Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
362475000 | Headlight | 42 |
20080239736 | Headlight Device and Vehicle - A headlight device that has a visual appearance of having a lamp body using a plurality of light sources, while only a single light source is used. A shielding wall shields light radiated from a headlight bulb, or light reflected by a reflector portion. The shielding wall is arranged between a front lens and the reflector portion. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239737 | Headlight Apparatus and Vehicle - A headlight apparatus that adjusts the luminous energy and traveling direction of light emitted from a flasher bulb without applying a machining on an inner surface of a flasher lens. A headlight unit includes a flasher bulb that flashes at predetermined intervals, and a flasher lens. The headlight unit has a louver that partitions the flasher lens. The louver is disposed on an inner surface of the flasher lens. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239738 | MOTORCYCLE FRONT LIGHTING APPARATUS STRUCTURE - A motorcycle front lighting apparatus structure includes a headlight and a position light provided adjacent to the headlight. In this structure, the position light is disposed in a condition protruding downwardly from a lower edge of the headlight. This structure allows the position light to be made larger, and makes any needed repair easy and cost effective. | 10-02-2008 |
20090010016 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device is mounted in a bicycle. The lighting device includes a cantilever, a light-emitting lamp, and a power generating unit. The cantilever is fixed on a frame of the bicycle, so as to support the power generating unit to urge the power generating unit against a wheel of the bicycle constantly. The power generating unit includes an induction coil winding, a magnetic rotor, and a roller. The induction coil winding is wound around a winding axis. A rotating axis of the magnetic rotor is perpendicular to the winding axis. When wheels of the bicycle rotate, the roller and the magnetic rotor are driven to rotate relative to the induction coil winding, such that the induction coil winding generates an inductive electric power, which is supplied to the light-emitting lamp. Thus, a low-cost and labor-saving vehicle lighting device is developed. | 01-08-2009 |
20090207624 | HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY PERMITTING COMPENSATION FOR VISIBILITY CHANGES - In a device including a headlight assembly that outputs a beam of light and a lens housing mountable at a forward end of the headlight assembly, an arrangement, receivable on the lens housing, renders the beam of light adaptable to different weather and lighting conditions. In a preferred form, the arrangement includes a plurality of interchangeable filter elements, such as green, blue, yellow, and red elements, that are alternatively receivable on the lens housing, A wide angle lens could also be included among the interchangeable filter elements. The device as a whole could be provided in the form of a packaged collection of elements adapted for subsequent assembly. | 08-20-2009 |
20090231869 | Headlight assembly for a motorcycle - A headlight case, that houses a light body, is made small in size. The light body includes a reflector, and a lens attached to the reflector. The light body is pivotally supported in the headlight case by bolts extending through a ring member extending around the light body, so that an aiming operation can be performed. The ring member is connected to the light body behind the lens, and is locked to the headlight case at a position spaced away from an open edge thereof. A ring body of the ring member has an outer shape smaller than a maximum outer shape of the light body. A rim, to be fitted around the open end of the headlight case, has a lead that extends toward a position spaced away from the open end of the headlight case, to be fitted into a concave part of the headlight case. | 09-17-2009 |
20100195341 | Straddle-Type Vehicle - A motorcycle is provided with a head light and an auxiliary light that are arranged along an up and down direction of a vehicle, and is provided with a front cover that can cover at least a portion of the legs of a rider. The respective lenses of the head light and the auxiliary light are arranged to be exposed in a forward portion of the vehicle. The front cover has an outside cover that is formed on both sides of the head light and the auxiliary light, and a head light cover that is formed in a portion closer to a center of the front cover than the outside cover. The head light and the auxiliary light protrude forward of the front edge of the outside cover. The head light cover protrudes forward of the outside cover. | 08-05-2010 |
20100214794 | Straddle-type Vehicle - A straddle-type vehicle includes a head light having a lens face, and an auxiliary light arranged above the head light and having a lens face. The auxiliary light is arranged behind the head light. Moreover, the straddle-type vehicle has an outside cover part formed on the sides of the head light and the auxiliary light. The outside cover part is inclined rearward and upward at a specified inclined angle, and the head light and the lens face are inclined at a smaller angle than is the outside cover part. | 08-26-2010 |
20100232170 | HEADLIGHT OF MOTORCYCLE - A headlight of motorcycle includes a dashboard, a connection member, a headlight, a bracket, and front support racks. The dashboard is coupled to the headlight by the connection member in a modularized manner. The headlight forms coupling holes for mounting to the front support racks. The bracket carries signal lights thereon. By coupling the headlight and the dashboard together in a modularized manner and mounting the bracket that carries the signal lights to the opposite sides of the headlight, and further fixing the front support racks to the opposite sides of the headlight, a headlight module is formed. The headlight module can be easily attached between upper and lower beams of a steering handlebar by using the front support racks so as to simplify the assembling operation and to conceal the front support racks between the bracket and the steering handlebar for improving the outside appearance of the headlight. | 09-16-2010 |
20110051443 | MOTORCYCLE HEAD LIGHT DEVICE - A head light device, according to one embodiment, has a head light, a position light provided around the head light, a reflector to reflect bulb light of the head light, and an extension covering the perimeter of the reflector. The extension covers a position in front of the position light, and the extension is provided with openings, and reflection members to guide the light of the position light to the outside. | 03-03-2011 |
20110063863 | MOTORCYCLE HEADLAMP - A lens includes extended lens portions extending leftward and rightward beyond a high beam reflecting portion, respectively. The lens forms an X shape when viewed from the front, due to the extended lens portions. Paired left and right light guide members are disposed below a reference axis of a low beam bulb on lateral sides of a high beam bulb, respectively. Extension members are disposed along side edges of the lens in such a manner as to cover front sides of the light guide members, respectively. Opening portions are formed in the extension members so as to guide light from the light guide members to the extended lens portions respectively. Light from the low beam bulb is emitted to an outside through the light guide members, the opening portions, and the extended lens portions. | 03-17-2011 |
20110116278 | Combined device for power generation and illumination mounted on the wheel axle of a bicycle - A combined device for power generation and illumination mounted on the wheel axle of a bicycle, particularly a power generator of a bicycle combined with a lamp provides two or three other functions in addition to supplying a power source. The device is a standalone device hung on or installed at an external end of the bicycle wheel axle. Unlike a traditional way of rubbing with a tire, or a traditional hub type power generator, the combined power generation and light device has the features and advantages of an easily installation, a high efficiency, a low resistance, a low cost, a low failure rate, an integrated structure, a hidden electric wire and an adjustable angle. | 05-19-2011 |
20110157905 | LIGHT GUIDE LENS AND BICYCLE HEADLIGHT INCLUDING THE SAME - A light guide lens includes a front light-exit surface, a rear end surface formed with a recess, and an outer surrounding surface. The front light-exit surface is a convex surface disposed at an optical axis (Z). The rear end surface includes a curved surface portion that defines an innermost end of the recess, and that is a convex surface. The rear end surface further includes an inner surrounding surface portion that extends rearward from a periphery of the curved surface portion. The outer surrounding surface diverges forwardly along the optical axis (Z), and includes a first curved surface part and a second curved surface part. The first and second curved surface parts are disposed on opposite sides of an imaginary plane on which the optical axis (Z) is disposed, and are asymmetrical relative to each other with respect to the imaginary plane. | 06-30-2011 |
20120014123 | HEAD LIGHT OR FOG LIGHT MOTORCYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES - A head light or a fog light for automobiles and automobiles includes a housing provided therein with an optically reflecting surface and a heat-dissipating member that is formed with LED grooves for receiving LEDs therein. The LEDs are installed for an angle to enable the light of the LEDs to be directly irradiated on the optically reflecting surface in a certain angle and simultaneously, the light will be reflected by the optically reflecting surface and cast out through the transparent front lampshade. Thus, the light produced by the LEDs can be utilized to a maximum extent, able to enhance lighting effect of the LEDs. | 01-19-2012 |
20120281422 | BICYCLE ILLUMINATOR FOR BRIGHTENING TRAFFIC - A bicycle illuminator for brightening traffic includes a container, a reflecting shell and a transparent cover. Most of light from a light source are reflected by the reflecting shell to pass through the transparent cover ahead. Therefore, a rider has a clear view about the far-ahead traffic at night. The other light is passing through an arc hole, an arc opening and a bottom of the transparent cover directly to provide the rider for a clear view of the front road at night. | 11-08-2012 |
20130033884 | LIGHT GUIDE LENS AND BICYCLE HEADLIGHT HAVING THE SAME - A light guide lens includes: an outer surrounding surface that extends between a front surface disposed at an optical axis, and a rear end formed with a recess that has an end surface disposed at the optical axis, and an inner surrounding surface extending rearward from a periphery of the end surface. The outer surrounding surface diverges forwardly along the optical axis, and includes first and second pairs of curved surface parts, the first pair being disposed mutually asymmetrical on opposite sides of an imaginary plane, the second pair being disposed mutually symmetrical on opposite sides of another imaginary plane and extending between the first pair. The end surface includes a third pair of curved surface parts disposed mutually asymmetrical on opposite sides of yet another imaginary plane. | 02-07-2013 |
20130148369 | HEADLIGHT FOR A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE - The invention relates to a headlight ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130258692 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR MORTORCYCLE - A lighting device for a motorcycle includes a first lamp, a second lamp, a first outer proximate portion, and a first inner proximate portion. The first outer proximate portion is provided on one of first and second lenses and extends toward another of the first and second lenses along a surface of said one of the first and second lenses. The first inner proximate portion is provided on said one of the first and second lenses and extends toward said another of the first and second lenses. A first gap is provided between the first outer proximate portion and said another of the first and second lenses. A second gap is provided between the first inner proximate portion and said another of the first and second lenses. The second gap is smaller than the first gap. | 10-03-2013 |
20140286026 | HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR A SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A headlamp assembly for a saddle-type vehicle includes left and right light-emitting portions arranged on left and right sides, respectively, of a housing. Each of the light-emitting portions includes a light source and a concave reflector, disposed proximate the light source for reflecting light forwardly. Each reflector has an inclined surface configured such that the rear surfaces of the reflectors extend in directions separating from each other as the reflectors extend rearwardly. A driver for driving the light sources of the left and right light-emitting portions is arranged behind and in between the left and right reflectors. | 09-25-2014 |
20140293627 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE - A headlight device for a motorcycle that is able to emit a light beam in a predetermined shape and in a sufficient light emission amount. The headlight device for the motorcycle includes light guide light sources provided separately from headlight light sources that lights the front side. Light guide members serve to emit a light beam in a predetermined shape, based on light beams emitted from the light guide light sources. In this case, those portions of a first extension at which the light guide members are mounted are configured as reflective parts that reflect forward a rearwardly radiated portion of the light beam emitted from the light guide members. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293628 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE - A headlight device for a motorcycle that can enhance cooling efficiency inexpensively, without using any special device. In the headlight device for the motorcycle, reflectors are provided with inlet parts through which cooling air is taken into an inside space. In addition, a louver provided on the upper sides of the reflectors is provided, at a position close to an outer lens, with openings through which the air in the inside space is discharged into an inside space. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293629 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE - A headlight device for a motorcycle that enables substrates with LED light sources mounted thereon to be disposed efficiently while securing such required functions as the external appearance quality of a shape like eyes that are turned up at the corners, light distribution characteristics, etc. In the headlight device for the motorcycle, a plurality of reflectors provided correspondingly to a plurality of substrates having headlight light sources mounted thereon are disposed in such shapes so as to be turned up, like eyes that are turned up at the corners, in a direction away from a center line in an external view. Each of upper surface parts of the reflectors is substantially horizontal and is in a stepped form relative to the adjacent upper surface part. The substrates are disposed substantially horizontally at the upper surface parts. | 10-02-2014 |
20150062939 | BICYCLE DYNAMO - The invention relates to a bicycle dynamo with an external rotor which carries a plurality of permanent magnets on the inside, said permanent magnets generating an electrical voltage in the internal stationary stator winding, wherein the cylindrical outer shell of the external rotor carries an elastic ring for frictional engagement at the rim of the bicycle wheel. | 03-05-2015 |
20150103544 | VEHICLE LAMP - A sunlight restricting member is disposed between a light emitting element and a lens. The sunlight restricting member is configured (i) to allow direct light from the light emitting element to be incident on the lens and (ii) to restrict sunlight from reaching, through the lens, at least one of the light emitting element and a light source support member. | 04-16-2015 |
20150124467 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE OF MOTORCYCLE - A high beam reflector ( | 05-07-2015 |
20160001836 | INTELLECTUAL BICYCLE LAMP - A bicycle lamp includes a lamp body and an control module. The lamp body has a light source disposed therein. The control module is electrically connected to the light source for controlling the light source, and has a vibration sensor for detecting a vibration from the lamp body. Wherein, the light source is turned on by the control module once the vibration sensor detects the vibration from the lamp body during riding, and the light source is turned off once the vibration sensor detect no vibration from the lamp body. | 01-07-2016 |
20160040865 | INTELLECTUAL LIGHT UNIT - A light unit includes a light transmitting portion and a body. A detecting member and a light source unit are located in the light transmitting portion. The detecting member detects the environment brightness and the light source unit emits light to compensate light difference between the expected brightness and the environment brightness. A control member is located in the body and electrically connected with the detecting member and the light source unit. The control member includes a signal magnifying unit, a switching unit and a control unit. The signal magnifying unit receives and magnifies the light signal from the detecting member, and the switching unit switches the light signal from analog signal into digital signal and sends the digital signal to the control unit. The control unit controls the light source to compensate the light difference between the expected brightness and the environment brightness. | 02-11-2016 |
20160090138 | HEADLIGHT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A headlight structure for ensuring easy structural designing of a light guide member to enhance the degree of the freedom of shape. Reflectors and left and right lenses are disposed respectively on the left and right sides of the center of a vehicle body. Second light sources are attached respectively to the left and right of a light guide member which is roughly W-shaped. Attachment portions and connection portions are hidden by a light-blocking light cover. The left and right reflectors and left and right including shining portions that are visible through the lenses wherein light evenness can be enhanced within an externally visible region. The headlight can be easily enlarged in size and in diameter. The second light sources make it is easy to design the structure of the light guide member for enhancing the degree of the freedom of shape. | 03-31-2016 |
362476000 | Headlight support | 14 |
20090141510 | MOTORCYCLE - A lighting apparatus is mounted to a lower end of a front fork that supports a front wheel via a bearing portion. The lighting apparatus has a housing, an upper surface of which includes a bottom case receiving surface formed thereon. The bottom case receiving surface is shaped so that an outer periphery of a bottom case can fit therein. A rubber sheet is placed between the bottom case and the bottom case receiving surface to offer vibration isolation property. A bolt is screwed into a threaded hole in the bottom case so as to penetrate through a mounting portion having the bottom case receiving surface, so that the lighting apparatus is secured to the bottom case. | 06-04-2009 |
20110211359 | ROAD-ADAPTIVE HEADLIGHT FOR MOTORCYCLES - A road-adaptive headlight for motorcycles includes a curved base plate having a left curved portion divided from top to bottom into a left-banking lighting zone and a left-crossing lighting zone, a right curved portion divided from top to bottom into a right-banking lighting zone and a right-crossing lighting zone, and a middle curved portion divided from top to bottom into a high-speed lighting zone, a main lighting zone and a horizontal lighting zone. LED light sources are provided in each of the above-mentioned zones. A power source assembly drives the base plate to incline upward or downward and to turn clockwise or counterclockwise. A controller is electrically connected to the LED light sources and the power source assembly for controlling the operation thereof. Thus, different headlight beam patterns can be quickly and flexibly produced under control to ensure increased road visibility and motorcycle riding safety. | 09-01-2011 |
20110273896 | HEADLAMP DEVICE FOR TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE - A headlamp device includes a mounting stay extending from a vehicle body, a headlamp case mounted to the mounting stay in such a manner as to enclose the mounting stay, and a lamp unit mounted to the headlamp case. | 11-10-2011 |
20120314435 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A separate member is provided in the space between the side portion of headlight and the side cowl. A front structure of straddle type vehicle includes a joint portion that can be precisely positioned, while an increase in the width of the front portion of side cowl is prevented. A separate air intake cover is provided between the side portion of the headlight and the side cowl and is attached to the headlight stay with the headlight, simultaneously. The side cowl engaging portions is disposed behind the side cowl and with which the side cowl is engaged in the vicinity of the joint portion with the side cowl. | 12-13-2012 |
20130100689 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A front cowl for use with a saddle-ride type vehicle includes headlights as well as an air introduction passage configured to introduce a flow of air rearwardly. The air introduction passage is opened in a forward direction to enable the headlights to be cooled by the flow of air that flow through the air introduction passage. Headlights using LEDs as their respective sources of light are placed inside an air introduction passage while supported by a duct that forms the air introduction passage. | 04-25-2013 |
20130163263 | SADDLE-RIDING TYPE AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A headlamp device ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130250593 | COMBINATION LAMP AND FLASHLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - A combination lamp and flashlight assembly including a frame; a headlamp attachment and a charging attachment carried by the frame; a cable electrically coupling the headlamp attachment and the charging attachment; a headlamp head; and a battery pack, wherein the assembly is changeable between a headlamp configuration, where the headlamp head is mechanically and electrically coupled to the headlamp attachment and the battery pack is mechanically and electrically coupled to the charging attachment, and a handheld flashlight configuration, where the headlamp head is mechanically and electrically coupled to the battery pack to form a handheld flashlight. The assembly is also changeable to a cycle lamp configuration, where the headlamp head is mechanically and electrically coupled to a headlamp attachment of a handle bar mount to form a cycle lamp and the battery pack is mechanically and electrically coupled to a charging attachment of a cycle tube mount. | 09-26-2013 |
20140063826 | HEADLIGHT SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A saddle type vehicle provided with a headlight stay for permitting a harness laying operation to be easily carried out. A motorcycle is provided with the headlight stay which is supported on a head pipe and extends toward the vehicle front side from the head pipe. A headlight unit is attached to the headlight stay. The headlight stay includes a first stay extending forward from the head pipe, in a side view of the vehicle and a second stay which is supported in a cantilever manner by a front portion of the first stay and extends rearwardly and upwardly. The headlight unit is partly disposed on the front side of the second stay and is disposed so as to overlap with the first stay. | 03-06-2014 |
20140092613 | FRONT COWL STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE RIDING TYPE VEHICLE - A front cowl structure for a saddle riding type vehicle for preventing turbulence in a stream of air flowing over a front cowl surface. The front cowl structure includes a duct placed inside a front cowl with a duct opening that opens to the front of the vehicle. The front cowl has a cowl front surface opening at a leading end portion thereof for opening a cowl front surface. Headlights are disposed on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening with each having a lens surface. The lens surfaces form opening edge portions on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening. The lens surfaces are each inclined to a vehicle outer side and rearwardly from the opening edge portions. The duct opening and a cowl opening central portion of the cowl front surface opening are substantially aligned with each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction. | 04-03-2014 |
20140254184 | SET OF BICYCLE LAMPS FOR DETACHABLE MOUNTING ON A TUBULAR STRUCTURE - The invention pertains to a set of bicycle lamps for detachable mounting on a tubular structure of a bicycle, said set of lamps comprising a front lamp and a rear lamp, each of said lamps comprising: a substantially cylindrical light emitting element for emitting visible light of a specific wave length or a specific wave length range, a housing attached to said light emitting element, said housing comprising a power supply for supplying electrical energy to the light emitting element, the housing having a component with dimensions resembling the dimensions of a segment of said tubular structure and said substantially cylindrical light emitting element, said two lamps of said set of lamps being adapted to be connected to one another to form a body having a substantially elliptical cross section with one of the focal points of the ellipse being within the one of said cylindrical light emitting elements and the other focal point of the ellipse within the other of said cylindrical light emitting elements | 09-11-2014 |
20140286027 | HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR A SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - A headlamp assembly for a saddle-type vehicle ensures a generous light-emitting area of an upper lamp, and can make a gap formed between upper and lower lamps hard to see. The headlamp assembly includes upper and lower lamps, each including a light source and a reflector, with the lower lamp arranged below the upper lamp. The headlamp assembly also includes extension members, which extend in a substantially horizontal direction and approach front ends of the reflectors from a front side thereof, where flange portions are attached to and extend downwardly from the lower edges of the reflectors. | 09-25-2014 |
20150070919 | BICYCLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - A bicycle lighting system comprises a front light | 03-12-2015 |
20160046340 | HEADLIGHT FOR TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE - A headlight for a two-wheeled motor vehicle is provided in which disposed in a single housing are a high beam headlamp light source, low beam headlamp light sources that are disposed on the left and right of the high beam headlamp light source, a high beam headlamp reflector, low beam headlamp reflectors that are disposed on left and right sides of the high beam headlamp reflector and are formed integrally with the high beam headlamp reflector, and a position lamp light source, wherein a light guide member that guides light from the position lamp light source and makes the light shine forward is extendingly disposed so as to surround a lateral end, excluding a section adjacent to the high beam headlamp reflector, of the low beam headlamp reflector. This enables visibility and conspicuousness to be improved. | 02-18-2016 |
20160194044 | STRADDLED VEHICLE | 07-07-2016 |