Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
362521000 | Plural separate refractors | 36 |
20100002460 | Projection Module of an Automobile Headlight - The invention relates to a projection module ( | 01-07-2010 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20130155712 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device for vehicles with a plurality of light sources arranged like a matrix in a light generation level, with a light forming optic unit arranged in front of the light sources in a primary direction of emission, and with another optic unit arranged between the light forming optic unit and the light sources, comprising a plurality of optic elements, with the optic elements being arranged like a matrix and one optic element each being allocated to a light source, with the additional optic unit being embodied as a widening optic unit with a plurality of band reflector segments arranged intersecting to form polygonal reflectors as optic elements and with a plurality of light forming elements, which are arranged like a matrix corresponding to the light sources and arranged between the light sources and the polygonal reflectors. | 06-20-2013 |
20130208493 | TRANSFORMATION OPTICS ASSEMBLY - A transformation optic arrangement for vehicles to convert a planar light distribution into an angular light distribution with a plurality of light sources arranged in one level like a matrix to generate the planar light distribution and with an optic unit arranged in front of the light sources in a primary direction of emission to deflect the light, with the optic unit comprising at least one first lens, with at least one additional lens being provided between the first lens and the light sources, arranged coaxially in reference to the z-axis extending in the primary direction of emission and distanced from the first lens, and that the first lens and at least one additional lens each show non-spherically shaped coupling surfaces and decoupling surfaces as flat sides. | 08-15-2013 |
20130242590 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - An arrangement of headlight lenses for a vehicle headlight, each headlight lens having a monolithic body of transparent material, which monolithic body includes at least one light entry face, a light passage section and at least one optically operative light exit face. | 09-19-2013 |
20140029287 | PROJECTOR TYPE HEADLIGHT - A projector type headlight can include a projection lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and a light source unit arranged on a more rear side than a back side focal plane of the projection lens, the projection lens including resin lenses which are arranged on the optical axis. A resin lens out of the resin lenses arranged closer to the light source unit includes a diffraction grating provided on a lens face in a side opposite to a light source, the resin lens out of the resin lenses arranged closer to the light source unit has a lens face having a positive power, which is arranged in a light source side, and the diffraction grating is designed so as to cancel chromatic aberration of light emitted from the light source unit and emitted forward through the resin lenses. | 01-30-2014 |
20140192546 | VEHICULAR LIGHT GUIDES AND ASSEMBLIES WITH UNIFORM ILLUMINATION - A light guide is provided that includes a light chamber defined by isotropically luminant top, bottom, and back surfaces, and a front surface having a translucent lens. The light guide also includes a reflective diaphragm within the chamber that defines a top gap between the diaphragm and the top surface, and a bottom gap between the diaphragm and the bottom surface. The light guide further includes an LED light source located between the diaphragm and the back surface of the chamber. The light guide may also be configured with a front surface having a partially transmissive lens and no reflective diaphragm. A vehicle lighting assembly is also provided that includes a plurality of interconnected light chamber sections comprising light guides. | 07-10-2014 |
20140204602 | LED LIGHT-SOURCE MODULE FOR AN LED MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to an LED light source module (M | 07-24-2014 |
20140254188 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - An automotive lamp includes a first light source for emitting the red laser light, a second light source for emitting the green laser light, a third light source for emitting the blue laser light, a light condensing unit for collecting at least the red laser light, the green laser light and the blue laser light so as to generate the white laser light, and a light distribution unit for distributing the white laser light so as to form a predetermined light distribution pattern. | 09-11-2014 |
20140293637 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A LAMP WITH RESPECT TO A SURFACE OF A VEHICLE - A system is provided for mounting a lamp having a plurality of different types of mounting members. One of the mounting members is a rigid tray mountable by fasteners flush upon a surface of a vehicle to enable an on-surface mounting mode, and other of said mounting members, such as a grommet or bracket, are mountable at least partially in an opening or hole when present along such surface of a vehicle to enable an inset mounting mode. The different mounting members each engage a common shape housing of the lamp, such as round or oval, so that by selection of one of the mounting members, on-surface or inset mounting of the lamp can readily be achieved. One or more common engagement features are provided along the housing to facilitate engagement of the housing of the lamp by mounting members in on-surface and inset mounting modes. | 10-02-2014 |
20150023043 | GUIDE LAMP APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A guide lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a light source, a light division lens that may be arranged on a front of the light source and divides a light emitted from the light source into a plurality of lights, and a front light collection lens that may be arranged on a front of the light division lens and forms predetermined patterned images on a road surface. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029740 | HEADLAMP FOR VEHICLE WHICH PRODUCES GLARE-FREE HIGH BEAM - A headlamp apparatus for a vehicle which produces a glare-free high beam may include a light source including a plurality of chips which may be arranged in line, and each of which may be separately turned on or off, a condenser lens disposed in front of the light source, and configured to improve light efficiency by condensing light emitted from the light source, a beam pattern conversion lens disposed in front of the condenser lens and configured to increase a size of a beam pattern of the light source in a vertical direction, and an optical refractive lens disposed in front of the beam pattern conversion lens, the optical refractive lens projecting the light that has passed through the beam pattern conversion lens onto a road by imaging the light onto a screen. | 01-29-2015 |
20150330589 | HEADLIGHTS FOR VEHICLES - A headlight for VEHICLES with a plurality of LED light sources that are arranged in a matrix in an LED array, each emitting a partial light beam that falls on an optical unit, located in the front, in the main beam direction in order to image light spots that combine to form a predetermined light distribution, whereby the optical unit comprises a first lens element and a rotationally symmetrically arranged second lens element, by means of which the partial light beams are transformed so that imaged light spots that are adjacent in the light distribution are directly adjacent or overlap, wherein the first lens element ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150330590 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A vehicle headlamp comprising first second light sources and first and second lens. Each lens comprising a precision-molded, one-piece, element of a transparent material. Each one-piece element comprising a light tunnel and a light-conducting part having an optically effective light exit surface. The first lens light tunnel comprises an optically effective, light inlet surface and transitions into a light-conducting part while making a first bend for imaging the first bend as a light-shadow line by means of light coupled in or irradiated onto the light inlet surface. The second lens light tunnel comprises a second optically active, light inlet surface and transitions into a second light-conducting part while making a second bend for imaging the second bend by means of light coupled in or irradiated onto the light inlet surface, the second bend (substantially) being a variant of the first bend mirrored on a straight line. | 11-19-2015 |
20150330592 | Warning Light With Tinted Lens - A warning light includes a lens or cover is tinted with a grey or “smoke” tint that is not spectrally selective or alternatively referred to as “neutral density” in that it reduces transmission of all colors of light equally. The objective of the neutral tinted “smoked” lens is to reduce the conspicuity of warning lights when not in use. Ambient light penetration into the warning light is reduced by the proportion of tint and then light reflecting off the optical surfaces within the warning light are reduced again when passing through the tinted lens on the way out of the assembly. The resulting warning light appears dull and is less conspicuous than the same warning light or lightbar with a clear lens. The tinted lens or cover may include optical elements configured to re-direct light, and the entire lens or cover is molded from the same tinted plastic material. | 11-19-2015 |
20150369441 | LENS ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A lens assembly for a vehicle includes a light source, a preliminary lens, and a bending lens. The light source emits a stream of light rays. The preliminary lens has an entry surface and an exit surface disposed opposite the entry surface. The preliminary lens is disposed in adjacent relationship to the light source such that the entry surface faces the light source. The bending lens has a receptor surface and an emission surface disposed opposite the receptor surface. The receptor surface of the bending lens faces the exit surface of the preliminary lens. At least one optic extends from the emission surface of the bending lens. Each optic is configured to bend a portion of the stream of parallel light rays travelling therethrough such that a stream of bent light rays is emitted from the optic. | 12-24-2015 |
20160023590 | VEHICLE LIGHT APPARATUS - A vehicle light apparatus includes a low-beam headlight unit, and a composite headlight unit that includes a plurality of light-emitting modules and a control module. Each light-emitting module includes a high-beam light element and a turn signal light element. The control module is electrically coupled to the light-emitting modules and the low-beam headlight unit so as to simultaneously turn off the high-beam light elements and turn on the low-beam headlight unit when the turn signal light elements are switched on. | 01-28-2016 |
