| US 7,465,064 B2 | ||
| Light source for an image-generating unit | ||
| Herbert Breinich, Hochheim (Germany); Kai Hohmann, Babenhausen (Germany); Oliver Jakoby, Heusenstamm (Germany); and Heinrich Noll, Groβ—Umstadt (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/593,191 PCT Filed Feb. 01, 2005, PCT No. PCT/EP2005/050427 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 15, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/091382, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 013 680 (DE), filed on Mar. 18, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0198593 A1, Aug. 21, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F21V 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 362—231 [362/294; 362/800] | 46 Claims |
| 1. A light source, comprising:
at least one light module having a first mount element;
a drive module with drive electronics having a second mount element;
a common mount, said first and second mount elements being connected to said common mount such that said first and second
mount elements are connected by the common mount; and
first electrical lines connecting said at least one light module to said drive module, said first electrical lines being deformable
such that thermally caused relative movements between said drive module and said at least one light module during operation
of said light source are absorbed by deformation of said first electrical lines.
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