EP0457043A3 - Signaling flash device - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0457043A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: signaling; flash device; flash; signaling flash
Prior art date: 1990-05-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP19910106092

Other languages

German (de)

Other versions

EP0457043B1 (en

EP0457043A2 (en

Inventor

Wolfgang Grimm

Heiko Janssen

Siegfried Schmees

Werner Lepper

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Hella GmbH and Co KGaA

Original Assignee

Hella KGaA Huek and Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1990-05-14

Filing date

1991-04-17

Publication date

1992-07-29

1991-04-17 Application filed by Hella KGaA Huek and Co filed Critical Hella KGaA Huek and Co

1991-11-21 Publication of EP0457043A2 publication Critical patent/EP0457043A2/en

1992-07-29 Publication of EP0457043A3 publication Critical patent/EP0457043A3/en

1995-01-11 Application granted granted Critical

1995-01-11 Publication of EP0457043B1 publication Critical patent/EP0457043B1/en

2011-04-17 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
- H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
- H05B41/30—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by pulses, e.g. flash lamp

EP91106092A 1990-05-14 1991-04-17 Signaling flash device Expired - Lifetime EP0457043B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4015401		1990-05-14
DE4015401A DE4015401C1 (en)	1990-05-14	1990-05-14

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0457043A2 EP0457043A2 (en)	1991-11-21
EP0457043A3 true EP0457043A3 (en)	1992-07-29
EP0457043B1 EP0457043B1 (en)	1995-01-11

Family

ID=6406334

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP91106092A Expired - Lifetime EP0457043B1 (en)	1990-05-14	1991-04-17	Signaling flash device

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
US (1)	US5162702A (en)
EP (1)	EP0457043B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE4015401C1 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE4205871A1 (en) *	1992-02-26	1993-09-02	Hella Kg Hueck & Co	LIGHTNING FLASH WARNING SYSTEM
US5355116A (en) *	1993-03-16	1994-10-11	Wheelock	Adjustable strobe with temperature stabilization

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GB1108516A (en) *	1965-11-19	1968-04-03	James Russell	Navigation lights for aircraft
DE2829922A1 (en) *	1978-07-07	1980-01-24	Westfaelische Metall Industrie	Efficient warning flash light - has switching transistor of flyback converter driven from store receiving clock pulses and input from lamp trigger circuit
US4321507A (en) *	1978-11-21	1982-03-23	Austin Electronics, Inc.	Strobe power supply
EP0178015A1 (en) *	1984-10-05	1986-04-16	Telecommunications Radioelectriques Et Telephoniques T.R.T.	Semi-active night observation system with intensification of light

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US3666964A (en) *	1970-11-27	1972-05-30	Subsea Products Inc	Energy storage and discharge system
US3644818A (en) *	1971-03-10	1972-02-22	Gte Sylvania Inc	Electronic flashlamp power supply
US3758817A (en) *	1971-10-29	1973-09-11	Honeywell Inc	Flash apparatus with automatic light termination using a number of storage capacitors
DE2420197C3 (en) *	1974-04-26	1978-07-06	Neumann Elektronik Gmbh, 4330 Muelheim	Device for supplying a light bulb, a light emitting diode or a flash tube in an emergency call box
JPS60107065A (en) *	1983-11-15	1985-06-12	Fuji Xerox Co Ltd	Flash fixing device
US4687971A (en) *	1984-11-08	1987-08-18	Fuji Xerox Company, Limited	Power supply for discharge lamp

1990
- 1990-05-14 DE DE4015401A patent/DE4015401C1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
1991
- 1991-04-17 EP EP91106092A patent/EP0457043B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-05-08 US US07/696,966 patent/US5162702A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB1108516A (en) *	1965-11-19	1968-04-03	James Russell	Navigation lights for aircraft
DE2829922A1 (en) *	1978-07-07	1980-01-24	Westfaelische Metall Industrie	Efficient warning flash light - has switching transistor of flyback converter driven from store receiving clock pulses and input from lamp trigger circuit
US4321507A (en) *	1978-11-21	1982-03-23	Austin Electronics, Inc.	Strobe power supply
EP0178015A1 (en) *	1984-10-05	1986-04-16	Telecommunications Radioelectriques Et Telephoniques T.R.T.	Semi-active night observation system with intensification of light

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 9, no. 257 (P-396)15. Oktober 1985 & JP-A-60 107 065 ( FUJI XEROX K.K. ) 12. Juni 1985 *

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0457043B1 (en)	1995-01-11
US5162702A (en)	1992-11-10
EP0457043A2 (en)	1991-11-21
DE4015401C1 (en)	1991-11-14

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1991-10-04	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
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1994-08-10	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 19940629
1994-09-21	ITF	It: translation for a ep patent filed	Owner name: INTERPATENT ST.TECN. BREV.
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