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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033700 | Travel limiting headlamp adjuster A headlamp adjuster includes an adjustment gear for axially positioning an output shaft relative to a housing of the adjuster. A driving engagement of the adjustment gear and output shaft runs out at either axial extreme position to which the output shaft can be adj... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7845837 | Push-in socket assembly A ball socket for connection with a ball stud provides for easy manufacturing and assembly using a flat-stamped flexible retainer clip. The retainer clip is inserted into the socket and flexes to snap-fit within in the socket. The flex of the clip also flexes wings ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7364331 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a single lamp unit for irradiating light of a light source in a desired direction as irradiating light, and an irradiating light control apparatus constituted by integrally assembling a horizontal driving device for pivoting the lamp ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357547 | Shear welded mounting stud assembly The subject invention relates to an assembly and method for attaching a stud to a lamp housing that decreases the overall size of the automotive lamp assembly. The apparatus has a collar molded over a stud. The collar attaches the stud to the lamp housing by being s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325950 | Headlight antiglare device An antiglare device comprises a housing for coupling to a headlight of a vehicle. Surfaces of the housing which face a passenger side of the vehicle are reflective to encourage reflection of light away from oncoming traffic while surfaces of the housing facing towar... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322726 | One hundred and eighty degree headlamp adjuster A headlamp with a cost effective and simple headlamp adjuster is provided which allows adjustment of the aim of headlamps from the front of the headlamp with an adjusting tool. In many circumstances, the adjusting tool will be a commonly and readily available tool, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7290907 | Vehicle headlamp with daytime running light A vehicle headlamp. The headlamp comprises a light source and a reflector to direct light received from the light source out of the headlamp. A movable shade is positionable to control the light received by the reflector. A shade driver is coupled to the movable sha... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287888 | Adjusting device for automobile headlamp projection angle An adjusting device for automobile headlamp projection angle comprises a case, a bearing ring, a connection beam, a magnet, a main axle, a pair of forward-wound coil and backward-wound coil, a pair of active transmission gear wheel and passive transmission gear whee... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284887 | Sliding adjuster A lamp adjuster for adjusting the aim of a headlamp is disclosed. The lamp adjuster includes an input shaft, a ball stud bracket in threaded engagement with the input shaft and an o-ring mounted on the ball stud bracket. Rotation of the input shaft causes linear tra... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264376 | Adjuster and bracket assembly A lamp assembly that may be used as a fog lamp or headlamp includes a mounting bracket, a reflector, and an adjuster. The reflector is pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket and the adjuster is secured to the reflector. The adjuster is secured to the mounting bra... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261448 | Vehicular headlamp Whereas a light source bulb is used as a light source of a basic lamp piece unit which needs a large amount of irradiating light, with regard to an additional lamp piece unit lighted on and off repeatedly in accordance with a situation of running a vehicle, a semico... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252419 | Motorcycle headlight assembly An adjustable motorcycle headlight with multiple degrees of freedom enables the rider to aim the light where it is needed, as well as facilitating the factory assembly process by enabling fine adjustment after the headlight is mounted. The motorcycle headlight is at... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252421 | Vehicular light assembly and related method A vehicular light assembly including a dichroic lamp, a socket, a cradle and an optional support to mount the assembly to a vehicle. The dichroic lamp includes a reflector which reflects light emitted by the bulb forward but allows radiant heat to pass rearwardly th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244057 | Headlight Optical axes are simultaneously adjusted by tiltably mounting a plurality of lighting device units on a common unit support member. A rectilinear propagation blocking member of each lighting device unit is fixed with screw via the elastic bush to the unit support me... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7217016 | Lamp mounting apparatus A lamp mounting apparatus engages a temporal fastening pin with a temporal fastening clip to prevent a positioning surface of a lamp unit from moving in such a direction as to depart from a flange, so that the lamp unit can be kept positioned. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207704 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp having a distance adjustment section that adjusts the distance between the lamp body and the reflector and includes an adjustment shaft, a gear member, and a receiving element. The adjustment shaft has a spherical end; the gear member includes a sha... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198392 | Torque limiting adjuster An adjuster to be used with numerous applications including the adjusting of a headlamp reflector of a headlamp assembly includes a clutch mechanism that prevents over-driving and over-traveling of the adjuster output shaft during an overload condition. The adjuster... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7118259 | Adjuster and adjuster assembly An adjuster having a housing or lamp housing with an adjuster portion, a gear positioned inside the housing or adjuster portion, a control rod engaged to the gear and extending from the housing or adjuster portion, and at least one tang outside the housing or adjust... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7084570 | Remote control of vehicle lighting A headlight adapter and an interior lighting adapter provide remote control operation of a filament in a headlight and of an interior light of a vehicle, respectively. The remote control of the headlight allows the use of a multifilament headlight which can replace ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077551 | Tamper-indicating security cap; such a cap in combination with a motor vehicle headlight; and a method of adjusting the headlight An adjustable element is part of an apparatus such as an automotive headlight which includes a support, and a security cap prevents undetected interference with the adjustment of that element, guaranteeing its inviolability. The adjustment is effected with a control... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7040788 | Headlamp adjuster A headlamp adjuster and a headlamp adjustment assembly have a fixed annular boss, a shaft axially moveable through the boss, and a gear having a thread engagement with a threaded portion of the shaft. A cap is non-rotatably engaged with the shaft and the boss. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033053 | High/low beam adjuster bracket assembly The subject invention relates to automotive head lamp assemblies with a low beam unit and a high beam unit. In an exemplary embodiment, the low beam unit and high beam unit is connected to one another by an adjuster bracket. The adjuster bracket allows for two ball ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7008135 | Stamped ball socket A stamped ball socket for attaching a headlamp pod to a mounting bracket comprising a base having an opening which is adapted to accept a fastener. The ball socket further comprising at least two walls extending from the base and at least two lock-in fingers protrud... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004607 | Motorized lamp adjuster A motorized adjuster for adjusting the aim of a lamp having a housing, motor, and control rod. The control rod passes through the motor. An anti-rotation gear is positioned inside the housing. The control rod passes through the gear. A flex point is positioned insid... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001054 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp including, within its lamp chamber, a reflector 14, a led 20 disposed behind the reflector 14 and a mushroom-shaped light guide 30 that extends coaxially with the led 20 and guides light emitted from the led 20 | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998784 | Vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp including a beam radiation unit that has a discharge bulb as a light source and is rotatably supported in a lamp body, an illumination circuit unit that illuminates the discharge bulb, and a cord that connects the illumination circuit unit and t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979109 | Sliding adjuster A sliding adjuster includes a base housing with a slide positioned at least partially therein. The base housing includes mounting tabs so that the adjuster can be secured to the back of a headlamp assembly support frame. The base housing includes channels along its ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976773 | Pivot capsule for a motor vehicle headlamp A pivot capsule for a motor vehicle headlamp has a seating receiving a substantially spherical head of a fixing rod of substantially axial orientation extending from a housing of the headlamp to allow the lighting module to pivot. The seating is open at its two tran... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974231 | Adjuster and bracket assembly A lamp assembly that may be used as a fog lamp or headlamp includes a mounting bracket, a reflector, and an adjuster. The reflector is pivotably mounted to the mounting bracket and the adjuster is secured to the reflector. The adjuster is also secured to the mountin... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971776 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes a reflector tiltably supported by an aiming mechanism intervening between the reflector and a lamp body. An aiming fulcrum forming the aiming mechanism is formed with a ball joint including a pivot on the reflector side and a bearing on the l... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971777 | Automotive lamp unit incorporating a pivot element supported on the housing Lamp unit for a motor vehicle of the type including at least one housing into which is inserted a lighting module which is fixed in the housing by means of at least one pivot element incorporating a rod of substantially horizontal axial orientation, carried by the h... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6945683 | Thin lamp assembly method The subject invention comprises a thin lamp assembly having a lens and a lamp housing heat staked and sealed together. The subject invention further comprises the method of assembling the thin lamp assembly. In one embodiment, the lens has a plurality of plastic sta... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945682 | Headlight for motor vehicles A headlight for motor vehicles is provided that includes an optical element, which is connected to a support element by at least one ball-and-socket joint. The ball-and-socket joint has a spherical ball and a spherical socket. The socket encloses the ball with socke... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6923562 | Headlight assembly having vertical headlamp adjuster A vertically adjustable headlight assembly having a headlight housing, a reflector positioned within the housing and an adjuster mechanism including a channel and an adjustment member. An end of the adjustment member is accessible outside of the housing and the othe... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918687 | Leveling apparatus for vehicle headlamp A leveling apparatus for a vehicle headlamp has a case body, a motor disposed within the case body, a worm wheel supported by the case body rotatably but unmovably in the longitudinal direction and rotated by the motor and a shaft screwed into the worm wheel. The sh... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918691 | Headlamp adjuster A headlamp adjuster and a headlamp adjustment assembly having a housing, a shaft axially moveable in the housing and a gear having a thread engaging a thread of the shaft for causing axial movement of the shaft from rotation of the gear. The gear and/or housing are ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913374 | Sliding style headlamp adjuster A headlamp adjuster for adjusting the position of a reflector includes a base housing with a slide positioned at least partially therein. The base housing has mounting tabs so that the adjuster can be secured to the back of a headlamp assembly support frame. The bas... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910789 | Reflector-movable headlamp A vehicle headlamp including a reflector installed so as to be tiltable by an aiming mechanism installed in the lamp body. The aiming screw of the aiming mechanism has a rearward-extending portion that extends out of the lamp body, and a crown gear is attached to an... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6871989 | Movable reflector type headlamp having nut sliding guide A headlamp includes a lamp housing defining a lamp body and a front lens. A reflector is accommodated in the lamp housing and a light source is attached thereto. An aiming mechanism tiltably supports the reflector relative to the lamp body, and includes an aiming fu... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6824300 | Headlamp mounting plug A mounting plug for pivotably connecting a first component to a second component. The mounting plug comprises a ball stud portion comprising a ball and a post. The post comprises means for attaching the ball stud portion to the first component. The mounting plug fur... | 11/30/2004 |
