Patent ID: 8847493

Claim:
An electrical module for illuminating an HID lamp on a vehicle having a power source connected to a HID switch, the electrical module comprising: (a) an input operatively connected to the HID switch and an output operatively connected to the HID lamp; (b) a capacitor operatively connected to the input for charging by the power source; (c) a voltage delay mechanism operatively connected to the capacitor and comprising: (i) a charge-actuated switch operatively connected to receive a charge from the capacitor, the charge-actuated switch having an HID-inactive position and an HID-active position in which the power source is connected to the output; (ii) a breakdown voltage device operatively connected to the capacitor and to the charge-actuated switch, to prevent the charge-actuated switch from moving to the HID-active position, unless the capacitor is charged to a voltage sufficient to start up the HID lamp; and (iii) a power-actuated latch relay operatively connected to the charge-actuated switch, the latch relay operating to maintain the charge-actuated switch in its HID-active position by bypassing the breakdown voltage device.