Class 362/508 - Adjustable source (e.g., bulb filament)

Subclass of Class 362 - Illumination
Definition: Subject matter wherein the illuminating means includes either
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 09/21/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7798687	Modular light system for automobiles An automotive modular light system, comprising a common base light device and a multitude of exchangeable lens cover means of which each has significantly distinct automotive light styling features, is invented here as a cost-effective way of customizing the exterio...	09/21/2010
7410282	Bi-functional headlight module A bifunctional LED headlamp for a vehicle is disclosed, wherein at least one of a shield, a lens, a reflector, and an LED are movable to facilitate use of the headlamp in both a low beam mode and a high beam mode. ...	08/12/2008
7404657	Vehicle headlamp A light source is movable between a reference position located on an optical axis on the rear side of a rear side focal point of a projection lens and a forward shift position located on the forward side of the reference position. At a predetermined position of the ...	07/29/2008
7393126	Vehicle headlamp A headlamp for vehicle use is provided with: a light source bulb having a light source from which light is emergent; a reflector for reflecting light emergent from the light source; a sub-reflector for reflecting light, which has been reflected on the reflector, to ...	07/01/2008
7364331	Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a single lamp unit for irradiating light of a light source in a desired direction as irradiating light, and an irradiating light control apparatus constituted by integrally assembling a horizontal driving device for pivoting the lamp ...	04/29/2008
7325955	Apparatus and method for mounting and adjusting LED headlamps An LED headlamp assembly for a vehicle. The headlamp assembly includes a plurality of LED units mounted to a common carrier, where the LED units include one or more LEDs and generate white light. The headlamp assembly further includes a headlamp housing that is moun...	02/05/2008
7301251	Actuator equipped with an electronic card with an arrangement for limiting electromagnetic radiations The invention concerns an actuator. In a common housing are a motor contained in a metallic casing and an electronic card adapted to control the motor. The casing is electrically connected to a ground. This connection is made by a deformable element, whose deformati...	11/27/2007
7287887	Vehicle headlamp A movable shade is moved by a shade driving device between a first shade position which is positioned on an optical axis at a rear focal point of a projection lens and a second shade position which is located further downward than the first shade position. Even in t...	10/30/2007
7246364	Optical pickup device Light from a light source is led to a condensing lens by a light leading unit and is condensed onto an optical recording medium by the condensing lens. Light reflected from the optical recording medium is led to a light sensing device through a spot adjustment lens ...	07/17/2007
7160001	Focus assembly for a track light A focus assembly for a luminaire includes a socket, having wires extending therefrom, for receiving a lamp; a mounting cup for securing the socket to the luminaire; a socket focusing mechanism for axially translating the mounting cup relative to a stationary reflect...	01/09/2007
7066632	Adjuster for headlamp assembly A lightweight and compact headlamp adjuster is constructed primarily from plastic materials. The adjuster may include a VHAD that is non-recalibratable after the headlamp aim is factory set. The adjuster includes an input shaft that engages a gear located within a h...	06/27/2006
7052165	Vehicle headlight assembly An automotive headlight assembly includes a concave parabolic reflector having a focal axis and a focal point on the axis spaced from the reflector surface. A halogen light source is mounted on an elongated tubular conduit that is oriented on the focal axis of the p...	05/30/2006
7033051	Infrared ray irradiation apparatus for night vision system An infrared ray irradiation apparatus for a night vision system which is operated easily and selectively in a visible and infrared ray irradiation mode and an infrared ray irradiation mode, and irradiates infrared rays emitted from a lamp toward an area in front of ...	04/25/2006
7027238	Method and apparatus for color-neutral brightness regulating of a light source A method and an apparatus for regulating the brightness of a light source (2), configured as an incandescent lamp, in the illumination beam path (8) of a microscope (1), the brightness of the light source (2) being modifiable by increasin...	04/11/2006
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
6866407	Vehicle headlight Vehicle headlight including a light emitting unit for emitting a light, an operating member joined with the light emitting unit, the operating member fitted with a magnet, a coil in the vicinity of the operating member for generating a magnetic field, and a housing ...	03/15/2005
6824302	Lamp device for vehicle Due to an effect of a solenoid of a moving mechanism, when a valve and a shutter are positioned at a first position, a light source is positioned at a first light source position and a shutter is in a state of closing a window. A lighting luminous flux from a light ...	11/30/2004
6709130	Incandescent lamp for motor vehicle headlamps The invention relates to a double-filament halogen incandescent lamp for a motor vehicle headlamp. In order to reduce the light shading effects caused by the filament holder, at least one of the power supply wires (8) is provided with a section (8a	03/23/2004
