IP Library Granted Patent US 8,944,651
Granted Patent B2
US 8,944,651 · App. 12/600,495 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Vehicle light

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Patent No.
US 8,944,651
App. No.
12/600,495
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle lighting fixture which comprises at least: a light source comprising at least one LED; a light-transmitting part that is arranged such that it receives light from the light source; and a reflector that is arranged such that it reflects that portion of the light from the light source that passes through the light-transmitting part and couples it out to the front of the lighting fixture, a reflection portion and a refraction portion being provided within the light-transmitting part, wherein said reflection portion deflects the light issuing from the light source through total reflection in one direction that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the reflector, whereas the refraction portion couples out the light in the direction of the reflector.

Claims (7)

1. A motor vehicle lighting fixture which comprises at least: a light source ( 1 ) comprising at least one LED; a light-transmitting part ( 2 ) that is arranged such that it receives light from the tight source ( 1 ); and a reflector ( 3 ) that is arranged such that it reflects that portion of the light from the light source ( 1 ) that passes through the light-transmitting part ( 2 ) and couples it out to the front of the lighting fixture ( 5 ), a reflection portion and a refraction portion being provided within the light-transmitting part ( 2 ), wherein said reflection portion deflects the light issuing from the light source ( 1 ) through total reflection in one direction that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the reflector ( 3 ) and issues from the light-transmitting part ( 2 ) without hitting the reflector ( 3 ) and in the one direction that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the reflector ( 3 ), whereas the refraction portion couples out the light in the direction of the optical axis of the reflector ( 3 ).

2. A motor vehicle lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the light-transmitting part ( 2 ) has at least one light emission surface ( 23 ) from which the issuing light is incident on the reflector ( 3 ).

3. A motor vehicle lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the light-transmitting part ( 2 ) has at least one light emission surface ( 23 ) from which the issuing light is not incident on the reflector ( 3 ).

4. A motor vehicle lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that at least a portion of the light that is not incident on the reflector ( 3 ) is coupled into an optical waveguide ( 5 ).

5. A motor vehicle lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the reflector ( 3 ) consists of at least two parts ( 31 ; 32 ) whose centers do not lie on the optical axis (Ax).

6. A motor vehicle lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the light source ( 1 ) is a single LED light source.

7. A motor vehicle lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that a portion of the light that passes from the light source ( 1 ) through the reflection portion provided within the light-transmitting part ( 2 ) and that is not incident on the reflector ( 3 ) can be directionally coupled substantially completely into an optical component.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: LUMILEDS LLC
To: LUMILEDS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 071888/0086 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
To: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 070046/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 062299/0338 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 047368/0237 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 044931 FRAME: 0651. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 13, 2018
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 047304/0203 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2017
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 044931/0651 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2017
From: LUMILEDS LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043108/0001 →