Patent ID: 8740427

Claim:
Vehicle rear view device with an illuminating element, said vehicle rear view device comprising: a light source emitting light, said light source consisting of at least one LED having a semiconductor layer; at least one light conductor in the illuminating element in the vehicle rear view device, with the light conductor receiving the light emitted by the light source, whereby the light conductor includes at least one coupling surface, through which the emitted light enters into the at least one light conductor; and at least one TIR lens disposed between the at least one light conductor and the light source, wherein the at least one LED protrudes into a recess of the at least one TIR lens, the at least one recess of the TIR lens includes the at least one LED in a solid angle of at least 180°, and the TIR lens extends to below the semiconductor layer of the LED and to a circuit board to which the LED is soldered such that the recess of the TIR lens encompasses the whole area of optical emission of the LED to be guided to the at least one light conductor, the coupling surface of which faces the TIR lens.