Light guide for a vehicle lighting unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9879840
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15313319

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The invention relates to a light guide for a vehicle lighting unit, having at least one light-conducting body, which conducts the light along at least one light direction; and at least one, in particular band-shaped, optically active flat material which interacts with the light guided into the body in order to produce a light effect. The light guide according to the invention is characterized in that the flat material with its longitudinal extension direction along the direction of light of the light-conducting body in the light-conducting body is completely surrounded and embedded by the same at least transversely to the direction of longitudinal extent.

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SMR PATENTS S A R LLE-DOME 2-8 AVENUE CHARLES DE GAULLE LUXEMBOURG L-1653

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fritz, Daniel Stuttgart, DE 38 145
Hoeber, Heiko Esslingen, DE 2 14

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