Endcap lights
The present inventive concept relates to roof bar endcap for a vehicle, said endcap comprising one or more light emitting devices, an envelope arranged to at least partially surround said one or more light emitting devices, said envelope comprising one or more light exit surface portions, wherein said one or more light emitting devices is arranged to emit light through said one or more light exit surfaces, an engagement part adapted to engage a distal end of a roof bar such that the endcap is fixedly attached to said roof bar.
1. A roof bar endcap for a vehicle, the endcap comprising:
at least two light emitting devices configured to emit light;
a light transmissive envelope arranged to cover the at least two light emitting devices, the light transmissive envelope including at least two light exit surface portions, wherein each of the at least two light exit surface portions is a portion of the light transmissive envelope, and one of the at least two light exit surface portions is configured to direct light emitted from one of the at least two light emitting devices through the light transmissive envelope in a different direction relative to light emitted from another of the at least two light emitting devices through another of the at least two light exit surface portions; and
an engagement part configured to engage a distal end of a roof bar such that the endcap is fixedly attached to the roof bar and to engage the light transmissive envelope, wherein
the at least two light emitting devices are disposed between the light transmissive envelope and the engagement part.
2. The endcap according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a board in connection with the at least two light emitting devices and disposed between the light transmissive envelope and the engagement part, the board configured to control light emission from the at least two light emitting devices, and the board having a connector and a controller mounted thereon, wherein
the connector is configured to connect to a means for receiving an external signal and to transmit the external signal to the controller, and
the controller is configured to receive the external signal and to convert the external signal into an electrical control signal for controlling the at least two light emitting devices.
3. The endcap according to claim 1 , further comprising an energy storage unit configured to provide power to the at least two light emitting devices.
4. The endcap according to claim 2 , wherein the connector is further configured to electrically and mechanically connect to a power grid of the vehicle.
5. The endcap according to claim 2 , wherein the external signal received by the connector and transmitted to the controller is an electrical signal originating from the vehicle.
6. The endcap according to claim 1 , wherein the one of the at least two light emitting devices is configured to operate in a first lighting mode and the other of the at least two light emitting devices is configured to operate in a second lighting mode.
7. The endcap according to claim 6 , wherein the one of the at least two light emitting devices operating in the first lighting mode is configured to emit light in a first plane, and the other of the at least two light emitting devices operating in the second lighting mode is configured to emit light in a second plane, the first plane being substantially orthogonal to the second plane.
8. The endcap according to claim 6 , wherein the one of the at least two light exit surface portions is a first light exit surface portion and the other of the at least two light exit surface portions is a second light exit surface portion,
the one of the at least two light emitting devices operating in the first lighting mode is configured to emit light through the first light exit surface portion, and
the other of the at least two light emitting devices operating in the second lighting mode is configured to emit light through the second light exit surface portion.
9. The endcap according to claim 8 , wherein the first light exit surface portion is arranged at an angle relative to the second light exit surface portion.
10. The endcap according to claim 9 , wherein
the at least two light emitting devices include two light emitting devices, the two light emitting devices being a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device,
the first light emitting device is configured to operate in the first lighting mode to emit light through the first light exit surface portion, and
the second light emitting device is configured to operate in the second lighting mode to emit light through the second light exit surface portion.
11. A roof bar for a roof of the vehicle, the roof bar comprising at least one roof bar endcap according to claim 1 .
12. A roof bar endcap for a vehicle having a roof bar, the roof bar having a longitudinal axis and extending longitudinally in a direction of the longitudinal axis, the roof bar having a first end with a first end face surface arranged to face in the direction of the longitudinal axis, a second end with a second end face surface arranged to face in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of peripheral surfaces disposed between the first end face surface and the second end face surface, each of the first and second end face surfaces having a profile defined by an edge extending around a periphery of the respective first and second end face surfaces, the roof bar endcap comprising:
one or more light emitting devices configured to emit light;
a light transmissive envelope arranged to cover the one or more light emitting devices and configured to allow light emitted from the one or more light emitting devices to pass through the light transmissive envelope; and
an engagement part having a plurality of peripheral surfaces extending around a periphery of the engagement part and a face surface arranged to face in a direction of the longitudinal axis, the face surface of the engagement part configured to abut and directly engage either of the first end face surface of the roof bar or the second end face surface of the roof bar to fixedly attach the engagement part to the roof bar, the engagement part configured to engage the light transmissive envelope, and a profile of the engagement part defined by an edge extending around a periphery of the face surface, wherein
the one or more light emitting devices are disposed between the light transmissive envelope and the engagement part,
the profile of the engagement part is identical to the profile of the first end face surface and the profile of the second end face surface such that when the engagement part is engaged to either of the first end face surface or the second end face surface of the roof bar, the peripheral surfaces of the engagement part are flush with the peripheral surfaces of the roof bar.