EP0322370A1 - Nebel-Heckleuchte für Kraftfahrzeuge - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
- F21S43/20—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
- F21S43/26—Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255
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- the present invention relates to rear fog lamps for motor vehicles, of the type comprising a light source and a transparent element having an internal prismatic surface for directing the light rays emitted by the source into an outwardly-directed light beam.
- the object of the present invention is to produce a compact rear fog lamp which has a simple and economical structure but nevertheless has a high optical efficiency.
- the subject of the invention is a rear fog lamp of the above type, characterised in that the prismatic surface of the transparent element includes a central zone with refracting prisms and a plurality of peripheral zones with refracting and refracting-reflecting prisms shaped and arranged so that adjacent pairs of peripheral zones reflect the light rays in intersecting directions.
- the prismatic surface of the transparent element is shaped so that the outwardly-directed light beam defines on a screen placed at a distance from the transparent element - in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the lamp - a cross-shaped region of greater illumination, having a central part and four ends arranged on a vertical axis and a horizontal axis.
- the prismatic surface comprises an upper region, a lower region, a right-hand region, a left-hand region, and four corner regions, each of these regions comprising two zones which are side by side and reflect the light rays in intersecting directions.
- each of the upper, lower, right-hand and left-hand regions includes an inner zone adjacent the central zone of the prismatic surface, and an outer zone; the central zone and the four outer peripheral zones illuminate the central part of the cross-shaped area on the screen, whilst the four inner peripheral zones illuminate the four ends of the cross-shaped area.
- each of the corner regions is divided by a substantially radial line of separation into an upper corner region and a lower corner region, which illuminate the two ends of the cross-shaped area defining the corresponding corner of the screen.
- the upper and lower corner zones illuminate respectively the lower and upper ends defining the particular corner of the screen.
- Figure 1 shows a rear fog lamp for motor vehicles, having a body 1 (illustrated only schematically in the drawing), a bulb 2 with a horizontally extending filament 3, and a transparent element 4 made, for example, of plastics material, and having an internal prismatic surface 5 which receives the light rays 6 emitted by the bulb 2 and directs them into an outwardly-directed beam of light rays 7.
- the prismatic surface 5 is constituted by a "matrix" of prisms which has a rectangular shape in plan and is divided into a central zone and a plurality of peripheral zones.
- the central zone, indicated 9, comprises refracting prisms 9 (see Figures 1, 4, 5) which cause a single deviation to the light rays from the lamp 2.
- the prismatic surface then includes an upper region divided by a line of separation 10 into a inner zone 11 adjacent the central zone 9, and an outer zone 12; a lower region divided by a line 13 into an inner zone 14 adjacent the central zone 9, and an outer zone 15; a right-hand region divided by a line of separation 16 into an inner zone 17 adjacent the central zone 9, and an outer zone 18; and a left-hand region divided by a line of separation 19 into an inner zone 20 adjacent the central zone 9, and an outer zone 21.
- the prismatic surface finally comprises four corner regions, each divided into two adjacent zones by substantially radial lines of separation 22.
- the upper right-hand corner includes an upper zone 23 and a lower zone 24; the upper left-hand corner includes an upper zone 25 and a lower zone 26; the lower left-hand corner includes an upper zone 27 and a lower zone 28; the lower right-hand corner includes an upper zone 29 and a lower zone 30.
- the peripheral zones comprise some prisms of the refracting type 8 and some prisms of the refracting-reflecting type 31 of Figure 1.
- the prisms 31 have a surface 32 which faces the optical axis X-X of the lamp and causes a first refractive deviation of the light rays emitted by the lamp, and a second surface 33 which causes a second deviation of the light rays by reflection.
- the lamp according to the invention produces thereon a cross-shaped region of greater illumination.
- This region is indicated 34 in Figure 3.
- the cross-shaped region 34 includes a central part A and four ends B,C,D,E arranged on a horizontal axis and a vertical axis.
- the part A of the cross-shaped region 34 receives the light rays deflected by the central zone 9 and by the peripheral zones 12, 15, 18, 21 of the prismatic surface of the transparent element of the lamp (see Figure 2). In order to demonstrate this effect, these zones have also been marked with the letter A in Figure 2.
