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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172440 | Concealed illuminated center high mount stop lamp (CHMSL) A vehicle including a center high mount stop lamp (CHMSL). The vehicle includes a vehicle body panel formed of a light emitting material of a predetermined color, including a first surface area, and coated with a paint of a predetermined color. A CHMSL housing may b... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8047691 | Integrated rear high mounted identification lamp and bed cargo lamp A cargo lamp assembly includes a lamp housing with first and second ends having first and second adjacent cavities. A first incandescent light source is disposed in the first cavity and a second incandescent light source is disposed in the second cavity. A first out... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7931393 | Back-lit vehicle emblem A back-lit vehicle emblem (1) having a body (2) with a front surface (3) and a rear surface (4). The body may be in the shape of a logo, lettering showing the make and model of a vehicle or any other design, such as a sports team's logo, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7789544 | Modular off-road accessory light rack A modular light rack assembly for off-road vehicles having a plurality of individual pieces that can be selectively connected to form a substantially linear assembly for attaching a variety of headlight subassemblies. In each embodiment, there is a common left hand ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7467884 | Hood assembly A hood assembly (100) adapted to be coupled to a vehicle having a hood (102) moveable between an open position and a closed position. The hood assembly includes a hood sub-frame (104) which includes a headlight mounting assembly (108) for... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7434971 | Flagpole lamp of a vehicle head A flagpole lamp of a vehicle head includes a pole, a lower connecting member, a lower bar, a lucent bar, an upper circuit board, a lower circuit board, an upper bar, a positioning base, an upper connecting member and a pole head. The components are correspondingly a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431485 | Vehicle light bar assembly A lighting assembly for a vehicle includes an elongated base plate having an inner surface and an outer surface. The base plate includes at least one opening. The lighting assembly further includes at least one light source adapted to be mounted to the base plate at... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401956 | Trim and lamp or lamp cluster for motor vehicle A motor vehicle, in particular an automobile, has a trim that constitutes an end section of the motor vehicle on which at least one cooling air opening and one lamp or one lamp cluster are provided. At least one elongated fin is arranged on the at least one cooling ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401940 | Underhood work light A underhood work light has a light tube and a pole-type base, the light tube is installed on the said base, the base is a hollow tube; a claw is installed at each end of the base by holding the stem of the said claw into the base tube, the claw stem which can slide ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7364330 | Spoiler having integral stop lamp cover A spoiler for a vehicle has an integral stop lamp cover. The stop lamp cover comprises a cover body configured to be open at an upper end thereof, and having a stop lamp insertion opening, a stop lamp receiving space, and a flange part formed on an upper end of the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362519 | Optical unit To overcoming any inconvenience in an optical unit, caused by a protrusion (burr) formed on a plastic lens when the plastic lens is molded, an optical unit is provided and has an injection molded plastic lens and a lens barrel. The injection molded plastic lens is f... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360934 | Light supply unit, illumination unit, and illumination system A light supply unit comprises optical fibers, LEDs, optical connectors, and a controller. The optical fibers constitute optical fiber groups which extend to their respective illumination positions different from each other. The optical connectors optically connect o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357545 | Multi-focal lens for bi-functional headlamp The headlamp assembly having low beam and high beam operation modes includes a light source, a reflector surface adapted to reflect light from the light source outward to a condenser lens positioned at a distance from the light source. An opaque shield is positioned... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347597 | Safety light bar with a light fixture assembly A full functioning safety light bar and signal assembly for attachment to a vehicle hitch has a light system that uses a wiring harness assembly having one or more of the following lights: driving, brake/signal, flasher/emergency, reverse, marker, strobe, fog or ill... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7330106 | Severe and controlled braking alert signaling apparatus for vehicles An inertia controlled deceleration signal apparatus for use in a leading automobile vehicle, which apparatus is in addition to the standard brake signal light and transmits a warning light to a following automobile vehicle upon braking, and operates to initiate a wa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318663 | Vehicle with lighting system for tail lights and license plate comprising light emitting diodes and optical waveguide A vehicle includes at least one tail light, a rear license plate to be illuminated, and a light source for emitting a light beam to an optical waveguide disposed adjacent the light source. The optical waveguide has an input surface facing towards the light source fo... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303320 | Pick-up truck cab accessory mounting bracket A bracket (10) for mounting accessories on a pick-up truck cab (20) consisting of a Z-shaped elongated body (22) having a forward upper horizontal mounting flange (24), a rearward lower horizontal mounting flange (28), and an integ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299892 | Door trim speaker grille with electroluminescent lamp and injection molding method of making same A door trim speaker grille with an electroluminescent lamp for use with an audio speaker of a vehicle. The electroluminescent lamp is positioned for emitting visible light through sound passages in the speaker grille. In certain embodiments of the invention, the ele... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7287885 | Automotive storage compartment having an electroluminescent lamp and method of making the same An automotive storage compartment includes a compartment body defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing the cavity. The compartment body includes a first connecting member integrally formed therein. The storage compartment further includes a cover having... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275839 | Three color LED bulb The multi-color light lamp has a base divided into a plurality of segments. The three segments are spaced at 120 degrees. More or less segments can be used. An LED is positioned in each segment, the LED in each segment emits a color distinct from the light emitted b... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273304 | End region of a vehicle with a lid A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle end region having lights and having a pivotable lid for closing a vehicle interior space. The pivotable lid has given regions which cover at least some of the lights when the pivotable lid is in a closed position and the pivotab... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265306 | Flip pack switch assembly with electroluminescent lamp and injection molding method of making same A switch flip pack for the interior of an automobile comprising a door trim panel with a switch panel carrying at least one electrical switch, a flip cover pivotally attached to the switch panel, and a electroluminescent lamp mounted to the flip cover. The flip cove... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258474 | Headlamp with beam patterns formed from semiconductor light sources Headlamp systems are provided that form desired beam patterns from light supplied by semiconductor light sources. The systems include a source array of semiconductor light sources and a lens system to produce the spread components of desired beam patterns and a sour... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249875 | Off-road accessory light rack A light rack assembly for off-road vehicles capable of surviving high vibration loads generated in off-road racing. Each assembly comprises at least one headlight sub-assembly having a center of gravity that, when mounted to the frame of the light rack assembly, res... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240753 | Vehicle hood assembly A vehicle hood assembly is provided with a pair of fender panels that attach to a central panel at a first attachment point and a second attachment point. The fender panel is L-shaped in cross-section between the first attachment point and the second attachment poin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241036 | Tail light structure A tail light structure having a light-emitting body and a reflector member for reflecting light from the light-emitting body for external illumination. The reflector member has a lower reflecting surface for receiving maximum external light and an upper reflecting s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237933 | Door trim bolster with electroluminescent lamp and injection molding method of making same An automotive interior component including an electroluminescent lamp capable of emitting visible light. The electroluminescent lamp of the component may integrally molded with a polymer body to define a unitary assembly. The interior component may be, for example, ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232252 | Light holder for motor vehicles A light holder for motor vehicles includes a transparent lighting housing and a snapping member. The transparent lighting housing includes an internal space and an opening at one end of terminating the internal space and terminating in a bottom inner surface. The a ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232246 | Illuminated panel portion for vehicles and vehicular accessories An illuminated panel portion for vehicles or vehicle accessories is provided having a generally translucent panel defining a selected design. The translucent panel is disposed in an aperture of an adjacent panel of the vehicle or vehicle accessory such that the oute... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7208804 | Crystalline or amorphous medium-K gate oxides, Y0and Gd0 A gate oxide and method of fabricating a gate oxide that produces a more reliable and thinner equivalent oxide thickness than conventional SiO2 gate oxides are provided. Also shown is a gate oxide with a conduction band offset of 2 eV or greater. Gate oxi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205620 | Highly reliable amorphous high-k gate dielectric ZrON A gate dielectric and method of fabricating a gate dielectric that produces a more reliable and thinner equivalent oxide thickness than conventional SiO2 gate oxides are provided. Gate dielectrics formed from metals such as zirconium are thermodynamically... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204626 | Lighted vehicle grille A lighted vehicle grille includes a grille or grille insert mounted to the front of a vehicle with a plurality of lights mounted to the vehicle grille. The lights may be mounted within holes in the grille or may be otherwise attached to the grille. The lights are co... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182398 | Glowing vehicle radiator grille A glowing vehicle radiator grille includes multiple ribs securely connected to one another via a connection device for connection to the vehicle radiator, multiple light transmitting groups each securely connected to a corresponding one of the ribs and multiple illu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175321 | Projector systems A vehicle projection system relating to use of a light projecting system comprising at least one light projector adapted to project at least one decorative light design onto at least one exterior portion of a vehicle. The system preferably uses a laser projector and... | 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 |
| 7168838 | Vehicle lamp To enlarge the design and technical use options of a vehicle lamp, in particular for motor vehicles, which includes at least one functional lamp and a light exit cover covering the internal space of the vehicle lamp, provided on surface regions of at least one compo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168829 | Vehicle rear gate A vehicle rear gate includes a gate panel, a garnish disposed on the gate panel, and a gate handle provided to the garnish. The gate handle can be turnable backward of a vehicle to open the gate panel. There is a stop lamp provided to the garnish, and a stop lamp at... | 01/30/2007 |
