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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104664 | Apparatus for automatically adjusting direction of light axis of vehicle headlight The apparatus for automatically adjusting a direction of a light axis of a vehicle headlight of the invention has a configuration in which the swivel control unit determines that the vehicle is making a left or right turn and halts the swivel control on the light ax... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6955439 | Dual filament static bending lamp The present invention comprises a bending lamp apparatus and method of use. A first filament is energized as a vehicle begins to turn so as to provide illumination in the direction of the turn. As the turn becomes more severe, a second filament is energized such tha... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6921184 | Elongated illumination device An elongated illumination device, which in one illustrative embodiment, includes an elongated member that receives an elongated light source, where the elongated member is received by an elongated carrier. Preferably, the elongated member includes a cavity for recei... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6688760 | Lamp body control system A lamp body control system includes a steering angle sensor, a light emitting unit which can change a illuminating direction laterally, a driving unit changing the illuminating direction, a control unit controlling the driving unit based on an output from... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6671640 | Automatic optical-axis adjusting device for automatically adjusting directions of optical axes of front lights with respect to steering angle of steering wheel A filter is changed to change a response in swivel adjustment of a direction of an optical axis of each swivel light based on a steering angle variation of a steering angle of a steering wheel measured with a steering angle sensor. The direction of the op... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6628352 | Liquid crystal display apparatus and electronic device incorporating the same wherein the optical guide having particular periodic structure A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: an illumination section having a light source and an optical guide member, and a reflection type LCD having a display region including a plurality of pixels for performing a display function, the optical guide ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6293686 | Lighting device for vehicles The lighting device for a vehicle includes running direction detect means 3 for detecting the vehicle running direction or the vehicle steering angle and vehicle speed detect means 4 for detecting the vehicle speed. An illumination control means 5 specifi... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6034600 | Turn signal system and method with steering wheel mounted control of conventional and lane shift indications A vehicle turn signal system (10), and an associated method, utilizes turn selectors (14, 16) located on a steering wheel (12). The system has right and left turn signal indicator circuits (34, 38) that are each energizable to indicate an intended movemen... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5790050 | Method and apparatus for a signal translator A signal translator that translates a device detectable signal into an electrical signal directed to an output that an operator with impaired hearing can perceive. Preferably, a detected signal is translated into a generated electrical signal directed to ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5680496 | Fiber optic cable assembly for perimeter lighting The fiber optic cable assembly mounts to a perimeter surface of a swimming pool or a spa to provide lighting around the perimeter of the swimming pool or spa. The fiber optic cable assembly includes a bundle of fiber optic fibers, a tube, a track, and a p... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5526242 | Vehicle cornering lamp system A vehicle cornering headlamp system which can be applied to any type of vehicle without changing the correspondence to a radiation angle, and which enables the radiation angle to follow the return of driver's eyes when the vehicle exits a curved road. The... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5428512 | Sidelighting arrangement and method An improved sidelighting arrangement, device and method of controlling sidelight illumination of a motor vehicle during cornering employing two sets of side lamps, one for each side of the vehicle. The sidelighting arrangement apparatus includes a steerin... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5404278 | Vehicular cornering lamp system A vehicular cornering lamp system in which the amount of electric power consumed by the lamp is minimized. Until the angle of rightward (leftward) steering with respect to the position of straight-ahead steering reaches a predetermined angle θR | 04/04/1995 |