- the end B of the cross-shaped region 34 receives the light rays deflected by the peripheral zones 20, 25, 28 of the prismatic surface (see Figure 2).
- the end C is illuminated by the zones 17, 23, 30.
- the end D is illuminated by the zones 11, 26, 22, 24.
- the end E is illuminated by the zones 14, 27, 29.
- the various peripheral zones of the prismatic surface are distributed in pairs of adjacent zones which deflect the light rays in intersecting directions.
- the zone 12 which is above the zone 11, illuminates the region A, which is below the region D illuminated by the zone 11.
- a further characteristic of the prisms forming parts of the zones 24, 26, 27, 29 lies in the fact that they rotate the image of the linear filament 3 through 90°, as indicated 3a by way of example for one of the prisms of the zone 26.
- a lamp was produced with a matrix of 31 x 27 prisms, each 3 x 3 mm wide.
- the distance between the filament 3 of the bulb and the transparent element 5 was approximately 32 mm. This distance was found to be optimal in that lesser distances increase the solid angle of the useful light but worsen the projection of the image of the filament on the screen, the image becoming larger, more diffuse and less bright. In this way, a good compromise is achieved between the requirement for the lamp to be compact and the requirement for a high efficiency.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT8768110A IT1211618B (it) | 1987-12-22 | 1987-12-22 | Fanale retronebbia per autoveicoli |
IT6811087 | 1987-12-22 |
Publications (2)
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EP0322370A1 true EP0322370A1 (de) | 1989-06-28 |
EP0322370B1 EP0322370B1 (de) | 1993-05-26 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP88830484A Expired - Lifetime EP0322370B1 (de) | 1987-12-22 | 1988-11-15 | Nebel-Heckleuchte für Kraftfahrzeuge |
Country Status (5)
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EP (1) | EP0322370B1 (de) |
BR (1) | BR8806713A (de) |
DE (1) | DE3881365T2 (de) |
ES (1) | ES2040381T3 (de) |
IT (1) | IT1211618B (de) |
Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2688599A1 (fr) * | 1991-12-14 | 1993-09-17 | Koito Mfg Co Ltd | Lentille pour lampe a echelons de fresnel ou a echelons de prisme. |
ES2046146A2 (es) * | 1991-12-14 | 1994-01-16 | Koito Mfg Co Ltd | Lente para faro y metodo de producir un troquel para la misma. |
DE4242527A1 (de) * | 1992-12-16 | 1994-06-23 | Hella Kg Hueck & Co | Fahrzeugleuchte |
FR2702544A1 (fr) * | 1993-03-09 | 1994-09-16 | Seima Italiana Spa | Groupe optique pour feu de stop surélevé pour véhicules automobiles . |
US5416684A (en) * | 1992-03-27 | 1995-05-16 | General Electric Company | Luminaire having predominantly refractive downlight capabilities |
US5613769A (en) * | 1992-04-16 | 1997-03-25 | Tir Technologies, Inc. | Tir lens apparatus having non-circular configuration about an optical axis |
DE19647357A1 (de) * | 1996-11-15 | 1998-05-20 | Hella Kg Hueck & Co | Fahrzeugleuchte |
EP1235027A3 (de) * | 2001-02-23 | 2005-03-09 | Ichikoh Industries Limited | Fahrzeugleuchte |
JP2012209111A (ja) * | 2011-03-29 | 2012-10-25 | Ichikoh Ind Ltd | 車両用灯具 |
US20130294087A1 (en) * | 2012-05-03 | 2013-11-07 | Lighting Science Group Corporation | Luminaire with prismatic optic |
US9644814B2 (en) | 2012-05-03 | 2017-05-09 | Lighting Science Group Corporation | Luminaire with prismatic optic |
DE102018116994A1 (de) | 2017-07-19 | 2019-01-24 | Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. | Beleuchtungsvorrichtung, insbesondere Nebelleuchten für Kraftfahrzeuge |
DE102018118554A1 (de) | 2017-08-04 | 2019-02-07 | Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. | Optisches System für ein Kraftfahrzeug zur Beleuchtung unter Bedingungen mit verminderter Sichtweite, insbesondere bei Bedingungen wie Nebel, Starkregen oder Schneefall |
