Lighting apparatus

A method for producing a component of a lighting system for a vehicle interior, the method comprising the following steps:

• inserting a lenticular screen structure into a molding tool for shaping the component, the lenticular structure comprising a plurality of lens elements arranged in a pattern having first and second ends;
• feeding material of a transparent substrate into the molding tool;
• molding the material of the substrate to form a transparent substrate;
• and
• forming the lenticular screen structure on at least one surface area of the transparent substrate, and
• wherein the lenticular structure comprises:
• a first marginal section having a first rectilinear lens element as an outermost lens element at the first end;
• a second marginal section having a second rectilinear lens element as an outermost lens element at the second end;
• a middle section arranged between the first and second marginal sections, the middle section having a wavelike lens element;
• and
• transitional lens elements arranged between the first rectilinear lens element and the wavelike lens element and between the second rectilinear lens element and the wavelike lens element, the transitional lens elements configured to create a transition between each of the first and second rectilinear lens elements and the wavelike lens element.

A component of a lighting system for a vehicle interior, comprising:

• a transparent substrate having a surface through which light emitted from a light source radiates through;
• and
• a lenticular structure disposed on the surface of the transparent substrate, the lenticular structure comprising a plurality of lens elements arranged in a pattern having first and second ends, wherein the lens elements include elongated structures arranged laterally adjacent one another, and
• wherein the lenticular structure comprises:
• a first marginal section having a first rectilinear lens element as an outermost lens element at the first end;
• a second marginal section having a second rectilinear lens element as an outermost lens element at the second end;
• a middle section arranged between the first and second marginal sections, the middle section having a wavelike lens element;
• and
• transitional lens elements arranged between the first rectilinear lens element and the wavelike lens element and between the second rectilinear lens element and the wavelike lens element, the transitional lens elements configured to create a transition between each of the first and second rectilinear lens elements and the wavelike lens element.