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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123388 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp has semiconductor-type light sources and lenses. Emission surfaces of the lenses are made of free curved faces controlled to be curved so that: projection images of light emitting chips of the semiconductor-type light sources, which is emitted fro... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8042980 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp is provided with semiconductor-type light sources, lenses, a reflector, light shading members, prism members, and a switching device. When the light shading members are positioned in a first location by means of the switching device, a light distr... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033701 | Head lamp leveling device for vehicle A vehicle headlamp of the present invention is provided with a lamp housing and a leveling device. The lamp housing has: a mount portion in which a circular through hole is provided; and an abutment protrusive portion which is provided at the mount portion. The leve... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7980732 | Projector type lamp An projector type lamp includes a casing formed with a front open end and configured by connecting an upper casing member and a lower casing member to each other; a concave mirror formed on an inside face of the casing; a light source provided at the first focal poi... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972049 | Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device is provided, and includes a mount member, a semiconductor-type light source, a reflector, and screws. Mounting boss portions in which the screws are to be threaded are provided at the mount member. At the reflector, through holes into which... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972046 | Vehicle lighting device A lighting device of the present invention includes: a first reflecting surface which is an elliptical reflecting surface; a semiconductor-type light source which is disposed at a first focal point of the first reflecting surface; and parabolic reflecting surfaces f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7959336 | Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device includes: a lamp unit for concentrating light; a lamp unit for diffusion; a lamp housing and a lamp lens, partitioning a lamp room; and an optical-axis adjuster which is integrally mounted in the lamp housing in an optical-axis adjustable m... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7883250 | Lamp unit for vehicles In existing lamp unit for vehicles, the light from the semiconductor light source can not be effectively used. In the present invention, a planar reflect surface (7) is arranged between the projection lens (6) and its focus (FL1) in such a way t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883224 | Vehicle outside mirror device A rotation range control mechanism includes a clutch holder provided around a shaft, a washer fixed to a casing, a control convex portion arranged on the clutch holder, and contact portions arranged on the washer. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7862217 | Vehicle lamp unit and vehicle headlamp using the same A vehicle lamp unit includes a reflective surface based on an ellipse; a semiconductor light source of which a light emitting portion is provided at a first focal point of the reflective surface or a vicinity of the first focal point; and a projection lens that proj... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7852024 | Vehicle mirror device A vehicle mirror device includes a drive unit to turn a mirror unit with respect to a base unit. The drive unit includes a motor and a control circuit. The motor is driven with a battery voltage. A current supply to the motor is cut OFF when a motor current flowing ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832912 | Lamp unit for vehicles In existing lamp unit for vehicles, the light from the semiconductor light source can not be effectively used. In the present invention, a shade (5) is arranged between the second focus (F2) of a first reflect surface (9) and a semiconductor lig... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824088 | Vehicle lighting apparatus A planar reflection surface is arranged between a projection lens and a lens focal point of the projection lens. The lens focal point exists as a pseudo lens focal point at a symmetric position with respect to the planar reflection surface. A horizontal optical axis... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815325 | Vehicle side mirror A vehicle side mirror includes: a housing attached to a vehicle and holding a mirror; and a cover member being attachable to the housing, the cover member and the housing forming an integral outer shape of the vehicle side mirror when the cover member is appropriate... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815324 | Outside mirror apparatus for vehicle A mirror assembly is inclinably mounted on a resin shaft via a spring and a resin stopper. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7775696 | Vehicle headlamp A reflector reflects a light from a light source. A projector lens projects a reflected light from the reflector ahead of a vehicle. A shade is used to switch the reflected light into a plurality of beams in a plurality of light distribution patterns. A spring membe... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7759892 | Vehicle mirror device A vehicle mirror device includes a base unit configured to be fixed to a vehicle, a body unit that includes a mirror and is rotatably attached to the base unit, and a driving unit that drives the body unit to rotate with respect to the base unit. The driving unit in... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7736038 | Vehicle headlight The driving unit includes an attaching portion, a first contact surface, and a second contact surface. The frame includes a receiving portion to which the attaching portion is attached, a first contact receiving surface with which the first contact surface is in con... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7722234 | Vehicle headlight A light shielding member shields a part of a light radiated from a light source and passes a remaining part of the light. A reflection surface reflects the light that passes through the light shielding member forward of a vehicle as a light distribution pattern incl... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7708438 | Lighting fixture for vehicle A lighting fixture for a vehicle includes: at least one light source; and a housing including a housing main body and an outer lens. The housing includes a partition wall which partitions a housing space, formed by the outer lens and the housing main body into a hou... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699510 | Vehicle interior lamp A bracket for securing a light source to a lamp housing is provided. The lamp housing has a heat-discharge opening at a position corresponding to the light source. The bracket has a wall portion arranged between the light source and an edge of the heat-discharge ope... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7682058 | Vehicle headlamp A reflector reflects a light from a light source. A projector lens projects a reflected light from the reflector ahead of a vehicle. A shade is used to switch the reflected light into a plurality of beams in a plurality of light distribution patterns. A spring membe... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677776 | Lighting device for vehicle and door mirror device A lighting device for vehicle include a housing body, an outer lens provided on the housing body, a decorating wall provided between the housing body and the outer lens and a plurality of light emitting devices which are provided between the housing body and the dec... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7674027 | Vehicle interior lamp A light source has a unit structure including a main body, a light-radiating unit that is provided in the main body to radiate light, and a heat sink member that is provided in the main body. A lamp housing has a heat discharge opening at a position corresponding to... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661861 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp includes a shade having a diagonal edge, an upper horizontal edge, and a lower horizontal edge. The intersection of the diagonal edge and the upper horizontal edge is horizontally deviated from a first reference position, i.e., an elbow point of a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658523 | Vehicle headlight leveling device and vehicle headlight equipped with leveling device An axial direction of an output shaft of a motor is perpendicular to an axial direction of a shaft that moves back and forth with respect to a housing unit. A plurality of power-supplying terminals is symmetrically arranged with respect to a vertical line passing th... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7652403 | Motor assembly usable for an outer motor of a vehicle A motor assembly includes a motor, a circuit board on which a control circuit to control the motor and a plug unit are mounted, and a supporting member which supports the motor and the circuit board. The motor is provided with a socket unit in which the plug unit is... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7607806 | Vehicle lamp A semiconductor light source emits a light. The semiconductor light source is directly mounted on a heat sink unit. A swivel unit swivels the semiconductor light source and the heat sink unit. A swivel shaft that is coupled to the swivel unit is integrated with the ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7568811 | Vehicle mirror device A holding member integrally includes a bearing pair that rotatably support at least one gear of rotation-force transmission mechanism. ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562992 | Vehicle mirror device A holding member includes a bearing that receives a thrust force of at least one of a first gear and a second gear. The first gear and the second gear are in a non-contact state in a thrust direction. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7533997 | Vehicle outside mirror device A fixing member is separate from a bearing member, and suppresses a radial force acting on a gear that meshes with a final-stage gear of a rotation-force transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational force to a mirror assembly of an outside mirror device for a ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7513664 | Outside mirror apparatus including lighting device for vehicle An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle includes a mirror housing including an opening, a housing recess, and a cutout communicating with the housing recess; a mirror unit; and a lighting device including a lamp housing and a lamp lens, a light irradiating unit, a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7481561 | Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device includes at least one lamp unit, a holder that holds the lamp unit in a rotatable manner around a vertical axis, and a drive unit that rotates the lamp unit around the vertical axis. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7465076 | Vehicle headlight A vehicle leadlight includes a light source, a reflector, a projector lens, and a shade member. The shade member includes a first plate member and a second plate member. The first plate member has an edge that is shaped to increase amounts of light around cut-off li... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441912 | Vehicle outside mirror device An outside mirror device for a vehicle includes a mirror assembly that is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through an electric retracting unit and a base. The electric retracting unit includes bearing portions at both ends of a first stage gear of a rotat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427151 | Vehicle lighting apparatus and vehicle headlamp apparatus including the same A vehicle lighting apparatus emits a spot light distribution pattern to be combined with a low-beam light distribution pattern emitted from a headlamp. The vehicle lighting apparatus includes a semiconductor light source formed with a rectangular light emitting elem... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427142 | Vehicle outside mirror A vehicle outside mirror includes a drive unit that generates a driving force, a plate that holds the drive unit, a drive gear that transmits the driving force from the drive unit, a gearcase having a housing for the drive gear, a fixing unit that fixes the plate an... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7407298 | Vehicle door mirror with pulse modulation control A vehicle door mirror is configured to be mounted on outside of a vehicle in a retractable manner from a set position to a retracted position. When moving to the set position or the retracted position, the vehicle door mirror is moved at a first speed from a start p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7387396 | Outside mirror apparatus for vehicle A mirror housing includes a temporary fixing member that is formed of a plate having a groove. An additional part includes a temporary fixing member that includes an insertion portion engaged with the groove to position and guide the additional part in a setting dir... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384162 | Vehicles outside mirror with wall portion hiding shaft A vehicle outside mirror includes a base that is fixed to a body of a vehicle; a shaft that is fixed to the base; and a mirror assembly that is retractably installed on the shaft. The mirror assembly includes a mirror housing with one side opened and other side clos... | 06/10/2008 |
