Patent ID: 9731841
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B64D,F21V,F21W,F21Y

Claim:
1. Exterior light unit for a vehicle, the exterior light unit comprising: an LED in operation emitting light; a reflector, which reflects a first portion of the light emitted by the LED; a first lens, through which the first portion of the light is refracted after being reflected by the reflector; and a second lens, which is an aspherical collimating lens and which is arranged in such a way with respect to the LED that a second portion of the light emitted by the LED has an unobstructed path to the second lens and is collimated by the second lens in a main light output plane, wherein the second portion of the light, when on its way from the LED to the second lens, crosses way with the first portion of the light, when on its way from the reflector to the first lens, wherein the reflector is an elliptical reflector, with the LED being positioned in a first focal point thereof, and wherein the first lens comprises an aspherical collimating lens portion for collimating at least a part of the first portion of the light emitted by the LED in the main light output plane, which aspherical collimating lens portion is arranged in such a way that its focal point corresponds to a second focal point of the elliptical reflector.