US 11,940,118 B2
Lighting device for a vehicle
Alfons Michaelis, Borchen (DE); Martin Muegge, Geseke (DE); and Diana Mundt, Lippstadt (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & CO. KGAA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,853.
Application 17/948,853 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/055702, filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 107 728.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016329 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F21S 43/31 (2018.01); F21S 41/125 (2018.01); F21S 41/40 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21V 7/06 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21S 43/31 (2018.01) [F21S 41/125 (2018.01); F21S 41/40 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21V 7/06 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting device for a vehicle, the lighting device comprising:
at least two light sources that are arranged in an array and are operatable independently of each other, the at least two light sources emitting light during operation and being provided inside of a housing;
an exit face through which the light emanating from the at least two light sources passes, the exit face being a transparent lens that covers an opening of the housing; and
at least two extensive boundary elements, which extend at least in part in a region between the at least two light sources and the exit face and separate the light emanating from each of the at least two light sources,
wherein at least some or all of the at least two extensive boundary elements have a reflector, the reflectors each being associated with a respective one of the at least two light sources to at least partly reflect the light emanating from the respective one of the at least two light sources in the direction of the exit face, and
wherein the light emanating from the light sources exits to an exterior of the housing of the lighting device via the exit face after the light has been at least partly reflected by the reflectors, and
wherein a linear portion of each of the at least two extensive boundary elements extend parallel to each other, and wherein the linear portion of each of the at least two extensive boundary elements extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.