Running light for a vehicle
AssigneeHella GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorsRainer Pfingstl, Niko Thomanek
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Abstract
A running light for a vehicle includes at least one light source, a number of first optical waveguides on a first side, a number of second optical waveguides on a second side opposite the first side. One of the first waveguides emits light from the at least one light source in both the main beam direction, which runs along a main axis orthogonal to a secondary axis connecting the first side and second side, as well as in a first area toward the number of second waveguides. The second waveguide emits the light from the at least one light source in both the main beam direction and in a second area toward the number of first waveguides.
Claims14
A running light for a vehicle, the running light comprising:
- at least one light source;
- a first optical waveguide on a first side, the first optical waveguide having a first primary lighting region and a first secondary lighting region;
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- a second optical waveguide on a second side, opposite the first side, the second optical waveguide having a second primary lighting region and a second secondary lighting region;
- wherein the first primary lighting region of the first optical waveguide emits light from the at least one light source in both a main beam direction, which runs along a main axis orthogonal to a secondary axis connecting the first side and the second side, and in a first area toward the second optical waveguide,
- wherein the second primary lighting region of the second optical waveguide emits light from the at least one light source in both the main beam direction and in a second area toward the first optical waveguide, and
- wherein the first secondary lighting region of the first optical waveguide and the second secondary lighting region of the second optical waveguide emit light from the at least one light source only along the main beam direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.