The invention relates to a dome light assembly 16 for a vehicle, suitable for a vehicle, comprising a lighting arrangement 18, 20, 22, 24 wherein the lighting arrangement comprises a first lighting device 30 for providing direct illumination of an interior of the vehicle and wherein the lighting arrangement further comprises a translucent optical element (26, see fig 2) covering the first lighting device. To provide a dome light assembly of this kind, by means of which dome light assembly an improved, consistent and especially relaxing illumination of an interior of a vehicle can be achieved, the lighting arrangement further comprises a second lighting device comprising a light source and an optical waveguide coupled to the light source and arranged to provide ambient illumination of the interior of the vehicle. The light assembly may be in a ribbon shape and may comprise two parallel optical waveguides extending along a respective side of the lighting element. The device may comprise more than one lighting device and at least two may abut each other to form a single continuous waveguide.
Dome light assembly for a vehicle, cabin for a vehicle comprising a dome light assembly, and vehicle comprising a cabin with a dome light assembly
2018-03-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein |