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US 7,011,438 B2Granted
Illumination device
AssigneeAutomotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
InventorsKurt Schuster, Petra Heinbuch, Ralf Ackermann
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Abstract
A method for operating an illumination device as a day travelling light, in particular for automotive vehicles, wherein the device comprises a light source in an illumination housing and a means associated with the light source for bundling the light emitted by the light source, utilizes a light source comprising at least one LED (13).
Claims9
A method for operating a illumination device of an automotive vehicle, the method comprising the step of:
- operating the illumination device as a day travelling light, the illumination device being switched on during daylight use of the vehicle and without any one of a low beam, a high beam and a fog light being in operation, wherein the illumination device comprises an illumination housing disposed in a head light region of the vehicle and a light source disposed in said illumination housing, said light source having at least one LED which is switched on during operation of the illumination device as a day travelling light, and with means for directing light emitted by said light source.
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