Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| 20120001547 | Lighting control apparatus with diagnosis and warning feature A lighting control apparatus for a vehicle is provided which works to diagnose a malfunction of a light source which includes a plurality of lighting devices such as LEDs and emits light outside the vehicle. The lighting control apparatus determines a state of the vehic... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110273282 | HEADLAMP LIGHT SOURCE LIGHTING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Lighting apparatus 100 lights a light source 2 of a headlamp, and includes: a connection terminal 113 to which a abnormality notification apparatus 200 is connected; a notification signal output unit for outputting a notification signal relat... | 11/10/2011 |
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| 20110254446 | Headlamp assembly In a light chamber formed in a housing case and a lens cover placed at a front part of the housing case in a headlamp assembly, a projection lens, a shade and a light source are arranged in line from the front side of the light chamber along an optical axis of the light... | 10/20/2011 |
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| 20110210666 | DRIVING METHOD OF ROAD-ADAPTIVE VEHICLE HEADLIGHT In a driving method of a road-adaptive vehicle headlight, after a vehicle is started, the headlight of the vehicle is first adjusted to a basic illumination angle. Then, a vehicle driving environment signal, a vehicle speed signal and vehicle body position signals are o... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110210665 | Safety Improvements to Headlamps A headlamp system for a vehicle comprises:
| 09/01/2011 |
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| 20110169410 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE HEADLAMP FOR A VEHICLE A vehicle exterior lamp is provided with an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) with rows and columns and each LED positioned at an intersection thereof. An LED is illuminated by selectively applying a signal to the row and column corresponding to the LED position. A ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169411 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND HEAD LAMP LED LIGHTING DEVICE When a current which is conducted from a direct current power supply 8 to a choke coil L1 after a switching transistor 7 is turned on has a predetermined value, an LED lighting device lights up an LED series circuit by conducting a pulse-shaped curr... | 07/14/2011 |
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| 20110148299 | GAS DISCHARGE LIGHT SYSTEM A light source (7) with a gas-discharge lamp includes a control module (16) with a driver circuit, an ignition module (17) for producing a substantially high voltage, and a gas-filled burner (18) in which an electric arc is ignited and mainta... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140606 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM An interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror support with a pivot element and a mirror mount configured for attachment to an attachment element at a vehicle. The mirror assembly includes a mirror head having a housing ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HIGH BEAM IN LED HEADLAMP A method for selectively providing a low beam state and a high beam state of an LED headlamp, may include driving an engine of a vehicle, switching on a multi-function switch to turn on at least a second LED module to emit a high beam after driving the engine to perform... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110121733 | ADAPTIVE FRONT LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME Provided is an Adaptive Front Lighting System and a control method thereof, which includes a motor driver which controls a beam irradiation direction of a headlamp by operating a motor coupled to the headlamp according to a motor control signal, and generates a motor fa... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110080092 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP A vehicle headlamp includes: a light-emitting module; a control circuit section for controlling a lighting of the light-emitting module; and a reflector including a reflecting face configured to reflect and collect light emitted from the light-emitting module. The contr... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110074295 | DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, VEHICLE-MOUNTED HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE A discharge lamp lighting device is realized, which enables scale and cost reductions thereof, and is capable of reducing a flash at a starting time of the discharge lamp, suppressing a feeling of wrongness at a time of raising a luminous flux, and easily suppressing va... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110050102 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO A HEADLAMP A process, system and procedure of controls of the supply of a vehicle headlamp suitable to supply lighting in high beam function and/or low beam function, comprising the following stages for at least one of the low beam function and high beam functions: 03/03/2011 | |
| 20110025485 | Heat Dissipation System for Headlight A heat dissipation system for a headlight and a headlight cooling method thereof, may include the headlight, a fan motor rotating a cooling fan to circulate air around the headlight while the headlight is operating, a driver integrated circuit monitoring an operation of... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025209 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS HAVING SWIVEL FUNCTION OF LAMP UNIT A curvature estimation unit estimates the curvature of the road on which a vehicle is driving. A swivel angle setting unit is configured to perform a first mode in which a swivel angle of a lamp unit is set such that a light distribution pattern follows the travelling d... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110018442 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE LIGHT FUNCTIONS OF HEADLIGHTS OF A VEHICLE A device is provided for controlling a light function of a headlight of a vehicle and a method is provided for controlling the light functions of headlights of a vehicle that includes, but is not limited to at least two different light functions are set by at least one ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110018441 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED LOAD CONTROLLER, VEHICLE-MOUNTED HEADLIGHT DEVICE, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED TAILLIGHT DEVICE A vehicle-mounted load controller is characterized by including: a power terminal connected to a power line through a fuse; load connecting portions to which loads having vehicle-mounted light sources are connected; switches which are provided corresponding to the load ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012510 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP APPARATUS CONTROLLING LIGHT DISTRIBUTION PATTERN An automotive headlamp apparatus comprises: a lamp unit configured to be capable of forming an additional light distribution pattern that includes an upper area above the cut-off line of a light distribution pattern for low beam and that is divided into a plurality of i... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110012511 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHTING METHOD The light distribution region of headlights (12) is divided into a plurality of regions, and each of the divided regions can be irradiated or non-irradiated by light, and the light distribution characteristic can be changed separately for each divided region. The... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100270929 | Lighting Device for a Motor Vehicle The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle. Said lighting device comprises a gas discharge lamp (1; 96) for emitting light, a starting device for providing a starting voltage for starting the gas discharge lamp (1; 96) and a control dev... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100264824 | HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICLES The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp containing a multiple number of LED light sources and at least one optical unit upstream of the LED sources, whereby the LED light sources are arranged in groups with one group of LED light sources to generate a specified ligh... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100253223 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP A vehicular headlamp, wherein a light source unit for light distribution formation is accommodated inside a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover, includes a metal heat transfer member that serves as a light source unit structural member; a light-emittin... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100213847 | DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP ACTIVATION CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUS Embodiments include lighting systems and methods for controlling the activation of daytime running lamps (DRLs). Embodiments of the method include receiving inputs from one or more on-board subsystems, and when the lighting system is set in an automatic control mode and... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100213846 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT SENSING HEADLIGHT MODULATOR Techniques for providing a method and system for light sensing vehicle light modulator are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method, comprising detecting incoming light utilizing a plurality of light sensors operative... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100194276 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a fixed reflector having reflecting surfaces made of parabola-based free curved faces; movable reflectors having reflecting surfaces made of parabola-based free curved faces; and semiconductor-type light sources having light emitting... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100164382 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FAIL-SAFE IN A HEAD LAMP APPARATUS Provided is an apparatus and method for providing a fail-safe in a head lamp apparatus. In one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for providing a fail-safe in a head lamp apparatus includes an apparatus for providing a fail-safe in a head lamp apparatus inclu... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100134011 | HEADLAMP CONTROLLER A headlamp controller includes: a headlamp unit configured to illuminate a front area of a vehicle with a light distribution pattern; an image capturing camera configured to capture an image of the front area; and a light distribution controller including: a road shape ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100123395 | HEADLAMP CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE A headlamp control device for a vehicle is provided. The device includes a front sensor, a wheel speed sensor, an Electrical Control Unit (ECU), a first ballaster, a second ballaster, a relay switch, and a power supply switch. The front sensor senses a target vehicle. T... | 05/20/2010 |
