Lighting device
View Patent ↗A lighting device is disclosed that is configured for mounting in or on a motor vehicle. The lighting device comprises a light guiding element and a light source. The light guiding element has a light entry face and a light exit face. A depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face corresponds essentially fully to the depth of the light guiding element.
1. A lighting device comprising a light guiding element and a light source configured to mount in or on a motor vehicle;
wherein the light guiding element has a light entry face, the light guiding element has a light exit face, a depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face corresponds essentially fully to the depth of the light guiding element, the light guiding element is a light guiding body, the lighting device comprises a back face and lateral faces averted from the light exit face, and the lighting device comprises an electrical connector in the region of the lateral faces; and
wherein a plurality of scatter centers, a plurality of microscatter centers, or a combination thereof, are distributed over an entire volume of the light guiding element.
2. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 10 mm.
3. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light entry face is provided essentially perpendicular to the light exit face.
4. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light guiding element has a connecting element configured to mount the lighting device.
5. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 8 mm.
6. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 5 mm.
7. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the back face, a region of the light guiding element proximate to the back face, or a combination thereof, comprises a rough patterning configured to decouple light received from the light source.
8. The lighting device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 10 mm.
9. The lighting device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 8 mm.
10. The lighting device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 5 mm.
11. The lighting device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light entry face is provided essentially perpendicular to the light exit face.
12. The lighting device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light guiding element has a connecting element configured to mount the lighting device.
13. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the light guiding element comprises geometric structures proximate to the back face and configured to decouple light received from the light source, and the geometric structures comprise a plurality of prisms.
14. The lighting device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 10 mm.
15. The lighting device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 8 mm.
16. The lighting device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the depth of the lighting device perpendicular to the light exit face is less than 5 mm.
17. The lighting device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the light entry face is provided essentially perpendicular to the light exit face.
18. The lighting device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the light guiding element has a connecting element configured to mount the lighting device.