Lighting device for vehicles

Abstract

A lighting device for vehicles with a minimum of two light modules, each comprising a number of LED light sources for the generation of a first light function and a second light function. One light module is a basic light module and the other light module is a long-range light module. A first light source and a second light source are arranged in the basic light module, so that when the first LED light source is energized, a first partial light beam for the creation of a first light function is radiated. When both the second LED light source and the first LED light source are energized, a second partial light beam for the creation of a second light function is radiated. A first LED light source and a second LED light source may also be arranged in the long-range light module, so that when the first LED light source is energized, a first partial light beam for the creation of the first light function is radiated. When both the second LED light source and the first LED light source are energized, a second partial light beam for the creation of the second light function is radiated. The first light function is created by the superimposition of the first partial light beam of the basic light module and the first partial light beam of the long-range light module, and the second light function by superimposition of the second partial light beams of the basic light module and the long-range light module.