Lamp for vehicles

• US 6,637,916 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2001
• Issued: 10/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Müllner, Hermann-Frank
• Original Assignee: Müllner, Hermann-Frank
• Inventors: Müllner, Hermann-Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Cariaso, Alan
• Application Number:
  US09/972,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20020067615A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 362/183, 362/186, 362/84, 362/196, 362/235, 362/260, 362/362, 362/486, 362/540, 362/543-545, 362/20, 362/226
• US Class Current: 362/486
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/217 Doors, e.g. door sills; Steps
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/59 Lighting devices mounted in the vehicle interior and adapted for portability
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/80 Circuits; Control arrangements for dashboards B60Q3/16; for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/47
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/88 Means for plugging to the electrical power supply of the vehicle, e.g. by using cigarette lighter sockets

Abstract

The invention relates to a lamp for vehicles which is integrated in the surface of a vehicle part and which is removable. The lamp is switched on and off via a radio signal and/or a light beam of an infrared diode received by a sensor. The fluorescent plastic material of the lamp body, the solar cell, the sensor, the storage elements and the LED (OLED and/or PLED) form a unit of the lamp and this unit can be mounted and removed a such.

Claims

1. A lamp for vehicles which lamp is integrated in a surface of a vehicle part and removable, the lamp comprising:

a lamp body having an interior and an exterior;

at least one solar module configured to generate energy and arranged in the interior and/or on the exterior of the lamp body;

an energy storage device configured to store energy generated by the at least one solar module;

an illumination device arranged in the interior and/or on the exterior of the lamp body;

a plug connection provided on the lamp body and configured to transmit energy generated by the solar module to at least one of a consumer and an energy storage of the vehicle;

at least one remote-control activated sensor device connected to the lamp body and configured to trigger switching of the lamp;

wherein the lamp body is made of fluorescent material and made by blow molding;

wherein the lamp body has a notch allowing light emitted by the illumination device to exit from the interior;

wherein the at least one solar module comprises a light transmissive solar cell configured to alternately cover and expose the notch.

2. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the lamp body, the at least one solar module, the energy storage device, the illumination device and the plug connection form a detachable unit.

3. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the lamp body is comprised of two parts fixedly connected to one another.

4. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the solar cell is configured to be slidable or pivotable.

5. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the lamp body has a light-transmissive layer arranged on a visible portion of the exterior.

6. A lamp according to claim 1, further comprising at least one chip connected to the lamp body and wherein the at least one chip is configured to provide communication with remote control device.

7. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the at least one remote-control activated sensor device comprises receiving and emitting sensors configured to provide communication with a remote control device.

8. A lamp according to claim 7, wherein the sensors (6,6′

,6a) are thin-film sensors.

9. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the at least one solar module is a flexible thin-film foil fitted in the lamp body.

10. A lamp according to claim 9, wherein the thin-film foil is a metal foil.

11. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein the energy storage device (8) is a thin-film battery in the form of a micro-miniature battery.

12. A lamp according to claim 11, wherein the thin film battery is a thin-film power condenser.

13. A lamp for vehicles which lamp is integrated in a surface of a vehicle part and removable, the lamp comprising:

a lamp body having an Interior and an exterior;

at least one solar module configured to generate energy and arranged in the interior and/or on the exterior of the lamp body;

an energy storage device configured to store energy generated by the at least one solar module;

an illumination device arranged in the interior and/or on the exterior of the lamp body;

a plug connection provided on the lamp body and configured to transmit energy generated by the solar module to at least one of a consumer and en energy storage of the vehicle;

at least one remote-control activated sensor device connected to the lamp body and configured to trigger switching of the lamp;

wherein the illumination device comprises one or more diodes selected form the group consisting of a flexible organic diode (OLED) and a polymer diode (PLED);

a printed circuit board with an auxiliary circuit having an auxiliary illumination body taking over illlumination when the illumination device fails.