Patent ID: 6471378
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
Orientation illumination for a vehicle, which is integrated in a form of a light source of a light-emitting diode in a ceiling of a vehicle and which is not directly visible to vehicle occupants as a result of shields and a corresponding arrangement of said shields, comprising a half-shell-shaped shield being arranged on a side of the orientation illumination facing the vehicle occupants, said half-shell-shaped shield tapering to a point on an edge pointing away from the vehicle occupants,wherein the light-emitting diode is inserted in a mounting shaft in a slightly set-back manner, and on the side facing away from the vehicle occupants, the mounting shaft is pulled forward to form a shield with respect to the light-emitting diode to such an extent that the light-emitting diode does not reflect in an inside rear view mirror and therefore no indirect viewing contact by the vehicle occupants exists with the light-emitting diode.