Arrangement of optical components for a lighting device for a motor vehicle and a lighting device for the tail section of a motor vehicle

Abstract

A lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided. The lighting device includes a plurality of light sources, a light guide, and a cover lens. Light generated by the light sources enters the light guide through an entry surface, exits the light guide through an exit surface, and exits the lighting device through the cover lens. The lighting device generates light functions of a tail light, a brake light, and a turn signal. The exit surface serves as an illuminated surface for the light functions of the brake light and the turn signal, and the illuminated surface has an area of at least 50 cm2. The lighting device may include an arrangement of optical components in which a retroreflector is arranged behind the light guide, such that light passes through the light guide, impinges on the retroreflector, is reflected back, and passes through the light guide again.

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