Patent ID: 6948838

Claim:
A vehicle lamp including a cup-shaped housing having a housing bottom for installation in an opening in a bodywork of a vehicle, a light exit opening in opposite relationship to the housing bottom, a light exit cover which covers over the light exit opening and closes the housing in an outward direction, at least one light emitting diode arranged in the interior of the housing and operable to emit a light beam the main axis of which extends substantially parallel with respect to the main axis of the housing which extends from the housing bottom to the light exit opening, and a prismatic element defined by first, second and third boundary surfaces and arranged in front of the at least one light emitting diode in such a way that said light beam emitted by the light emitting diode passes through the first boundary surface into the prismatic element and is at least partially reflected at the second boundary surface which is flat and is inclined with respect to the central axis of the light beam in such a way that the reflected part directly reaches the third boundary surface through which it exits the prismatic element and passes directly through said light exit cover in a direction which is disposed transversely with respect to the main axis of the housing but includes an angle of less than 90° therewith.