Lighting device for vehicles

Abstract

The invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles. The lighting device includes a flat light guide unit for generating a predetermined light function. The flat light guide unit includes opposite flat sides at which coupled-in light can be totally internally reflected in a light guiding direction within a flat light guide, and a narrow side connecting the flat sides at which light generated by a light source can be coupled into the flat light guide. The lighting device further includes a retroreflector unit for generating a retroreflecting function, the retroreflector unit including a plurality of retroreflecting elements arranged in a surface The retroreflector unit is arranged offset in a main radiation direction relative to the flat light guide of the flat light guide unit, and wherein the flat light guide of the flat light guide unit is arranged behind the retroreflector unit in the main radiation direction.

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