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Motor-vehicle lamp with base area illumination
Assignee: IMPIANTI ELETTRICI TELEFONICI TELEGRAFICI E COSTRUZIONI EDILI SpA Soc
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Filing: 1979-10-19
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Granted: 1983-02-01
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Expires: 1999-10-19
Abstract
Abstract A lamp for motor-vehicles wherein the base area of the prismatic cap is encompassed by a transparent plate in direct optical contact with the base area and adapted to direct into its interior the light emerging from the base area in a substantially radial direction and to direct it forwardly thereby forming a luminous halo surrounding the cap.
Inventors
- 👤 Ennio De Martino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 10:20
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21S; F21S43/00; F21S43/20; F21S43/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
In a lamp for a motor vehicle of the type having a lamp bulb having a central axis concentrically surrounded by a convex prismatic cap and wherein the base portion of said cap is substantially coplanar with the central point of the light source within said lamp bulb, the improvement therewith comprising: a transparent plate having a central circular aperture surrounding and being mechanically and optically coupled to said coplanar base portion of said cap, said plate including a plurality of prismatic elements comprising circular grooves concentrically surrounding said central axis of said lamp bulb wherein the radially directed luminous light flux emanating from said central point of said light source within said lamp bulb is collected and directed toward said prismatic elements in said plate and then directed forwardly away from the surface of said plate in directions which are parallel to the central axis of said lamp bulb, whereby said plate becomes luminous.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
In a lamp for a motor vehicle of the type having a lamp bulb having a central axis concentrically surrounded by a convex prismatic cap and wherein the base portion of said cap is substantially coplanar with the central point of the light source within said lamp bulb, the improvement therewith comprising: a transparent plate having a central circular aperture surrounding and being mechanically and optically coupled to said coplanar base portion of said cap, said plate including a plurality of prismatic elements comprising circular grooves concentrically surrounding said central axis of said lamp bulb wherein the radially directed luminous light flux emanating from said central point of said light source within said lamp bulb is collected and directed toward said prismatic elements in said plate and then directed forwardly away from the surface of said plate in directions which are parallel to the central axis of said lamp bulb, whereby said plate becomes luminous.
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