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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416324 | Multi-color or multi-function LED vehicle light assembly A vehicle light assembly may be made from a lamp having a plurality of LED light sources arrayed circumferentially around the lamp; a reflector body having a reflector axis generally directed to a field to be illuminated. A plurality of reflective surfaces is formed... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399106 | Lens optics used to reduce part deformation due to heat A light assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a lens holder that supports an internal lens. The light assembly includes a light source powered by the vehicle. The internal lens includes a first surface having a plurality of protrusions. The protrusion scatter ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7370997 | Lighting unit for vehicle A light emitting unit is provided forward in the vicinity of the upper part of an optical axis extended in the longitudinal direction of a lighting unit. Furthermore, a light transmitting member is provided on the forward side of the light emitting unit. A front sur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364332 | Vehicle headlamp A light source bulb 22 is inserted and fixed into a reflector 24 from a side in a position placed downward apart from an optical axis Ax. Thus, it is possible to effectively utilize an optical-axis side region in a reflecting plane 24a fo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7350947 | Lens optics used to reduce part deformation due to heat A light assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a lens holder that supports an internal lens. The light assembly includes a light source powered by the vehicle. The internal lens includes an undulating surface facing the light source. A reflective metallic layer... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347599 | Etendue-squeezing illumination optics In some embodiments, an apparatus for use generating illumination is provided that comprises a reflective base, a first light source positioned proximate the reflective base, and a reimaging reflector positioned partially about the first light source, where a percen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339200 | Light-emitting diode and vehicular lamp A light-emitting diode including a curved surface portion 14aA formed in the front face of a sealing member 14 with the cross-sectional shape of the curved surface portion being in the shape of an undulating curve that has a concave curve C1 | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316495 | Vehicle headlight including a plurality of led lighting device units A headlight has a plurality of lighting device units and a unit support member that supports the plurality of lighting device units. Each lighting device unit has a projection lens, a light emitting diode arranged behind a rear side focus of the projection lens, and... | 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 |
| 7293901 | Optics for controlling the direction of light rays and assemblies incorporating the optics The present invention relates to improvements in controlling the direction of light rays. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290908 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp including a light-emitting element 10 that emits light at a greater diffusion angle in the lateral direction than in the vertical direction, thus enabling the light to be incident on the rear face 34a of a horizontally elongated... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281822 | Outside mirror apparatus for vehicle and illuminating unit for outside mirror apparatus An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle includes an illuminating unit that includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on a flexible sheet member; a base including a mounting section for mounting the light source; and a lens t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278755 | Illumination apparatus An illumination apparatus is provided with an LED array including a plurality of LEDs and a second lens array including a plurality of lenses. The LEDs and the lenses are arranged in lengthwise and crosswise directions and aligned such that a relationship between a ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278768 | Indicating or lighting device with a screen or covering having a diffusive or reflective focus The invention relates to an indicating and/or lighting device for a motor vehicle, said device comprising a casing inside which there are arranged at least one main light source, at least one reflector associated with the main light source(s), optionally at least on... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261435 | Light fixture and lens assembly for same A light fixture or troffer for directing light emitted from a light source toward an area to be illuminated, including a reflector assembly within which the light source is positioned and a lens assembly detachably secured to a portion of the reflector assembly such... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255467 | Vehicular headlamp and light emission module A vehicular headlamp for emitting light ahead of an automobile, includes: a semiconductor light emitting device; a reflector, having its optical center on the semiconductor light emitting device, for reflecting light generated by the semiconductor light emitting dev... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232247 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a plurality of light source modules each having an LED as a light source, and optical systems for distributing light from each of the light source modules frontward toward predetermined areas or predetermined patterns that are different fr... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222990 | Headlight apparatus equipped with an insertible complementary module, for a motor vehicle A headlight apparatus has a lighting element with a connector base disposed in an aperture formed in the lighting element. The connector base has a set of terminals arranged to make contact with a set of electrical contact zones of a complementary module. Each elect... