Lamp kit for installation in a motor vehicle, and a motor vehicle

• US 10,182,482 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2016
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Custom Lights UG
• Original Assignee: Custom Lights UG
• Inventors: Schultheis, Hanno Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yang, Amy X
• Application Number:
  US15/348,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: 315 77
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/1407 General lighting circuits comprising dimming circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/18 being additional front lights bracket mounted headlights B60Q1/0483
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2607 comprising at least two indicating lamps
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/28 for indicating front of vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/486 for indicating that vehicle is in a parked state
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/30 Daytime running lights [DRL], e.g. circuits or arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2900/10 Retrofit arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2900/30 Lamps commanded by wireless transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/125 Coloured light
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/141 Light emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A lamp kit, preferably a headlamp kit, for the installation in a motor vehicle, comprising at least two headlamps (1, 11), preferably two front headlamps,

• wherein the lamp kit comprises at least two light sources (3, 13) for installation in one each of the two lamps (1, 11),
• wherein each of the two light sources (3, 13) can emit light in at least one first or one second wavelength, wherein
  • the first of the at least two multicolored light sources (13) is or can be connected to a first control unit (14) for controlling the wavelength of the light emitted by the first light source,
    • wherein the first control unit is or can be connected to a first receiving unit for receiving a wirelessly transmitted signal, and
  • the second of the at least two multicolored light sources (3) is or can be connected to a second control unit (4) for controlling the wavelength of the light emitted by the second light source,
    • wherein the second control unit (4) is or can be connected to a second receiving unit for receiving a wirelessly transmitted signal;
• and an arrangement (10) with at least two headlamps (1, 11) of a motor vehicle, and a motor vehicle.

Claims

1. An arrangement having at least two lamps of a motor vehicle, each of the lamps comprising a main light source and at least one multicoloured light source, which is a multicoloured LED light source with alternating daytime running/parking light modes, wherein each of the two multicoloured light sources can emit light in at least one first or one second wavelength, the arrangement comprising,

at least one first cable connection for the power supply of the lamps in daytime running light mode, which connects a first lamp of the at least two lamps to a second lamp of the at least two lamps, at least one second cable connection for the power supply of the lamps in the parking light or a low-beam light mode, which connects the first lamp to the second lamp, and a supply cable which connects the first and/or the second cable connection to an ignition of a motor vehicle;

wherein the ignition comprises a control device which carries out the changeover between the daytime running light and the parking light and which controls the power supply of the main and multicoloured light sources by a car battery, wherein the control device is arranged between the lines of the daytime running lights and parking light and a car battery in order to control the intensity of the LEDs, during changeover between parking and daytime running light mode;

wherein the first of the at least two multicoloured light sources is connected to a first control unit for controlling the wavelength of the light emitted by the first lamp, wherein the first control unit is connected to a first receiving unit for receiving a wirelessly transmitted signal, and wherein the second of the at least two multicoloured light sources is connected to a second control unit for controlling the wavelength of the light emitted by the second lamp, wherein the second control unit is connected to a second receiving unit for receiving a wirelessly transmitted signal;

wherein all elements of the lamps are integrated in a lamp housing wherein at least the first receiving unit is formed as a wireless access point or as a Bluetooth receiver; and

wherein the wireless access point comprises a radio module transmitter and the second receiving unit is formed as a radio module receiver for receiving a radio signal emitted by the radio module transmitter.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first and/or the second of the at least two multicoloured light sources can be connected is connectable to several further light sources to form a light strip.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the multicoloured light sources have a maximum lumen count of at least 50 lm.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the following elements are arranged on a single circuit board:

the first main light source, at least one multicoloured light source, the first control unit, the first receiving unit.

5. The arrangement according to/claim 1 for generating daytime running light and/or parking light in a motor vehicle.

6. A motor vehicle comprising an arrangement according to claim 1.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the multicoloured light sources have a maximum lumen count of at least 80 lm.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the at least one multicolored light source, the first control unit, and the first receiving unit are arranged on a single circuit board.