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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7352148 | Device and method for controlling optical axis of headlamps An optical axis controller and method for headlamps for a vehicle where the swiveling lamps are not driven due to the minute steering operation of the driver. The steering angle of the steering wheel is detected by using, for example, a steering angle signal from a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7241034 | Automatic directional control system for vehicle headlights A structure and method for operating a directional control system for vehicle headlights that is capable of altering the directional aiming angles of the headlights to account for changes in the operating conditions of the vehicle. One or more operating condition se... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223001 | Headlight positioning device A vehicle headlight positioning device comprising a pivoting headlight support and a linear actuator comprising a housing (16), an electric stepping motor with a rotor having a part in the form of a nut, and a linear-movement screw engaging the nut part of th... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7153007 | Vehicle lighting apparatus The deflection angles of the irradiation of lamps provided at the left and right portions of an automobile are continuously increased in correspondence to the increase of a steering angle until the steering angle reaches a predetermined value. The left and right lam... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140758 | Mechanism for deflecting headlamp optical axis without speed reduction gears A mechanism for deflecting a headlamp optical axis comprises a connecting lever, a bracket, a stepping motor, a front end plate, and a traveling block. The bracket is attached to an outside frame constituting an automotive vehicle body, and the stepping motor is att... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118256 | Lighting device incorporating plasma lamp for vehicles A lighting device for a vehicle has at least two light sources, a primary light source for general illuminating or marking purposes and a secondary light source, namely a plasma lamp, for creating exciting and appealing lighting effects. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7093957 | Adjustable double-arcuate reflector for an emergency lighting fixture A reflector for a lighting fixture that provides a uniform level of lighting. The reflector has a first arcuate portion having a first upper surface and a second arcuate portion having a second upper surface. A first aperture in the first arcuate portion is adapted ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6908207 | Apparatus for a motor vehicle, for lighting bends negotiated by the vehicle A motor vehicle has at its front end, a pair of passing or dipped beam headlights and a separate pair of cruising or main beam headlights. The passing headlights and cruising headlights produce, respectively, a regulation, short range, dipped passing beam and a regu... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6828928 | Motor-vehicle driving assistance device which is optimized by synergy with an adaptive lighting system Driving assistance device for a motor vehicle, including at least one emitter of radiation toward the front of the vehicle, a receiver of part of this radiation reflected by a target vehicle, and control and calculation means for influencing the acceleration and bra... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6793359 | Vehicle headlamp A transmission member is swingably connected respectively to a reflector and a nut member, about an axis substantially orthogonal to a tilting direction of the reflector and to an advancing and backward direction of the nut member. As a result, the transmission memb... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6767119 | Direction adjustable device for an automobile with a steering linkage A direction adjustable device includes a motor drive unit for driving a turnable unit to turn, and a sensor assembly which includes a force transmitting member, a cable having first and second ends connected to the force transmitting member and a steering linkage, r... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6652110 | Vehicle lighting apparatus An adaptive front-lighting system includes lamp deflection angle controlling means having a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering direction of a vehicle and supplying a signal and controlling a deflection angle of a lamp based on sensor outputs f... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641292 | Illumination axis adjusting apparatus for automotive headlamps An illumination axis adjusting apparatus includes a stepping motor integrally having in turn an automatic angle adjusting structure for automatically adjusting the angle of the illumination axis of an automotive headlamp by driving the motor and a manual ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6547424 | Vehicle front lamp steering controlled light distribution system A front lamp steering controlled light distribution system is disclosed having a light distribution means movable to vary a light distribution pattern to right and left maximum limit positions in cornering areas of a vehicle, and a control means responsiv... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6488393 | Display lamp and method A display lamp includes an electric light bulb disposed within a cylinder supported in a substantially vertical orientation. A light-transmitting container of water or other light-transmitting liquid is supported on the top of the cylinder. A dispenser of... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6341884 | Vehicle headlight, capable of emitting different types of beams A motor vehicle headlight comprises a light source mounted in a reflector and a glass. The reflector is mounted to pivot about a generally vertical axis, and displacement means are provided to vary the angular position of the reflector. According to the i... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6302553 | Radiating direction control unit of lighting device for vehicle use A radiating direction control unit 1 of a lighting device for a vehicle for controlling a radiating direction of the lighting device 6 in accordance with the pitch angle of the vehicle. The radiation direction control unit includes an axle level detector ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6220735 | Aiming and leveling mechanism for a vehicle head lamp A head lamp for vehicle use is provided, which includes a intermediate tilting member tiltably supported by a lamp body at three points. One point acts as a tilting fulcrum, while the other two points are supported by an aiming adjusting member of an aimi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6000812 | Writable disk sign An array of disks faces a viewing direction is composed of disk's rotatable about an axis approximately perpendicular to the viewing direction between alternating orientations where bright and dark sides are respectively displayed in the viewing direction... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5957563 | Actuator for manually adjusting headlamp elevation angle A headlamp mounting system for an automobile includes respective headlamp housings for holding monofilament headlamps. Also, respective bases are attached to the automobile and each base is pivotably engaged with a respective one of the headlamp housings.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5868488 | Adjustable headlights, headlight adjusting and direction sensing control system and method of adjusting headlights An adjustable headlight and headlight adjusting direction sensing control system which incrementally adjusts the Y axis of an automobile headlight in accordance with the vehicle turning direction and adjusts the X axis in accordance with the hood orientat... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5754100 | System for assisting reverse cornering operation of vehicle and method for controlling the same A system for assisting a reverse cornering of a vehicle includes: left and right cornering sensors, which are respectively mounted on left and right corners of the front side of the vehicle, for detecting objects which approach near the left and right cor... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5588733 | Head lamp device for vehicle A head lamp device for a vehicle in which a lighting region in front of the vehicle in a traveling direction can be adjusted in rightward and leftward directions comprises: a direction indicating signal outputting mechanism 11 for detecting an operation o... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5580148 | Automatically slaved motor vehicle light An automatically slaved light for a motor vehicle comprises a roof mounted lamp steerable about a horizontal and vertical axis, and an internal control unit within the coach of the vehicle. The control unit rotates the lamp unit about the vertical axis vi... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5410456 | Vehicular cornering lamp system A vehicular cornering lamp system which reduces spark noise generated by a motor thereof, reduces wear of parts such as the brushes and commutator of the motor, and improves the rate of use of the power voltage of the system and thereby generates sufficie... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5099400 | Headlight moving apparatus for a motor vehicle A headlight moving apparatus which includes a steering wheel angle detecting member, a headlight angle detecting member, and an actuating member operatively associated with the steering wheel and headlight angle detecting members, whereby the headlights s... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4963794 | Vehicle cornering headlamp system A vehicle cornering headlamp system in which the direction of illumination of the headlamps of an automobile are made to follow the actual direction of movement of the vehicle, except that the direction of illumination is returned to the straight-ahead di... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4733333 | Cornering lamp system for vehicle A cornering lamp system for a vehicle which changes direction of the headlamps in conjunction with the operation of the vehicle's steering mechanism. The headlamps are moved in discrete steps by use of a stepper motor. The headlamps move in the direction ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4336572 | Remote controller and more particularly to slide member thereof The invention relates to a slide member of a remote controller of a device for adjusting the angle at which the headlight beams from a motor vehicle are directed down onto the road surface, from within the vehicle. The remote controller comprises a guide ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4276581 | Headlight tilting system for vehicles This invention relates to a headlight tilting system for vehicles having pivotal frames, oscillatable via a linkage driven by an electric motor and circuitry in which a manual switch can be set to establish a circuit between the motor and a battery via co... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4225902 | Headlight beam control system for motor vehicles A motor vehicle comprises a pivotal support member having at least one headlamp secured thereto, an unidirectional motor which rotates its output shaft in one rotational direction only when energized, cam and linkage means whereby rotation of the output s... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4195327 | Device for regulating the angle of elevation of the headlamps of a vehicle The device comprises a bar pivoted to a swing-bar whose ends are each connected to a piston rod of a jack having two positions. The travel of one of the jacks is equal to double the travel of the other. The front end of the bar is connected to the upper p... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4141063 | Vehicle headlight beam adjusting device To vary the angle at which the headlight beams are directed only road surface from within the passenger compartment of a moving vehicle, spring forces urging hinged headlight mounting frames foreward are matched by the force of a spring assisting a winder... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4110819 | Headlight tilting control device of motor vehicle Two headlight frames are mounted on the vehicle body front to be tilted about their lower peripheries and are usually preloaded by a spring assembly to be limitedly tilted. A manually operable lever accessible to an operator is movable to and is held in t... | 08/29/1978 |
