Patent ID: 8016464

Claim:
A lighting device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a plurality of light-emitting diode light sources, said plurality of light-emitting diode light sources comprising at least one first set of light-emitting diodes and at least one second set of light-emitting diodes; wherein each of said plurality of light-emitting diode light sources is mounted on a printed circuit board within a single internal lighting module, said at least one first set of light-emitting diodes directing light in a direction generally perpendicular to a plane in which said at least one first set of light-emitting diodes lies to perform a first lighting function, said at least one second set of light-emitting diodes directing light in a direction generally parallel to said plane in which said at least one first set of light-emitting diodes lies to perform a second lighting function; wherein said second lighting function corresponds to a lighting function of a cigarette lighter illuminating ring and said first lighting function corresponds to an ashtray lighting function; wherein said first set of light emitting diodes are axial emission diodes and said second set of light emitting diodes are lateral emission diodes; and wherein said plurality of light-emitting diode light sources of said lighting device is arranged on said single circuit board comprising a first contact tab and a second contact tab, said first contact tab being coupled to and in direct contact with a body of a cigarette lighter, said body of said cigarette lighter thus corresponding to a reference potential, and said second contact tab in contact with a connector of said cigarette lighter, thus allowing an electrical voltage to be applied to illuminate said plurality of light-emitting diode light sources so that said cigarette lighter illuminating ring and an ashtray become illuminated.