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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Diehl Aerospace Gmbh, Ueberlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DIEHL AEROSPACE, GMBH Uberlingen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0821 (2013.01); H05B 33/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
An LED lighting device for AC voltage supply is provided. The device has LEDs that form a whole chain. The LEDs are divided into LED part groups. The device also has multiple serial switching means, multiple shorting links and a control means. The control means is configured to control the shorting links and the serial switching means, to place the whole chain in at least two switch states. The switch states differ in the through voltage of the whole chain.