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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025433 | Stroller light A stroller light that can be easily attached to any standard baby stroller. The stroller light is comprised of a hollow housing that holds a battery pack, electric circuit, and on-off switch. A plurality of LEDs are mounted through apertures on the front and sides o... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016469 | Light emitting module and lighting device for vehicle A ceramic board is formed in an almost rectangular shape and has one side surface of an outer peripheral surface formed as an abutting surface, which is caused to abut on positioning surfaces of a radiating member, and one surface in a vertical direction formed as a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8007154 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a light source, a reflector having a parabolic reflective surface for reflecting light beams from the light source, and a lens formed in a generally rectangular shape (i.e., square, rectangular, substantially square, substantially rectangu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7959337 | Vehicle light and method A vehicle cornering light can improve the visibility in a diagonally front area of the vehicle without increasing the luminous intensity of the cornering light (or light source thereof). The cornering light that is provided at or near a front corner of a vehicle and... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7905642 | Exhaust stack and road tractor exhaust pipe An exhaust stack is provided having an exhaust tube, an outer casing, a light, electrical wiring, and insulating material. The outer casing defines an interior in which the exhaust tube extends. The light is supported by the outer casing. The electrical wiring exten... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7762698 | Independent lighting energy interruption system with energy subdivisioning and method An auxiliary lighting energy interruption system for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such systems to the lighting system of a vehicle upon which the vehicle accessory is mounted to ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7744261 | Vehicle lighting system A vehicle lighting system includes a plurality of lamps having their own inherent respective light distribution characteristics. The plurality of lamps includes a first lamp to irradiate an area excluding a nearest field area just in front of a vehicle, and a second... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7722236 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp is provided with an upper stage light source unit, a middle stage light source unit, and a lower stage light source unit. The upper stage light source unit, the middle stage light source unit, and the lower stage light source unit are provided at ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7614771 | Wireless controlled light emitting assembly A light emitting assembly and a system utilizing a plurality of light emitting assemblies having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged and disposed within a sub-assembly. The assembly also includes a controller in communication with the elements, the contr... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611270 | Lighthead mounting structure A lighthead mounting structure provides both precise alignment of a lighthead and an effective heat transfer path away from heat generating components of the lighthead. Cooperating aluminum brackets are configured to lock together and overlap to provide an effective... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7597466 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can be designed to prevent troubles ascribable to handling during manufacturing, and to be capable of light distribution over a wide range while suppressing uneven light distribution in each individual lamp and suppressing light distribution variation... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7438458 | Independent lighting energy interruption system and method An auxiliary lighting energy interruption system for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such auxiliary lighting energy interruption systems to the lighting system of a vehicle upon whi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431485 | Vehicle light bar assembly A lighting assembly for a vehicle includes an elongated base plate having an inner surface and an outer surface. The base plate includes at least one opening. The lighting assembly further includes at least one light source adapted to be mounted to the base plate at... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429122 | Lighting device There is provided a lighting device for illuminating objects inside an enclosure including a housing, an array of light emitting diodes enclosed by the housing consisting of at least two groups of diodes, one group emitting substantially white light and one group em... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419290 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp including a projector-type lamp unit and a reflection-type lamp unit. The projector-type lamp unit includes a first light source, a first reflector, and a projection lens disposed in a forward direction of the first light source. The reflection-ty... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410281 | Independent lighting energy interruption system with advanced reconfiguration and method A reconfigurable auxiliary lighting energy interruption system for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such systems to the lighting system of a vehicle upon which the vehicle accessory ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7401956 | Trim and lamp or lamp cluster for motor vehicle A motor vehicle, in particular an automobile, has a trim that constitutes an end section of the motor vehicle on which at least one cooling air opening and one lamp or one lamp cluster are provided. At least one elongated fin is arranged on the at least one cooling ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384176 | Vehicular headlamp employing semiconductor light source A vehicular headlamp employing a semiconductor light-emitting device having a plurality of light-emitting elements such as LEDs and for which light distribution design is made easy. Separate ones of the light-emitting elements within the light-emitting device are em... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385481 | Method and apparatus for tri-color rail signal system with control A signaling control device apparatus (10) comprises at least one LED (20) having a light emitting surface (18). A sensor (24) is set to detect an external light load (16) directed to the light emitting surface (18) and gener... