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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Eaton Electrical Ip Gmbh & Co. KG, Schoenefeld, DE;
Thomas Freyermuth, Kalenborn, DE;
Stefan Boddenberg, Leichlingen, DE;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A signaling apparatus for command and/or indicating devices includes a base unit having at least two light sources which each generate light and are arranged on the base unit at a spacing from one another, and at least two light modules which are stacked along a main axis of the signaling apparatus and are operatively connected to the light sources such that light generated by the light sources is coupled into the light modules in a beam direction parallel to the main axis, the light modules each having a reflection region for reflecting at least in part the light coupled into the light modules in a signaling direction. A particular reflection region occupies only a portion of the light module in a peripheral direction of the corresponding light module perpendicular to the main axis of the signaling apparatus, which portion is smaller than a total periphery of the light module.