Heat dissipating transformer in a power supply circuit for a motor vehicle headlight
US5949191A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B20/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An assembly, in particular for the power supply circuit of a discharge lamp in a motor vehicle headlight, the assembly comprising a wound transformer together with a printed circuit on which said transformer is mounted, wherein said printed circuit is mounted on a metal soleplate forming a heat sink and wherein the ferrite element(s) of the transformer is (are) in thermal contact through its (their) whole surface directly facing the metal soleplate, with the printed circuit or with the metal soleplate.
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