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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172441 | Light emitting module of vehicle headlamp A light emitting module used in a vehicle headlamp is provided with a light source having a light emitting plane directing toward a front side of a lighting unit, a projection lens disposed ahead of the light source, and a reflecting plane extending in an oblique an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8096690 | Light module for signaling A light source or signaling module for the emission of an illuminating or signaling beam along a main direction, of the type including a light source, a luminous flux recovery mirror made up of a set of reflecting tiles, each reflecting tile being formed of a conica... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7980742 | Lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight A lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight for giving a cutoff beam, having an optical axis and comprising at least one light source (S), a reflector (R, Ra, Ra1, Ra2) of the complex surface type, and a cylindrical lens (L, La) with substantially ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7918595 | Lighting module for motor vehicle headlight A lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight, designed to give a beam with cutoff, and comprising at least one light source, a collecting mirror, a bender having a reflective surface and a cutoff edge, a return mirror, for producing towards the front the output b... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7896532 | LED luminescent device and vehicle lamp comprising the device An LED luminescent device includes an LED light source, a reflector, a light shade and a projecting lens. The LED light source includes at least one LED element having a light-emitting surface emitting light. The reflector faces the light-emitting surface of the at ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7866863 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle headlamp has a segment light source, and a reflector configured to forward reflect light from the segment light source. The segment light source is arranged such that a first predetermined point located at a front end edge of the segment light source is lo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7748880 | Vehicle lamp with overhead sign illumination A vehicle lamp with a projection lens; a light source; a shade, which forms a cutoff line; a reflector, which reflects a light from the light source toward the projection lens such that the light passes near an upper end portion of the shade so as to irradiate a for... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7726857 | Lamp unit for vehicle headlamp A lamp unit for a headlamp of a vehicle includes a projection lens, a light emitting device disposed on a rear side of the projection lens, a reflector, and a mirror member having an upwardly reflecting surface. The reflector forwardly reflects light from the light ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7631996 | Lamp shade and method for forming optical stripes on the surface of the lamp shade A lamp shade includes a light permeable bottom layer and a light reflection structure provided on the light permeable bottom layer and including a plurality of reflective stripes formed and distributed on a surface of a side of the light permeable bottom layer and a... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7618173 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp 110 having shade switching means 140 for providing a desired light distribution pattern by blocking a portion of light emitted from a light source. Light distribution pattern switching controlling means controls the s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7441928 | Lighting device A lighting device can include at least one LED light source having at least one LED chip, the LED light source being configured to impart a certain directivity to light emitted from the LED chip in a direction of the optical axis of the light source. A first reflect... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7419288 | Vehicle lamp with a first reflector, a second reflector, and shielding plate A vehicle light can be configured to have a depth that is remarkably small. The vehicle light can include a first reflector that is an ellipse group reflector with a major/optical axis thereof inclined, a second reflector that is a parabolic group reflector located ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407307 | Illuminating panel and illuminating device An illuminating panel has disposed thereon a plurality of linear light source units, and the linear light source units each include: a light emitter having a plurality of light emitting diodes linearly installed on a base; a first reflector formed of parabolic surfa... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407310 | Vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp 1 including a projection lens 16 installed on the optical axis Ax extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle a light source 12a provided behind the rear side focal point F of the projection lens 16,... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401959 | Turn signal lamp for a vehicle A turn signal lamp for a vehicle is provided having an improved appearance. In a front blinker including a lamp housing, an LED provided on the lamp housing, a reflector for reflecting light from the LED, and a lens fitted into an opening of the lamp housing, a refl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7387416 | Vehicular illumination lamp with primary and secondary light sources An illumination lamp including a projection lens 12 and primary and secondary light source units 14, 16 are disposed rearwards of a projection lens 12 disposed on an optical axis Ax, which extends in a longitudinal direction of a lamp. The prima... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357537 | Light source for projector and projection type image display apparatus using thereof Provided is a projector light source which can effectively project a light beam having a sufficient volume from a lamp as a light source, and which is highly accurate and is excellent in workability. The projector light source comprising an arc tube for emitting a l... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357546 | Vehicular headlamp employing semiconductor light-emitting element having improved light distribution A vehicular headlamp employing a light-emitting element such as an LED and having an improved projected light pattern. A light-emitting surface of a light-emitting system has a horizontally elongated shape when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347601 | Vehicle lamp unit A vehicle lamp unit includes an LED having a high directivity as a light source and a reflective surface that reflects a light from the LED. The reflective surface is based on a paraboloid of revolution with the LED as a focal point, and divided into a plurality of ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347600 | Lighting module for a vehicle headlight A lighting module for a vehicle headlight for producing a lighting beam of the type having a cut-off. The module is adapted for use with light emitting diodes and has a first reflector including an elliptical surface for reflecting light rays. The lighting module in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334926 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp, for projecting light forward along an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, is provided with a light source, a first main reflector, a second main reflector, a shade, and a projection lens. The light source emits ligh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325954 | Vehicle light A vehicle light with a bulb arranged sideway is provided which can reduce a length of the entire light without a deterioration in its brightness and with a simple configuration. The vehicle light can include a light source arranged sideway on an optical axis extendi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322727 | Illumination device The invention relates to an illumination comprised of an illumination source of electromagnetic radiation and a multi-part reflector (10) to route and focus the electromagnetic illumination, whereby the function of the separation (Y) from the angle (β) acros... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316492 | Vehicle headlamp There is provided a movable shade which can move between a light shielding position and a light shielding moderating position, so that a single lamp can be used both for low beam and high beam. Then, the longitudinal length of the lamp is shortened so as to attempt ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311430 | Lamp unit of vehicle headlamp A low beam light distribution pattern is formed by turning on a first light source unit and a high beam light distribution pattern is formed by additionally turning on a second light source unit. The second reflector of the second light source unit has reflecting fa... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303807 | Cover of lighting unit for vehicle A lighting unit cover including a deep color (first) resin layer subject to preblanking is laminated and molded in a predetermined position on a backside of a light color (second) resin layer on a surface side subject to postblanking. The second layer protrudes towa... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303316 | Car lamp structure A car lamp includes a lamp shell, a reflecting shade ahead of the lamp shell, a bulb on the reflecting shell, a set-off member ahead of the reflecting shade, and a pervious-to-light lamp cover secured ahead of the set-off member; the reflecting shade has several ref... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281833 | LED vehicle lamp including reflector with paraboloidal sections A vehicle lamp includes a set of alternatively provided first and second reflection surfaces that reflect the light emitted by a first and second respective diodes toward a lamp lens. Each of the first and second reflection surface is a part of a rotational parabolo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281829 | Vehicle headlight A main reflector has a main reflection-surface based on an ellipsoid of revolution. A light source is arranged substantially at a first focal-point of the main reflection-surface. A shade arranged substantially at a second focal-point of the main reflection-surface ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281824 | Luminaire with reflector having two portions with different optical axes A luminaire has a concave reflector with an optical center on an optical main axis in an optical main plane. A screen extends along the optical main axis to a light emission window. The reflector has a first faceted reflector portion at a first side of the optical m... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275846 | Adaptive head light and lens assemblies Disclosed herein is an adaptive head light assembly, comprising a parabolic reflector for housing a filament assembly; a lever arm having one end pivotably affixed to a bearing point of the parabolic reflector; an actuator in operative communication with the other e... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273303 | Headlamp for two-wheel vehicle A two-wheel vehicle headlamp including a lamp body having a concave portion that is opened toward the front, a translucent cover that covers the front open portion of the lamp body, and a reflector which is installed inside the concave portion of the lamp body and t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270453 | Heat resistant plastic lamp components and methods of forming A molded plastic lamp component includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first portion formed from a first material having a first heat distortion temperature, and a second portion formed from a second material having a second heat distortion temperature. The first h... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270449 | Lighting system and method and reflector for use in same Systems, methods and devices for lighting are provided with a reflector with paraboloidal segments. One lighting system includes a reflector having one or more reflector segments. Each reflector segment is substantially paraboloidal and has a central axis of syrmetr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261449 | Lighting module giving a light beam with cut-off line for a motor vehicle headlight, and a headlight comprising such a module A lighting module able to give a light beam with cut-off line for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a light source, a reflector, a dioptre serving as an exit lens or an exit lens, and a reflective folder. The light source is combined with a collimator in order t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261439 | Illumination system The invention relates to a road illumination system for forming a low beam in traffic applications comprising a light source and a reflecting surface formed by a multiplicity of reflector segments arranged around a central optical axis. According to the invention, t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258473 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a first light source located almost at the center of an emission region, and a transparent cover lens arranged to cover the front in the direction of illumination from the first light source. A central reflective portion of the cover lens ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252420 | Lighting and/or signalling device for an automobile The object of the invention is a lighting device for a motor vehicle, comprising a first light source focused on a first reflective zone and a second light source focused on second reflective zone. The first light source is able to emit light both in the direction o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249877 | Led lamp bulb assembly and reflector system A reflector lamp assembly may be formed with a reflector housing having a reflector with a prescribed reflective surface; the reflector formed with a wall defining a through passage. A lamp bulb assembly having an axially extending stem supports a head extending tra... | 07/31/2007 |
