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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120081914 | WIRING STRUCTURE OF REAR COMBINATION LIGHT A wiring structure of a rear combination light of a vehicle includes a light-side wire, a vehicle-body-side wire holding portion, a stay, a light-side wire holding portion and a wire coupler. The vehicle-body-side wire holding portion is mounted on a rear surface of the... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120002434 | MOTOR VEHICLE REAR MODULE INTENDED TO BE AFFIXED TO A REAR HATCH MODULE The invention provides a motor vehicle rear module (14) for fastening on a structure (12) of a rear door (10), the module comprising:
| 01/05/2012 |
| 20110280034 | VEHICULAR LAMP AND VEHICULAR LAMP ASSEMBLY METHOD A vehicular lamp has a plurality of bulb sockets, each of the plurality of bulb sockets holding a bulb serving as a light source, a lamp body that accommodates the bulb sockets, a front cover that forwardly covers the lamp body, a plurality of bulb socket fixing portion... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110211362 | SECURITY LIGHTING FOR A VEHICLE Disclosed herein is a security vehicle lighting system. The system includes a rocker panel trim member arranged to conceal at least a portion of a vehicle rocker panel, the trim member having a lower wall portion having at least one aperture formed therein, the lower wa... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110188259 | Motor vehicle lighting accessory for optimizing emitted light from headlamp systems An external lighting accessory designed to optimize the distribution of light emitted from motor vehicle headlamp systems. The operator of the motor vehicle or installer simply has to install one lighting accessory per headlamp. The light emitted from the motor vehicle ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110176324 | VEHICULAR LAMP USING PLANAR LIGHT-EMITTING BODY FOR SUB LIGHT SOURCE A vehicular lamp includes a housing covered by a translucent cover so as to form a lamp chamber. A main light source and a sub light source are disposed inside the lamp chamber. The sub light source includes a planar light-emitting body. The planar light-emitting body i... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110133913 | CHILD'S CARRIAGE, IN PARTICULAR A STROLLER A child's carriage including a frame that supports a seat or the like for a child and from which a rear bar extends for pushing the carriage and from which a front rod extends to a fork to which a front wheel is mounted. A swivel is mounted between the front rod and the... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEAT DISSIPATION FROM AN AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ASSEMBLY HAVING A LIQUID COOLING CIRCUIT An automotive headlamp assembly having a closed-loop cooling circuit. The headlamp assembly includes a housing cooperating with a transparent lens cover to define a chamber. At least one light source is located within the chamber. The cooling circuit has at least one co... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110058386 | INTEGRATED ELEMENT FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF A NUMBER PLATE AND FOR THE OPENING OF A DOOR OF A VEHICLE An integrated element (1) for the illumination of a number plate (101) and for the opening of a door (100) of a vehicle includes an extended body that acts as an opening handle of the door (100) and can be grasped by a user; and a plurality o... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20100290241 | VEHICULAR LAMP A vehicular lamp including a light source unit including a light-emitting element inside a lamp housing; a planar wiring member on which the light-emitting element is mounted; and a support substrate having a flat portion that supports the planar wiring member. The supp... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100259947 | Vehicle Light with Trademark Display A vehicle light assembly is provided for a vehicle rented by a rental business. The assembly includes a light frame adapted for mounting to the rental vehicle, a light source such as an LED light source and a lens covering the light source. The light frame can be for a ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100246205 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle head lamp comprising a first low beam member including a first light source part; a second low beam member including a second light source part, wherein the first low beam member and the second low beam member are arranged in a vertical direction and are both ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100202152 | VEHICLE LAMP A vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit and a second lamp unit. Light irradiated from the first lamp unit and light irradiated from the second lamp unit are superimposed to form a low light distribution pattern. The first lamp unit provides more than twice as much ill... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100177530 | VEHICLE HEADLINER MODULE A module adapted to be mounted in a vehicle interior is disclosed which has a housing with two switch-controllable map lamps mounted symmetrically in the housing and a centrally-located aperture in the housing adapted to accept one of a speaker assembly and a dome lamp.... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100118558 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP A vehicle headlamp is provided. The vehicle headlamp includes a lamp body having a front opening, a cover which covers the front opening of the lamp body to form a lamp housing, a first lamp unit which is disposed inside the lamp housing to produce at least one of a hig... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100103688 | VEHICLE LIGHT Lights for attachment to a vehicle including a first illuminating means directed substantially perpendicular to a surface plane of the light and a second illuminating means directed substantially parallel with the surface plane of the light. The second illuminating mean... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100093267 | SERVICE APPARATUS FOR A TRANSPORTATION MEANS A service apparatus for a transportation means comprises a first component in the form of an air shower with an air inlet and at least one air outlet, and a second component in the form of an illumination device. The first component and the second component are arranged... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090262548 | VEHICLE INTERIOR ILLUMINATION APPARATUS A vehicle interior illumination apparatus includes a first type touch switch which turns illumination ON and OFF when a human body touches a surface of an illumination lens on a vehicle compartment side, and a second type touch switch which switches between linkage and ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090237953 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE A vehicle lighting device is provided to maintain a viewability of light even when seen from a diagonal direction having a predetermined angle to an irradiation direction of the lighting device. The vehicle lighting device includes a board, which includes an array of a ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090196057 | Side Lights For Work Vehicles A work vehicle is provided including a frame having a side and an end, the frame structurally carrying a cab structure having a brim. A housing is configured to receive a first light source and a second light source. The housing is structurally carried by the cab struct... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090080210 | Motor Vehicle Headlight A motor vehicle headlight (80) comprises at least two modules (70) for light production, the radiation characteristics of at least one of the modules (70) being adjustable in a reference system associated with the headlight. Preferably, modules (... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090067187 | Removable tubular variable lighting system for a skateboard A multiple tube, multiple lights effects neon or fluorescent lighting system for a skateboard produces a variety of controlled light effects and combinations. A pair of high strength colored protective transparent elongated casings house the light tubes. The casings are... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090059609 | STARRY SKY LIGHTING PANELS A lighting panel capable of producing a “Starry Sky” lighting effect and which is easily retrofitted into existing aircraft includes a first substrate, a plurality of microminiature light sources, such as LEDs, mounted on an upper surface of the first substrate, a p... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090034282 | VEHICULAR LAMP A vehicular lamp includes a plurality of light sources; a lamp chamber for housing the plurality of light sources; and a bounding member for bounding the plurality of light sources in the lamp chamber. The bounding member includes a sheet-like material integrally formed... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080198612 | LIGHT ARRANGEMENT, METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHT ARRANGEMENT AND A MOTOR VEHICLE The invention relates to a light arrangement, comprising a motor vehicle light which can be operated in at least two operating modes, as well as further comprising a control mechanism for the motor vehicle light. The invention further relates to a method for operating a... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080175013 | Multiple Illumination Element Lamp Apparatus A multiple illumination element lamp apparatus is disclosed of a carriage that includes a proximal reflector having abase and a surrounding sidewall extending from the base to define a proximal reflector interior separated from an exterior environment. The multiple illu... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080068855 | Method for identifying critical circuits utilizing black light The present invention provides a communication facility that includes a plurality of communication circuits. At least one of the communication circuits is a critical communication circuit. The critical communication circuit includes a phosphor-enabled indication that be... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080019141 | Light bar for mounting to a vehicle A kit for a front and/or rear light bar, for providing auxiliary illumination for a vehicle in the forward and/or rearward direction. The light bar typically includes several high intensity flood lights and two infrared illuminator modules, i.e. infrared lights. A switc... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080007961 | Vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp including a light amount control device that controls the amount of light from at least two of a plurality of light source units each having a light-emitting element as the light source. The light amount control device performs a contrasting control... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070263401 | AUTOMOBILE DOOR HANDLE WITH INDICATOR LIGHTS The present invention relates to an automobile door handle with indicator lights. The door handle comprises a recess for firmly receiving a circuit board having a plurality of light emitting members spaced apart lengthwise on the surface, an opening through the bottom o... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070236953 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a first unit having a first main reflector for reflecting light from a first semiconductor light emitting element to a front side, and a second unit having a second main reflector for reflecting light from a second semiconductor light emi... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070201241 | Lamp unit of vehicle headlamp A lamp unit of a vehicle headlamp characterized in a lamp unit of a vehicle headlamp includes a projecting lens arranged on an optical axis extended in a front and rear direction of a vehicle, a first light emitting element arranged on a rear side of a rear side focal p... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070183168 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle headlamp 10 is provided with an upper stage light source unit 20, a middle stage light source unit 40, a lower stage light source unit 60. The upper stage light source unit 20, the middle stage light source unit 40, th... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070171667 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp including power supply connectors 20, attached to a bracket 10, and LED modules 30, attached detachably to the power supply connectors 20, respectively. The LED module includes an LED circuit board 31, an LED 32... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070133220 | Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device with a lamp compartment having a light source unit disposed therein. The light source unit includes a light emitting device as a light source and a projection lens as a light distribution control member for distributing light. A face bearing po... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070115680 | Third back up light A third back-up light for vehicles is disclosed. A back-up indicating light of the present invention is disposed on corners or lateral area of a rear lamp set, and works synchronously with the original back-up light so as to enhance insufficient warning effect of the or... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070109801 | Machine providing for an advanced headlamp system with peripheral beam technology An advanced headlamp system is proposed for providing a headlamp assembly for vehicles that has peripheral beam technology built in that has a multiplicity of filaments and reflectors built in to provide at least one forward beam and at least one or more peripheral ligh... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070041205 | Multisectional building element with connection seam and method to manufacture same A component assembly includes a first part having a transparent section. The first part defines an outer surface. A second part is fixedly secured to the first part at a portion of the transparent section. The first and second parts create a connecting seam through the ... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070025117 | Vehicle headlamp A headlamp including a metal bracket and a plurality of light source units 50, each unit having a light source, being mounted on the metal bracket 20, and being disposed within a lamp chamber. Irradiation light patterns of the light source units 50 ... | 02/01/2007 |
| 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 |