20160053957 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - An automotive lamp includes: a first lamp unit that has a first projection lens whose vertical length is longer than the horizontal length thereof when viewed from the front of the lamp and that is used for forming a low beam light distribution pattern; and a second lamp unit that has a second projection lens whose horizontal length is longer than the vertical length thereof when viewed from the front of the lamp and that is used for forming a low beam light distribution pattern. The first lamp unit and the second lamp unit are arranged such that one end of the first projection lens and one end of the second projection lens are adjacent to each other. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053960 | REAR COMBINATION LAMP FOR VEHICLE - In a rear combination lamp for a vehicle in which a tail lamp light source and a stop lamp light source are covered from the rear of the vehicle with an outer lens, the tail lamp light source and the stop lamp light source are covered with a first inner lens, and a second inner lens that is subjected to processing so as to have a lower light transmittance than that of the first inner lens and so that diffused light is formed for covering the first inner lens from the rear of the vehicle in a region in which at least the first inner lens and the tail lamp light source overlap when viewed from the rear of the vehicle while avoiding a region in which at least the first inner lens and the stop lamp light source overlap when viewed from the rear of the vehicle. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053961 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit, such as a rear combination lamp, can include an LED serving as a light source and a light guiding lens housed within a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens covering an opening of the housing. The light guiding lens can have a light incident surface configured to receive light from the LED and an attachment portion provided near the light incident surface and extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the light is incident on the light incident surface. The light guiding lens is configured to guide and deflect the light to be illuminated with the light, and such that the thickness of a portion after the attachment portion is greater than that of a portion before the attachment portion. | 02-25-2016 |
20160061402 | LIGHTING APPARATUS AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A lighting apparatus includes: a first light source that emits a first light; a first lens that allows the first light to pass through and exit from a first exit face of the first lens; a second light source that emits a second light; and a second lens that is smaller than the first lens and allows the second light to pass through and exit from a second exit face of the second lens. When viewed from the first exit face side: (i) the first exit face has a recess that is recessed inward from a periphery of the first exit face; and (ii) the second exit face is at least partially disposed in the recess. | 03-03-2016 |
20160084469 | LIGHTING APPARATUS AND AUTOMOBILE HAVING LIGHTING APPARATUS MOUNTED THEREIN - An illumination apparatus includes an LED, a first lens unit provided above the LED and a cylindrical lens provided above the first lens unit. The first lens unit receives light from the LED and emits the light toward the cylindrical lens. The cylindrical lens emits the light to the outside. | 03-24-2016 |
20160116131 | TURN SIGNAL LAMP DEVICE USING LASER - A turn signal lamp device uses a laser to implement sequential lighting of a turn signal. A plurality of optical lenses are horizontally arranged and applied to a turn signal lamp, and a laser source module is subjected to angular rotation by an actuator mounted at a rear portion of the turn signal lamp. Thereby, a laser source sequentially irradiates light onto the optical lenses while rotating at a predetermined angle, easily implementing sequential lighting of the turn signal lamp. | 04-28-2016 |
20160146417 | HEADLIGHT FOR IN-VEHICLE USE - In a headlight for in-vehicle use, an LED serving as an optical source is provided in which one edge side of its light-emitting face is formed into a linear portion and placed at a side of an optical axis so that the center of the light-emitting face is displaced from the optical axis. A projection lens is constituted by a radiation-side convex lens and an LED-side convex lens that are arranged in a direction of the optical axis. Between the LED and the projection lens, a light distribution member is placed that is formed using a transparent material and has, on its inner surface, a reflection face for reflecting light emitted by the LED. | 05-26-2016 |
20160178154 | VEHICLE LIGHT | 06-23-2016 |
20160377250 | VEHICLE LIGHTING FIXTURE - A vehicle lighting fixture can suppress light intensity variations in light distribution by a plurality of light sources and perform more precise light distribution control. The vehicle lighting fixture can include a plurality of LED elements that are arranged in vertical and left-right directions, and two projector lenses that are arranged in front of the plurality of LED elements and project light emitted from the plurality of LED elements forward. A front surface and a rear surface of the two projector lenses are surfaces formed by dividing a basic shape that is a continuous surface into a plurality of divided surfaces in an arrangement direction of the plurality of LED elements and rotating each of the divided surfaces so that a light source image formed by the plurality of LED elements can be widened in the arrangement direction. | 12-29-2016 |
20190145596 | VEHICLE LAMP | 05-16-2019 |