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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Udo Custodis, Munich, DE;
Angela Eberhardt, Augsburg, DE;
Michael Ilmer, Rott am Inn, DE;
Michael Seibold, München, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 3/300 ;
Abstract
A flat lighting device ( ) has two mutually opposite, at least partially transparent view surfaces in such a way that light from a light source, for example daylight or ambient light, backlighting the lighting device can pass through the transparent part ( ) of the view surfaces. Moreover, the lighting device has at least one integrated light source, the, or each, light source being arranged in such a way that during operation a corresponding luminous area ( ) inside at least one of the two view surfaces is formed by the, or each, light source.