| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 362520000 | Refractor structure | 67 |
| 20130044504 | LED LIGHT SOURCE TURN-ON DEVICE FOR HEADLAMP - There is provided a light source lighting device for a headlamp including: a headlamp case to which a front lens is attached; and a planar fixation section that is inserted into the headlamp case, together with an optical component having a light source, from a front opening portion formed in the headlamp case, and that is fixed along an inner wall of the headlamp case. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20090034281 | HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight comprising a light source, particularly for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the headlight lens comprises a transparent lens body made of glass comprising a surface arranged to face the light source and a surface arranged to face away from the light source, and wherein the headlight lens comprises at least with respect to said surface arranged to face away from the light source a layer comprising an aluminum concentration which is higher than an aluminum concentration inside the lens body and/or a sodium concentration which is lower than a sodium concentration inside the lens body. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20130027960 | LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE - An optical device for a motor vehicle, in particular a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, comprising a main light source and an auxiliary light source, wherein the auxiliary light source comprises a surface light source. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130070470 | DEW CONDENSATION PREVENTING DEVICE OF HEAD LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A dew condensation preventing device of a head lamp for a vehicle may include a housing forming a head lamp for the vehicle and having a lens mounted on a front end portion thereof, and a Phase Change Material (PCM) unit, mounted on the housing, for preventing dew from condensing on the lens when an internal temperature of the head lamp is lowered, thereby improving the merchantable quality and the safety when the vehicle is driving. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070471 | STRUCTURAL HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES FOR VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS - A vehicle headlamp assembly, comprising a lens, a lamp housing cooperating with the lens to at least partially define a lamp chamber that is generally fluidly isolated from an ambient atmosphere outside the lamp chamber, and at least one lamp provided in the lamp chamber. The lamp housing includes at least one structural member adapted to connect to and bear structural loads applied by one or more adjacent components of a vehicle in which the vehicle headlamp assembly is installed. The assembly may further comprise at least one vehicle component connected to the lamp housing, whereby the lamp housing is capable of bearing structural loads applied by the at least one component. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130051057 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp that is capable of optically distributing a spot portion of a light distribution pattern having a cutoff line to a cruising lane side is provided. The present invention includes semiconductor-type light sources | 02-28-2013 |
| 20120218773 | SEMICONDUCTOR LUMINAIRE - A semiconductor luminaire includes a carrier; an optoelectronic semiconductor chip mounted on the carrier, the semiconductor chip emitting ultraviolet or visible radiation; a luminaire housing not covering the semiconductor chip in a direction of main emittance; an optical cover placed downstream of the semiconductor chip in a direction of mails emittance: and an index matching layer located between the semiconductor chip mid the optical cover, wherein the optical cover provides a radiation exit surface of the luminaire, and wherein radiation running along the direction of main emittance from the semiconductor chip to the radiation exit surface solely propagates in solid or liquid materials. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130058119 | VEHICLE ROOM LAMP - There is provided a vehicle room lamp including a lamp assembly including a resin clip, a roof panel having an opening and a reinforcement having an opening. The resin clip is locked to a peripheral edge of the opening of the reinforcement through the opening of the roof panel. The resin clip is an elastic body formed in an inverted U shape including a base portion connected to the housing, an inverted U-shaped portion connected to the base portion, and a lock connected to the inverted U-shaped portion. The resin clip has an extending portion extending downward at a protruding piece at a lower end of the lock. A peripheral edge of the opening of the roof panel reaches a vicinity of the extending portion in a state where the resin clip is locked to the peripheral edge of the opening of the reinforcement. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130121010 | Automobile Light Covering Device and Method - Disclosed is a vehicular communication method and device that displays a message when a vehicle light source is energized, sending the message to nearby motorists. The device increases good-will between drivers or alternatively provides a directed message to other drivers. A vehicle light, such as a rear brake light, turn signal or emergency vehicle light includes a housing having an outer translucent panel. The panel includes an etched or overlaid message such that a message is visualized when the internal light is energized. The message is readily visualized without compromising the luminosity of the lamp or the amount of light required under state and federal vehicle regulations. An embodiment includes a message that is adhered over an existing vehicle light housing using an adhesive film, while another embodiment contemplates the outer panel including the message in its construction. