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| 20080232127 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp can suppress dimensions in the depth direction and provide a large emission area with a simple configuration, and has a light-emitting surface of wraparound configuration with impressive appearance and aesthetic qualities. The vehicle lamp can include a light source unit and a light guide lens. The light source unit can include a light source, and a converting part for converting light from the light source to a narrow width light. The conversion part has an emission area for emitting the converted light. The light guide lens can include one end face having a shape corresponding to the emission area of the conversion part, a thin plate-like light guiding portion for guiding the incident light, and another end face being a farthest part away from the incident surface. The light guide lens guides the incident light toward the other end face and emits the guided light from a predetermined surface thereof as it travels on its way through the lens. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080259627 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A lighting system and method enables the generation of light in a manner that reduces the generation of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or radio frequency interference (RFI). In one embodiment, a light source emits light upon receiving a substantially linear signal that is generated in response to a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090034278 | LED Headlamp System - A vehicle headlamp includes a first planar array of low and high beam LED light sources; a first primary optical light guide receiving low and high beam light from the LEDs; a first secondary optical light guide receiving and focusing collimated low and high beam light from the first primary light guide as a combination of low and high beam hot spots; a second planar array of LED light sources having a low and high beam LEDs; a second primary optical light guide receiving and collimating low and high beam light from second LED light sources; a second secondary optical light guide receiving said collimated low and high beam light and spreading the light as a combination of low and high beam spread pattern; a housing to mechanically support the LED arrays, the first primary optic, the first secondary optic, the second primary light guide and the second secondary optic. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090147529 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp can include a light source unit including a light guide plate with a light emission surface, and a point or line light source opposed to one end face of the light guide plate. The light guide plate can be made of a transparent plate-like material. A convex projection lens can be configured to focus light emitted from the light source unit and project the light forward in a direction of light illumination. The light guide plate can have a prism array on a rear surface thereof extending with a serrated cross section from the one end face to the opposite end face of the light guide plate, and in a direction parallel with the end face. The prism array can include a plurality of prism surfaces, with each prism surface being obliquely formed so that when light enters the light guide plate from the light source side and impinges thereon, a substantial amount of the light can be totally reflected into small angles of incidence to the emission surface. The projection lens can be disposed such that a focus thereof on a light source unit side is located on the light emission surface of the light guide plate. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090213607 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - Light having entered a light transmitting member through a predetermined point (the light emission center of a light emitting element) on an optical axis undergoes internal reflection in a front surface perpendicular to the optical axis, then undergoes internal reflection again in a rear surface composed of a paraboloid of revolution having a focal point at a position of plane symmetry with the predetermined point, and then exits the front surface. An annular region around the optical axis in the front surface is mirror-finished. The position of its outer peripheral edge is set to be near a position where the incident angle of the light emitted from the light emitting element is equal to a critical angle. The position of the inner peripheral edge is set to be near a position where the light having exited the light emitting element and undergone internal reflection in the front surface enters a position immediately behind the outer peripheral edge in the rear surface. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090279318 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A headlight assembly includes a housing, a light source, a light shielding plate, and a light guiding plate. The housing defines a compartment, and includes a reflector and a lens disposed in front of the reflector. The light source is mounted in the compartment and is disposed on an optical axis. The light shielding plate is mounted between the light source and the lens. The light guiding plate is disposed below the optical axis. A first portion of light beams emitted upwardly is reflected by the reflector, passes over the light shielding plate and through the lens, which refracts the first portion of the light beams to form a first illuminating pattern. A second portion of the light beams passes through the light guiding plate and through the lens, which refracts the second portion of the light beams to result in a second illuminating pattern that is directed forwardly and upwardly. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100157617 | Vehicle Lamp Assembly - The present invention provides various lamp assembly configurations for motorized vehicles. In one embodiment, the lamp assembly includes a light source, such as a light emitting diode (LED) module, that is operable to generate light. The light source is attached to the vehicle structure, located on the interior of the vehicle adjacent to the aperture. A light guide is operatively connected to the light source. The light guide is configured to transmit light generated by the light source to preselected locations along the exterior of the vehicle structure, and diffuse the light. The light guide is attached to the vehicle structure, located on the exterior of the vehicle adjacent to the aperture in opposing relation to the light source. The cross-sectional area of the aperture formed through the vehicle structure is less than the cross-sectional areas of the LED module body and the light emitting segment of the light guide. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100195342 | Automotive Signal Light Employing Multi-focal Length Light Pipes - An automotive signal light is taught which employs multi-focal length light pipes to collect, collimate and direct, as needed, light emitted from one or more semiconductor light sources. Each multi-focal length light pipe includes at least one light transmission structure, each of which has a light receiving port to receive light miffed from a semiconductor light source spaced from the light receiving port by an air gap. The light transmission structure includes at least two superimposed parabolic reflecting surfaces, each having a common focal point at the light receiving port but having different focal lengths, and the superimposed parabolic reflectors operate to receive, collimate, spread and transmit the light from the semiconductor light source to a light emitting surface of the light pipe which is located adjacent to a lens of the signal light. The aesthetic arrangement of the light pipes is not particularly limited and a wide range of signal light functionalities can be provided. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100315826 | DISTRIBUTED LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - The lighting assembly ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110007518 | Optical device, in particular for a motor vehicle - An optical device, in particular for a motor vehicle, such as a lighting or indicating device, this device comprising:
| 01-13-2011 |
| 20110103084 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An illumination device ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110194301 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - With a lighting device for a vehicle with at least one signal lamp as well as an additional lamp a first covering, through which a part of the light generated by the signal lamp is radiated, is arranged. A part of the light generated by the signal lamp is directed via a light guide into the region of the additional lamp and radiated in the region of the additional lamp. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194302 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A light emitting device of the present invention includes: a laser diode group which generates a plurality of laser beams; a cylindrical light emitting element which emits incoherent light in response to the plurality of laser beams; and a light guide irradiation section which (i) guides the plurality of laser beams entered via a light incidence plane toward a light irradiation plane and (ii) irradiates the light irradiation area of the cylindrical light emitting element with the plurality of laser beams thus guided. The light irradiation plane of the light guide irradiation section has an area which is smaller than that of the light incidence plane. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110242830 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes, within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and a front cover, a light source, a columnar light guide having an incident portion at the end thereof in the vicinity of the light source, and an annular reflecting portion arranged in the vicinity of the light source side of the incident portion. The columnar light guide guides incident light from the light source, which enters via the incident portion, and irradiates the incident light from a light-emitting portion on a front side. The annular reflecting portion reflects light with a large emission angle, which has not been able to directly enter the incident portion from the light source, toward the incident portion. The light source is arranged on a central axis of the annular reflecting portion. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242831 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A light guide includes a first incident portion at an end side thereof near a light source, a stepped portion disposed on a rear surface side thereof in an axial direction and wholly reflects a portion of guided light, and a radiating portion disposed on a front surface side thereof in the axial direction that radiates the wholly reflected light forward. The light guide guides light that is incident through the first incident portion from front to back within the light guide. The stepped portion is a plurality of generally triangular prisms formed continuous in an extension direction, and has, in a cross section that follows an extension axis of the light guide and is parallel to a lamp optical axis, a long first projection surface that extends in the extension direction and a short second projection surface that forms an apex angle with the first projection surface. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110255298 | HEADLAMP LIGHT PIPE AND SIDE MARKER INTEGRATION - The present invention provides a headlamp assembly including a light pipe and reflex reflector integration utilizing a single bulb to illuminate both the reflex reflector and the light pipe, simultaneously. The headlamp assembly includes a single light source, a light pipe and a reflex reflector positioned adjacent one another allowing the light source to provide light to both the reflex reflector and the light pipe. The reflex reflector includes a reflecting element and a cutout to allow light to pass though the reflex reflector into the reflecting element. The reflex reflector is adapted to transform light from white to amber thereby creating the side marker function. The headlamp assembly further includes a reflector behind the light source to direct light into the light pipe. The automotive headlamp assembly provides an automotive headlamp assembly that includes a reflex reflector light and a light pipe while reducing cost and decreasing weight. