Radome
AssigneeHella GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorsDavid Allouis, Wolfgang Nicke, Heiko Schöne, Herbert Wambsganss
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Abstract
The invention relates to a radome comprising: a substantially sheet-type front plate, the front face of which is transparent and the rear face of which is provided with an opaque layer, at least one cut-out being provided in the opaque layer to act as a light exit; at least one substantially sheet-type light guide situated on the rear face on the opaque layer; and at least one light-emitting element, which is coupled to the light guide so that light enters said light guide, propagates through the at least one light guide, and enters the transparent front plate at the at least one light exit, so that the light is emitted from the front face of the front plate.
Claims15
A radome having a substantially extensive front plate, which is configured to be transmissive on a front side and which is provided on a rear side with a layer that does not transmit light, wherein a cutout in the form of a light passage is formed in the layer that does not transmit light, having a substantially extensive light guide which is arranged on the rear side at the layer that does not transmit light, and having a light-emitting element which is coupled to the light guide such that light enters the light guide and such that the light propagates through the at least one light guide and enters the front plate at the light passage such that it exits the front plate on the front side.
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