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Light source for motor vehicles

US9085260B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 2011
Grant dateJul 21, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/30
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Light for motor vehicles and the like provided with a lighting device comprising a pair of power supply lines flowed through by a primary supplying current, two or more lighting branches each comprising one or more light sources adapted for being flowed through by a secondary supplying current; and an electronic control circuit configured to determine the secondary current flowing through each lighting branch; limit the primary supplying current to a predetermined minimum value when the secondary current flowing through at least one of said lighting branches is lesser than a predetermined threshold current; control the simultaneous transition of the light sources from a pre-lighting state to a complete-lighting state, when each of the secondary currents flowing through the lighting branches is greater than or equal to the predetermined current threshold.

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