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US 12,704,236 B2Granted
Lighting device for a motor vehicle
AssigneeHella GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorsDavid Duhme, Franz-Georg Willeke
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Abstract
A lighting device is provided for a motor vehicle, and contains numerous light modules for generating a different lighting functions. A segmented liquid-crystal display is placed in front of the light modules in the direction in which light is emitted, and that can be backlit, in which each segment of the LCD has a dedicated light module or group of light modules.
Claims9
A lighting device for a motor vehicle, the lighting device comprising:
- numerous light modules for generating different lighting functions;
- a segmented liquid-crystal display (“LCD”) placed in front of the light modules in a direction in which light is emitted from the numerous light modules, that is configured to be backlit, wherein each segment of the LCD has a dedicated light module or group of light modules,
- wherein liquid crystals of the LCD are in a nematic phase and switchable to be parallel to a surface of the LCD when in use and perpendicular to the surface of the LCD when not in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.