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121012 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A vehicle headlight can facilitate an earlier awareness with peripheral vision under dark environment (such as during nighttime, tunnel, or adverse weather driving). The light source can include a plurality of white LEDs. The plurality of white LEDs include a first white LED and a second white LED. The first white LED has an S/P ratio, which is represented by (S(λ)*V′(λ))/(S(λ)*V(λ)) in which S(λ) is a spectrum of the first light source, V′(λ) is a relative luminosity factor in scotopic vision, and V(λ) is a relative luminosity factor in photopic vision, lower than that of the second white LED. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121011 | VEHICLE LAMP WITH LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AS LIGHT SOURCE - A vehicle lamp having a housing and an illumination unit arranged within the housing is provided. The illumination unit comprises at least one light-emitting diode as light source. The at least one light-emitting diode is thermally coupled to a cooling element. The cooling element has a surface region arranged within the housing. On the surface region a decorative element is arranged. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20110280031 | LED Light Module - The invention relates to an LED light module for a motor vehicle, or for a headlight for a motor vehicle, wherein the light module comprises a lens and an LED light source, wherein according to the invention a diffusion disk is disposed between the LED light source and the lens as viewed in the light exit direction, wherein the diffusion disk has at least one aperture for the direct passage of at least one component of the light emitted by the LED light source, and wherein the direct component of the light emitted by the LED light source, which component emerges through the aperture of the diffusion disk, is projected through the lens so as to generate a lighting function in the region in front of the motor vehicle. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20090296420 | Headlight lens for a motor vehicle headlight - The invention relates to a headlight lens ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110149587 | FRONT PORTION STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - To provide a front portion structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle which is constructed to install a combination lamp on a front cowl and improves visibility of a blinker of one of left and right sides of the vehicle from the other side. Lens-side recess portions are formed as concavities which are recessed to the rear of the vehicle and extend in a vertical direction in front of the blinker lamps as well as on the inner side of a vehicle width direction. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20090003010 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a convex lens and a light emitting device. Light directly reaching a rear surface of the convex lens from the light emitting device is deflected through the convex lens to form a light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line and an oblique cutoff line. The light emitting device includes a light emitting chip having a rectangular light emitting surface oriented to face the rear surface of the convex lens, and a corner of the rectangular light emitting surface is disposed on a rear focal point of the convex lens. A front surface of the convex lens includes a horizontally diffusing region which diffuses a part of the light in the horizontal direction, and an obliquely diffusing region which diffuses another part of the light toward the self lane side in an oblique direction forming an upward angle with respect to the horizontal plane. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20110222305 | LED CAR LAMP STRUCTURE WITH DEMISTING AND DEHUMIDIFY FUNCTIONS - An LED car lamp structure with demisting and dehumidifying functions includes a car lamp assembly, at least one LED module, and at least one fan. The car lamp assembly includes a base and a light-transmitting lens connected to a front side of the base, so that the lens and the base form an integral body and define a closed chamber in between them. The LED module is connected to the base and has a plurality of LEDs oriented to the lens, so that light beams emitted from the LEDs are transmitted through the lens to external environment. The fan is connected to the base and located in the closed chamber. When the fan is started, air in the closed chamber is forced to flow and circulate therein, so that the closed chamber has evenly distributed temperature therein to prevent mists and condensate from forming in the car lamp assembly. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20080259628 | Modular light system for automobiles - An automotive modular light system, comprising a common base light device and a multitude of exchangeable lens cover means of which each has significantly distinct automotive light styling features, is invented here as a cost-effective way of customizing the exterior styling of motored vehicles. The common base light device of simple construction can be used for multiple vehicle models to provide the lighting function at a low cost. An exchangeable lens cover means, which provides the styling features of the modular light system, is removably installed to the common base light device. Each exchangeable lens cover means has a simple construction so that it can be cost-effectively manufactured. Therefore a multitude of exchangeable lens cover means of significantly distinct styling features may be offered to customers with different styling tastes at very affordable prices. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120195058 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp has a focused-beam lamp unit, and a diffused-beam lamp unit. The focused-beam lamp unit has a first semiconductor light emitting device having a first rectangular light emitting surface, and a first optical member that projects light from the first semiconductor light emitting device to form a focused beam pattern. The diffused-beam lamp unit has a second semiconductor light emitting device having a second rectangular light emitting surface, and a second optical member that projects light from the second semiconductor light emitting device to form a diffused beam pattern, the diffused beam pattern being wider than the focused beam pattern in a direction along a vertical line in front a vehicle on which the vehicle headlamp is mounted. The focused-beam lamp unit and the diffused-beam lamp unit are arranged to form a light distribution pattern by combining the focused beam pattern and the diffused beam pattern. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20100226144 | Light Module for an Illumination Device - The present invention relates to a light module ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120243250 | VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION LAMP - A vehicular illumination lamp includes a projection lens configured to output forward, as light that is parallel with an axial line extending in a lamp front-rear direction, light emitted from a prescribed point on the axial line, and a light source disposed in the rear of the projection lens. A front surface of the projection lens is a convex free surface and a perimeter of the front surface extends approximately along a plane that is perpendicular to the axial line. A rear surface of the projection lens is a curved surface which is formed so that light emitted from the prescribed point and incident on the projection lens is output from the projection lens as light that is parallel with the axial line. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20090073713 | LED Multidimensional Printed Wiring Board Using Standoff Boards - A substrate assembly for use in a lamp has a main printed wiring board and a standoff board. The main printed wiring board has a main surface with one or more LED packages disposed on the main surface and electrically connected thereto. The standoff board is disposed on the main surface of the main printed wiring board. The standoff board has an LED package disposed thereon and conductors to provide an electrical connection between the LED package disposed on the standoff board and the main printed wiring board. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110051447 | HEADLAMP FOR VEHICLE - A headlamp for vehicles is disclosed. The headlamp for vehicles includes a lamp housing having an opening; an exterior lamp disposed on the opening of the lamp housing; a light source received in the lamp housing to emit light, a cooling fin received in the lamp housing to cool the light source, a conductive line connected at one end thereof to the cooling fin, and a conductive film connected to the other end of the conductive line and mounted on an inner surface of the exterior lens. The headlamp can eliminate a cooling fin or a cooling fan, thereby enabling reduction in size, weight and power consumption of a cooling device and can achieve prevention of moisture generation and immediate removal of moisture without a separate moisture removing device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100172146 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEADLAMP LENS FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE HEADLAMP - The invention relates to a method for producing a headlamp lens ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110211362 | SECURITY LIGHTING FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a security vehicle lighting system. The system includes a rocker panel trim member arranged to conceal at least a portion of a vehicle rocker panel, the trim member having a lower wall portion having at least one aperture formed therein, the lower wall portion defining an interior surface and an opposing ground-facing surface and extending inboard toward the rocker panel, and at least one light member disposed between the rocker panel and the interior surface and adjacent the at least one aperture, wherein the at least one light member is mounted on the interior surface of the trim member and operable to illuminate a portion of the ground proximate the trim member. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120147619 | AUXILIARY LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE LAMP - An auxiliary lighting device for vehicle lamps which is a refractive body is revealed. One end of the refractive body is a light emitting surface and the other end is a tapered curved surface. Moreover, curved light-gathering ridge lines and an emitter receiving slot for mounting light emitting diode (LED) are disposed on one end of the refractive body having the curved surface. Thereby linear light emitted from the LED is refracted by the emitter receiving slot into a plurality of radial lines. Then the radial lines are gathered by the curved surface to be emitted from the light emitting surface. The light refracted to the surface of the refractive body is guided by the light-gathering ridge lines to project toward the end of the refractive body with the light emitting surface. Therefore, intensity of the light from vehicles lamps is increased significantly to provide excellent illumination and warning signals. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20110051448 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A vehicle headlight can include an LED optical unit with a high cooling efficiency. The LED optical unit can include a projector lens, a lens holder including a frame that has a tapered portion, and an LED light source mounted on a base member. The base member can be located in the tapered portion of the frame to define an air flow space between the frame and the base member. The projector lens can be attached to the lens holder so as to face the light source. Cool air can flow from the air flow space towards the light source, and heat generated from the light source can flow toward the upward air flow space. The LED light source can be efficiently radiated even when it is located close to the projector lens. Thus, the vehicle headlight can be used for various vehicles including a small size car. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100284198 | LED PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LED PACKAGE - A LED package ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100110712 | LIGHT LENS FOR CAR INTERIOR LIGHTING DEVICE - A light lens used for a car interior lighting device for transmitting light from a light source therethrough and illuminating the car interior is provided, and the light lens has a transparent light lens body, electrodes that are colored transparent conductive coating films for detecting the capacitance and located on a light source side of the light lens, and an insulative coating film that has almost the same color and transmission rate as the conductive coating films and is located on the periphery of the conductive coating films. With this configuration, the uniform light transmission rate is achieved over the light lens. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100214798 | AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR HIDDEN SWITCHING - A vehicle interior panel having a substrate with a receiving slot. A support lens is disposed in the receiving slot and includes a light source. A sensor is operably connected to the light source and disposed proximate the support lens. A connector operably links the sensor to the light source through the support lens. A decorative layer extends over the support lens and the sensor. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100165650 | Lighting device - In a lighting device provided on a ceiling of an interior of a vehicle, the lighting device has: a map lamp including: a case; a first light guide plate accommodated in the case, and having a light incident area on an end face and a light radiation area on a flat plate surface of the interior side of the vehicle; a first light source part having a plurality of LED lamps, the LED lamps being opposed to the light incident area and arranged in an array; and a prism lens provided in the light radiation area side of the first light guide plate. The map lamp allows the light of the first light source part to be incident on the first light guide plate from the light incident area, radiates the light from the light radiation area to convert the light into a planar light, and then converts the light into a light advancing in a prescribed direction to light a prescribed area in the interior of the vehicle. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20090268482 | PEDESTRIAN SAFETY HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY - A headlamp assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a housing and a lens. At least one protrusion is located on or adjacent to the housing such that the protrusion and lens are urged together when the headlamp assembly is subjected to an impact, contact between the lens and the at least one protrusion initiating controlled deformation and/or breakage of the lens. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110317443 | VEHICLE LIGHTING FITTING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VEHICLE LIGHTING FITTING - A vehicle lighting fitting can include a housing including an opening end portion, a lens, an outer peripheral portion of which is laser-welded to the opening end portion to define a lighting chamber, and a decorative member disposed in the lighting chamber. The resin decorative member can include an outer peripheral portion on which a joint portion and a non-joint portion are alternately formed along a perimeter thereof, wherein the joint portion of the decorative member and the opening end portion of the housing are laser-welded in a state in which clearances are maintained between the non-joint portion of the decorative member and the housing, and between the lens and the housing. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120026747 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT OF SEMICONDUCTOR-TYPE LIGHT SOURCE OF VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A capacity of a sealing member is reduced to its required minimum. The present invention provides: a board | 02-02-2012 |
| 20100091511 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A HEADLIGHT LENS AND HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, particularly for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the headlight lens comprises a bright-molded lens body made of a transparent material, having a substantially plane optically effective surface and a convexly curved optically effective surface, wherein the headlight lens comprises a lens edge on the outside of the convexly curved optically effective surface, wherein the substantially plane optically effective surface, protrudes over the lends edge, or over part of the lens edge, in a stepped manner in the direction of an optical axis of the headlight lens. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100290242 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100208483 | VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - A vehicle lighting system according to the present invention is provided, and includes: a pivot portion for optical axis adjustment; an optical axis adjustment mechanism mounting portion for vertical direction; and an optical axis adjustment mounting portion for horizontal direction, which are integrally provided at a heat sink member having a semiconductor-type light source mounted thereon. As a result, the vehicle lighting system becomes capable of efficiently radiating a heat generated in the semiconductor-type light source by means of the pivot portion for optical axis adjustment and the optical axis adjustment mechanism mounting portions for vertical and horizontal directions, which are integrally provided at the heat sink member. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208482 | Illuminating lamp - An illuminating lamp which can be easily assembled is provided. The illuminating lamp includes a decorative component including a mounting member mountable to an opening provided to a roof trim of a vehicle and a lens mounted on a compartment side of the mounting member, and a functional component including a light source and a holder which holds the light source and is mounted to the mounting member. The mounting member includes a flat plate to which the holder is mounted, an aperture provided at the flat plate to transmit light into the compartment, and a cover portion receiving the light source and reflecting the light of the light source into the compartment. The cover portion includes an opening portion at one end thereof along a longitudinal direction of the flat plate through which the light source is inserted along the flat plate. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120075877 | LENS AND LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - A lens includes a light incident surface, a first light emitting surface, and a second light emitting surface. The first light emitting surface is a convex curved surface and is opposite to the light incident surface. The first light emitting surface includes a first border. The first light emitting surface and the light incident surface cooperatively form a convex lens portion with an optical axis. The second light emitting surface is located at a side of the first light emitting surface adjacent to the first border. An angle formed between any tangent plane of the second light emitting surface and a plane perpendicular to the optical axis is larger than an angle formed between any tangent plane of the first light emitting surface passing any point on the first border and the plane perpendicular to the optical axis. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120314441 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - An automotive lamp includes an LED, a substrate that mounts the LED, a reflector that reflects the light emitted from the LED, and an projection lens having an incident surface, which receives the light reflected by the reflector, and an emission surface that emits the light toward a front area of the automotive lamp. A fine asperity structure is formed on the incident surface of the projection lens. The fine asperity structure includes recesses or raised portions formed with the pitch less than or equal to the visible light wavelength. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20100008099 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A conventional vehicle lighting device entails a problem on appearance. A vehicle lighting device of the present invention is provided with a wire heater, an extension portion, and a power-feeding portion. An adhesive part is provided at a part of one face of an extension film of the extension portion. Of such one face of the extension film of the extension portion, a letterpress printed-film pattern of a rough portion is provided in a range excluding the adhesive part. As a result, the vehicle lighting device of the present invention provides an ability to reliably prevent an extension film of the extension portion from sticking to a lamp lens by means of the letterpress printed-film pattern of the rough portion; prevent an appearance failure or abnormality exerted by the sticking of the extension film of the extension portion to the lamp lens; and improve its appearance. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20120262937 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - An illumination device for a vehicle configured to illuminate an armrest on a door trim of the vehicle includes a light source and a light directing member. The light source is arranged above the armrest and has a light emitting portion configured to emit light toward the armrest. The light directing member is arranged so as to cover the light emitting portion from below. The light directing member is configured to direct the light emitted from the light emitting portion toward the armrest toward a front of the vehicle. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20100238677 | LED ILLUMINATION MODULE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE CONTROLS AND OVERHEAD CONSOLE USING THE MODULE - The invention discloses an illumination module with an LED light source for illuminating interior of the vehicle and for establishing a map reading light, controlled by a touch sensitive switch. A further aspect of the invention shows an overhead console that encloses additional modules: module with a door light switch, a module with a pivotable door member to form a compartment, module with touch sensitive switch for sun roof, module with LEDs for rear compartment illumination. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120320618 | LIGHTED EXTERIOR MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A lighted exterior mirror assembly includes a housing that houses a reflectance element that is movably positionable by the driver of a vehicle to adjust its rearward field of view when the lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly is attached at a side of the vehicle. A ground illumination lamp is disposed at a portion of the lighted exterior mirror assembly and separate from the reflectance element. The ground illumination lamp is a substantially moisture-impervious unit having an enclosure and a lens that is permanently joined with the enclosure. The ground illumination lamp includes a light source disposed within the enclosure behind the lens and, when the lighted exterior mirror assembly is attached at the side of the vehicle and when the light source is electrically powered, the light source emits light that passes through the lens and illuminates a ground area adjacent the side of the vehicle. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120327678 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP INCLUDING TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - A headlamp for a vehicle includes a light source adapted to emit a spotlight, a lens adapted to receive and transmit the spotlight, a lens actuator adapted to adjust a size of the spotlight transmitted through the lens, a two-dimensional optical deflector adapted to deflect the spotlight from the lens to an illumination area ahead of the vehicle, and a control circuit configured to control the lens actuator in such a way that irregularity of illumination in the illumination area is avoided. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20090213608 | Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight - The invention relates to a single-piece headlamp lens ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100220491 | Vehicle Mini Lamp - A low profile vehicle lamp assembly includes a housing having a top end, body with an interior portion and a lens portion covering the top end. The housing is adapted to fit within an opening in a surface such that the lens portion is substantially flush with the surface and the body is positioned behind the surface. In addition, circuitry is disposed within the interior portion of the housing and at least one light source is electrically connected to the circuitry. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220490 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120287660 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - An object of the present invention is to control light distribution so that light is distributed to a predetermined point while a light distribution pattern for overhead is transversely spread. The present invention includes a discharge lamp, a reflector, a projection lens, a shade, and a reflection member. At a window portion of the shade, edges, are provided for forming cutoff lines CL | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287661 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A HEADLIGHT LENS AND HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The present disclosure is directed to a method for manufacturing a batch of motor vehicle headlight lenses, each lens comprising a lens body and a convexly curved optically operative surface. The method comprising pressing a pre-form between a first mould and a second mould, which second mould comprises a first and second mould sections. An offset depending on the volume of the pre-form a step is pressed into the headlight lens between the second mould section and the first mould section, wherein the first mould section is set back with respect to the second mould section at least in the region of the offset, and wherein the height of a step of a headlight lens of the batch differs by more than 0.05 mm from the height of a step of at least one further headlight lens of the batch. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20100202154 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL LENS ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY A HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a method for producing an optical lens element ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202153 | LIGHT GUIDE FOR VEHICLE LAMP ASSEMBLY - A light guide and various vehicular lamp assemblies using the same are presented herein. In one embodiment, the lamp assembly includes a light source, such as an LED module. A light coupler is operable to receive light from the light source, and distribute the light in a first direction. The light guide includes an elongated, curvilinear body with first and second longitudinal end faces, and opposing light-emitting and light-guiding surfaces extending between the two end faces on a respective side of the body. The first end face communicates with the light coupler to receive light therefrom. The light guide body transmits light generated by the light source along the longitudinal expanse thereof. The light-guiding surface includes an array of longitudinally-spaced optical grooves configured to refract light generated by the light source in a second direction. The depth of preselected optical grooves is varied along the length of the light guide. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120140507 | LIGHTING UNIT - A lighting unit can form a plurality of light distribution patterns without use of a shield and without an act of shielding light from a light source. The lighting unit can include a laser diode, a fluorescent member with a fluorescent portion configured to receive blue light from the laser diode and emit white light, and a projector type lens configured to project the white light. The fluorescent member can be rotated around a rotation shaft perpendicular to the optical axis of the projector type lens and shaped such that when the fluorescent member is rotated by a predetermined angle by the driving member and viewed from the projector type lens, a plurality of contours of the fluorescent portion can be changed according to the predetermined angle. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130016518 | DEBRIS PROTECTOR FOR VEHICLE LAMP ASSEMBLYAANM Voigt; Derik ThomasAACI DublinAAST OHAACO USAAGP Voigt; Derik Thomas Dublin OH USAANM Wright; AaronAACI OstranderAAST OHAACO USAAGP Wright; Aaron Ostrander OH USAANM Massaro; Nick A.AACI DublinAAST OHAACO USAAGP Massaro; Nick A. Dublin OH USAANM Gress; Adam PatrickAACI West MansfieldAAST OHAACO USAAGP Gress; Adam Patrick West Mansfield OH USAANM Weirup; JamisonAACI MarysvilleAAST OHAACO USAAGP Weirup; Jamison Marysville OH USAANM Fisher; Nathan M.AACI DublinAAST OHAACO USAAGP Fisher; Nathan M. Dublin OH USAANM Glazier; Joshua T.AACI HilliardAAST OHAACO USAAGP Glazier; Joshua T. Hilliard OH US - A debris protector for use with a vehicle lamp assembly installed to an opening in a vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent the migration of accumulated road debris through a gap between the lamp assembly and the body panel opening. Such a debris protector is generally in the form of a cover element that is installable along an upper, hidden portion of a vehicle lamp assembly and an inner surface of a corresponding vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent road debris from accumulating on the lamp assembly near the body panel opening. Such a debris protector may also include a seal that is located between the cover element and the rear surface of a body panel or garnish to assist with the debris blocking function of the cover element. | 01-17-2013 |
| 362521000 | Plural separate refractors | 11 |
| 20130039087 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE - An optical device for a motor vehicle comprising a surface light source emitting light rays in a first direction, wherein it comprises an optical system including first deflecting optical means that are at least locally remote from the surface light source and deflecting the light rays emitted in the first direction, in a second direction different from the first direction. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130094237 | Vehicle Headlight - A vehicle headlamp includes a first light source, at least one second light source and an integrally designed, transparent shaped part. The shaped part includes a first optical structure for orienting light radiated by the first light source and at least one second optical structure for orienting light radiated by the second light source. The first optical structure and the second optical structure each have a continuously curved surface or a continuous, curved surface with an extent of at least in each case half a centimetre, in particular one centimetre, in two orthogonal directions. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130063961 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a first lamp having a first light emitting area, the first light emitting area having a circular shape or a roughly circular shape, a second lamp having a second light emitting area, the second light emitting area having a ring shape surrounding the first light emitting area, a lamp housing inside which the first lamp and the second lamp are provided, the lamp housing having an outer lens, the outer lens having first light distribution control steps in the first light emitting area, and an inner lens having second light distribution control steps in the second light emitting area. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20100315828 | LIGHT SOURCE AND VEHICLE LAMP - A light source apparatus for vehicle lamps and particularly vehicle headlights can include a plurality of LED elements can be mounted in a cavity located on a base surface or on a base. Each of the LED elements can be arranged in such a manner as to form an emission shape and a brightness distribution that is suited for a light distribution pattern, and especially a light distribution pattern for a vehicle headlight. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20120099337 | Dustproof lens and its module for LED road lamp - A dustproof lens for an LED road lamp has an incident surface and an exit surface. The exit surface is flat. The incident surface is saddle-shaped and has a section in a shape of a concave curve along a road direction and in a shape of a convex curve vertically to the road direction. A lens module thereof has the dustproof lenses jointed with each other and has an integrally flat exit plane. The dustproof lens and its module, while meeting requirements in distributing lights for road lighting, adopt a flat surface for emitting lights, in such a manner that the lens is protected from dusts piled up thereon, can be cleaned simply, and is better fit for using. By accomplishing modularization of the lens module in production and assembly, a productive efficiency of lamps is greatly improved. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120170298 | External assembly component for a vehicle having a light module - An exterior assembly component for a vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof, where the component is in the form of an exterior mirror, door handle, door sill, skirt or similar, the component including a light module having at least one lamp emitting visible light toward the outside, and a plug to supply the lamp with electrical energy, where the light module represents a separate component of the assembly component which can be mounted on the assembly component and wherein the plug is designed as a single part with the a case of the light module. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20100002460 | Projection Module of an Automobile Headlight - The invention relates to a projection module ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20110096561 | VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light can resolve remarkable bright-dark boundaries formed between a far side and a near side of the light, thereby improving the near-side visibility for a driver. The vehicle light can include a light emitting device having an optical axis and a projection lens. The projection lens can include a light exiting surface that can project light beams emitted by the light emitting device while diffusing the light beams in both left and right directions when observed within a horizontal plane. The light exiting surface can include a left refraction surface that can project the light beams downward by a larger deflection angle with respect to a horizontal plane as the exit position of the light is farther away from the optical axis in the upper and lower directions when observed within a vertical plane. The light exiting surface can also include a right refraction surface that can project the light beams downward by a larger deflection angle with respect to the horizontal plane as the exit position is farther away from the optical axis in the upper and lower directions when observed within a vertical plane. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120300486 | VEHICLE BACK LIGHT UNIT AND VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A high-intensity back light is enabled by satisfying temperature conditions under an on-board environment. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120170299 | Vehicle Headlight - A vehicle headlight having a plurality of semiconductor emitters for the alternative production of a low-beam light distribution and a daytime driving light distribution is provided. For producing the low-beam light distribution, a low-beam light luminous surface is generated by the vehicle headlight. For producing the daytime driving light distribution, a daytime driving light luminous surface is generated by the vehicle headlight. The low-beam light luminous surface and the daytime driving light luminous surface are essentially identical. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120188782 | VEHICLE POSITION LAMP AND HEADLIGHT - A vehicle position lamp can include a plurality of circuit boards each mounting an LED. The vehicle position lamp can also include a first inner lens having a plurality of optical plates and at least one connecting plate connecting between the adjacent optical plates and a second inner lens. An inner surface of each of the optical plates can be located adjacent the respective one of the circuit boards so that an optical axis of a diffusing lens of each of the optical plates corresponds to a substantially optical axis of each of the LEDs. The second inner lens can be located adjacent the first inner lens that can be formed in various slender curved shapes. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide vehicle position lamps having a high visibility that are formed in various slender curved shapes such that match headlights, which fit both front corners of a vehicle. | 07-26-2012 |
| 362522000 | Plural separate sections with complex surfaces | 3 |
| 20110292671 | VEHICULAR LAMP - In a vehicular lamp, a first zone includes a first incident portion disposed on a radiation axis. A first light guide portion guides light incident from the first incident portion forward. A first radiation portion formed from a first concave surface and a second concave surface deflects the light from the first light guide portion toward a lamp optical axis side and radiates such light forward in a diffused manner. A second zone includes a cylindrical second incident portion disposed on an outer side of the first incident portion. A second light guide portion that is longer in the direction of the radiation axis than the first light guide portion guides light incident from the second incident portion forward. A cylindrical second radiation portion radiates the light from the second light guide portion forward. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20100165652 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp has semiconductor-type light sources and lenses. Emission surfaces of the lenses are made of free curved faces controlled to be curved so that: projection images of light emitting chips of the semiconductor-type light sources, which is emitted from the emission surfaces, are not convexly curved in an upward direction from cutoff lines on a screen light distribution of a light distribution pattern for low beam. As a result, the vehicle headlamp can achieve downsizing, weight reduction, and cost reduction. In addition, the precision of assembling an optical element can be improved. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165651 | DOOR MIRROR - On the surface of Fresnel lens part which is formed on the back face of the lens in a door mirror, grain is provided. This grain includes the first grain formed in the first area positioned in the outside of the boundary extending in the front and rear direction of a vehicle, and the second grain formed in the second area positioned in the door panel side of the boundary, and the concavity depth of the second grain is deeper than that of the first grain. Consequently, illumination intensity of the light irradiated toward the face of the door panel from the deeper grain side of the second area can be reduced compared with the illumination intensity of the light toward the footstep from the shallower grain side of the first area. Adoption of such lens makes possible to apply in the various vehicle models through changing only the boundary position and concavity depth of the grain on the face of the Fresnel lens part. | 07-01-2010 |
