US 12,480,632 B2
Reflector element for a motor vehicle illumination device
Sebastian Schmelzer, Soest (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,392.
Application 18/218,392 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/085467, filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 100 093.9 (DE), filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349529 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F21S 41/37 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/37 (2018.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reflector element for a motor vehicle illumination device, the reflector element comprising:
a main body;
a mirror layer disposed over the main body and comprising aluminum or silver;
a protective layer disposed over the mirror layer and comprising siloxane; and
a capping layer disposed over the protective layer and comprising a transition metal oxide,
wherein the protective layer and the capping layer each have a layer thickness of about 10 nm to 100 nm.