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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruno Cassese, Creteil, FR;
Patrick Wacheux, Villejuif, FR;
Gilles Paul, Fontenay-aux-Roses, FR;
Eric Herzberger, Gagny, FR;
Jean-Marc Nicolai, Courbevoie, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Electronique, Creteil, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 82 ; 315276 ; 336200 ;
Abstract
An assembly, in particular for the power supply circuit of a discharge lamp in a motor vehicle headlight, the assembly comprising a wound transformer together with a printed circuit on which said transformer is mounted, wherein said printed circuit is mounted on a metal soleplate forming a heat sink and wherein the ferrite element(s) of the transformer is (are) in thermal contact through its (their) whole surface directly facing the metal soleplate, with the printed circuit or with the metal soleplate.