Patent ID: 11867373
Assignee: LUMILEDS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. An automotive lighting system comprising:
at least one lighting device comprising:
at least one light guide comprising an elongated recess,

multiple light-emitting elements embedded into the elongated recess of the light guide, arranged on a flexfoil that is bendable in three different directions, and connected to one another to mimic a filament, and
at least one encapsulating material that encapsulates, at least in part, the at least one light guide, and comprises:
at least one opening, and
at least one reference element located at a position for aligning the at least one light guide in relation to the encapsulating material so that the multiple light-emitting elements emit light exiting the opening,
wherein the at least one encapsulating material is flexible so that the lighting device is bendable in the three different directions;

at least one light-emitting element driver configured to provide a drive current to the at least one lighting device; and
a controller configured to receive at least one signal and provide at least one control signal the driver to turn the at least one light-emitting element ON and OFF according to the received at least one signal.