IP Library Granted Patent US 10,259,378
Granted Patent B2
US 10,259,378 · App. 15/780,749 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Lamp assembly having rear lamps and an illuminated decorative strip

Inventor: Oliver Ellwanger (Weinstadt, DE)
Assignee: DAIMLER AG
B60Q1/0041B60Q1/302B60R13/04F21S43/14F21S43/237F21S43/245F21S43/26
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Patent No.
US 10,259,378
App. No.
15/780,749
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light arrangement includes two vehicle rear lamps and an illuminated decorative strip, which are aligned to each other both functionally and creatively. The decorative strip has a light outlet provided with a covering glass, under which an is optical fiber. The covering glass is provided on the outside with a translucent chromium foil and the base body of the decorative strip is chromium-plated on its surface. The optical fiber, the lighting source, the controller of the lighting light source, and the connections for the power supply are integrated into the base body of the decorative strip. Color selection can be adjusted by the controller of the lighting source so that the light and intensity of the color selection supplied to the optical fiber can be aligned with that of the rear lamps.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle light arrangement, comprising:

two rear lamps; and

an illuminable decorative strip positioned between the two rear lamps, wherein the illuminable decorative strip comprises

a chromium-plated carrier body;

a illuminable covering plate, which is coated with a translucent chromium foil and is on a visible side of the illuminable decorative strip; and

at least one optical fiber is positioned underneath the illuminable cover plate, wherein a color of light fed into the at least one optical fiber is adjustable so that the illuminable decorative strip is differentiated from a third brake light of the vehicle by color.

2. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

separate controllers for the illuminable decorative strip and the two rear lamps.

3. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the illuminable decorative strip and the two rear lamps are operated using separate control programs.

4. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the illuminable decorative strip is controlled by a control program in one of the two rear lamps.

5. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein each of the two rear lamps have at least one decorative element corresponding in shape and color to the illuminable decorative strip.

6. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

red, green, and blue light-emitting diodes coupled to the at least one optical fiber.

7. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle light arrangement consists of the two rear lamps and the illuminable decorative strip, which has two optical fibers.

8. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle light arrangement consists of the two rear lamps and the illuminable decorative strip, which has a single optical fiber.

9. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the two rear lamps each consist of two divided rear lamps.

10. The vehicle light arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the illuminable decorative strip is coupled to the two rear lamps at a location on a rear cover of the two rear lamps together with the illuminable decorative strip.

11. A vehicle decorative strip for a light arrangement, the vehicle decorative strip comprising:

a chromium-plated carrier body;

an illuminable covering plate on a visible side of the vehicle decorative strip, wherein the illuminable covering plate is coated with a translucent chromium foil; and

at least one optical fiber positioned underneath the illuminable covering plate, wherein a color of light fed into the at least one optical fiber is adjustable so that the illuminable decorative strip is differentiated from a third brake light of the vehicle by color.

12. The vehicle decorative strip of claim 11 , further comprising:

a light feed coupled to the at least one optical fiber and positioned on one end of the vehicle decorative strip.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2018
From: ELLWANGER, OLIVER
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 045989/0061 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 015 841 · Dec 5, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180264991A1 · Sep 20, 2018
Cited By (1)
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