edge-lit by means of an elongate light source.
  • This light source can be a fluorescent lamp arranged along at least one of the side faces of the light guide.
  • cold cathode fluorescent lamps have rather good luminous efficiency, they suffer from some disadvantages when used for illuminating a license plate. Namely, fluorescent lamps need special electric circuitry and high voltage which generates electronic noise and, accordingly, requires EMC/EMI shielding measures.
  • fluorescent lamps generally are too bright for use in license plates and are not dimmable so that the illumination of the license plate has to be reduced by other means resulting in a loss of the overall efficiency of the system.
  • the elongate light source is realized by several LEDs arranged in a linear array.
  • LEDS are increasingly utilized in particular in automotive lighting (both for interior and exterior of a vehicle). LEDs are known to have a very long lifespan without maintenance requirements. Within recent years LEDs emitting white light have become available at reasonable costs.
  • the advantage of the provision of several light emitting elements arranged in a linear array instead of one common elongate light source is that, in case of failure of individual light emitting elements, illumination of the license plate is still given. Moreover, individual light emitting elements make it possible to illuminate the license plate with different colors within different areas of the license plate.
  • Providing light of different colors within different areas of the license plate can also be achieved by a segmented light guide emitting different colors within defined areas by means of highly specular and/or diffuse reflective films for separating defined areas emitting different light colors, or retro-reflective films which are double-side coated with transparent clear adhesives.
  • the light emitting elements can be differently controlled and driven for different purposes. For instance, in case of an emergency, the light emitting elements can be flashed simultaneously, sequentially or alternately so that specific lighting effects can be realized for drawing the attention of persons to a vehicle.
  • the light emitting elements can also be connected to the car hazard warning lights.
  • optical fiber technology it is also possible to realize the elongate light source suitable for the license plate according to the invention by use of optical fiber technology.
  • several optical fibers are arranged such that their end faces are located opposite to the side face of the light guide.
  • the end faces of the optical fibers provide individual light emitting elements.
  • a light tube or the like optical fiber is located along a side face of the light guide, with light transmitted through the light tube exiting laterally therefrom.
  • An even better and more homogenous and energy-efficient light distribution in the light guide can be realized by coupling the light of the individual light emitting elements to the light guide by means of optical lenses located at the side face of the light guide.
  • the lens characteristic can be achieved by forming rounded notches in the side face of the light guide wherein each light emitting element has a separate notch associated thereto. These notches can receive the light emitting elements, i.e. the ends of optical fibers or the LEDs which can be either normal LEDs with rounded housings or surface mount device LEDs having a flat structure with a transparent covering material having also lens characteristics.
  • the light emitted from the light emitting elements and transmitted into the light guide will be spread within the light guide.
  • Light reflected from the surface of the notches and the remaining areas of the side face of the light guide can be reflected back to the side face and notches by means of a side face reflector as mentioned before and arranged such that the light emitting elements are located between the light guide and the reflector.
  • the light guide and the elongate light source can be integral parts of the body of a car or can be a unit attached to the body of a car.
  • the shape of the light guide and, in particular, the shape of the front face of the light guide can be designed to follow the overall shape of the car body. Accordingly, the front face of the light guide can be for example convexly or concavely curved.
  • the remaining parts of the license plate according to the invention can be attached i.e. mechanically or by means of an adhesive as mentioned above. This allows for a very large degree of freedom when designing the part of the car body surrounding the license plate. In particular the license plate does no longer limit the design of the car body because the license plate and the shape thereof can be adapted to the car body.
  • Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view through a license plate according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is an isometric and exploded view of the license plate shown in the cross sectional view in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 is a part of a cross sectional view taken along ⁇ i-III of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through a different embodiment of a license plate according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 5 a schematic view for showing the integration of the front face of the light guide of the license plate in a curved part of the body of a car.
  • the license plate 10 comprises a solid light guide 12 made of a transparent synthetic material (for example, acrylic, e.g. polymethylmetacylate, or polycarbonate) and having a plate-like shape.
  • the light guide 12 comprises a major front face 14 and an opposite major back face 16 as well as opposite side faces 18, 20 and 22, 24 (see also Fig. 2).
  • an elongate light source 26 is arranged comprising a printed circuit board 28 or the like carrier strip carrying several LEDs 30 arranged side by side for forming a linear array.
  • the elongate light source 26 provides for edge illumination of the light guide 12.
  • each LED 30 there is formed a notch 32 in the lower side face 20 of the light guide 12.
  • the lower side face 20 of the light guide 12 is provided with concave curvatures 34 acting as diverging lenses integral with the light guide 12 for spreading the light rays emitted by the LED towards and transmitted into the light guide 12.
  • concave curvatures 34 acting as diverging lenses integral with the light guide 12 for spreading the light rays emitted by the LED towards and transmitted into the light guide 12.
  • Highly specular or diffuse reflectors 36, 38, 40, and 42 are arranged along the side faces 18, 20, 22, 24 of the light guide 12. These reflectors are adhered to the light guide 12 by means of an optically clear (transparent) adhesive preferably having a refractive index no greater than 1.3. Other optical clear adhesives can also be used. Suitable adhesives are available from 3M Company, St. Paul, USA (e.g. #8141, #8142, #8161, or #9483). Moreover, a highly diffuse or specular back reflector 44 is arranged to face the back face 16 of the light guide 12. The back reflector 44 as well as the reflectors 36, 38, 40, 42 are comprised of a film. For example such a film is available from 3M Company, St. Paul, USA, and is named Visible Mirror Film VM 2002 or VM 2000 F1A6 or Light Enhancement Film 3635-100.
