Patent ID: 11953173
Assignee: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An illumination apparatus for a vehicle, the illumination apparatus comprising:
a light source;
a support plate, the light source being positioned on a front side of the support plate; and
an optical unit arranged in front of the light source in a main emission direction to deflect light emitted by the light source onto a roadway in front of the vehicle in accordance with a predetermined light distribution,
wherein the light source has a light-emitting surface and a light source frame surrounding the light-emitting surface,
wherein the light source is surrounded by a shielding frame that is raised in a main emission direction and encloses an intermediate space between the light source and the optical unit,
wherein the shielding frame includes a frame wall that is arranged at a distance from the light source and extends into a region near or directly up to the optical unit, and
wherein the shielding frame widens, at least partially in the main emission direction, from the frame wall into a coupling wall that is connected in a sealing manner to an optical support carrying the optical unit.