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Title:
LIGHTING CONTROL CIRCUIT OF VEHICLE LIGHTING FIXTURE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004055191
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a lighting control circuit of a vehicle lighting fixture capable of preventing a blown-out bulb filament caused by a rush current even when a power source of a large power is used, further, capable of using the bulb used prior the power source is changed to a large electric power, maintaining the desired quantity of the light and its small size.

A rectangular wave is generated immediately after switching on the system power by a first OSC 13, and a gently changing ascending wave is generated immediately after switching on the system power by a second OSC 14. A first switching element 15 and a second switching element 16 are controlled by the first OSC 1 and the second OSC 14 respectively, consequently, a current, based on a gently ascending rectangular wave, flows through the bulb 17 connected between the first switching element 15 and the second switching element 16.


Inventors:
KONUKI ISAO
Application Number:
JP2002208046A
Publication Date:
February 19, 2004
Filing Date:
July 17, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LTD
International Classes:
H05B37/02; H05B39/02; B60Q1/00; (IPC1-7): H05B39/02; B60Q1/00; H05B37/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tamio Nishiwaki
Nishimura Kimiyoshi