US 11,754,249 B2
Lighting device and method for joining a lighting device
Odo Karger, Geseke (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,914.
Application 17/957,914 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/057057, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 109 359.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021808 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. F21S 41/29 (2018.01); F21S 41/20 (2018.01); F21S 43/27 (2018.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/29 (2018.01) [F21S 41/28 (2018.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); F21S 43/27 (2018.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting device for a vehicle, the lighting device comprising:
a housing;
an illuminant arranged in the housing;
a light panel for the passage of light generated by the illuminant; and
a frame that is molded onto the light panel at least on an edge side of the light panel in an at least sectionally circumferential fashion using a plastic injection molding process, the frame being joined to a connection portion of the housing by a plastic welded seam,
wherein the frame and at least the connection portion of the housing are formed of a material at least comprising acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymers (ASA), ASA-HT, PBT+ASA-[GF20], and/or a material containing acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymers.