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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4890037 | Apparatus for controlling a vehicle headlamp The present invention utilizes a dimmer switch for alternating the lighting direction of a vehicle headlamp, but does so utilizing control apparatus that ensures that only low beam-directed light is emitted by the headlamp when the headlamp is turned ON. ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4876526 | Heavy duty flasher An op-amp flasher for trucks, busses, ambulances and other equipment requiring flashing high power light sources. The flashing is made more noticeable and lamp life increased by increasing the spacing between the flashes so that the flashes are on less th... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4871945 | Automatic brake light flashing electric module and circuit This device is an electronic module activated by a vehicle's existing brake light switch which, when electrically connected to a motor vehicle's brake light circuit, will flash the brake lights several times before continuous illumination. In the preferre... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4868458 | Xenon lamp particularly suited for automotive applications Disclosed is a xenon lamp used for lighting applications and which is particularly suitable for automobile applications such as headlamps. The benefits of such usage, relative to incandescent lamps commonly employed for automotive forward lighting applica... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4868459 | Method of and circuit for brightness and temperature-dependent control of an LCD illuminator In order to provide brightness-dependent control of a lamp which is used for illuminating a LCD display, it is known to switch the lamp on and off in dependence on the measured brightness of the incident ambient light. To prevent overheating of the liquid... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4866345 | Vehicle interior lamp shut-off device with particular dimming sequence A vehicle room lamp shut-off device eliminates the annoyance to the driver by reducing the room lamp illumination level by a certain amount as the door is closed, then gradually reducing the illumination level further until the light is off.... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4862036 | Electrical circuit for controlling the operation of high intensity motorcycle lamps An electrical circuit for controlling the power consumption of high intensity motorcycle lamps which reduces the voltage across the lamps during long periods of operation and enables the lamps to alternate operation between full and reduced intensity. A m... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4857807 | Auxiliary light module for vehicles An auxiliary light module for vehicles, giving "battery back-up" provisions, particularly useful for "semi" vehicles in which the pulling tractor electrically energizes the light systems of the pulled trailer by a connector strap or harness for interconne... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4831310 | Automatic headlight control system Apparatus for causing an external light system of a motor vehicle to be actuated when the vehicle engine is running, the vehicle having an electrical battery associated with the engine, and the running of the engine causing an AC signal to appear with a D... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4786843 | Vehicle illumination control circuit In order to permit the simultaneous variation of the illumination of a clock and the illumination of instruments included in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle or the like, a single illumination control device is connected with the ignition swit... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4751431 | Adapter unit for trailer light system An adapter unit for interfacing the existing brake and turn signal light system of a vehicle with the light system of a trailer. The adapter unit includes a first relay having a single coil and a pair of contacts relatively movable to a closed circuit con... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4727290 | Automatic vehicle headlamp dimming control An automatic vehicle headlamp dimming control is the type having an operator controlled first voltage divider across a power supply, a light sensitive resistance connected in electrical series with an electrically controlled variable resistance in a secon... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4723095 | Daytime running lights using turn signal lamps A system of daylight running lights utilizing the front turn signal lights of a vehicle incorporates a solenoid coil and a double pole single throw switch, such that when the coil is activated, both poles are closed. A connection from the ignition circuit... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4713583 | Headlamp cleaning system A vehicle headlamp cleaning assembly and method for use in a vehicle includes cleaning means (27) which are energized when the headlamps (10) collect residue. The headlamp (10) includes a transparent lens (12), a light source (14) and a housing (16) with ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4712044 | Circuit for sequentially turning on lamps on an automobile An array of indicator lamps is mounted on the rear of an automobile for signaling turns. When a turn is signaled, the lamps turn on in sequence, thereby creating the impression of motion in the desired direction. Each lamp is coupled to a battery via an a... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4692668 | Strobe adaptor for automotive timing light A compact adaptor for conversion of a conventional hand-held automotive timing light into a stroboscope for industrial troubleshooting comprises a D.C. power source, preferably a twelve volt rechargeable battery, and an integrated circuit oscillator, both... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4686423 | Automotive headlight control An automotive headlight control including means to detect when the automobile engine is operating and cause the headlights to be operated at reduced output. This ensures that when the vehicle is driven, the headlights automatically turn on and reduce the ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4667129 | Method and device for automatically switching on and off the headlights of a motor vehicle In a motor vehicle comprising headlights, an ignition switch, and an electric energy storage battery, there is provided a device for automatically turning on and off the headlights. A first and a second comparators responsive to two different reference vo... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4645974 | Discharge tube lighting system for use in a vehicle In a discharge tube lighting system for use in a vehicle, a heat generating element, which is made of metal material, is formed on an outer surface of a tube element of the discharge tube along the longitudinal direction of the tube element, and a tempera... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4622494 | Signalling device An auxiliary signalling and warning device for utilization on vehicles which make wide turns comprising a main body section that is at least partially reflectorized and a light lens member that is adapted to be secured to the main body section so as to fo... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4620177 | Winker device A winker device comprising a left winker having a left winker lamp for a turning to the left and a left position lamp, a right winker having a right winker lamp for a turning to the right and a right position lamp, a winker switch means adapted for a swit... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4572987 | Lamp monitoring circuit In order to provide a lamp failure warning in both illuminated and unilluminated states of the lamp, there is provided a resistance bridge circuit Rs, L, R2 and R3 which is substantially in balance if the lamp L is sound. An amplifier IC1 acts as a detect... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4558260 | Head lamps control system for use on vehicles A head lamps control system for use on a vehicle for turning on and off the head lamps of the vehicle according to the brightness of the outside of the vehicle, in which a flip flop circuit is set upon closing of an ignition switch and in this set conditi... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4533860 | Apparatus for adjusting the inclination of automobile headlamp An automobile headlamp inclination controller comprises a reduction gear group coupled between a headlamp and a d.c. motor. The d.c. motor has two windings, one for rotating a rotor in one direction and the other for rotating the rotor in an opposite dire... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4464604 | Tractor work lighting with automatic deluminizing control Tractor with speed-responsive circuit-interrupting switch for automatically dousing, at night, flood work lamps provided in a lighting circuit on the tractor. Switching is controlled according to a microcomputer chip program by which frequency of a ground... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461975 | Concealed type head lamp device A concealed type head lamp device in which head lamps are provided on a motor vehicle body and are capable of performing exposed, concealed, turning on and off and passing operations by a plurality of switches driven by means of a single operating lever. ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4450382 | D.C. Lamp burn-out protection A D.C. lamp system having a number of small zener diodes arranged in eleccal parallelism with various lamp current supply wires. The zener diodes are sized so that the collective wattage ratings of the zeners is equal to the arithmetical product of the D... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4403172 | Vehicle interior light control system A motor vehicle interior light control system wherein actuation of outside door handle does not cause the interior light to illuminate, but the interior light is illuminated for a predetermined period such as 10-50 seconds only after full return of the do... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4388558 | Display intensity control apparatus A display intensity control apparatus for controlling under dark ambient conditions the display intensity of an automobile display system comprises a plurality of display units (e.g., LED, FLT, Lamp) for providing displays effected by display elements of ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4385258 | Delay circuit for interior illumination means of a motor vehicle A delay circuit for the interior light of a motor vehicle and adapted to be actuated by a vehicle door contacts connected in series with the interior light is disclosed. The circuit has an R.C. network for determining a time delay between opening the door... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4380718 | Trailer marker light substitution circuit An improved dual polarity substitution circuit for energizing a secondary load, such as an incandescent lamp, upon failure of a primary load. Dual polarity is achieved through the use of parallel PNP and NPN transistors, one of which conducts so long as t... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4368406 | Lamp dimmer control with integral ambient sensor A lamp dimmer control utilizing a variable resistor and an associated adjustment mechanism having an ambient light sensor mounted integral to the control so as to receive ambient light external to the control housing via a translucent adjustment mechanism... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4358713 | Brightness control device for light emitting display of electronic meter A brightness control device for a light emitting display of an automotive vehicle electronic meter wherein the brightness of the light emitting display is controlled in response to the variable duty factor output pulse signal produced by an illumination c... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4358714 | Light dimming system for grounded-side control of discrete indicator lamps A light dimming system for simultaneously controlling the brightness of a plurality of two-terminal indicating lights, each having one terminal connected to receive a constant voltage relative to ground. The system includes a single dimmer control for pro... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4357558 | Automatic control device for lighting and extinction of headlamps in a vehicle An automatic control device for the lighting and extinction of headlamps of car, comprising at least two photo-sensitive elements connected to control circuits defining luminosity thresholds to produce control signals depending on ambient luminosity, and ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4355271 | Control apparatus Control apparatus for controlling windscreen wiper apparatus of a vehicle. An infra-red radiating device directs infra-red radiation from the interior of the vehicle through the windscreen to be reflected from the outer surface of the windscreen back into... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4348613 | Lamp failure indicating circuit A lamp failure indicating circuit particularly useful for automotive vehicle application such as detecting failure of headlamps, stop lamps and/or turn signal lamps. The disclosed circuit embodiments monitor branch circuits each containing a lamp load and... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4325007 | Hazard warning circuit A turn-signal flasher circuit for automotive vehicles wherein a turn-signal switch controls one of two turn-signal lamp circuits, and in which a hazard warning switch controls both lamp circuits simultaneously. A pulse generator controls the frequency of ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4324986 | Switch position indicating means for automobiles An automobile electric system including an electrically operated device such as an air conditioning device which is controlled by a control switch and light devices such as head lights which are controlled by a light switch. The control switch is provided... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4325052 | Trailer light connection system Trailer taillights are electrically controlled in response to the operation of a tow vehicle's taillights. Light emitted by the towing vehicle taillights is detected by electronic light sensors. The sensors are connected to circuits equipped with tailligh... | 04/13/1982 |
