US Patent Issued to ZKW Group on Dec. 9 for "Short-circuit fault-detecting lighting device for a motor vehicle" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,818, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ZKW Group GmbH (Wieselburg, Austria).

"Short-circuit fault-detecting lighting device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Daniel Petsch (Gaming, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a short-circuit fault detection illumination device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a voltage input (SE) and a terminal (ME) for connection to earth potential, a power branch (LS) supplied via the voltage input (SE), which comprises a number of light sources (2) to be monitored, wherein this number is at least two, wherein the light sources (2) are designed to emit the light of...