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110310630 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a lamp outer case formed by a cover and a lamp housing; a light source disposed inside the lamp outer case; and a light guide that guides light emitted from the light source, wherein the light guide is shaped as a column. The light guide includes a first extension portion that extends on a horizontal plane side, and a second extension portion that extends on a vertical plane side with respect to a reference line that extends in a direction inclined 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane. An outer surface of the light guide includes an incident surface to which light emitted from the light source is incident, an internal reflection surface that internally reflects light incident from the incident surface, and a radiation surface that is formed as an outward-convexly curved surface and radiates at least light reflected by the internal reflection surface. ρ | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120063155 | VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light can project light beams through ring-shaped or arc-shaped light exiting surfaces, and among them the outermost and innermost light exiting surfaces are brighter than the others. The vehicle light can include a light emitting element having an optical axis and a light guide lens having an incidence surface on which light beams from the light emitting element at a certain angle (θ4 to θ5) impinge, reflection surfaces reflecting the light beams so that the light beams are parallel to each other, and light exiting surfaces configured to allow the reflected light beams to pass therethrough. In this vehicle light, light beams emitted at a certain angle (θ4 to θ4a where θ4<θ4a<θ5) can be projected through the farthest light exiting surface from the optical axis. The vehicle light can further include an incidence surface on which light beams emitted at a certain angle (θ2 to θ3 where θ2<θ3≦θ4) impinge, a reflecting surface reflecting the light beams from the incidence surface so that the light beams are parallel to each other, and a light exiting surface configured to allow the reflected light beams to pass therethrough. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120069592 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A linear light guide or light guides disposed in a lamp chamber have a light guide neighboring region, in which the portions close to light incidence end portions are close to each other, and a light-emitting portion or portions are disposed so as to be offset from a luminous region of a light source unit and to have portions that extend from the light guide neighboring region and separate from each other. A translucent diffusion cover that covers the light guide neighboring region is provided at least in front of the light guide neighboring region. Part of the light from the light guide neighboring region is diffused by the diffusion cover and then emitted through the diffusion cover, so that light emitted through the light-emitting portion and the diffusion cover is continuous, so that it appears as if the light guide that is continuous is emitting light. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069593 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A headlamp includes: a laser diode for emitting a laser beam; a light-emitting section for emitting light by being excited by a laser beam emitted from the laser diode; a reflection mirror for reflecting the light emitted from the light-emitting section so as to form a bundle of rays which travel within a predetermined solid angle; and a first maneuvering section for maneuvering at least the reflection mirror so as to move an optical axis direction of the light reflected by the reflection mirror to a predetermined direction. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120092883 | VEHICULAR DUCT WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTING - A body panel for a vehicle includes an outer lens and a light engine projecting a light into the outer lens. The body panel includes a duct, which is disposed at a substantially equal vertical elevation as the outer lens. The light engine is positioned relative to the outer lens to allow the duct to pass directly behind the outer lens, at approximately the same vertical elevation, to improve air flow through the duct. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120147617 | LIGHTING IN THE EXTERIOR MIRROR - A lighting module for a vehicle is suggested, consisting of a housing and at least two light conductors or light conductor sections, which are arranged in the housing and extend along the external contour of the lighting module, with at least two LEDs, which are arranged on at least one circuit board in the housing. The light of at least two LEDs is coupled into the at least two light conductors, and a connection lens, which is adapted to the external contour of the light conductor, is installed between the light conductor sections. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120224385 | Lighting or signalling device with optical guide for motor vehicles - A lighting and/or signalling device for a motor vehicle comprising at least one light source (S) emitting a light beam and at least one optical guide (G) within which the light beam propagates, the optical guide comprising:
| 09-06-2012 |
| 20120250343 | Vehicular Lamp - A vehicular lamp including a plurality of first semiconductor light emitting elements and a plurality of first light guide portions respectively corresponding to the first semiconductor light emitting elements, so that first emission light emitted from the first semiconductor light emitting elements enters the first light guide portions. Second emission light emitted from the first semiconductor light emitting elements but does not enter the first light guide portions is reflected in a radiation direction of the lamp by respective segmented reflecting portions. The first light guide portions are provided spacedly in a first direction that intersects the radiation direction and configured such that the first emission light entering therein is guided in the radiation direction. The segmented reflecting portions are configured such that at least a portion of the reflected second emission light passes therethrough and radiates from an area between the plurality of first light guide portions. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120257401 | INTERIOR LIGHTING FOR A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTING IN THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTING - An interior lighting for a vehicle includes, but is not limited to a coupling-out zone for illumination of the vehicle interior, which includes, but is not limited to a lighting device. The lighting device includes, but is not limited to a light source that is configured to produce light and an optical fiber, into which the light can be coupled in or is coupled in. The optical fiber is configured to couple out the light extensively in the at least one coupling-out zone, and includes, but is not limited to an auxiliary lighting for producing an auxiliary light which is also configured for the illumination of the vehicle interior. The auxiliary lighting emits the auxiliary light starting from a side of the at least one optical fiber facing away from the vehicle interior in a trans-illumination zone through the optical fiber into the interior. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120314438 | Handle Member For A Motor Vehicle - Handle member for a motor vehicle having a body and at least one decorative attachment piece, with a light source being integrated in said attachment piece. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320615 | ILLUMINATED COMPONENT - The component has a planar decorative element ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130003397 | SIGNAL LIGHT DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device is for a lighting/signaling assembly of an automotive vehicle. The assembly includes a substantially transparent optical material and at least one light source of an “LED” type arranged for emitting light rays propagating within a thickness of the optical material. The device comprises a plate of substantially transparent optical material forming a screen and including at least one substantially bilateral elongated bulge defining a substantially circular overall substantially perpendicular cross-section and substantially mean longitudinal axis in a substantially mid-plane of the bulge and being adapted to form a light guide. At least one LED is disposed at at least one end of the light guide and defines a main axis of the LED that is substantially orthogonal to a substantially longitudinal axis of the light guide. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003398 | LIGHT GUIDE WITH DECOUPLING PORTION AND SHIELD COLLECTING THE DECOUPLED RAYS - A light guide comprising an external surface forming a guiding diopter, the guide being suitable for guiding light rays by reflection on the guiding diopter. The guide comprises at least one decoupling portion, with a refraction decoupling diopter arranged so as to refract light rays to decouple them from the guide, and thus transmit them out of the guide through the refraction decoupling diopter.) | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003399 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND SIGNALING AND/OR LIGHTING SYSTEM - An optical device comprising an exit portion furnished with an exit face and designed to emit, through the exit face, light rays emanating from a first luminous source and from a second luminous source, characterized by the fact that it comprises a first light guide configured to propagate the light rays emanating from the first luminous source toward the exit portion and a second light guide configured to propagate the light rays emanating from the second source toward the exit portion. A preferential application is the field of lighting equipment for motor vehicles. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130010486 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light sources, and a light guide plate configured to emit light to the front side of the lamp from a second surface facing a first surface by internally reflecting light, which is emitted from the respective light sources, by a plurality of reflective elements formed on the first surface after causing the light to enter the light guide plate from a rear end face of the light guide plate. The light guide plate is curved to the first surface and gradually becomes thinner toward the front side. The reflective elements are disposed at a predetermined interval in a longitudinal direction and extend in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130021815 | Vehicular Lamp - A vehicular lamp including a lens member between a light-emitting element ( | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027956 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to an optical system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an indicating and/or lighting device, arranged to emit a light, the intensity of which is maximal in a given prioritized optical direction ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130039083 | LOGO DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A logo device for a vehicle is disclosed. The logo device comprises a first shell including a transparent region forming a logo pattern and a nontransparent region and a second shell connected with the first shell. The first shell and the second shell form a sealed cavity therebetween. A bottom plate is disposed in the sealed cavity, and a light guide plate disposed between the bottom plate and the first shell. The light guide plate includes one or more grooves disposed thereon. A circuit board is disposed between the bottom plate and the second shell, including a plurality of illuminating elements thereon. The one or more grooves on the light guide plate receives the plurality of illuminating elements. The light guide plate is configured to direct at least a part of the light generated by the illuminating element toward the transparent region of the first shell. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130044503 | VEHICLE DECORATIVE LIGHTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle decorative lighting device and a vehicle lamp including a lighting device can include a light guide lens formed in a substantially U-shape and a pair of LED light sources that can emit various color lights. Each of the light sources can be located at both end surfaces of the light guide lens having a U-shaped light-emitting surface. The vehicle lamp can include a lamp room between an outer lens and a housing, and can incorporate various vehicle lamps such as a headlight along with the lighting device in the lamp room. The lighting device can be located in the lamp room so as to emit various U-shaped color lights along a periphery of the outer lens. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle lamps including the decorative lighting device having a harmonious favorable light distribution, for example, such that combine a headlight with a position lamp. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130058115 | PERIPHERAL ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPONENT - A peripheral illumination device for a vehicle component includes at least one light guide, and an enclosure for guiding the at least one light guide. The at least one light guide is securely mounted in the enclosure via a fixed support at a predefined location and has two ends which are movably mounted in relation to the enclosure. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130083550 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes: a lamp body having an opening portion; an outer cover that closes the opening portion and that, together with the lamp body, forms a lamp chamber between the outer cover and the lamp body; a light emission portion disposed within the lamp chamber; a vapor deposition sheet that is disposed within the lamp chamber and that covers the lamp body with at least a portion of the light emission portion exposed; and an engaging portion that at least one of the outer cover and the lamp body has and that is capable of engaging with the vapor deposition sheet and holding the vapor deposition sheet in a shape that substantially conforms to the outer cover or the lamp body. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130094233 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT ASSEMBLY - A light source unit assembly includes a light source, a light guide member, a light source housing member housing the light source, a light guide member holder, and a mounting member. The light guide member includes a light entrance portion and a light exit portion from which the light entering the light entrance portion exits. The light guide member holder supports an end portion of the light guide member including the light exit portion. The mounting member is provided to a vehicular interior part and each of the light source housing member and the light guide member holder is independently mounted to the mounting member. Each of the light source housing member and the light guide member holder has a connecting portion with which the light source housing member and the light guide member holder are connected to each other such that the light entrance portion faces the light source. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094234 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device for vehicles with multiple light sources arranged like a matrix in one light generation level, with a light forming optic unit arranged in front of the light sources, and with another optic unit arranged between the light forming optic unit and the light sources, comprising a plurality of optic elements that are arranged like a matrix and one optic element each being allocated at a face thereof to a light source and with the other optic unit in front of the optic elements being allocated to the light sources to coupling areas and at least one decoupling area facing the light forming optic unit, with the other optic unit being embodied as a widening optic unit for widening the partial light bundles emitted by the light sources with light guiding rods as optic elements. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130114277 | Lightguide Element - This disclosure concerns a lightguide element ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130128601 | INTEGRATED LAMP DEVICE OF VEHICLE SIDE MIRROR - Provided herein is an integrated lamp device of a vehicle side mirror. The integrated lamp device includes a first light source illuminating a first direction; a second light source illuminating a second direction; and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly including a first PCB on which the first light source is mounted and a second PCB on which the second light source is mounted, wherein the first PCB and the second PCB are integrated with each other. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135885 | VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light is capable of preventing gaps (areas darker than peripheral areas) from being formed in between a plurality of illumination areas that are independently controlled to be illuminated with light or not to be illuminated with light, or suppressing the generation of such gaps. The vehicle light can include a projection lens and a light source unit disposed behind the rear-side focal plane of the projection lens. The light source unit can include a plurality of tubular portions each having a reflective inner peripheral surface, and a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements. Exit openings of the plurality of tubular portions can be arranged side by side in a substantial horizontal direction behind the rear-side focal plane of the projection lens. Adjacent ones of the plurality of exit openings of the tubular portions can be defined and partitioned by a common vertical edge. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130148372 | LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The invention provides a light guide device for vehicle, including at least one incident portion, a diffusion surface and a reflective portion. The at least one incident portion is disposed on at least one end of the light guide device, and is used to receive at least one light source. The diffusion surface is used to export light, and the diffusion surface has a plurality of zigzag structures. The reflective portion is opposite to the diffusion surface, and is used to reflect light to the diffusion surface. The incident portion is disposed between the diffusion surface and the reflective portion. Therefore, by using the light guide device, light can be fully reflected in the light guide device, and light is exported by the diffusion surface. Thus, no light will leak to the outside through the reflective portion, thereby greatly increasing light guiding efficiency of the light guide device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148373 | ILLUMINATED INTERIOR EQUIPMENT COMPONENT FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to an interior equipment component for a vehicle, comprising a light emission element for emitting light and a strip-shaped light guide element. The light guide element has here a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is one of the two largest surfaces of the light guide element, and the second surface is a surface which deviates therefrom, and the first surface comprises an input face. In addition, the light guide element and the light emission element are arranged and configured in such a way that light from the light emission element can be input into the light guide element via the input face and can be output via the second surface. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130182453 | Vehicle Headlamp - A vehicle headlamp includes a transparent cover, a lamp body, and a illumination optical system which is accommodated in the lamp body and projects light to a predetermined illumination region in front of a vehicle via the transparent cover, wherein the illumination optical system includes a semiconductor light-emitting element in which an optical axis is configured to be directed toward the transparent cover, and a light beam guide tube which is provided between the semiconductor light-emitting element and the transparent cover and defines the illumination region by surrounding the optical axis. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188377 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT AND LIGHT GUIDE LENS - A vehicle lighting unit serving as a vehicle headlight can form a light distribution pattern optimized according to the country or the area with a smaller number of parts when compared with the conventional vehicle headlights of this type. Further, there can be provided a light guide lens for use in such a vehicle lighting unit. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130201709 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a light guide extending in a first direction intersecting a front-rear direction of the lamp, a light source arranged to input light into the light guide from an end face of the light guide, and a reflector arranged behind the light guide to extend in the first direction. Reflecting elements on a rear surface portion of the light guide internally reflect the light toward a front surface portion of the light guide. The reflector has a first reflecting portion disposed behind the reflecting elements and a second reflecting portion disposed adjacent to the first reflecting portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first reflecting portion reflects a portion of the light that has leaked rearward from the reflecting elements, and the second reflecting portion forwardly reflects the portion of the light that has been reflected by the first reflecting portion. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130223087 | FITTING PART FOR A VEHICLE INTERIOR, COMPRISING A LIGHTING SURFACE - The invention relates to a fitting part for a vehicle interior, comprising a lighting surface that having a shaped body on which is disposed a light guide. The light guide has a covering layer. The shaped body has at least in some sections of its edge region an indentation which accommodates a light source. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130223088 | AUTOMOTIVE SIGNAL LIGHT EMPLOYING MULTI-FOCAL LENGTH LIGHT PIPES - An automotive signal light is taught which employs multi-focal length light pipes to collect, collimate and direct, as needed, light emitted from one or more semiconductor light sources. Each multi-focal length light pipe includes at least one light transmission structure, each of which has a light receiving port to receive light emitted from a semiconductor light source spaced from the light receiving port by an air gap. The light transmission structure includes at least two superimposed parabolic reflecting surfaces, each having a common focal point at the light receiving port but having different focal lengths, and the superimposed parabolic reflectors operate to receive, collimate, spread and transmit the light from the semiconductor light source to a light emitting surface of the light pipe which is located adjacent to a lens of the signal light. The aesthetic arrangement of the light pipes is not particularly limited and a wide range of signal light functionalities can be provided. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130223089 | LED Light Module - The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp ( | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130235604 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A lighting device includes a light source, an elongated panel member, an elongated light guide member provided to the panel member, a first light transmission portion provided in the panel member and through which the light from the light guide member transmits toward the first portion to be illuminated, and a second light transmission portion provided in the panel member to be farther away from the light source than the first light transmission portion and through which the light from the light guide member transmits toward the second portion to be illuminated, the second light transmission portion and the second portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the light exit portion. The light guide member and the second portion are provided to be closer to each other as they are farther away from the light source. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130242588 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes a housing having first and second housing parts to define a receiving space. The housing parts are inwardly recessed and converge into marginal regions, respectively. Arranged in the receiving space is a light conductor. A plastic film strip is arranged between edges of the housing parts and is transparent for light emitted by the light conductor, with the emitted light being projected into one end face of the film strip and extracted from another end face of the film strip. The film strip is sized to terminate flush with the housing parts. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130250595 | HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight having a monolithic body of transparent material, the monolithic body including at least one light entry face, a light passage section and at least one optically operative light exit face. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250596 | OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR ILLUMINATION PURPOSES - Optical component for illumination purposes, wherein the optical component comprises a monolithic body of transparent material, the monolithic body including a first light entry face, a first optically operative light exit face, a second optically operative light entry, and a second optically operative light exit face. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250597 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle comprising a headlight lens having a monolithic body of transparent material, the monolithic body including at least one light entry face, a light passage section and at least one optically operative light exit face. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130258694 | HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight having a monolithic body of transparent material, the monolithic body including at least one light entry face, a light passage section and at least one optically operative light exit face. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265790 | Vehicular Lamp - A clearance lamp ( | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130301287 | LINING PART FOR A VEHICLE HAVING INTEGRATED LIGHT SOURCES - A decorative part for use in vehicle interiors. The decorative part includes a haptic layer that is at least partially transparent; and a light source configured to feed light into the haptic layer. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130314935 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can include LEDs and at least two long light guide bodies arranged adjacent to each other. At least two light transmitting lenses can be disposed in front of the at least two light guide bodies. The at least two light guide bodies each can include a gap portion interposed therebetween. A first end portion of the light transmitting lens can be positioned at the gap portion so that the first end portions of the light transmitting lenses overlap with each other in a front-rear direction. The first end portions of the at least two light transmitting lenses can have a surface processed portion on its front surface. The surface processed portions can be configured to direct light exiting through the respective first end portions of the at least two light guide bodies forward. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130322103 | VEHICLE LAMP - Disclosed is a vehicle lamp, including a reflector reflecting light of a light guide, wherein the reflector includes a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface forming an inner circumferential surface, together with at least a part of a light emitting surface of the light guide and the inner circumferential surface is converged in a direction opposite to an irradiation direction to form a convergent point. By this configuration, it is possible to reduce manufacturing costs and manufacturing man hour of the vehicle lamp while increasing aesthetic appearance of the vehicle. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130322104 | OPTICAL UNIT FOR SIGNALING AND/OR LIGHTING DEVICE - The invention relates to an optical unit, notably for a motor vehicle signaling and/or lighting device, comprising:
| 12-05-2013 |
| 20130343074 | OPTICAL SYSTEM UNIT AND VEHICULAR LAMP - Disclosed is a projection lens that is disposed in front of a first semiconductor light emitting device and configured to irradiate light incident from the rear side to the front side. A first reflector reflects a part of the light emitted from the first semiconductor light emitting device to converge on the rear side of the projection lens. A light guide member is disposed across the front side of the projection lens and configured to emit the light incident from the second semiconductor light emitting device to a predetermined direction. A second reflector reflects a part of the light reflected by the first reflector toward the projection lens. The light reflected by the second reflector to be incident on the projection lens is emitted from the projection to avoid the light guide member. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140003075 | VEHICULAR REAR PANEL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140003076 | VEHICULAR LAMP AND WINDOW UNIT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140029283 | LED Retrofit Vehicle Tail Lamp - A replacement vehicular lamp assembly ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029284 | LIGHT GUIDE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE - The light guide for an automobile lighting and/or signaling device comprises at least one coupler having at least two input faces arranged so that, when a light source is positioned at a predetermined point in relation to the coupler, for each of the input faces, all the rays from the source passing geometrically through the point and penetrating into the guide through the input face are refracted there in mutually parallel planes. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140029285 | SEMICONDUCTOR INCANDESCENT LAMP RETROFIT LAMP - A semiconductor incandescent lamp retrofit lamp may include: at least one semiconductor light source, at least one light scattering body, and at least one optical waveguide, into which light of the at least one semiconductor light source can be coupled, wherein the at least one light scattering body is configured and arranged for the purpose of diffusely emitting light supplied thereto from the at least one semiconductor light source by way of the at least one optical waveguide. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140036522 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp, has a light guide extending in a predetermined direction, and having an end surface located in the predetermined direction thereof, and a light source configured to cause light to be incident on the light guide from the end surface, and configured to emit the light incident from the end surface from a front surface portion of the light guide. Reflective elements that reflects the light incident on the light guide toward the front surface portion of the light guide are formed at a plurality of positions along the predetermined direction on a rear surface portion of the light guide. Each of the reflective elements is comprises a curved surface profile in a cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the predetermined direction. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140049975 | MODULAR MICRO-STRUCTURE LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE - A modular micro-structure light-guide device, that composed of at least a micro-structure light guide unit. Each said micro-structure light guide unit comprises: a light source; a light coupling element, to transmit lights of said light source in parallel; and a light guide body, including at least two light incident surfaces, a micro-structure light uniformed region, a total reflection region, and a light exit surface. Wherein, said at least two light incident surfaces guide lights separately to said micro-structure light uniformed region and said total reflection region, and that reflects lights to exit from said light exit surface. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140071703 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a light source, and a light guide body having a front surface and a rear surface, configured to allow light emitted from the light source to enter from the rear surface and to exit through the front surface. The rear surface of the light guide body comprises, in a first plane extending in a front-to-rear direction, a first entrance portion configured to allow light emitted from the light source to enter in such a way as to be refracted to the front, second entrance portions situated at both sides of the first entrance portion and configured to allow light emitted from the light source to enter in such a way as to be refracted sideways, and reflecting portions configured to internally reflect light from the light source which enters from the second entrance portions to the front. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078764 | Vehicular Lamp - A clearance lamp ( | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078765 | LIGHT GUIDES FOR VEHICLES - A light guide for vehicles includes a light coupling section for the coupling of light into a first end and/or a second end of the light guide, with a main section having a front side for the coupling out of light and a back extending between the first end and the second end of the light guide and comprising elements for coupling-out for the deflection of the coupled-in light toward the front side, wherein the section for the coupling-in of light is embodied as a defocussing element situated between a surface coupling the light in and the main section. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140085916 | LIGHT DEVICE WITH 3D EFFECT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention deals with a light module, notably for motor vehicles, comprising a reflector with a reflecting surface, a screen arranged facing the reflector, the screen comprising a semi-reflecting area, and a light guide extending longitudinally along the screen and the reflector. The guide comprises a diffusing output face extending transversally from the semi-reflecting area of the screen to the reflector. A portion of the rays exiting from the output face passes through the semi-transparent area, the other portion being also reflected toward the reflecting surface to form successive images with a depth effect of 3D type, without dark areas between these images. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092615 | CONCENTRIC LIGHTING MODULE WITH CONICAL MIRROR - A concentric lighting module with conical mirror for creating of a three-dimensional optical effect, especially in the outer brake and tail lights of a motor vehicle, has in the peripheral region of the conical mirror ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092616 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp is provided which includes a toroidal lens | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140104862 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A lighting device for a vehicle may include one or more light sources and one or more light conducting rods including a lens through which light radiated from the light source enters and a light outlet surface through which light entering an inside through the lens exits to an outside, in which the lens includes a light inlet surface configured to refract the light entering from the light source in parallel and a light outlet surface configured to collect parallel light passing through the light inlet surface to an upper portion of the light conducting rod, and a reflective body configured to reflect the light collected at the upper portion of the light conducting rod toward the light outlet surface of the light conducting rod may be installed on the light conducting rod, thereby improving light efficiency. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140119039 | VEHICLE LIGHT DEVICE WITH LIGHT GUIDE COVER - A vehicle light device includes a light source board and a light guide cover. The light source board include a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted thereon to emit a light. The light guide cover is disposed on the light source board and covering the LEDs to make the emitted light uniformly illuminated. The vehicle light device has a simple structure, which the LED lamp holder and the reflecting element are eliminated. Therefore, the structure of the vehicle light device is thin and reduced-volume, that is easy to mass-produce with cost down. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140133168 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device may include: a plurality of light sources; and a plurality of waveguides; wherein the waveguides each have a light coupling-in surface and a light coupling-out surface; wherein the light coupling-in surfaces are respectively assigned a light-emitting surface of a light source, such that light emitted by the light-emitting surface of the light source impinges on the light coupling-in surface of the waveguide assigned thereto; wherein the light coupling-out surfaces of the waveguides are arranged in a matrix-like manner; wherein the light coupling-in surface of the respective waveguide is smaller than the light-emitting surface of the light source assigned to said waveguide, and a grating-like optical diaphragm having grating cells is provided, which is arranged in the region of the light coupling-in surfaces of the waveguides, such that light coupling-in surfaces belonging to different waveguides are arranged in different grating cells of the grating-like optical diaphragm. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140140083 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A light for a motor vehicle is presented, with a light conductor which is designed to locally deflect the light propagating in it so that the deflected light emerges through the light emitting surface in a light beam that is centered around one preferential direction to generate a signal light distribution in accordance with the regulations, which subtends a predetermined angle region in a first spatial direction (z) and in a second spatial direction, and wherein the first spatial direction, the second spatial direction, and the preferential direction are each pairwise orthogonal to each other. The light is characterized in that it has a diaphragm that extends starting from the light conductor in a diaphragm direction lying between the preferential direction (x) and the first spatial direction and runs outside the aperture angle, and wherein the diaphragm extends starting from the light conductor for a length that corresponds to 2.5 to 6 times the thickness of the light conductor, especially 4.5 to 5.5 times, especially 5 times the thickness of the light conductor. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140140084 | MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHT WITH A LIGHT CONDUCTOR AND A SHIELD THAT IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE LIGHT CONDUCTOR - Presented is a motor vehicle light with a light source, a light conductor, which comprises a bordering decoupling volume opposite of a first side and a second side lying opposite the second side, wherein the second side comprises decoupling elements, which decouple light distributed about a principal propagation direction, and wherein the motor vehicle light comprises a colored shield which is positioned behind the second side in a direction opposite to the principal propagation direction. The shield is a black shield. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146554 | LIGHT GUIDE FOR AN OPTICAL DEVICE, NOTABLY FOR LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING - A light guide for an optical device, notably for lighting and/or signaling, comprising:
| 05-29-2014 |
| 20140153272 | LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE, NOTABLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A lighting and/or signaling device, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one light source and one light guide, the source comprising a support and a plurality of light emitting components arranged on the support so as to emit a beam of light, the device being configured to direct the beam toward the guide, in which device the support is a printed circuit and/or the light emitting components are light emitting diodes, in which device the light emitting components are arranged in such a way as to define an emission surface for the beam of light on a face of the support, in which device the light source is configured so that the emission surface has a longitudinally extending axis, in which device the light guide comprises at least one emitting portion configured to emit light out of the guide, and at least one guide portion, situated between the source and the emitting portion, configured to transmit the beam of light from the source to the emitting portion. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160778 | VEHICULAR LAMP - Disclosed is a vehicular lamp having a light source and a light guide body. In the vehicular lamp, the light guide body is configured by a first and a second rod shaped light guiding portions disposed at positions spaced apart from each other, and a planar light guiding portion disposed to connect the circumferential surface portions of the first and second rod shaped light guiding portions with each other. Further, the light source configured to include a first light source and a second light source disposed to cause light to be incident from an end portion surfaces of the first and the second rod shaped light guiding portions, respectively, and then configured to make each of the first light source and the second light source to emit a different color light with each other. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160779 | MOTOR VEHICLE TAILLIGHT - A motor vehicle taillight ( | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140169016 | LIGHTING APPLIANCE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting appliance for vehicles includes a flat light guide having a light coupling section for the coupling of light into a first or a second end of the light guide, a narrow-side front serving as a light coupling section for the coupling-out of light into the main radiation direction extending between the first end and the second end of the flat light guide, a first flat side and a second flat side arranged on the opposite side, on which the coupled-in light can be fully reflected, a rear extending between the first end and the second end of the flat light guide having a number of optic elements for the redirection of the light into the direction of the narrow-side front, wherein the flat light guide is held with fastening means in a holding section of a holding lens running at right angles to the main radiation direction. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140169017 | LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A lamp for a vehicle is provided and includes a signal lamp that displays a predetermined image of repetition on an exterior minor of a vehicle. The lamp further includes a minor housing into which a mirror is installed and a signal lamp disposed on one surface of the minor housing. The signal lamp includes a reflection unit, a lens unit disposed at a predetermined distance apart from the reflection unit and having a half mirror installed on at least one surface thereof, and a first light source unit disposed between the reflection unit and the lens unit and is about the same distance apart from the reflection unit and the lens unit. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140177249 | TURN LAMP FOR VEHICLE OUTSIDE MIRROR - While a light source is arranged on the back side of a light guide lens, light beams can be emitted from the light source with respective optical axes directed in one direction and be guided toward opposite ends of the light guide lens. A light source and a reflective surface are arranged on the back side of a light guide lens. The light source emits light beams with respective optical axes directed in one direction. One of the light beams obliquely enters the light guide lens toward one end in a long direction of the light guide lens without being reflected by the reflective surface. Another one of the light beams is reflected by the reflective surface and obliquely enters the light guide lens toward another end in the long direction of the light guide lens. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140198513 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP, CONFIGURED TO GENERATE A STRIPE-SHAPED LIGHT DISTRIBUTION - A light module for a motor vehicle headlamp having an optical fiber configuration with at least one first optical fiber branch and one second optical fiber branch. Each of the two branches has a light exit surface each bordered by two narrow sides and disposed such that a narrow side of the first branch is disposed parallel and directly adjacent to a narrow side of the light exit surface of the second branch. Each branch exhibits two transport surfaces. The transport surfaces exhibit surface norms having a directional component, which faces more toward a first narrow side of the two narrow sides of the branch than toward a second narrow side of the two narrow sides of the branch, wherein the narrow sides lying directly adjacent and parallel to one another are a second narrow side of the first branch and a first narrow side of the second branch. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204600 | LIGHTING APPLIANCE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting appliance has a flat light guide and multiple light sources radiating light beams and a section for coupling-in light of the flat light guide, wherein the flat light guide has a surface for coupling-in the light beam and a deflecting surface for deflecting the coupled-in light beam toward a main section of the light guide, onto which a surface for coupling-out of light abuts in the light guiding direction, that the main section extends between the section for coupling-in of light and the surface for coupling-out of light has opposing flat sides, on which the coupled-in light beam is fully reflective in direction of the surface for coupling-out of light, wherein the surface for coupling-in of light is embodied so that the coupled-in light beam is directed under a tipping angle relative to a main radiation direction of the light source in the direction of the deflecting surface. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204601 | ILLUMINATED GLASS PANEL FOR A VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An illuminating glazing unit for a vehicle includes a first sheet made of mineral or organic glass, a peripheral light source with a support profiled member referred to as source support, the emitting region or face of the source facing the edge face, referred to as injection face, of the first sheet for a propagation of the injected light within the thickness of the first sheet, the first sheet then playing the role of guide for the injected light, a device of extraction of the guided light so as to form at least one illuminating region, the source support being within an accommodation surrounded by material and covered by a cover, the cover and the source support being removable from the glazing unit. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140211493 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit includes LEDs mounted on a substrate, and an elongated inner lens configured to receive light from the LEDs and guide the light along its lengthwise direction so as to emit light from its front surface. The inner lens includes a first light guiding section extending in the left-to-right direction and a second light guiding section extending in the vertical direction, and a bending section between the first and second light guiding sections. The bending section includes a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface. The first and second reflection surfaces internally reflect light toward the first and second light guiding sections, respectively. The LEDs include a first LED and a second LED, disposed in the rear of the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, respectively. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140218951 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp has a light source, a pillar-shaped light guide having a plurality of light controlling portions formed on a side surface thereof, and a lens disposed in front of the light guide. Light emitted from the light source enters the light guide from one end surface of the light guide. The light guide guides the light inside the light guide. The light guide emits the guided light forward of the vehicular lamp via the plurality of light controlling portions. The lens has a thick-walled projecting portion. The projecting portion is formed to have a rectangular vertical cross-section. The projecting portion guides the light emitted from the light guide and emits the light forward of the vehicular lamp. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140233251 | BLOCK LIGHT MODULE - A light module for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The light module includes a light source and a reflecting unit. The light module also includes an optical waveguide, wherein the waveguide is formed by a plate-shaped body having an L-shaped cross section, the light-reflecting unit comprises a reflector arranged in front of a shorter input part of the waveguide, and wherein at a place where a shorter inlet part of the waveguide passes into a longer outlet part of the waveguide, an angled surface is provided for total reflection of light passing through the shorter inlet part of the waveguide to the longer outlet part of the waveguide, wherewith a bottom area and an adjacent face of the outlet part of the waveguide are provided with a white coating. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140247615 | Automotive Light - An automotive light comprising a substantially basin-shaped rear body structured so to be fixed onto the vehicle body; a front lenticular semi-shell, which is arranged to close the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one band-like, transparent or semi-transparent portion; and at least a first lighting assembly, which is structured so as to emit light when electrically powered and is arranged within the rear body so as to backlight the band-like, transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular semi-shell; said first lighting assembly comprising: a first light-guiding plate made of photoconductive material and which substantially extends from the bottom of the rear body up to and close to the front lenticular semi-shell, while remaining locally substantially perpendicular to said front lenticular semi-shell, and is furthermore shaped so as to arrange its front lateral side close to a first part of said band-like, transparent or semi-transparent portion; and a second light-guiding plate made of photoconductive material, which laterally rests on/is joined with one of the two larger faces of said first light-guiding plate, close to the front lateral side of the same first light-guiding plate, so as to form a substantially L-shaped structure, and locally extends substantially tangent to the front lenticular semi-shell so as to substantially completely cover the remaining part of said band-like, transparent or semi-transparent portion. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247616 | Automotive Rear Light - An automotive light is provided having a substantially tub-shaped rear casing designed to fit to the vehicle body and a front lenticular half-shell which closes the opening of the rear casing and has at least one portion of transparent or semi-transparent material. The front lenticular half-shell includes a rear portion substantially aligned with the rear of the vehicle body, and a lateral portion substantially aligned with the side of the vehicle body. The automotive light also includes a strip light source designed to emit light when powered electrically and a light guide plate of photoconductive material shaped to substantially match the profile of the strip light source and housed inside the rear casing in a position substantially perpendicular to the rear portion of the front lenticular half-shell. A first side of the plate conducts light from the strip light source into the body of the light guide plate, and a second side of the plate directs light propagating in the light guide plate onto the lenticular half-shell. A transverse light-extracting band is provided to locally extract light onto a lateral portion of the front lenticular half-shell. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247617 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An optical device, in particular for a motor vehicle, such as a lighting or indicating device, this device comprising at least two light sources associated with different predetermined photometric functions and a principal light guide comprising an emergent end and arranged to guide the light generated by the light sources towards this emergent end, so that this emergent end defines a common illuminating surface for the two photometric functions. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140254187 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH TURN SIGNAL REPEATER GLAZING - An automobile vehicle including at least one glazing unit capable of operating as a direction indicator light, the glazing unit including: a first transparent sheet including first and second main faces, and an edge face; one or more light sources, each including a light-emission face opposite the edge face, connected to emit a flashing light synchronized with flashing of other direction indicator lights of the vehicle; a mechanism for extraction of light in at least one region of the first main face or the second main face of the first sheet or situated in a thickness of the first sheet, the extraction mechanism emitting, when illuminated by the light sources, an auto yellow light; and a mechanism rendering opaque situated toward inside of the vehicle with respect to the extraction mechanism and totally masking the extraction mechanism to render the extraction mechanism invisible from the inside of the vehicle. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140268847 | Lightguide with Horizontal Cutoff and Horizontal Spread - An automotive lightguide includes a main guide portion with a light entrance surface and a reflective rear edge surface; and an exit lens joined to the main guide portion, the exit lens having an exit surface with an arcuate exit profile. In use, light rays from a light source enter the main guide portion through an entrance surface, travel through the main guide portion and reflect off the rear edge surface to the exit lens which images the reflected light rays as a light beam pattern having a predetermined sharp horizontal cutoff and a predetermined horizontal spread, the arcuate profile of the rear edge surface determining the horizontal cutoff and vertical spread of the light beam pattern with respect to the horizontal optical axis H-H, and the exit profile of the exit lens determining the horizontal spread of the light beam pattern. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268848 | HEADLAMP HAVING A LIGHT GUIDE ASSEMBLY - An automotive headlamp ( | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140286029 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE INTERIOR - The invention relates to a lighting device ( | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140286030 | LIGHTING APPLIANCE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting appliance for vehicles with a light unit includes a light source and a light guide assigned to the light source for the creation of a given light function, wherein the light guide is embodied as a rod-shaped light guide with a punctiform surface for the coupling-out of light or as a flat light guide with a line-shaped or a sheet-like surface for the coupling-out of light, wherein for the creation of said light function, a light surface magnifying unit is provided, which comprises a light source and a mask template unit for the generation of an illumination pattern from a light beam sent from a light source onto a projection screen. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140286031 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles including at least one diffuser body suitable for receiving light emitted by a light source so as to diffuse the light externally to the body. The diffuser body includes a solid matrix of transparent polymer material which incorporates a plurality of bubbles or cavities, wherein the solid matrix performs the transmission of light within the body by subsequent reflections and wherein the bubbles perform the diffusion of light and the extraction thereof outside the body by subsequent refractions. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140286032 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a vehicle headlight having at least one light source arrangement comprising a laser, and having a headlight lens comprising a body composed of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part having at least one optically active light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises at least one, more particularly optically active, light entrance surface and undergoes transition with a bend into the light-conducting part for the purpose of imaging the bend as a bright-dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated from the light source arrangement into the light entrance surface. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140293632 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - An illuminating device for motor vehicle including an upper panel and a lower panel, an illumination opening partitioned between the upper and lower panels, and an illuminating portion having a light source portion and a light guide body configured to guide light from the light source portion to the illumination opening. A protrusion portion is set on the lower panel. A recessed portion into which the protrusion portion is to be inserted and an opposite portion that opposed to the protrusion portion are provided on the upper panel. A shading portion, provided between the opposite portion and a the light guide body, is configured to lower luminance of the leak light from the light guide body towards an opposite side to the illumination opening. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140301099 | VEHICLE DIRECTION INDICATOR LIGHT - A vehicle direction indicator light includes a light source and a light emitting body. The light emitting body guides light to the outside of the vehicle, and includes an outer emitting surface facing the outside of the vehicle, an inner emitting surface facing the inside of the vehicle, and a tip surface connecting the inner and outer emitting surfaces and facing a front or rear side of the vehicle. The outer emitting surface has a step shape in which a first surface portion that faces the outside of the vehicle and a second surface portion that faces the front side or the rear side of the vehicle are alternatingly connected to each other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Light emitted through the second surface portion and the tip surface has a higher intensity than the light emitted through the first surface portion. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140321136 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH 3D-EFFECT - A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes several flat light-conducting elements that are arranged in layers one behind the other in a layer arrangement. The individual light-conducting elements do not touch one another and are clearly spaced apart from one another. Each of the light-conducting elements includes a light-scattering structural element. An illuminating device is optically coupled to each of the light-conducting elements in order to couple light into the light-conducting elements. Light is coupled out of the light-conducting elements by means of the structural elements. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321137 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp includes an LED light source, a light guide plate optically coupled to the LED light source, and a convergent lens positioned therebetween to converge light from the LED light source to an optical fiber bundle which is connected with the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a light incident face for receiving light exiting from the convergent lens, a light exit face, a bottom face adjacent to the light incident face for reflecting light toward the light exit face thereof, and at least a bent surface extending between the bottom face and the light exit face. The vehicle headlamp creates a specific illumination field with a desired bright/dark cut-off line as the light from the LED light source passes through the convergent lens and the light guide plate in succession to project out of the vehicle headlamp. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321138 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - In a lighting system for a vehicle provided with a main light, an extension arranged between a reflector of the main light and an outer lens, a light guide member located in the vicinity of the extension, and a light source for the light guide member provided separately from a light source for the main light, the light source and a driver for the light guide member are arranged effectively to improve external appearance. A light incident section provided in the light guide member for admitting light from the light source for the light guide member, and a driver for the light guide member for adjusting power supply amount to the light source for the light guide member, are arranged in such a position as to be covered with an extension in a front view. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321139 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting device for vehicles with an elongated light guide comprising an end face for the coupling-in of light, into which a light beam radiated from a light source can be coupled-in. The lighting device further comprises elements for the coupling-out of light for the deflection of the coupled-in light beam in the direction of a front skin surface of the elongated light guide, on which the light beam can be coupled-out for the generation of a given light function, such that the front skin surface of the elongated light guide is connected to a rear skin surface by means of a curved dispersion surface. At least one light directing element is arranged between a row of light sources and the light guide so that the light of the light sources arranged in a row can be coupled into the rear skin surface or the curved dispersion surface of the light guide. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321140 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP - The present invention is directed toward light module for a motor vehicle headlamp that has numerous light sources, a primary lens, and a secondary lens. The primary lens is configured to collect light emitted from the light sources, and to convert this light to an intermediate light distribution having the form of a closed, illuminating surface area. The secondary lens has an object-side focal length, and the primary lens and the secondary lens are disposed such that the intermediate light distribution lies, at a spacing of this focal length, in the beam path in front of the secondary lens. The light emission surfaces of the light sources are separated from one another by spacings lying between them, and the primary lens is configured to distribute the light emitted from the light sources such that the spacings in the intermediate light distribution can no longer be perceived. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321141 | LED PROJECTION MODULE - The invention relates to an LED projection module ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140328076 | USB POWER OUTLET/CHARGER DIRECT REPLACEMENT FOR AUTOMOTIVE CIGAR LIGHTER/POWER OUTLET - A power outlet/charger for a portable electronic device, the power outlet/charger comprising an electrically insulating housing having a proximal end having an opening and a distal end having a first electrical connector; an electronic converter circuit fixedly housed in the housing for receiving a first voltage from a vehicle electrical power source through the first connector and for converting the first voltage to a second voltage compatible with the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard; and a USB connector disposed through the proximal end opening and connected to receive the second voltage; the housing being sized to directly replace a standard vehicle electrical cigar lighter socket/power outlet and fit into an opening in a vehicle panel for the standard vehicle electrical cigar lighter socket/power outlet, the first electrical connector being connectable to an electrical wiring harness of the vehicle having a connector that releasably connects with the first connector. Preferably, the first connector comprises a US-CAR connector. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140328077 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COVERING A COMPONENT, COMPONENT AND MOTOR VEHICLE - An arrangement for covering a component, in particular a steering wheel rim, of a motor vehicle, which component has an in particular encircling fastening depression. The arrangement has a cover composed in particular of a flexible and/or non-slip material, and at least one fastening element, in particular a clamping element, for fastening the edges of the cover, which is placed around the component, in the fastening depression. The at least one fastening element is designed as a light source and/or has at least one light source. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140334172 | Vehicle Lighting Device - A vehicle lighting device according to embodiments includes a light emitting unit, a holding unit, a light guide, a cover and an attachment unit. The light emitting unit has one or more light emitting elements. The holding unit holds the light emitting unit. The light guide guides light emitted from the light emitting unit and emits the light from a tip which is an opposite side to the light emitting unit side. The cover has a first fixation unit to be fixed to the holding unit and a second fixation unit which has a diameter smaller than that of the first fixation unit and internally fixes the light guide thereto in a state of exposing the tip. The attachment unit attaches the vehicle lighting device to a light emitting object (lamp) to which the light guided from the light guide is emitted, and is formed in the second fixation unit. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140340919 | LIGHTING DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A LIGHT CONDUCTOR ARRANGEMENT - The present invention is directed toward a lighting device of motor vehicle with an arrangement of at least two light conductors. Each conductor includes one coupling arm having a first cross section, a light conductor area with a second cross section, and a transition area located between the coupling arm and the light conductor area. The coupling arms include a respective first contact surface, and the transition areas of the light conductors include a respective second contact surface. The contact surfaces are formed in such a way that the coupling arm of the one light conductor inserts into the transition area of the respective other light conductor. Each one of the two coupling arms include deflectors on a rear side of the coupling arm, which deflect towards the front side, within a section of the transition area where each respective coupling arm fits into the other light conductor. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340920 | FLAT DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for illuminating an assembly in the interior of a vehicle. The device comprises a flat light guide that is at least partially covered by an optical lacquer coat. The flat development of the light guide makes it easier to homogenously illuminate large faces. The optical lacquer coat protects the light guide in particular at the places where contamination must be feared or where a contact with additional assembly elements is planned. The optical lacquer coat has a defined refractive index and therefore controls the emergence of light rays at the surface of the light guide. An adhesive connects the lacquer coat to a cover element of spacer fabric and lining. This leads to a mechanically secure fastening of the light guide to the cover element that is to be backlit. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340921 | MIRROR DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An outer housing with a cover having a PVD coating; a lens; and an illumination device such as LEDs, light guides, light emitting surfaces and/or blinkers. The lens has a first area internal to the cover, and a second, transparent area extending to one side of the outer housing. The cover has a first cover element external to the lens and of a nature such that the illumination device is visible from the exterior when it is on and not visible from the exterior when it is off. The cover has a substantially opaque second cover element having an overlapping portion between the first area of the lens and the first cover element. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140355284 | HEADLIGHT LENS FOR A VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, the headlight lens having a body of transparent material. The monolithic body includes a light passage section having at least one optically operative light exit face and a light tunnel having at least one optically operative light entry face. The light tunnel transits into the light passage section via a bend being curved in its longitudinal extension, wherein the light passage section is configured for imaging the bend as a bright-dark-boundary. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140355285 | VEHICLE DECORATIVE COMPONENT AND VEHICLE DECORATIVE COMPONENT INSTALLING METHOD - A vehicle decorative component functions as a decorating illumination while harmonizing with peripheral members. In a light emitting ornament having a light emitting region that emits light and a non-light emitting region adjacent to the light emitting region, the light emitting region includes an irradiation body including a lamp and a light guiding body, an ornament base material through which the light emitted from the irradiation body is transmitted at a front position of the irradiation body, and a decorative film formed at a front position of the ornament base material and exposed on the vehicle interior side, the decorative film through which the light transmitted through the ornament base material is capable of being transmitted, and a decoration style of a surface of the decorative film exposed on the vehicle interior side is the same as a decoration style of a surface of the non-light emitting region. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140362596 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can use a light guiding body, and prevent light loss due to the internal reflection of light at the light exiting surface as a result of being guided through the light guiding body. The vehicle lighting unit can include: a light source; a projection lens; and a light guiding body to collect light from the light source near a rear side focal point of the projection lens so as to guide the light to the projection lens. The light guiding body can include a first optical surface that can serve as a light exiting surface through which the light from the light source guided through the light guiding body can exit. The projection lens can include the first optical surface, a second optical surface, and a third optical surface, and be configured to have the rear side focal point located behind the first optical surface. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362597 | LIGHT-UP WINDOW FOR A VEHICLE - An illuminating glazing unit for vehicles, including: a first transparent sheet of glass with a first main face, a second main face, and an edge; one or more modules including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), each including a plurality of LEDs and associated electronic components fixed to a printed circuit board, the modules being positioned such that emitting faces of the LEDs are turned toward the edge of the first sheet of glass; an encapsulation mechanism in contact with the first main face of the first sheet; a light extraction element, which can be located on one of the main faces of the first sheet of glass; and a heat sink element, in thermal conduction contact with the LED module, in contact with the encapsulation mechanism, and in contact with an atmosphere via a heat exchange surface. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140376245 | LIGHTING DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a lighting device in a motor vehicle. The lighting device includes a light source for emitting light and at least one plate-shaped light conductor, which is made in form of a block optics. The block optics includes two boundary surfaces which run opposite towards each other at a certain distance, a totally reflective side surface between the boundary surfaces, and a light coupling-out area arranged between the boundary surfaces. A coupling-in section is arranged on at least one of the boundary surfaces. The lighting device further includes at least one substantially rod-shaped light conductor with a light output area which extends along the longitudinal extension of the light conductor in addition to the at least one block optics. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376246 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT AND OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE USED IN VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - An optical fiber bundle is used in a vehicle headlight, the optical fiber bundle being configured by binding a plurality of optical fibers. Each optical fiber can include a core having an incident end face on which a laser beam is made incident and an emission end face from which the laser beam is emitted. A clad can surround the core. Emission end faces of the respective plurality of optical fibers can be arranged adjacent to one another on a substantially same plane to create an emission end face group, an external shape of which is a substantial rectangle. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376247 | DEVICE FOR MAKING THE APPEARANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SIGNAL LIGHT UNIFORM - The invention relates to a device for a motor vehicle signal light ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140376248 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT HAVING SAME - An LED lighting device includes an LED module; a light guide member disposed adjacent to the LED module guides light emitted from the LED module towards an object; a heat transfer member coupled to the LED module absorbs the heat from the LED module; a heat-absorbing portion is formed in the shape of a capillary tube, injected with working fluid, and coupled to the heat transfer member so as to absorb heat; and a heat pipe loop provided with a heat-dissipating portion for dissipating the heat absorbed in the heat-absorbing portion. The LED lighting device can have a simple structure without a cooling fan while obtaining a high output by including the heat-dissipating portion which has a large dissipation area and high heat transfer performance. Since heat dissipation can be carried out without an additional cooling device, minor failures can be reduced, and maintenance of the device can be simplified. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150009696 | LIGHTING DEVICE, LIGHTING FITTING, AND VEHICLE - A lighting device including: a light guide which is elongated and has a first end portion with an entrance surface; and a light source provided facing the entrance surface of the light guide, wherein the light guide includes: a reflective surface between the first end portion and a second end portion of the light guide; and an exit surface opposite the reflective surface, the reflective surface includes a plurality of grooves which extend in a direction oblique to a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the light guide in a first region between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the exit surface includes a concave portion which extends from the first end portion toward the second end portion. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150023037 | LIGHT GUIDING ELEMENT FOR A LASER VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a light guiding element ( | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150036371 | MIRROR APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A mirror apparatus for a vehicle includes a design body, a first emission member, a second emission member, a guide body and a differentiation portion. The design body includes a mirror provided at a vehicle, and the design body structures a design surface. The first emission member emits light and the second emission member emits light. The guide body guides the light emitted by the first emission member and the light emitted by the second emission member to an outer side of the design body. The differentiation portion makes directions in which the light emitted by the first emission member and the light emitted by the second emission member are guided by the guide body different. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036372 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting device for vehicles having an optical fiber including a flat segment with two opposing flat sides, a light decoupling area, and a light coupling area. The light decoupling area in which light relayed by the flat sides is output in the primary direction of emission. The light coupling area couples the light into the optical fiber, and is arranged on a free end of a light coupling element which is perpendicular to the flat segment and projects from the same. A deflection structure is arranged between the light coupling element and the flat segment for the purpose of deflecting the light toward the flat segment. A rigid circuit board runs parallel to the flat segment. The circuit board is configured with a number of light sources which are each functionally assigned to the light coupling elements. