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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7628516 | Headlight adjusting assembly for groups of adjustable illuminating units The invention relates to a headlamp adjusting device with lamp units that can be adjusted in groups. To this end, each lamp unit is mounted individually directly or indirectly in the headlamp housing by means of one respective joint; and it is swivelably mounted in ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7241038 | Light distribution control device In this light distribution control device in order to provide a vehicular lighting fixture for an Adaptive Frontlighting System (AFS) in which a lot of light distribution patterns can be set without making the entire lighting fixture larger, beams which link said mo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7111966 | Light box coupling bracket including rotatable gripping device A light fixture coupling bracket to connect to a light box. The light fixture coupling bracket connects to a light bar having at least one light socket. The light fixture coupling bracket connects to a removable and adjustable gripping device. The gripping device is... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6457851 | Headlight arrangement for a vehicle for producing light beams with different characteristics The headlight arrangement for a vehicle produces respective light beams with different characteristics and includes at least two headlight units (10), each having a number of individual headlights (12, 14, 16), by means of which the respective light beams... | 10/01/2002 |
| 5833347 | Aiming apparatus for vehicular headlamp An aiming apparatus for a headlamp having a structure such that nuts-for holding adjusting screws are protected from being loaded excessively when an operation for aiming the headlamp is performed is disclosed, the apparatus having brackets fixedly provid... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5639155 | Multidirectional headlamp mount with manually adjustable 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.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5499168 | Device for regulating light width of headlights of motor vehicles A device for regulating a light width of headlights of motor vehicles comprises an adjusting device associated with one of the headlights, a transmitter which emits electromagnetic radiation to illuminate a region of a roadway located in front of the moto... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5479323 | Vehicular cornering lamp system A vehicular cornering lamp system which can be adapted to all types and models of vehicles without having to change the correspondence of the illuminating angle with specific characteristics of the vehicle. The angular velocity of the vehicle is detected ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5459646 | Leveling device for vehicular headlamp An automobile headlamp in which an illumination angle of the headlamp can be adjusted laterally by pivoting a reflector right to left with respect to a lamp body. A leveling device for measuring the lateral inclination of a reflector is held between the r... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5394318 | Device for adjusting and controlling the optical axis of a headlamp A device for adjusting and controlling the optical axis of a headlamp including an optical axis initial setting mechanism which includes a manual operation section consisting of two operation bolts and a position adjustment member. The bolts provided with... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5197799 | Headlamp having beam orientation adjusting means A motor vehicle headlamp has adjusting means for adjusting the orientation of its reflector by essentially linear displacement of an application point on the reflector. This application point is defined by one end of a threaded rod which includes at its o... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5195816 | Adjustable auxiliary headlamps An auxiliary adjustable headlight assembly is provided for a motor vehicle which consists of a mechanism for vertically adjusting a pair of auxiliary headlights on an elongated rectangular plate that is mounted above the front bumper and between the conve... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5138542 | Headlamp for power vehicle A headlamp for a power vehicle having a chassis comprises a reflector mounted on the chassis and turnable in a horizontal direction for adjusting a direction of light bundle produced by the reflector, reference markings arranged on a chassis part for mark... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5083244 | Headlight for motor vehicle A headlight for a motor vehicle having a level for adjusting the direction of light emission from the headlight in the vertical direction in which the quantities of heat transmitted to the respective regions of the casing of the level which face the bubbl... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5003436 | Method and apparatus for assembling a headlight A headlight apparatus including a lamp body having a recess being open in the front direction and a lens covering the front opening of the recess, and a reflective mirror tiltably mounted on the lamp body. Two spaced apart adjust shafts are respectively s... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4967319 | Headlight apparatus for automotive vehicle To accurately shade headlamp light for both a leading vehicle running on the same lane and an opposed vehicle running on an opposed lane, the headlight apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprises a movable headlamp, a light sensor attached on the pivota... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4928215 | Vehicle lamp device A vehicle lamp device in which the gap provided beside the headlamps is made inconspicuous, and rainwater or dust are prevented from entering the gap. The inventive vehicle lamp device in one embodiment includes a unit movable rectangular headlamp and a r... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4858080 | Headlight moving apparatus for automotive vehicle The headlight moving apparatus comprises a yaw rate sensor, a headlight position sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a CPU, and a headlight actuator. The CPU calculates an appropriate headlight turning position on the basis of these three sensor signals. Sinc... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4761717 | Headlamp pivot assembly A support shoe for pivotably supporting a portion of a lamp body within a support frame and allowing the lamp body to be adjustably aimed in vertical and horizontal planes, characterized in that the support shoe includes a stud which carries a resilient b... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4757428 | Headlamp mounting assembly An assembly for adjustable mounting of a headlamp assembly relative to a frame permits both vertical and horizontal pivotal movement of the headlamp assembly relative to the frame to allow aiming of the headlamp beam. The frame has an elongate slot for re... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4716344 | Microprocessor controlled lighting system A system for directing a plurality of lighting instruments in accordance with an operator designed sequence. The system includes a control module and a plurality of satellite modules where each satellite module is, in turn, connected in a controlling rela... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4631639 | Stud and a support for fixing an electronic component to a printed circuit board A stud and support arrangement are provided for supporting and fixing electronic components on integrated circuit boards. Studs are provided having an abutment for accurately positioning the integrated circuit and facilitating soldering thereof. The stud ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4516191 | Retractable head-light device for automobiles A retractable automobile head-light device including a retractable head lamp mounted through a linkage for movement between a retracted position and an extended position. A lamp cover panel is mounted at the rear end portion on the automobile body for ver... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4486688 | Method and arrangement for regulting a path length in dependence upon a variable control value A method and an arrangement are disclosed for regulating a path length defined by a pressure-responsive unit. Whenever a coarse positional adjustment has been made, a pause period is made to elapse before a fine adjustment (if any) is carried out. This ar... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4471410 | Retractable headlight apparatus for motorcar A headlight apparatus for a motorcar including a headlight and a mechanism for protruding and retracting the same above and below, respectively, the upper front portion of the car body. The mechanism includes a pair of parallel links on each side of the h... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4423471 | Mobile lighting fixture, method and boom A mobile lighting unit which includes a plurality of lighting fixtures, each utilizing high-wattage, high-intensity lamps. The fixtures comprise a socket and hemispherical reflector assembly which are vertically and horizontally adjustably mounted to a li... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4380789 | Actuator for a concealable headlamp assembly A concealable headlamp assembly and an actuator therefor that provides an increased force output for moving the headlamp assembly from the concealed position to the exposed position when opening movement of the headlamp assembly is resisted.... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4206497 | Folding headlight for motor vehicles A folding headlight for motor vehicles in which the housing holding the main headlights, has a topside which is made at least partially of a light-permeable material. An auxiliary headlight is located within the topside portion of the housing and serves a... | 06/03/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4186428 | Device for adjusting the inclination of automobile headlights The invention relates to a device for the joint control of the inclination of the headlights of an automobile, of the type comprising an electric motor-reduction gear mechanically coupled to each headlight to adjust the inclination thereof, each motor-red... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4142228 | Vehicle lamp casing optical axis adjusting mechanism An operating wire directly and operatively connected to a lamp casing for swingingly moving same by linear movement of the operating wire and a pulley for converting the direction of linear movement of the operating wire to the direction of swinging movem... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4065806 | Searchlight or the like A searchlight or the like comprising a base, a housing rotatable horizontally and accommodating one or more lamps and reflectors, and a planetary rotation mechanism provided between the base and the housing to rotate the housing. A support frame carrying ... | 12/27/1977 |
