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Lighting device

  • US 9,512,987 B2
  • Filed: 12/02/2013
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting device for a rear part of a vehicle, the lighting device comprising:

  • a housing;

    at least one cover panel covering the housing;

    a plurality of lighting elements disposed in the housing and forming different lighting units, wherein four of the lighting elements are arranged in a rectangular arrangement with respect to one another so as to form a first lighting unit, the four lighting elements of the first lighting unit including two upper lighting elements disposed adjacent to one another and two lower lighting elements disposed adjacent to one another, wherein the two upper lighting elements are connected to one another by a first connecting web that extends at least from a first of the upper lighting elements to a second of the upper lighting elements and the two lower lighting elements are connected to one another by a second connecting web that extends at least from a first of the lower lighting elements to a second of the lower lighting elements, each of the first and. second connecting webs being configured to be illuminated so as to contribute to the light emitted by the first lighting unit, the two connecting webs being connected to one another in an arcuate shape; and

    at least one transversely extending second lighting element having an elongated design arranged between the two upper and the two lower lighting elements.

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