Patent ID: 11878626
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. An illumination module for illuminating a region of a vehicle component, wherein the illumination module comprises:
a printed circuit board, having a first light source and a second light source supported thereon;
a housing in which the printed circuit board is at least partly received, wherein the housing comprises at least one light outlet region, via which light emitted by the first light source and the second light source is decoupled from the housing; and
a light diffuser optically coupled to the light outlet region of the housing,
wherein the light diffuser comprises a first light outlet region, via which light is decoupled for direct illumination or highlighting of the region of the vehicle component, and a second light outlet region, spatially separated from the first light outlet region, via which signal light is decoupled, for indicating a state or for indicating a situation;
wherein a first portion of light emitted by the first light source is coupled directly to the first light outlet region and a second portion of light emitted by the first light source is coupled directly to the second light outlet region;
wherein the light diffuser further comprises a third light outlet region, via which light is decoupled for direct illumination or highlighting of the region of the vehicle component, and a fourth light outlet region, spatially separated from the third light outlet region, via which signal light is decoupled, for indicating the state or for indicating the situation;
wherein a first portion of light emitted by the second light source is coupled directly to the third light outlet region and a second portion of light emitted by the second light source is coupled directly to the fourth light outlet region;
wherein a segmentation wall separates the first and second light outlet regions from the third and fourth light outlet regions.