Patent ID: 7417201
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A switch for actuating a first lighting system for emitting visible light having a number of lighting states with a lower beam and an upper beam, and for actuating a second lighting system for emitting visible light of at least one further lighting device, the switch having a number of switching stages representing lighting states for actuating the lighting systems, wherein the switch has an additional switching stage for actuating a third lighting system, which emits light in the infrared wavelength region or in the non-visible wavelength region, wherein the arrangement of the switching stages of the switch is fixed in such a way that the second and the third lighting system can be switched on only after the switching stage representing the lower beam of the first lighting system has already been switched on, and wherein it is possible for the second and the third lighting systems to be operated independently of one another.