Patent ID: 9671077
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: F21S

Claim:
1. An illumination unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one LED having a light emission area, a main light exit aperture, a reflector configured for deflecting light by the LED towards the main light exit aperture, and a shading element formed as a sheet having a through-hole therethrough, the shading element positioned between the reflector and the LED to allow only substantially essentially orthogonally emitted light from the LED through the through-hole in the sheet toward the reflector, wherein a longitudinal axis of at least a portion of the sheet extends perpendicularly with respect to light emitted essentially orthogonally by the LED, and wherein essentially non-orthogonally emitted light encounters the portion of the sheet that extends perpendicularly with respect to the essentially orthogonally emitted light.