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AssigneeHella KG Hueck & Co.
InventorsAlfred Ott, Uwe Frederking, Wener Heinz, Karsten Eichhorn, Ewald Topp, Gerhard Jost, Michael Wuestefeld, Stefan Wiesner
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The invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles that envisages a light-decoupling element in a decoupling bay of the vehicle. The light-decoupling element is fed by a light source arranged at a distance therefrom. A light guide is envisaged between the light source and the light decoupling element. An additional decoupling bay lighting device is envisaged to achieve a visually appealing appearance of the decoupling bay and to illuminate the decoupling bay of the light-decoupling element.
A lighting device for a vehicle with a light guide guiding light emitted from a first light source into a decoupling bay of a vehicle, comprising at least one light-decoupling element coupled in the decoupling bay and connected to an end of the light guide, said light decoupling element emits light according to a predetermined distribution of light into the ambience, a decoupling bay lighting device including a second light source, said decoupling bay lighting device being integrated with the light decoupling element independently of said first light source for the purpose of illuminating the decoupling bay and said light decoupling element.
A method for the illumination of a decoupling bay of a vehicle, wherein a light of a first light source is transmitted to a light decoupling element in a decoupling bay to be decoupled in accordance with a predetermined light distribution, wherein a decoupling bay lighting device with a second light source is integrated with the light decoupling element independently of said first light source and can be switched on independently of transmission of light from the first light source to the light decoupling element for the purpose of providing ambient and background illumination of the decoupling bay.
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