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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980724 | Lamp guide frame, connecting module having the same, backlight assembly having the lamp guide frame and method of manufacturing the backlight assembly A lamp guide frame includes a frame body, a plurality of openings and a plurality of lamp socket receiving portions. The frame body guides end portions of a plurality of lamps. The openings extend in a width direction of the frame body. The openings are arranged in ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7370998 | Lighting fixture unit and vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp including a lighting fixture unit that emits white light in upper beam irradiation and emits infrared light in lower beam irradiation. The lighting fixture unit includes: a light source part including a first semiconductor light-emitting element... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7350944 | Automatic leveling apparatus and method of headlamp for vehicle In an automatic leveling apparatus, a motor inclines an optical axis of a headlamp in an up and down direction relative to a vehicle body, a vehicle height sensor detects a change in a height direction of an axle portion of a front wheel or a rear wheel of a vehicle... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6923562 | Headlight assembly having vertical headlamp adjuster A vertically adjustable headlight assembly having a headlight housing, a reflector positioned within the housing and an adjuster mechanism including a channel and an adjustment member. An end of the adjustment member is accessible outside of the housing and the othe... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6916111 | Sailboat anchor light having hoist structure A detachable sailboat anchor light and hoist structure comprises a body, a lamp mounted in an upper portion of the body so as to be visible at all points around the circumference of the body, a connector for connecting a halyard for the mast to the light such that t... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6709140 | Vehicle headlamp unit and vehicle headlight with the headlamp unit A vehicle headlamp unit includes a discharge lamp, a socket to which the discharge lamp is fitted, a base carrying the socket and being compatible with a base of a halogen bulb provided with a high beam filament and a low beam filament, and a moving mechanism, in re... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6572248 | Apparatus for automatically adjusting optical axis of vehicle headlights In a vehicle headlight optical axis adjusting apparatus, inter-vehicle distance in each of divided zones is detected by a laser radar device. Desired optical axis raising angles for a vehicle headlight are calculated based on these inter-vehicle distances... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6238071 | Motor vehicle headlight having a single light source and adapted to produce a dipped beam and a main beam A motor vehicle headlight has a single light source and a single reflector which receives the light from the source, and which is tripod mounted on three bearing points defining the three apices of a triangle. The headlight has controlled displacement mea... | 05/29/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6176605 | Headlight unit for a vehicle fulfilling at least two different sets of legal regulations The headlight unit has at least one low beam headlight and at least one high beam headlight. The headlight unit is constructed so that it fulfills the different sets of legal regulations for the high beam in both the U.S.A. and Europe. According to the re... | 01/23/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5957563 | Actuator for manually adjusting headlamp elevation angle A headlamp mounting system for an automobile includes respective headlamp housings for holding monofilament headlamps. Also, respective bases are attached to the automobile and each base is pivotably engaged with a respective one of the headlamp housings.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5497301 | Headlamp adjustment mechanism A headlamp mounting arrangement is provided including a screw with a first end for connection with a headlamp and a second end extending toward a vehicle panel aperture; a retainer body having a base engaged with the vehicle panel in a nonrotative fashion... | 03/05/1996 |
| 4760499 | Adjustable automobile headlight assembly The present invention relates to an automobile headlight freely adjustable in the upward and downward directions and from side to side, in which a reflex mirror with a lens attached and a cover with pivot suspensions formed in the upper and lower parts an... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4733334 | Headlight leveling device A vehicle headlight leveling system provides for selected adjustment of headlight alignment, in response to varying loads placed in a vehicle body riding upon a vehicle suspension system. This system utilizes a ground level detection mechanism, a headligh... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4630029 | Display systems An opening is formed into the generally flat roof of a vehicle, and a hollow frame matches to the top of that opening. Overlying the frame is a generally flat panel of matching size and shape therewith, with the panel being hingedly secured along one edge... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4336572 | Remote controller and more particularly to slide member thereof The invention relates to a slide member of a remote controller of a device for adjusting the angle at which the headlight beams from a motor vehicle are directed down onto the road surface, from within the vehicle. The remote controller comprises a guide ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4309740 | Remote controller A remote controller disclosed herein may be usable in a device for adjusting the angle at which the headlight beams from a motor vehicle are directed down onto the road surface. It comprises a guide case, a slide member mounted to the guide case for axial... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4186427 | Wire length adjusting device of wire for adjusting headlight beam A wire length adjusting device comprises an adjust screw threadedly engaging a nut fixed to one end of a headlight mounting frame, the other end of which is hingedly mounted to a vehicle body. The adjust screw has a head disposed within an area on outside... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4142228 | Vehicle lamp casing optical axis adjusting mechanism An operating wire directly and operatively connected to a lamp casing for swingingly moving same by linear movement of the operating wire and a pulley for converting the direction of linear movement of the operating wire to the direction of swinging movem... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4110819 | Headlight tilting control device of motor vehicle Two headlight frames are mounted on the vehicle body front to be tilted about their lower peripheries and are usually preloaded by a spring assembly to be limitedly tilted. A manually operable lever accessible to an operator is movable to and is held in t... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4049309 | Automotive vehicle An automotive vehicle is provided with a lightweight crash-resistant honeycomb core chassis which combines structural load carrying support with lateral impact resistance. The automotive vehicle is aerodynamically efficient having a chassis and body which... | 09/20/1977 |
