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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa, Lippstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Bernd Fischer, Altenbeken, DE;

Marc Kaup, Paderborn, DE;

Dirk Kliebisch, Paderborn, DE;

Assignee:

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/20 (2018.01); F21S 41/255 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/255 (2018.01); F21S 41/285 (2018.01);
Abstract

An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle having at least one light source from which light is emitted when the illumination apparatus is in operation, a collimation optical system through which, when the illumination apparatus is in operation, the light emitted from the at least one light source passes at least in part, and a secondary optical system with at least one array of cylinder lenses arranged adjacently on a face, through which, when the illumination apparatus is in operation, the light emitted by the collimation optical system passes at least in part, wherein the secondary optical system has an entry face and an exit face for the light emitting from the collimation optical system. The secondary optical system being arranged such that the exit face of the secondary optical system forms an angle unequal to 0° or unequal to 180° with the vertical when the illumination apparatus is installed.


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