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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120014123 | HEAD LIGHT OR FOG LIGHT MOTORCYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES A head light or a fog light for automobiles and automobiles includes a housing provided therein with an optically reflecting surface and a heat-dissipating member that is formed with LED grooves for receiving LEDs therein. The LEDs are installed for an angle to enable t... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110157905 | LIGHT GUIDE LENS AND BICYCLE HEADLIGHT INCLUDING THE SAME A light guide lens includes a front light-exit surface, a rear end surface formed with a recess, and an outer surrounding surface. The front light-exit surface is a convex surface disposed at an optical axis (Z). The rear end surface includes a curved surface portion th... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148149 | FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE A front portion structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle capable of avoiding restrictions of a headlight and performing a sufficient air guide. A lens of the headlight is provided with lens-side recess portions recessed toward the rear of the vehicle. The recess portions... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110116278 | Combined device for power generation and illumination mounted on the wheel axle of a bicycle A combined device for power generation and illumination mounted on the wheel axle of a bicycle, particularly a power generator of a bicycle combined with a lamp provides two or three other functions in addition to supplying a power source. The device is a standalone dev... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110063863 | MOTORCYCLE HEADLAMP A lens includes extended lens portions extending leftward and rightward beyond a high beam reflecting portion, respectively. The lens forms an X shape when viewed from the front, due to the extended lens portions. Paired left and right light guide members are disposed b... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110051443 | MOTORCYCLE HEAD LIGHT DEVICE A head light device, according to one embodiment, has a head light, a position light provided around the head light, a reflector to reflect bulb light of the head light, and an extension covering the perimeter of the reflector. The extension covers a position in front o... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100232170 | HEADLIGHT OF MOTORCYCLE A headlight of motorcycle includes a dashboard, a connection member, a headlight, a bracket, and front support racks. The dashboard is coupled to the headlight by the connection member in a modularized manner. The headlight forms coupling holes for mounting to the front... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100214794 | Straddle-type Vehicle A straddle-type vehicle includes a head light having a lens face, and an auxiliary light arranged above the head light and having a lens face. The auxiliary light is arranged behind the head light. Moreover, the straddle-type vehicle has an outside cover part formed on ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100195341 | Straddle-Type Vehicle A motorcycle is provided with a head light and an auxiliary light that are arranged along an up and down direction of a vehicle, and is provided with a front cover that can cover at least a portion of the legs of a rider. The respective lenses of the head light and the ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100123402 | Bicycle control device A bicycle control device includes a speed sensing unit, a light sensing unit, a microprocessor, at least one lamp, a lock module and a warning module. When a bicycle is moving, the speed sensing unit detects the speed of the bicycle and generates a speed signal transmit... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100096829 | MOTORCYCLE HAVING HEADLIGHT DISPOSED WITHIN CAVITY IN FORK ASSEMBLY A motorcycle includes a fork assembly and a headlight. The fork assembly is provided with a cavity. The headlight is at least partially disposed within the cavity in the fork assembly and is configured to selectively provide illumination ahead of the motorcycle.... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20090231869 | Headlight assembly for a motorcycle A headlight case, that houses a light body, is made small in size. The light body includes a reflector, and a lens attached to the reflector. The light body is pivotally supported in the headlight case by bolts extending through a ring member extending around the light ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090207624 | HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY PERMITTING COMPENSATION FOR VISIBILITY CHANGES In a device including a headlight assembly that outputs a beam of light and a lens housing mountable at a forward end of the headlight assembly, an arrangement, receivable on the lens housing, renders the beam of light adaptable to different weather and lighting conditi... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090141510 | MOTORCYCLE A lighting apparatus is mounted to a lower end of a front fork that supports a front wheel via a bearing portion. The lighting apparatus has a housing, an upper surface of which includes a bottom case receiving surface formed thereon. The bottom case receiving surface i... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090010016 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE A vehicle lighting device is mounted in a bicycle. The lighting device includes a cantilever, a light-emitting lamp, and a power generating unit. The cantilever is fixed on a frame of the bicycle, so as to support the power generating unit to urge the power generating u... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080239737 | Headlight Apparatus and Vehicle A headlight apparatus that adjusts the luminous energy and traveling direction of light emitted from a flasher bulb without applying a machining on an inner surface of a flasher lens. A headlight unit includes a flasher bulb that flashes at predetermined intervals, and ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080239738 | MOTORCYCLE FRONT LIGHTING APPARATUS STRUCTURE A motorcycle front lighting apparatus structure includes a headlight and a position light provided adjacent to the headlight. In this structure, the position light is disposed in a condition protruding downwardly from a lower edge of the headlight. This structure allows... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080239736 | Headlight Device and Vehicle A headlight device that has a visual appearance of having a lamp body using a plurality of light sources, while only a single light source is used. A shielding wall shields light radiated from a headlight bulb, or light reflected by a reflector portion. The shielding wa... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080192498 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE A headlight device for a vehicle that improves external appearance by varying irradiation light reflected by a reflector. The reflector is in a shape of a bowl opening to a front side of the vehicle. An outer housing supports the reflector so that the reflector can swin... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080130303 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE STOP/TAIL/TURN LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION A tail light assembly for a motorcycle. The tail light assembly includes a housing configured to receive a circuit. The circuit includes a light emitting diode (LED) and a controller. The LED provides tail, stop, and turn visual indications associated with the motorcycl... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080112174 | Motorcycle headlight device To provide a headlight device, in which a change of the region of illumination afforded by the headlamp can be initiated substantially punctual to the start of cornering of the motorcycle, the headlight device includes a headlamp for illuminating forwardly of the motorc... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080055918 | Vehicular lamp assembly having multiple moveable reflectors A vehicular lamp assembly, such as a headlight, can be configured for attachment to a vehicle for providing illumination about the exterior of a vehicle. The lamp assembly can include a light source configured to emit light during use, a lens, first and second reflector... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080002417 | Bicycle frame combined with illuminating lamp The present invention is directed to a bicycle frame combined with an illuminating lamp. The bicycle frame includes a front pipe for assembling with a handlebar and a front fork. An illuminating lamp is directly built in the front pipe for providing a light source to il... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070236949 | Headlight device for a vehicle A position guide is disposed adjacent a main reflector (head reflector) and formed such that a position width dimension w1 of the position guide is less than a main width dimension of the main reflector. A position bulb is disposed in the position guide. In anoth... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070121335 | Headlamp for bicycle A headlamp for a bicycle includes an LED element, a power supply device supplying electric power to the LED element, a vibration sensor detecting vibration, a luminance detector detecting ambient illuminance, and a switching device providing ON-OFF control of electrical... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070070638 | Lamp unit for a vehicle headlamp A lamp unit including mirror member 18 having an upward reflecting surface 18a, which reflects part of reflected light from a reflector 16 upward and is disposed between the reflector 16 and a projection lens 12. The mirror memb... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070058381 | Vehicle headlight assembly and motorcycle utilizing the same To provide a vehicle headlight assembly designed to increase the productivity, the vehicle headlight assembly includes a light projecting group (34) accommodated within a casing (31) and including a plurality of light projecting units (29, 30). Each... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070053193 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INDIRECT LIGHTING A lighting fixture based on the delivery of indirect lighting. A light source is embedded within a helmet which directs the light waves of the light source over light wave manipulation elements so that the light waves are deflected and/or refracted to disperse indirect ... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070025114 | Motorcycle A motorcycle wherein it is possible to easily identify the state of a headlight and flasher lamps covered with a common outer lens. A a headlight is disposed in a central portion of a light unit in a transverse direction of the motorcycle. A pair of left and right flash... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20060232988 | Emitting light device for bicycles An emitting light device of the present invention is realized on the bicycle to generate and conserve electric power, to light the emitting light device. In practice a driven wheel combined with rotating portion (i.e. rear wheel) of the bicycle to form a center-pivot ty... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060181891 | MOTORCYCLE TYPE VEHICLE A lighting arrangement for a handlebar steered vehicle such as a motorcycle wherein a pair of headlights are positioned behind a single lens cover and concealed behind a single opening in a handlebar cover that is configured to make the lights appear as separated and wh... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060181892 | LIGHT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME A vehicle and associated light source that comprises a single source of light and a surrounding housing and lens arrangement that gives the visual effect of multiple light sources. ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060109670 | Vehicle lighting apparatus A headlamp unit is provided to emphasize a shape of an individual lamp while suppressing an increase in the number of parts used, while improving ventilation and preventing fogging in areas near an inner surface of a lens, while maintaining a simple housing structure. T... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060092648 | Headlight for a motor vehicle giving a cutoff beam The object of the invention is a light, for a motor vehicle, giving a cutoff beam, in particular of the fog type, having an optical axis and comprising a light source having a filament, the overall shape of which is substantially cylindrical and the axis of which is per... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060083014 | Headlight for motor vehicle An illumination device for single-track motor vehicles that emits bundled light in the form of a light beam bundle, that in a first propagation direction (A) is aimed at the roadway area located in front of the motor vehicle. The illumination device (SCH) comprises a li... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060077678 | Automatic light and vibration sensing bicycle lamp The present invention discloses a bicycle lamp that can be lit automatically by the control of a light sensor unit and a vibration switch unit of a control unit when a bicycle travels in dark places or at nighttime. On the other hand, if the light sensor unit detects a ... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060062003 | Headlight assembly structure for a motorcycle A motorcycle headlight assembly that has simplified structure that cost less to manufacture and assemble than a conventional headlight. The headlight assembly may enhance the rigidity of the headlight assembly and decrease the number of components. The headlight assembl... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060023462 | Lamp unit in motorcycle A lamp unit (23) adapted to be mounted above a front fender (7) for a front wheel (6) of a motorcycle includes left and right head lamps (23a, 23b), a single lens member (23d) positioned forwardly of and cov... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060002120 | Passing lamp assembly A lamp assembly mountable on a motorcycle having first and second fork tubes. The lamp assembly includes a bracket that is attachable to only the first fork tube. The bracket is adapted to be solely supported by the first fork tube. A first light is coupled to the brack... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050270785 | Headlight unit for single-track two-wheeled vehicles A vehicle headlight unit comprising a sensor-controlled corrective device for the light beam pattern generated by the dipped low beam, at least one central headlight for driving in a straight line and one respective lateral headlight positioned to the right and left the... | 12/08/2005 |