CN111457320A (zh) * | 2020-03-23 | 2020-07-28 | 宁波市富来电子科技有限公司 | 一种侧反式汽车led后雾灯 |
Citations (2)
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DE1179164B (de) * | 1952-08-22 | 1964-10-08 | Elastic Stop Nut Corp | Katadioptrische Leuchtenabdeckung |
FR1575749A (de) * | 1968-04-26 | 1969-07-25 |
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- 1988-11-15 ES ES198888830484T patent/ES2040381T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-12-15 BR BR888806713A patent/BR8806713A/pt not_active IP Right Cessation
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DE1179164B (de) * | 1952-08-22 | 1964-10-08 | Elastic Stop Nut Corp | Katadioptrische Leuchtenabdeckung |
FR1575749A (de) * | 1968-04-26 | 1969-07-25 |
Cited By (19)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2688599A1 (fr) * | 1991-12-14 | 1993-09-17 | Koito Mfg Co Ltd | Lentille pour lampe a echelons de fresnel ou a echelons de prisme. |
ES2046146A2 (es) * | 1991-12-14 | 1994-01-16 | Koito Mfg Co Ltd | Lente para faro y metodo de producir un troquel para la misma. |
US5398137A (en) * | 1991-12-14 | 1995-03-14 | Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Lens for a lamp and method of producing a die therefor |
US5416684A (en) * | 1992-03-27 | 1995-05-16 | General Electric Company | Luminaire having predominantly refractive downlight capabilities |
US5613769A (en) * | 1992-04-16 | 1997-03-25 | Tir Technologies, Inc. | Tir lens apparatus having non-circular configuration about an optical axis |
DE4242527A1 (de) * | 1992-12-16 | 1994-06-23 | Hella Kg Hueck & Co | Fahrzeugleuchte |
FR2702544A1 (fr) * | 1993-03-09 | 1994-09-16 | Seima Italiana Spa | Groupe optique pour feu de stop surélevé pour véhicules automobiles . |
ES2112104A1 (es) * | 1993-03-09 | 1998-03-16 | Seima Italiana Spa | Grupo optico para luz de freno alta de vehiculos automoviles. |
DE19647357A1 (de) * | 1996-11-15 | 1998-05-20 | Hella Kg Hueck & Co | Fahrzeugleuchte |
EP1235027A3 (de) * | 2001-02-23 | 2005-03-09 | Ichikoh Industries Limited | Fahrzeugleuchte |
JP2012209111A (ja) * | 2011-03-29 | 2012-10-25 | Ichikoh Ind Ltd | 車両用灯具 |
US20130294087A1 (en) * | 2012-05-03 | 2013-11-07 | Lighting Science Group Corporation | Luminaire with prismatic optic |
US9255685B2 (en) * | 2012-05-03 | 2016-02-09 | Lighting Science Group Corporation | Luminaire with prismatic optic |
US9644814B2 (en) | 2012-05-03 | 2017-05-09 | Lighting Science Group Corporation | Luminaire with prismatic optic |
DE102018116994A1 (de) | 2017-07-19 | 2019-01-24 | Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. | Beleuchtungsvorrichtung, insbesondere Nebelleuchten für Kraftfahrzeuge |
US10323823B2 (en) | 2017-07-19 | 2019-06-18 | Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. | Lighting device, in particular fog light for motor vehicles |
DE102018118554A1 (de) | 2017-08-04 | 2019-02-07 | Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. | Optisches System für ein Kraftfahrzeug zur Beleuchtung unter Bedingungen mit verminderter Sichtweite, insbesondere bei Bedingungen wie Nebel, Starkregen oder Schneefall |
US10344940B2 (en) | 2017-08-04 | 2019-07-09 | Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o. | Optical system for a motor vehicle for lighting under conditions of reduced visibility, especially under the conditions of fog, heavy rain or snowfall |
CN111457320A (zh) * | 2020-03-23 | 2020-07-28 | 宁波市富来电子科技有限公司 | 一种侧反式汽车led后雾灯 |
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Publication number | Publication date |
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IT8768110A0 (it) | 1987-12-22 |
BR8806713A (pt) | 1989-08-29 |
IT1211618B (it) | 1989-11-03 |
DE3881365T2 (de) | 1993-09-09 |
DE3881365D1 (de) | 1993-07-01 |
EP0322370B1 (de) | 1993-05-26 |
ES2040381T3 (es) | 1993-10-16 |
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