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374322 | Center high mounted stop lamp including leds and tir lens A center high mounted stop lamp (12) including a plurality of LEDs (34) mounted on a printed circuit board (30). TIR lenses (40) are employed to focus the light from the LEDs (34) to give an even lighting appearance. The TIR lenses... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7350945 | System and method of detecting driving conditions for a motor vehicle A system for a motor vehicle for detecting driving conditions on a road, including a nebulosity, the range of visibility in the presence of a nebulosity or the distance between an obstacle in the road and the motor vehicle. The system includes a headlight which emit... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341365 | LED unit for a vehicle lamp assembly An LED unit for a vehicle lamp assembly. The LED unit is comprised of a housing, one or more LEDs, a light pipe, and an optic structure. The housing contains the LEDs and has the light pipe extending therefrom. The light pipe is sized sufficiently narrow for extendi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334918 | LED lighting array for a portable task light An LED lighting array is disclosed wherein a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in at least first and second columns are mounted on a planar mounting surface to form an emission plane. The emission axes of all the LEDs in a first column are parallel with e... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325951 | Front side lighting device Front side lighting device for motor vehicles is placed on both sides of the front of the vehicle. The device includes a compact reflector and a light source whose light beam is asymmetrical, with an angle (β) of an outer spread being greater than angle (α) of an ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7300180 | Lighting assembly with releasably attachable lamp and component housings A lighting assembly with a lamp housing and a component housing which have corresponding mechanical connectors for releasably attaching the housings to one another and which have corresponding electrical connectors for releasably providing electrical connection betw... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290911 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp including a luminescent element module made of a flexible parallel wiring body, which is made of a plurality of flexible wiring conductors that are disposed parallel to each other and sheathed by soft plastic, and a plurality of light-emitting diode... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290910 | S8 after-market LED system A light source system is arranged about an axis, and includes a planar member having top and bottom surfaces with a central aperture and a plurality of electrical conductors spaced about the central aperture and extending beyond the top and bottom surfaces. A portio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281832 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp used in a vehicle includes a semiconductor light emitting element for producing light, a sealing member formed of a material, through which the light passes, for sealing the semiconductor light emitting element, a fixing member for fixing the semico... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275839 | Three color LED bulb The multi-color light lamp has a base divided into a plurality of segments. The three segments are spaced at 120 degrees. More or less segments can be used. An LED is positioned in each segment, the LED in each segment emits a color distinct from the light emitted b... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270448 | Light fixture having at least two LEDs directed toward curved surface of reflector In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: a light fixture having a concave reflector disposed on a rear surface thereof; and at least one LED directed at a concavity of the concave reflector. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264384 | Integral vessel hardtop and marine navigation lighting system An integrated marine vessel hardtop and navigation lighting system, for use on boats having a hardtop or platform which covers the helm, bridge, cockpit or similar areas. The system includes a hardtop having recessed voids which receive specially designed starboard,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261447 | Low profile emergency vehicle light bar An emergency vehicle light bar is provided with a flexible support that can be curved to match the curvature of the top edge of a vehicle window when installing the light bar on the vehicle, giving the light bar a low profile relative to the vehicle and giving the v... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258466 | Lighting unit A lighting unit for a vehicle includes a light emitting diode unit, a plate-shaped radiating board having an upper surface to which the light emitting diode unit is directly fixed, and a feeding connector connected electrically to the light emitting diode unit at th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244057 | Headlight Optical axes are simultaneously adjusted by tiltably mounting a plurality of lighting device units on a common unit support member. A rectilinear propagation blocking member of each lighting device unit is fixed with screw via the elastic bush to the unit support me... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245228 | Portable electronic apparatus with controlled light sources A portable electronic apparatus has light sources that can be controlled to produce decorative or informational effects. Each light source is controlled by the combination of an enable signal from a 1-bit port of a controller and a PWM signal from a PWM signal from ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244053 | Mounting foot for light bar A signaling system for mounting to an exterior surface of an emergency vehicle is provided. The signaling system includes a light bar and a pair of mounting feet. The light bar can include a plurality of signaling devices supported on and distributed along a base me... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244036 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp has light source units connected in parallel, an output controlling switch operable to intermittently carry an electric current by repeating on and off, an output coil operable to output electric power according to current flowing into said output c... | 07/17/2007 |
