Appeal No. 1999-2067
Application 08/911,064
a lamp-carrier implementing a plurality of recesses used as sockets for a plurality of
lamps;
a first multi-pin connector having a plurality of pins respectively connected to each of
the lamp sockets via an electrical circuit for selectively and individually powering said
lamps, whereby said first multi-pin connector can receive a conventional complementary
bundle connector for individually powering the lamps with individual power supply voltages
selectively derived from the vehicle battery in a conventional manner;
wherein said module further comprises a separate multiplex-controlled lamp
powering unit including;
a second connector for separately receiving a multiplexed lamp control signal
containing instructions for turning on and off the respective lamps and a common power
line which is permanently connected to said vehicle battery;
an electronic printed circuit board including said second connector and further
including a plurality of electronic switching means each associated with one lamp of said
plurality of lamps and responsive to said instructions in said control signal for selectively
connecting said common power line to said one lamp; and
means for connecting said electronic printed circuit to said first multi-pin connector;
whereby said lamps can be powered either by said conventional bundle connector
or by said multiplex-controlled lamp powering unit receiving said control signal and said
common power line.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Hayward 4,858,082 Aug. 15, 1989
Dennis 5,198,696 Mar. 30, 1993
Pidancet 5,350,305 Sep. 27, 1994
(filed Apr. 30, 1992)
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