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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136972 | Assembling-type car lamp An assembling-type car lamp includes a lamp housing and a bulb unit. The lamp housing is provided with an assembling hole, and the assembling hole is provided on an inner wall surface thereof with a plurality of circumferentially spaced ribs to thereby define a notc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7703962 | Lighting device for a vehicle with a reflector compatible with several models of lamp A lighting device usable in a vehicle, the lighting device comprising at least a reflector and a lamp, wherein the reflector further includes an orifice. The lamp may be mounted in a lamp holder, the lamp holder being coupled to the reflector and positioned at least... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7604386 | Lamp assembly having a socket made from high temperature plastic A lamp socket for an automotive exterior lamp assembly that can be used with a replaceable incandescent bulb. The lamp socket comprises a plastic socket made from nylon 4,6. The lamp socket exhibits reduced outgassing that would otherwise result from photo-oxidative... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7591573 | Headlight lamp holder equipped with claws oriented tangentially with respect to the wall of the lamp holder The invention concerns a lamp holder for a headlight that is intended to carry a lamp. The lamp holder having a roughly cylindrical tubular wall and has at least one claw that is electrically connected to the wall of the lamp holder and that is intended to be in con... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7441933 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp 10 including an LED module 60 that is a light source and a power supply socket 70 for connecting the LED module to a power supply. The LED module is made of an LED substrate 61, an LED 62 mounted on the LED substra... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7401959 | Turn signal lamp for a vehicle A turn signal lamp for a vehicle is provided having an improved appearance. In a front blinker including a lamp housing, an LED provided on the lamp housing, a reflector for reflecting light from the LED, and a lens fitted into an opening of the lamp housing, a refl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7371123 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for use, for example, at the end of an audio visual (A/V) system cable. The connector includes a body from which extends a sleeve for engaging a corresponding feature of another electrical connector. The sleeve of the electrical connector of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354317 | Lamp keying system and method A system and a method for keying lamps which involve a lamp keying device such as a keying device with at least one base protruding key being formed on the base and at least one support slot being formed in the lamp support receptacle, the at least one base protrudi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341368 | Headlight apparatus with an occulting element having an integral fastening system, and a method of fastening an occulting element in a headlight apparatus The present invention relates to a headlight apparatus in which fastening of an occulter is independent from the fastening of a light source. To this end, the headlight apparatus includes an occulter with an occulting portion which is fitted in a reflector, the occu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325954 | Vehicle light A vehicle light with a bulb arranged sideway is provided which can reduce a length of the entire light without a deterioration in its brightness and with a simple configuration. The vehicle light can include a light source arranged sideway on an optical axis extendi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326072 | Connection element for the electrically conductive connection to the lamp holder of a main headlamp A connection element for electrically conductive connecting to two flat contact tabs, projecting radially from a lamp holder and offset along the axis and which wide sides extend transversally to the axis, connectable by a pivot movement around an axis to the socket... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7290912 | Thermal insulation structure for vehicle room lamp A vehicle lamp assembly includes a case, and a bulb cassette for mounting the a light bulb in the case. The case is formed of a resin material having a low thermal resistance and defines an interior space. The case includes at least one partition wall defining a pla... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287890 | Lamp unit mounting structure A lamp unit mounting structure includes a mounting panel having a mounting portion, a lamp unit, an elastic fixing member and a restricting member. The elastic fixing member is provided on the lamp unit, and includes a first portion which is extended from the lamp u... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275855 | Vehicle Lamp The invention relates to a vehicle lamp having a lamp base, which is equipped with the electrical connections of the vehicle lamp, the lamp base (2) having a plastic base part (20) which has at least one integrally formed stud (21), which serves... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261437 | Wedge-based lamp with LED light engine and method of making the lamp An LED wedge-based lamp and method of making the lamp, where the lamp has a generally planar circuit board having one end that has electrical connections exposed thereon and a connecting part that is adapted to mechanically couple the lamp to a wedge-based lamp sock... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7249876 | Lamp holder for high intensity discharge lamp An improved lamp holder for a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp includes a base and a metallic positioning member, in which the metallic positioning member includes a vibration-damping clamping ring having three extension feet extending outwards and downwards from... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222990 | Headlight apparatus equipped with an insertible complementary module, for a motor vehicle A headlight apparatus has a lighting element with a connector base disposed in an aperture formed in the lighting element. The connector base has a set of terminals arranged to make contact with a set of electrical contact zones of a complementary module. Each elect... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220032 | Vehicle spoiler with stop lamp A vehicle spoiler is provided that has a stop lamp removably disposed in the lamp receiving aperture of the vehicle spoiler. The vehicle spoiler is coupled to a vehicle body panel (e.g., the trunk) such that the stop lamp can be easily removed without detaching the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210833 | Method of fixing a power light-emitting diode on a radiator, and a signalling device comprising such a diode Method of fixing a power light-emitting diode (1) having a metallic base (2) to a metallic heat-radiating element (3), according to which the base (2) of the light-emitting diode is fixed to the radiating element (3) by laser spot ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210834 | Vehicular lamp and light source module A vehicular lamp for use in an automobile, comprises: a light source module for generating light; an optical member operable to emit the light produced by the light source module out of the vehicular lamp; and a light source fixing member for fixing the light source... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204711 | Lamp socket The present invention provides a lamp socket having a socket body with a lamp receiving portion and a back portion divided by a partition. The back side of the partition has a shelf and a recessed portion that extends inwardly relative to the shelf. The lamp socket ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195376 | Lamp for general lighting purposes A lamp is made up a reflector, a base and a cover connected along their circumferences defining an inner cavity enclosing an arc tube coaxially oriented within the cavity and mounted to the base. A shroud surrounds the arc tube and is cemented to the base. An anti-g... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188985 | Vehicular lamp and light source module A vehicular lamp for use in an automobile, comprises: a light source module for generating light; an optical member operable to emit the light produced by the light source module out of said vehicular lamp; and a light source fixing member for fixing the light sourc... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188980 | Head light system To provide a head light system comprising first and second bulbs, wherein a coupler can be attached and detached smoothly and the appearance can be made favorable. A first movable-side coupler and a second movable-side coupler are attached to and detached from a fir... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175317 | Bulb cooling A system and method of cooling a bulb of a type that requires cooling in one part, but not in others. A deflector assembly is coupled through a reflector, to the bulb, to cool only one part. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172316 | Lighting or indicating apparatus equipped with a complementary module, for a motor vehicle Lighting or indicating apparatus for a motor vehicle comprises in particular a light emitting element which includes a reflector, a light source, and a casing which defines a set of faces, comprising side, lower and upper faces. There is, optionally, at least one op... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153008 | Conversion cradle incandescent lamp to LED lamp A LED lamp mounting assembly for use in motor vehicle lamps is described. The LED lamp mounting assembly connects a LED lamp to a pre-existing incandescent lamp socket in a motor vehicle. The LED lamp mounting assembly therefore allows a LED lamp to be operated from... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140760 | Wire retention feature The subject invention relates to automotive lighting assemblies. Specifically, the subject invention relates to a device and method for retaining wires, which provide power to the light source, in the proper orientation. In an exemplary embodiment, a wire retaining ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137728 | Lamp keying system Provided are exemplary embodiments of a system and method for allowing predetermined and/or preconfigured lamp assemblies to be utilized with lamp fixtures. The exemplary embodiments may include a fixture assembly, a key configured to couple to the lamp fixture, and... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131760 | LED luminaire with thermally conductive support A heat dissipating lamp is provided. The lamp includes a reflector, a lens cover, a support structure interposed between the reflector and the lens cover, and an LED mounted to the support structure. The lens cover includes a portion adjacent a peripheral edge of th... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125150 | Projector with transverse light source for automotive vehicle Headlight for a motor vehicle comprising a reflector and a light source (S) running transversely to the optical axis (Y—Y) of the reflector and placed near the focal point of the reflector. The transverse light source (S) is placed near the internal focal point (F... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111945 | Projector A projector includes a resin-made lamp case in which a light source lamp is fitted and a metal-made optical part holder in which an optical part is fitted. Preferably, the lamp case includes a positioning boss, the optical part holder includes a resin-made lamp case... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112917 | Lamp base and a lamp having a lamp base with multiple sets of contacts The invention relates to a lamp base having fastening means for a lamp vessel, having a base part that consists of an electrically insulating material and that is equipped with at least two first electric contacts that serve the power supply of at least one luminous... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097343 | Lamp and headlight for simple mounting A lamp has projecting stud and resilient elements configured to lock the lamp into a reflector housing upon insertion of the lamp into an opening of the reflector and rotation of the lamp. Electrical connection is also achieved through the rotation where transverse ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097334 | Light source unit for vehicular lamp A light source unit capable of considerably reducing the size of a vehicular lamp. An LED is mounted on an optical axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle with its light output directed upward, and a reflector is provided above the LED having a f... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083476 | Base for a headlight lamp and headlight lamp A base for a headlight lamp, which has a plastic base part having at least two electrical connections, which have a first end with a contact face, the first ends protruding from the base part when mounted such that the contact faces are perpendicular to the longitud... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077548 | Compliant coupling member for projection device lamp assembly An assembly for a projector include a lamp having a base portion, a lamp mount coupled to the lamp, and a unitary compliant member. The unitary compliant member may be coupled between the lamp mount and the lamp with substantially evenly spaced points of contact abo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063446 | Lamp mount A light assembly includes a housing which defines a longitudinal axis. A hollow holding ring and a reflector are fixed within the housing and spaced apart along the axis. A hollow positioning sleeve is disposed at a rear end of the reflector and is arranged on the a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055999 | Auxiliary light ring device for a vehicular light An auxiliary light ring device for a vehicular light includes a holder, a light convergence ring and a plurality of light emission elements. The holder is a hollow reflecting base having an accommodation passage to receive the light convergence ring. A plurality of ... | 06/06/2006 |
