Vehicle Light Panel With Backlit Brand Emblem Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting devices for motor vehicles do not effectively combine conventional lighting functions with the ability to indicate the vehicle's origin, often requiring additional components and increased complexity.
Innovation Solution
A lighting device with a housing and lens that incorporates a brand emblem component partially covering the lens, utilizing a separate circuit board with light sources and a frame to create a light chamber for backlighting, sharing power supply with existing lighting functions and using existing components to reduce complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a bulb is disposed in each reflector segment to illuminate specific sections of the road, then the road can be divided into different sections with different luminous intensities, but the structure becomes more complex and the number of bulbs increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single bulb is designed to serve multiple functions by illuminating multiple sections of the road through the segmented reflector structure, replacing what would traditionally require multiple bulbs. The bulb acts as a universal light source for the entire headlight assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple reflector segments are merged into a single integrated headlight housing structure, allowing one bulb to illuminate all sections. The functional elements (reflector segments, bulbs, housing) are combined into a unified assembly rather than separate components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional headlight assemblies are replaced, then new functions and features can be added, but the cost of purchase and installation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The headlight assembly is segmented into modular components (reflector segments, bulb housing, mounting structures) that can be manufactured separately and assembled. This modular approach enables flexible configuration options while maintaining manufacturing efficiency and reducing overall system cost.
3Ease of manufacture
If the headlight assembly is designed as a single integrated unit, then manufacturing and installation are simplified, but flexibility in configuring different functional elements is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The headlight assembly is segmented into modular components (reflector segments, bulb housing, mounting structures) that can be manufactured separately and assembled. This modular approach enables flexible configuration options while maintaining manufacturing efficiency and reducing overall system cost.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides both conventional lighting and brand emblem illumination with reduced component count and cost, offering a distinctive vehicle appearance and effective backlighting.
Implementation Method 1
a reflector (10) having a plurality of reflector segments (101, 102, 103, 104) which are arranged adjacently in an upper half of the housing (1)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a lighting apparatus (1) for a motor vehicle (K), comprising a housing and comprising at least one light panel (11) that closes off the housing to the outside. Light beams from at least one illuminant (13, 15) disposed behind the light panel (11) can pass through the light panel (11) to the outside. The invention proposes that a component (5) comprising a brand logo (M) is held on the light panel (11) on the outside. This is implemented in such a way that the component (5) partly covers the light panel (11).