Patent ID: 7334932

Claim:
A lighting arrangement ( 1 ) comprising a fluorescent lamp ( 2 ) and a plurality of light emitting diodes ( 6 ) which, viewed along a single axis in the direction of a main lighting direction ( 13 ), are arranged behind the fluorescent lamp ( 2 ), a light guide element ( 10 ) which guides light (L 2 ) emitted by the light emitting diode ( 6 ) past the fluorescent lamp ( 2 ) and emits said light substantially in the main lighting direction ( 13 ), said plurality of said light emitting diodes ( 6 ) being arranged along a longitudinal direction ( 16 ) of the light guide element ( 10 ), and disposed between two adjacently arranged said light emitting diodes ( 6 ) is at least one light guide structure ( 17 ) for suppressing any longitudinal light propagation in the light guide element ( 10 ).