Patent ID: 7948184

Claim:
A vehicle testing lamp system comprising: (a) one or more onboard controller units comprising: an onboard solid state relay, the onboard solid state relay being switchable between an idle output power setting and a high output power setting, electrically connected to an onboard timing circuit, electrically connected to an onboard transfer circuit, electrically connected to an onboard current sensor, electrically connected to an onboard current regulator, electrically connected to onboard batteries, the onboard batteries providing electrical power to the onboard solid state relay, onboard timing circuit, onboard transfer circuit, onboard current sensor, and onboard current regulator, (b) one or more off-board controller units comprising: an off-board power supply electrically connected to an off-board voltage booster circuit; and; (c) one or more lamp fixtures comprising: (i) a lamp, the lamp being positioned within a shock mount and being electrically connected to an igniter, the lamp comprising a long arc xenon lamp, (ii) the ignitor being closed in a Faraday cage, and (iii) the shock mount having a first shock ring, a second shock ring, and a plurality of springs, the first shock ring encircling a first end of the lamp and the second shock ring encircling a second end of the lamp, wherein at least three of the plurality of springs position the first end of the lamp essentially centrally within the first shock ring and at least three of the plurality of springs position the second end of the lamp essentially centrally within the second shock ring, and wherein the off-board controller unit supplies power to the lamp at the idle output level, wherein the onboard transfer circuit permits the off-board power supply to be disconnected while the onboard controller unit maintains the lamp at the idle output level, wherein the onboard current regulator limits the amount of current to the lamp when the onboard solid state relay is in the idle output power setting, wherein the onboard timing circuit limits the time that the lamp remains at the high output level following receipt of a trigger pulse, and wherein the onboard controller unit has a maximum weight of about eleven kilograms.