Control of at least one lighting means of a vehicle headlight depending on an electrical quantity providable on a vehicle headlight connection of a vehicle

US10272821B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OSRAM GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Benjamin Kreisz · Herbrechtingen, DE
• Manuel Maresch · Heubach, DE
• Sammr Nasrallah-Goldberg · Munich, DE
• Marc Schwenkbeck · Winnenden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B20/30
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A connection device for electrical connection of a lighting means of a vehicle headlight, includes a vehicle connection for connection to the vehicle headlight connection of the vehicle, a lighting means connection for the electrical coupling of the at least one lighting means of the vehicle headlight, an on-board power supply system connection for connection to an electrical on-board power supply system of the vehicle, a lighting means simulation unit connected to the vehicle connection and to the on-board power supply system connection to detect the electrical quantity and to simulate a predefinable lighting means taking account of the detected electrical quantity on the vehicle connection, and a control unit connected to the lighting means connection and to the on-board power supply system connection to determine a control signal depending on the detected electrical quantity and to control the lighting means depending on the determined control signal.