Patent ID: 8042982

Claim:
A lighting device for vehicles which comprises a flat type light conducting body having two opposed flat sides at which light is transmitted from a light coupling or input side of said light conducting body to a light decoupling or output side thereof by total deflection, and a narrow side at the light input end along which a plurality of spaced-apart light elements are fitted for light input into the light conducting body, said narrow side extending in at least an extension plane perpendicular to the flat sides, wherein the narrow side ( 4 ) is uneven at least in a light input section ( 12 ) thereof that constitutes a light input position ( 12 ), wherein the light input section ( 12 ) is an a rotation-symmetric ellipsoidal light input element ( 27 ) having a truncated portion wherein the light input element is formed to the narrow side ( 4 ) and which protrudes perpendicularly from the extension plane of the narrow side ( 4 ), and wherein a single light element is fitted adjacent to the truncated portion for light input to each respective light input element ( 27 ).