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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Michael Schnerr, Reutilingen-Sondelfingen, DE;
Dirk Blum, Tuebingen, DE;
Michael Schnerr, Reutilingen-Sondelfingen, DE;
Dirk Blum, Tuebingen, DE;
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH, Reutlingen, DE;
Abstract
A light module () for a lighting device () of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of semiconductor light sources () in serial connection with each other. A circuit arrangement () is assigned to and connected in parallel with at least one of the light sources (), includes a plurality of detectors () for detection of a malfunction of the light source (), and is adapted for bypassing the light source () in case of a malfunction of the light source (). A lighting device () of a motor vehicle includes at least one light module () for generation of a predefined light distribution.