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US 9,316,375 B2Granted
Vehicle light
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMartin Hupel, Henning Kiel, Sebastian Haering, Sebastian Vogler
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Abstract
A light for a vehicle having a contiguous reflector (3) having a plurality of reflector surface regions (A1, A2, B) and a first light source (1) that is arranged such that the light emission thereof is reflected by a first region (A1, B) of the reflector surface of the reflector (3). The reflector (3) has an opening (5) and there is a second light source that is arranged behind a part (4) of the reflector (3) relative to the light emission direction (L) of the light and the light emission thereof hits a second region (A2) of the reflector surface of the reflector (3) through the opening (5) and is there reflected.
Claims21
A light for a vehicle, the light configured to emit light in a light emission direction and comprising:
- a single continuous reflector defining a continuous reflector face comprising multiple reflector face regions and an opening formed in the continuous reflector face,
- a first light source arranged such that the light emission thereof is reflected by a front side of a first region of the reflector face of the reflector, and
- a second light source arranged behind the first region of the reflector face in a concealed manner relative to the light emission direction of the light such that at least a portion of the light emission of the second light source cannot pass unimpeded through the reflector in the light emission direction of the light, but rather, in the following order, passes through the opening, impinges on a front side of a second region of the reflector face of the reflector, reflects off the front side of the second region of the reflector face, and propagates along the light emission direction of the light,
- wherein the first region of the reflector face is located generally between the first light source and the second region of the reflector face,
- wherein from a front view of the reflector face, the opening extends only partially across a height of the reflector face in along a virtual direction, and
- wherein the first region of the reflector face that reflects light emission of the first light source forms a continuous connection with the second region of the reflector face that reflects the light emission of the second light source via a reflector face portion located vertically adjacent the opening and extending laterally across a lateral width of the opening.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a light configured to emit light in a light emission direction and comprising:
- a single continuous reflector defining a continuous reflector face comprising multiple reflector face regions and an opening formed in the continuous reflector face,
- a first light source arranged such that the light emission thereof is reflected by a front side of a first region of the reflector face of the reflector, and
- a second light source arranged behind the first region of the reflector face in a concealed manner relative to the light emission direction of the light such that at least a portion of the light emission of the second light source cannot pass unimpeded through the reflector in the light emission direction of the light, but rather, in the following order, passes through the opening, impinges on a front side of a second region of the reflector face of the reflector, reflects off the front side of the second region of the reflector face, and propagates along the light emission direction of the light,
- wherein the first region of the reflector face is located generally between the first light source and the second region of the reflector face,
- wherein from a front view of the reflector face, the opening extends only partially across a height of the reflector face in along a virtual direction, and
- wherein the first region of the reflector face that reflects light emission of the first light source forms a continuous connection with the second region of the reflector face that reflects the light emission of the second light source via a reflector face portion located vertically adjacent the opening and extending laterally across a lateral width of the opening.
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A light for a vehicle, comprising:
- a continuous reflector comprising multiple reflector face regions, and
- a first light source arranged such that the light emission thereof is reflected by a front side of a first reflector face region of the reflector, the front side of the first reflector face region facing forward toward an output surface of the light visible from outside the vehicle, and
- a second light source arranged behind the first reflector face region and relative to the opening between the first and second reflector face regions such that at least a portion of the light emitted by the second light source passes through an opening in the reflector, off a front side of the second reflector face region, and toward the output surface of the light visible from outside the vehicle,
- wherein the first reflector face region is located generally between the first light source the second reflector face region,
- wherein from a front view of the reflector face, the opening extends only partially across a height of the reflector face in along a virtual direction, and
- wherein the first region of the reflector face that reflects light emission of the first light source forms a continuous connection with the second region of the reflector face that reflects the light emission of the second light source via a reflector face portion located vertically adjacent the opening and extending laterally across a lateral width of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.