  • the strip-like reflector 36 has its lower side face 20 provided with holes 46 through which the LEDs 30 extend. Moreover, the reflector 36 at its lateral edges 48 extends along the bottom edges of the front and back faces 14, 16 of the light guide 12. Within these lateral edges 48 the reflector 36 reflects light emitted from the LEDs 30 back into the light guide 12.
  • a sandwich structure of several layers comprising a light-transmissive retro-reflective film 50, a clear support film 52 which can be embossed, and an indicia film 54 provided with indicia 56, 58 in the form of characters, digits and graphics in this embodiment.
  • the adjacent films are adhered to each other by means of light-transmissive adhesive (e.g. stretch- release type VP 5290 available from 3M Company, St. Paul, USA).
  • the light- transmissive retro-reflective film 50 can be a beaded or prismatic or cube corner film as basically known to those skilled in the art.
  • the retro-reflective properties of this film are used both for external light impinging onto and through the indicia film 54 as well as internal light from the light guide 12.
  • the light- transmissive retro-reflective film 50 together with the back reflector 44 provides for multiple light reflections through the light guide 12 resulting in an homogenous illumination of the front face 14 of the light guide 12.
  • the light guide 12 can be provided with light scattering particles 64 substantially homogenously distributed within the material of the light guide 12 and having different light diffractive properties.
  • the indicia 56, 58 can be printed on the clear support film 52 or directly onto the light-transmissive retro-reflective film 50.
  • a protective clear film (not shown) can be laminated over the printed surface of the support film 52 if necessary.
  • the sandwich structure comprising films 50, 52, and 54 as mentioned above is mechanically attached to the front face 14 of the light guide 12 by any suitable mechanical fastening means such as clamps or the like.
  • a housing 66 comprising a rear wall 68 and side walls 70 projecting therefrom encompasses the light guide 12, the elongate light source 26 and the films 50, 52, and
  • a frame 72 that grips the sandwich structure of the layers 50, 52, and 54 so as to fasten the same in front of the light guide 12.
  • the frame 72 defines an opening 74 within which the front face 14 of the light guide 12 is exposed.
  • a sealing element 76 is arranged between the frame 72 and the side walls 70 of the housing 66.
  • the frame 72 can be secured to the side walls 70 or rear wall 68 by any suitable means like screws, clamps, or the like allowing the assembly of the license plate and the insertion removal of the sandwich structure. If detaching the frame 72 from the side walls 70 is not necessary (see e.g. the embodiment of Fig. 4 referred to later), the frame 72 can also be fixedly adhered or bonded to the side walls 70.
  • FIG. 4 An alternative embodiment of a license plate according to the invention is shown in cross sectional view in Fig. 4.
  • This license plate 80 is of a construction similar to that of the license plate 10 according to Figs. 1 to 3.
  • the differences relates to the shape of the light guide 12 which is tapered towards its upper side face 18.
  • This tapered version of the light guide 12 provides the advantage that within the upper portion, i.e. the portion spaced from the elongate light source 26, the number of reflections at the back face 16 of the light guide 12 is increased, which compensates for the decreasing intensity of the reflected light. Therefore, the tapered configuration provides a more equal distribution of the light.
  • Another difference between the license plates 80 and 10 relates to the fact that the light-transmissive retro-reflective film 50 with the indicia film 54 adhered thereto by means of the adhesive layer 62, is directly adhered to the front face 14 of the light guide 12 by means of an adhesive layer 82.
  • these adhesive layers 62 and 82 can be preferably from the stretch-release type adhesive tape VP 5290 available from 3M Company, St. Paul, USA. However, other optical clear adhesives can be used as well.
  • the adhesive 82 should be capable to be peeled off from the light guide 12 without any residuals left at the front face 14 of the light guide so that the indicia film 54 and light-transmissive retro-reflective film 50 can be replaced by another combination of indicia film and light-transmissive retro-reflective film.
  • These techniques are basically known from stickers or the like graphics adhered to car windows or other surfaces.
  • FIG. 10 or 80 can be shaped so as to follow the shape of the body 90 of a car 92 within the area 94 adjacent to the location of the license plate.
  • Fig. 5 the rear end of the body 90 of the car 92 including the rear lamps 96 and bumper 98 is shown.

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L'invention concerne une plaque d'immatriculation éclairée (10) destinée à des véhicules et comprenant un guide lumineux (12) présentant des surfaces principales avant et arrière opposées (14, 16) et des surfaces latérales (18, 20, 22, 24) entre celles-ci, ainsi qu'une source lumineuse allongée (26) disposée le long d'au moins une partie d'au moins une des surfaces latérales (20) du guide lumineux (12), aux fins d'éclairage de celui-ci (12). De plus, la plaque d'immatriculation éclairée (10) comprend un film rétroréfléchissant transmettant un rayonnement (50) et un indice (56, 58), ledit film (50) et l'indice (56, 58) étant disposés en face de la surface avant (14) du guide lumineux (12).
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