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7195383 | Headlights for vehicles Headlight for motor vehicles, comprising at least one light source and at least one light guide associated with each light source, into which the light emitted by the light source can be coupled via a light coupling surface, wherein each light guide is associated wi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182494 | Rear lamp unit for vehicle To provide a rear lamp unit for a vehicle which is provided with a desired cut pattern on an outer lens so that the light-emitting area can be increased. A rear lamp unit is provided with upper and lower outer lenses for guiding light emitted from light-emitting dio... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7168832 | Vehicle headlamp As the annular translucent member, an annular lens formed from a peripheral edge portion of a convex-meniscus lens is disposed between a projection lens and a reflector along an outer peripheral edge of the projection lens. Direct light from a light source toward a ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150552 | Vehicle headlight The invention concerns a vehicle headlight, comprising a two-dimensional array (2) of a plurality of electronic light emitter elements (4), which are arranged for emitting a plurality of parallel light beams (6), a collection lens (8), wh... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137718 | Automotive lamp A vehicle lamp includes a lamp chamber containing at least one light source in an interior thereof and having a light-emitting opening, a lamp cover is attached to the light-emitting opening, and a polarizing film is applied to an inner surface of said cover body. T... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134768 | LED lamp with light guide Light emitted from a plurality of LED light sources can be introduced into a light guide and inwardly reflected (totally reflected) at a first reflective surface formed on the light guide to form a substantially collimated light. The substantially collimated light c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131758 | Vehicle headlamp with light-emitting unit shifted from optical axis of lens There are provided five first lighting units for carrying out light irradiation to form a horizontal cutoff line. Each of the first lighting units has such a structure that includes a first light source formed by a light emitting diode provided to face forward in su... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114828 | Vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp used for a vehicle, includes an infrared light source for generating red light and infrared light, a visible light source for generating visible light whose wavelength is different from that of the red light, an optical system for emitting the r... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111970 | Indicating or lighting device with a screen or covering having a diffusive or reflective focus The invention relates to an indicating and/or lighting device for a motor vehicle, said device comprising a casing inside which there are arranged at least one main light source, at least one reflector associated with the main light source(s), optionally at least on... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7070311 | Vehicle light for producing light whose form depends on orientations of plural refraction elements A vehicle light includes several light source units positioned on different planes, each of which light source units has a light emitting diode, and a transparent convex covering part formed with a refraction side facing the light emitting diode; when light from one... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059755 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a plurality of light source modules each having an LED as a light source, and optical systems for distributing light from each of the light source modules frontward toward predetermined areas or predetermined patterns that are different fr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055996 | Side turn/marker lamp A lamp comprising a housing, at least one planar substrate supporting a plurality of light sources, and a light directing member comprising a plurality of reflective surfaces. Each of the reflective surfaces is generally parabolic and reflects light emitted from the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7025483 | Light device for automobile overhead lights The present invention relates to a projection device in which a projection lens has undergone arrangements at its exit surface, and more particularly side areas of this exit surface. The arrangements are intended to divert certain light rays emitted by a light sourc... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015944 | Device for improving visibility in vehicles The present invention relates to a device for improving visibility in a vehicle, especially in darkness, bad weather and fog, including one or more laser headlights radiating laser light of a wavelength outside the visible spectrum into a predetermined solid angle a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997589 | Masking device for automobile vehicle headlights A device for masking automobile vehicle headlights comprises at least one transparent optical element (B) inserted on the path of light rays between lighting sources and the headlight glass, the optical element (B) comprising a cylindrical entry face (E3)... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997588 | Illumination and/or indicating device for a vehicle comprising a mask The object of the invention is an illumination and/or indicating device for a vehicle comprising a mask constituting the perimeter of the side walls of at least two cavities intended to house at least one bulb in each of them. Said mask comprises at least two parts ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6953264 | Vehicle light assembly A vehicle light assembly includes a reflector having a plurality of depressions, each depression having interruptions on a reflective surface thereof to maximize reflection. One or more light emitting diodes are disposed within each depression so as to be generally ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953273 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp has first and second lamp chamber portions each including: a light source; a casing having opening and portion for reflecting light emitted from the light source; and lens portion for closing the opening of the casing; the first and second lamp chambe... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945680 | Light assembly A light assembly, particularly for a motor vehicle, essentially consists of a housing covered by a clear, optically inactive covering pane in which at least one light unit is arranged which is formed of a light with a pertaining reflector. A screen, which is constru... | 09/20/2005 |
