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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419289 | Vehicular lamp A lamp unit includes a semiconductor light-emitting element portion, a reflector that radiates light from a light source forward of the lamp, and a driving portion that moves relative positions of the semiconductor light-emitting element portion and the reflector. T... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7354183 | 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... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322724 | Vehicle headlamp with concurrent vertical and independent horizontal adjustment of low and high beam light chambers A headlamp for motor vehicles of the reflector or projector design having at least one low beam light chamber, with a discharge light source, and at least one high beam light chamber, with a halogen light source. The direction of the rays produced in the high beam l... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7223001 | Headlight positioning device A vehicle headlight positioning device comprising a pivoting headlight support and a linear actuator comprising a housing (16), an electric stepping motor with a rotor having a part in the form of a nut, and a linear-movement screw engaging the nut part of th... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210828 | Vehicle lighting system A vehicle lighting system comprising an additional illumination lamp for additionally illuminating ahead of a vehicle and a control means for controlling turn-on and turn-off of the additional illumination lamp so as to follow a steering angle at which the vehicle i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198392 | Torque limiting adjuster An adjuster to be used with numerous applications including the adjusting of a headlamp reflector of a headlamp assembly includes a clutch mechanism that prevents over-driving and over-traveling of the adjuster output shaft during an overload condition. The adjuster... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7140758 | Mechanism for deflecting headlamp optical axis without speed reduction gears A mechanism for deflecting a headlamp optical axis comprises a connecting lever, a bracket, a stepping motor, a front end plate, and a traveling block. The bracket is attached to an outside frame constituting an automotive vehicle body, and the stepping motor is att... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7106185 | Interior light bar A full function light bar is provided mountable inside a vehicle against the windshield. The light bar is an assembly of several light sources, including strobe lamps, flashing lamps, oscillating lamps, and an aimable take down lamp. The light bar is not limited in ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7036964 | Vehicle headlamp apparatus and method of setting optical axis position thereof A headlamp apparatus for a vehicle includes a left-right deflecting device for deflecting an optical axis of illumination of a projector lamp in a left-and-right direction in correspondence with a steering angle of a vehicle; a vertically deflecting device for defle... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6981790 | Two-light headlamp A shade is moved to a high-beam position by a driving force of a solenoid and held in that position. The shade is switched to a low-beam position by a spring force of a plate spring and held in that position. The solenoid is the pull-type solenoid. The shade is thin... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6910789 | Reflector-movable headlamp A vehicle headlamp including a reflector installed so as to be tiltable by an aiming mechanism installed in the lamp body. The aiming screw of the aiming mechanism has a rearward-extending portion that extends out of the lamp body, and a crown gear is attached to an... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6796692 | Vehicle headlamp with solenoid-actuated movable shade A vehicle headlamp structure for engagement between a plunger of a solenoid and a shade leg of a movable shade, wherein the solenoid moves the movable shade to vary the light distribution of a lamp fixture. A moveable shade 22 is pivoted between two positions... | 09/28/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6773153 | 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... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6742918 | Movable condenser lens A system for adjusting the direction of a light beam from a headlamp assembly comprises a condenser lens which is movable along an arcuate path. As a vehicle turns a corner, the system moves the condenser lens along the arcuate path, so as to direct the light beam i... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6652130 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp body having a hollow portion opening forward, a support member supported tiltably in the lamp body, and a plurality of reflectors supported side by side in one of the vertical and lateral directions by the support member... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6648494 | Vehicle lamp and rotary driving apparatus A vehicle lamp includes an optical means whereof the direction of irradiation is change by rotation, a motor, an output shaft for driving the optical means, and a rotation transmitting mechanism for transmitting rotation from the motor to the output shaft... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6637917 | Side flashing lamp A side flashing lamp (4, 4') for fitting in the cover cap (2) of an external rear view mirror (1) for motor vehicles, comprising a lamp housing having an elongate light exit opening (3) which in the installed condition extends from the outward side of the ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6543916 | Vehicular headlamp with movable reflector A vehicular headlamp with a movable reflector in which suitable aiming is possible using an aiming screw made from synthetic resin. The headlamp includes a synthetic resin lamp body and synthetic resin front lens that define a lamp compartment is which a ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6450674 | Headlamp adjuster configured to prevent over-travel of an adjuster output shaft A headlamp adjuster which includes an adjuster output shaft which is engageable with a reflector of a headlamp assembly. The adjuster output shaft extends from a housing, and the headlamp adjuster is configured such that in an overload condition, the adju... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447154 | Headlamp adjuster with overload clutch mechanism A headlamp adjuster which includes an adjuster output shaft which is engageable with a reflector of a headlamp assembly. The adjuster output shaft extends from a housing, and the headlamp adjuster is configured such that in an overload condition, the adju... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6315438 | Vehicle headlamp of a movable reflector type A vehicle headlamp of a movable reflector type comprising a lamp body, a reflector having a lamp, and an aiming mechanism disposed between the lamp body and the reflector and structured so as to support the reflector and adjust the angle of the reflector ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6270242 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp has a plastic lamp body (10) with a sealing leg (16) that extends from the back of the lamp body and is pressure-welded and held on a vehicle body panel (18), via an elastic sealing material (20). The elastic sealing material is formed by i... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6260993 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes: a reflector having a rear surface and an aiming screw coupling portion; a lamp body having an inner surface, for containing the reflector tiltably; an aiming screw extending in a substantially longitudinal direction coupled to the... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6231222 | Headlight for vehicle A headlight for a vehicle has a holder, at least one reflector displaceably supported on the holder, an adjusting device for displacing the reflector and including an adjusting screw having a thread and a displaceably guided transmission element which is ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6220735 | Aiming and leveling mechanism for a vehicle head lamp A head lamp for vehicle use is provided, which includes a intermediate tilting member tiltably supported by a lamp body at three points. One point acts as a tilting fulcrum, while the other two points are supported by an aiming adjusting member of an aimi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6206556 | Remote headlamp adjustment system A remote headlamp adjustment system comprises a headlamp adjustment mechanism attached to a headlamp housing. The headlamp adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust an aim of a headlamp relative to the headlamp housing. An adjustment screw protrudes from ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6089737 | Headlamp for automobile A headlamp for an automobile comprising: a light source unit having a reflector and a light source mounted therein; a housing disposed rear the light source unit and secured to a vehicle body; an aiming mechanism interposed between the light source unit a... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5988838 | Remotely activated high-candle power illumination A method of illuminating a region outside an automobile involves activating at least one lamp within the automobile; and illuminating, in response to the activating of the at least one lamp, the region outside the automobile. The region extends from the a... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5906431 | Device for controlling the orientation of the movable reflector of a motor vehicle headlight The movable reflector of the headlight of a motor vehicle can be orientated by means of an orientation adjustment device located inside the body of the headlight. The orientation of the reflected light beam is controlled with the help of an adjustable gra... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5530629 | Optical axis adjusting device for automotive headlights An optical axis adjusting device for automotive headlights is disclosed which consists of a pair of optical axis adjusters provided between the lamp unit and car body and each composed of an adjusting screw and screw mounting to adjust the optical axis of... | 06/25/1996 |
