US 12,265,251 B2
Display device for a motor vehicle
Karsten Eichhorn, Wadersloh (DE); Markus Giehl, Jena (DE); Daniela Karthaus, Lippstadt (DE); Christian Schmidt, Paderborn (DE); and Benjamin Willeke, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,454.
Application 17/664,454 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/081901, filed on Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 132 252.9 (DE), filed on Nov. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283364 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/06 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC G02B 6/06 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1523 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/336 (2024.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device for a motor vehicle, the display device comprising:
at least one display with a display surface for displaying content, where the content is displayed on the at least one display surface by light emanating from a plurality of pixels of the at least one display surface;
a light-guiding lens with at least one entry surface and an exit surface;
a deflection unit arranged on the exit surface of the light-guiding lens, wherein the deflection unit features one or more deflection elements that are designed to be at least one of refractive, diffractive, and holographic;
wherein the light emitted from the at least one display surface enters the light-guiding lens through the at least one entry surface and is emitted by the exit surface such that the content is shown on the exit surface;
wherein at least one of:
the exit surface has a different shape than the at least one display surface;
the exit surface has a different size than the at least one display surface; and
the display device comprises several displays with display surfaces at distances to each other, and the light-guiding lens includes one or more exit surfaces adjoining each other.