Global Patent Index - EP 4286742 A1

EP 4286742 A1 20231206 - AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE WITH A LIGHT GUIDE

Title (en)

AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE WITH A LIGHT GUIDE

Title (de)

BELEUCHTUNGS- UND/ODER SIGNALISIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE MIT EINEM LICHTLEITER

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF D'ÉCLAIRAGE ET/OU DE SIGNALISATION AUTOMOBILE AVEC UN GUIDE DE LUMIERE

Publication

EP 4286742 A1 20231206 (EN)

Application

EP 22176412 A 20220531

Priority

EP 22176412 A 20220531

Abstract (en)

A lighting and/or signaling device (4) for vehicles comprising a container body (8) that delimits a containment seat (12) which extends along a first perimeter edge (28), closed by a lenticular body (20) that extends along a second perimeter edge (32) at least partially counter-shaped to and overlapping said first perimeter edge (28), said containment seat (12) housing at least one LED or mini LED light source (16) adapted to emit a light beam comprising a plurality of light rays (18) which extend along a main optical propagation axis (X-X), and at least one light guide (24) configured to at least partially receive said light rays (18) at an inlet wall (36) thereof and to transmit and/or reflect said light rays (18) onto a rear wall (40) thereof. The rear wall (40) is provided with a plurality of optical extractor elements (44) which extract the light rays (18) and transmit them externally to the light guide (24) through a front wall (48) of the light guide (24), opposite to said rear wall (40), along a transverse direction (T-T), perpendicular to the main optical propagation axis (X-X). With respect to a cross-section plane passing through said main optical propagation axis (X-X) and said transverse direction (T-T), the inlet wall (36) has a middle section (52) with polyline geometry comprising a plurality of rectilinear sections and/or curvilinear sections (56) so as to overall be convex on the side of the at least one light source (16).

IPC 8 full level

F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/15 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/241 (2018.01); F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F21S 43/14 (2017.12); F21S 43/15 (2017.12); F21S 43/239 (2017.12); F21S 43/245 (2017.12); F21S 43/249 (2017.12)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4286742 A1 20231206

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 22176412 A 20220531