US 2022/0024371 A1 · AUXILIARY LIGHTING SYSTEM

Abstract

An auxiliary lighting system for use with an auxiliary device assembled on a vehicle, where the vehicle has a vehicle lighting system that includes a vehicle headlight and a headlight control for switching between operational states of the vehicle headlight. The auxiliary lighting system includes a secondary auxiliary headlight, and a control circuit that causes the secondary auxiliary headlight to turn on depending on an operating mode of the auxiliary device. In a particular embodiment, the control circuit operates the secondary auxiliary headlight based the operating mode of the auxiliary device and an operating mode of the auxiliary lighting system.

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Dependent claims

An auxiliary lighting system for use with an auxiliary device assembled on a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle lighting system including a vehicle headlight and a headlight control for switching between operational states of the vehicle headlight, the auxiliary lighting system comprising:

a secondary auxiliary headlight;
and
a control circuit that causes the secondary auxiliary headlight to turn on depending on an operating mode of the auxiliary device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/935,014Filed 21 Jul 2020

Published

27 Jan 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

B60Q 1/085
Automatically: due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers
B60Q 1/0023
Devices integrating an element dedicated to another function: the element being a sensor, e.g. distance sensor, camera
B60Q 1/1407
Having dimming means: general lighting circuits comprising dimming circuits
B60Q 1/18
The devices being headlights: being additional front lights

Auxiliary lighting system

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Auxiliary lighting system

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Abstract

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