Lighting system for vehicle and vehicle incorporating same
First Claim
1. A lighting system for a vehicle, said lighting system comprisinga plurality of intermittently operable winker lamps, with at least one of said winker lamps provided at left and right portions of a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle body, respectively, each of said winker lamps comprising a single filament bulb;
- a lighting control circuit operatively connected with said plurality of winker lamps;
said lighting control circuit having a changeover function unit which allows said winker lamps which are provided at the front portion of the vehicle body to light up as position lamps;
an antitheft apparatus operatively attached to said vehicle body and capable of generating an output signal under predetermined conditions;
a winker switch operatively connected with the lighting control circuit; and
a power supply circuit which supplies power to said lighting control circuit in response to an output signal from the antitheft apparatus and causes said plurality of winker lamps to light up or flicker in an ignition off state of an ignition switch of an engine of the vehicle.
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Abstract
The lighting system having a plurality of winker lamps disposed on front and rear portions of a vehicle body, a winker switch, and a lighting control circuit which performs changeover function allowing the winker lamps at a front portion of the vehicle body to lit as position lamps. The lighting control circuit is connected to a battery through an ignition switch. The lighting system further includes a power supply circuit which supplies, in an ignition off state, power to the lighting control circuit in response to an output signal from an antitheft apparatus to cause the winker lamps to light up or flicker. The output terminal of the antitheft device is connected to an electrical connection formed between the winker switch and the left and right rear lamps.
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1. A lighting system for a vehicle, said lighting system comprising
a plurality of intermittently operable winker lamps, with at least one of said winker lamps provided at left and right portions of a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle body, respectively, each of said winker lamps comprising a single filament bulb; -
a lighting control circuit operatively connected with said plurality of winker lamps;
said lighting control circuit having a changeover function unit which allows said winker lamps which are provided at the front portion of the vehicle body to light up as position lamps;an antitheft apparatus operatively attached to said vehicle body and capable of generating an output signal under predetermined conditions; a winker switch operatively connected with the lighting control circuit; and a power supply circuit which supplies power to said lighting control circuit in response to an output signal from the antitheft apparatus and causes said plurality of winker lamps to light up or flicker in an ignition off state of an ignition switch of an engine of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A lighting system for a vehicle, said lighting system comprising
a plurality of winker lamps disposed at a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle body, a lighting control circuit operatively connected with said plurality of winker lamps; -
said lighting control circuit having microcomputer, and a changeover function unit which allows said winker lamps which are provided at the front portion of the vehicle body to light up as position lamps; and said lighting control circuit having a power supply circuit which supplies power to said microcomputer in response to an output signal from an antitheft apparatus and causes said plurality of winker lamps to light up or flicker in an ignition off state of an ignition switch of an engine of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. In a vehicle of the type comprising a vehicle body, a battery, and an ignition switch in selective electrical communication with said battery, the improvement comprising a lighting system for the vehicle, said lighting system comprising:
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a plurality of intermittently operable winker lamps, with at least one of said winker lamps provided at left and right portions of a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle body, respectively, each of said winker lamps comprising a single filament bulb; a lighting control circuit operatively connected with said plurality of winker lamps;
said lighting control circuit having a changeover function unit which allows said winker lamps which are provided at the front portion of the vehicle body to light up as position lamps;an antitheft apparatus operatively attached to said vehicle body and capable of generating an output signal under predetermined conditions; a winker switch operatively connected with the lighting control circuit; and a power supply circuit which supplies power to said lighting control circuit in response to an output signal from the antitheft apparatus and causes said plurality of winker lamps to light up or flicker in an ignition off state of the ignition switch of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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