6637914	Vehicle headlamp When the vehicle body rolls to the oncoming lane, a light source bulb is turned to a direction opposite to a rolling direction to keep the posture of the light source bulb in an erect state. Accordingly, a horizontal cut-off line CL1 of a low-beam light d...	10/28/2003
6612727	Lighting apparatus in a motor vehicle A motor vehicle has left and right hand headlights, each with a reflector having a complex surface with a lamp fitted within the reflector. Each lamp has a dipped or passing beam filament and a main beam filament. The position of the main beam filament is...	09/02/2003
6585401	Light source bulb of lighting device for vehicle A sliding contact is formed by a first terminal 40 fixed to a side of a lamp base flange 2 and a second terminal 41 fixed to a side of a slider 7. Accordingly, it is possible to supply an electric current to a glass tube 9 without bending a harness 3. The...	07/01/2003
6558030	Elliptical headlight with beam modification by movement of optical elements A motor vehicle headlight has a reflector with two focal regions, a light source in one of these focal regions producing a pool of reflected light in the other focal region, and a lens which converts the pool of light into a beam projected on the road. Th...	05/06/2003
6416209	Exterior courtesy lighting/fender mounted A vehicle puddle light assembly is provided in an opening formed in a body panel of a vehicle. A socket including a housing and at least one contact coupled to the housing is disposed within the opening and coupled to the body panel adjacent the opening. ...	07/09/2002
6325528	Motor vehicle headlight assembly A motor vehicle headlight assembly switchable between low-beam and high-beam modes of operation includes a housing, a reflector component mounted in the housing for displacement relative thereto between a plurality of beam aiming positions, and a light so...	12/04/2001
6247835	Vehicle headlight A vehicle headlight includes a driving unit capable of repeatedly switching the headlight's light distribution pattern between a by-passing mode and a traveling mode by moving an element committed to the formation of the light distribution patterns. The d...	06/19/2001
6186651	Bifunctional high intensity discharge projector headlamp A projector headlamp utilizing only a single HID bulb for projecting light in a forward direction generally along a horizontal axis selectably between low beam and high beam conditions while shifting the hot spot as required between these conditions....	02/13/2001
6152584	Vehicle headlight The improved vehicle headlight has both leveling device and beam switching device which drives bulb displacing mechanism to displace light source bulb relative to reflector along its optical axis. In addition to driving the bulb displacing mechanism to di...	11/28/2000
6043614	Alternating current hid lamp with magnetic deflection A magnetic field controller has been developed, which allows magnetic deflection of the arc of an alternating current high intensity discharge (HID) lamp. The controller consists of a driving circuit and an electromagnet. The system delivers a fast switch...	03/28/2000
5997162	Horizontal HID vehicle headlamp with magnetic deflection The efficiency of a horizontally operated arc discharge lamp has been found to be substantially improved by the application of a transverse magnetic field. The magnetic field moves the arc downward, away from the upper wall of the lamp envelope. The magne...	12/07/1999
5971574	Automobile headlight An automobile headlight including a single movable light source which does not change the angle of its optical axis relative to the optical axis of the reflector. The light source is coupled to an apparatus capable of changing the position of the light so...	10/26/1999
5911502	Vehicle headlight having low and high beams The present invention provides a a headlight operable as a running light of a vehicle and, in particular, as a headlight of the vehicle for selectively projecting a low and a high beam. The headlight includes a reflector having a light source disposed the...	06/15/1999
5357407	Light attenuator for high/low beam vehicle headlight bulb A light attenuator sleeve which removably attaches to a high/low beam halogen vehicle headlight bulb. The sleeve is designed to fit onto the high/low beam bulb assembly so that light emitted by the bulb passes through the sleeve and the intensity of the l...	10/18/1994
5122935	Vehicle headlamp and aiming apparatus A vehicle headlamp assembly with a lamp bulb mounted on a ball for motion within a socket to move the lamp with respect to the reflector permitting aiming adjustment of the headlamp....	06/16/1992
5047902	Headlamp for power vehicle A headlamp for power vehicles comprises a reflector, a light source arranged in the reflector, the light source and the reflector being movable relative to one another so that in one position the light source is located close to a focal point of the refle...	09/10/1991
4941073	Wedge shaped flashlight A wedge-shaped flashlight, especially adapted for being inserted between a closed window of a vehicle door and the exterior rain seal at lower regions thereof so as to create a gap between the window and the rain seal and to enable the illumination of the...	07/10/1990
4843522	Vehicular lamp with moving light source A vehicle lamp for mounting on a vehicle and for providing a moving and variable light intensity display, including a lamp body having a display area for visually displaying light energy produced within the lamp body by a source of light energy, a first s...	06/27/1989
4513357	Headlamp unit with timed switching between two lights A headlamp unit having a high intensity discharge lamp disposed at about the focus of a parabolic reflector and an incandescent lamp disposed at about the focus of a parabolic reflector....	04/23/1985

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Class 362/508 - Adjustable source (e.g., bulb filament)