Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting device and vehicle lighting system with same
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Application No.: US15479411Application Date: 2017-04-05
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Publication No.: US09884582B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Kazuya Kato , Toshiaki Nakamura , Akihiro Kishimoto , Kenichi Fukuda , Masaaki Takamatsu
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-088591 20160426
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08 ; B60Q1/04 ; B60Q1/42 ; B60Q1/14 ; F21S8/10 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
A lighting device includes a thermal sensor, power converter circuits and a control circuit. The thermal sensor is configured to measure an internal temperature of a case. The power converter circuits are housed in the case and configured to be connected with different types of light sources, respectively. The control circuit is housed in the case and has priorities that are provided with respect to the different types of light sources according to their respective types. The control circuit is configured to, when the internal temperature is greater than a threshold, control the respective outputs of the power converter circuits so as to preferentially decrease an output for a light source corresponding to a first priority.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170305328A1 LIGHTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH SAME Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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