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150049503 | Automotive Light - An automotive light includes a substantially basin-shaped rear body; a front lenticular half-shell arranged to close the mouth of the rear body and includes a ribbon-like, transparent or semitransparent portion; and a first lighting assembly structured to emit light when electricity powered, and arranged within the rear body to backlight the ribbon-like portion of the front lenticular half-shell. The first lighting assembly includes a light-guide plate made of light-conducting material and a linear-extending light source within the rear body next to the light-guide plate, and structured to direct emitted light towards the inside of the light-guide plate. The linear-extending light source includes a row of light-emitting diodes which face the light-guide plate and are placed spaced side-by-side to one another, and a power-supply and control circuit which sequentially turns on the diodes so as to illuminate in sequence an equal number of segments of the light-guide plate. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150055360 | Lighting Units for Road Users - A lighting unit ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055361 | VEHICLE LIGHT AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light installed in a vehicle includes: a main case having a front opening; first and second light guides that are disposed in the main case; light sources that emit light into the first and second light guides; and a translucent cover fitted to cover the opening of the main case. The first light guide is rod-shaped and includes a first extended section extending from the inboard side of the first light guide relative to the vehicle width direction toward the outboard side of the first light guide relative to the same and a second extended section that continues from the first extended section, curves back inwardly, and extends to the inboard side, and the second light guide is plate-shaped and disposed so as to pass in front of or behind the portion of the first light guide that curves back. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150078023 | Lighting Device for Vehicles - A lighting device that is designed for vehicles and that comprises a first light emitting unit for generating a first light function and a second light emitting unit for generating a second light function. The second light emitting unit has a flat light guide having a narrow side at the light input face for coupling light into the flat light guide, as well as opposing flat sides. The flat light guide has a rear flat side, which is arranged rearwards seen in the main direction of emission, and a front flat side, which is arranged forwards seen in the main direction of emission. Output elements and/or a reflecting face are associated with the rear flat side of the flat light guide in a light output section of said flat light guide. The flat light guide comprises a light passage section, in which no output elements and no reflecting face are associated with the rear flat side. The reflecting face in the light output section of the flat light guide is integrally molded on the rear flat side of said flat light guide. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078024 | Lighting Device for Vehicles - A lighting device for vehicles, having a housing, in which a light module, containing a light source and a lens unit allocated thereto, is disposed, for generating a lighting function, wherein the light source is designed as a light source emitting a linear light distribution, and the lens unit has optical means for converting the linear light distribution of the light source into another linear light distribution, for generating a predefined lighting function. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078025 | LIGHTING DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention is directed toward a lighting device in a motor vehicle that includes a first light conductor and at least one second light conductor. The first light conductor propagates light by total internal reflection which impacts on a light coupling-out area of light conductor and is at least partially reflected toward and emits from an opposite light output area. The at least one second light conductor propagates light by total internal reflection which is coupled into the first light conductor by a midway coupling-in. The light that emits out of the second light conductor via a light output area enters into the first light conductor via the light coupling-out area. An air gap is formed between the light coupling-out area of the first light conductor and the light output area of the second light conductor. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078026 | Vehicle Headlight - A vehicle headlight includes a low beam light module and a appearance light module, which are embodied, arranged and designed such that, in a low beam mode, less than 30% of the light intensity emitted by the vehicle headlight with respect to a vertical orientation above the light-shadow line and with respect to the horizontal orientation in the direction of travel, is generated by the low beam light module. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150078027 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can be configured to include a thin light guide. The vehicle lighting unit can include a solid light guide having a first surface including an internal reflection portion and a light exiting portion that are formed as a single continued surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light incident surface through which light enters the light guide so that the light reaches and is internally reflected off the internal reflection portion of the first surface, then is internally reflected off the reflection portion of the second surface, and exits through the light exiting portion of the first surface. The reflection portion of the second surface can include a plurality of divided reflection regions, and the reflection regions can include at least one reflection region disposed at a reference position and at least one reflection region disposed at a position closer to the light exiting surface than the reference position. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150085509 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR PART - A vehicular interior part includes an interior part main body, an elongated light guide member guiding light from a light source, and a light guide member holder mounted to the interior part main body and holding the light guide member. The light guide member holder includes an elongated holder main body including a holder recess where the light guide member is arranged and having a U-shaped cross section and extending in an elongated direction of the light guide member, and at least two mount portions provided on a peripheral end portion of the holder main body and arranged along an elongated direction of the holder main body and mounted to the interior part main body. The holder main body includes a weak portion between the at least two mount portions that has mechanical strength lower than other parts of the holder main body. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085510 | MIRROR DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THEREOF - A mirror device for motor vehicles is provided comprising a main housing and a light guide associated with a light source and attached to the main housing. The light guide extends in at least one portion through the main housing defining at least one housing adapted for receiving the light source. The main housing may comprise a cover and a case; and a housing body may be fitted between the light guide and the cover. The light source housing may be formed at any portion of the length of the light guide. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150092433 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes a light source for sending out a light beam. The lighting device also includes a lightguide of shape made of a plastic, primarily transparent material for guiding the light beam, while a portion of a mantle of the lightguide forms an exit surface for emergence of rays of light of the light beam, wherein another portion of the mantle of the lightguide opposite the exit surface is at least partly provided with a diffuse means formed by a nontransparent coating or foil pressed against the mantle of the lightguide, or joined to a diffuse means of the plastic primarily nontransparent material in the process of injection molding of the plastic. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092434 | ON-VEHICLE INTERIOR ILLUMINATING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an on-vehicle interior illuminating device able to show the light moving with a small number of light sources and to reduce cost. The on-vehicle interior illuminating device includes: a light guide member; one light source unit; the other light source unit; and a control unit. The control unit turns on the other light source unit after turning on the one light source unit, turns off the one light source unit after turning on the other light source unit, and turns off the other light source unit after turning off the one light source unit. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150109807 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A vehicle lighting device includes a light guiding board and a plurality of LEDs attached to the light guiding board. The light guiding board has a first face, a second face opposite to the first face, a first side face and a second side face connecting the first face and the second face. The LEDs are attached to and face the first side face and the second side face. A light reflecting film is formed on the first face, the second face, the first side face and the second side face. A plurality of light emerging windows are defined in the light reflecting film on the first face. The light emerging windows extend through the light reflecting film. The first face is exposed at the light emerging windows. A method for manufacturing the vehicle lighting device is also provided. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109808 | VEHICLE LAMP - The present disclosure provides a technology of achieving a compact configuration of efficiently guiding a light incident on an incident portion to an emitting portion. The vehicle lamp includes a light guide lens. The light guide lens includes an incident portion on which light is incident from the LEDs, an emitting portion which emits the incident light, and a main body portion which guides the light from the incident portion to the emitting portion. The incident portion has a larger width than the main body portion, and the emitting portion has a larger width than the main body portion. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150124469 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a lighting device ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150138821 | RESIN OPTICAL MEMBER AND AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - A resin optical member allows light to pass therethrough. The resin optical member includes a fine asperity portion formed with fine asperity structure and a flat portion not formed with fine asperity structure. The fine asperity structure include concavities or convexities formed at a pitch equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light. The fine asperity structure includes concavities or convexities having a height 37 nm or more. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150291089 | ILLUMINATED GLASS PANEL - A lighting glazing includes a first sheet of transparent glass or plastic with a first main face, a second main face and a rim; a flat waveguide with a first main face, a second main face, an injection rim and a beveled rim, opposite the injection rim; a light source positioned facing the injection rim of the flat waveguide, the flat waveguide being fixed via the second main face to the first main face of the first sheet of glass. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150291090 | CUP HOLDER FOR VEHICLE | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150291092 | LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE - A light guide device that performs uniform brightness transmitted light illumination regardless of a distance from an incident portion is provided. Light that is emitted from a light source, and enters from an incident portion of a light guide member (light guide body) made of a translucent member formed along an outer edge portion of a decorated portion, travels in the light guide portion while repeating total reflection by an inner surface of the light guide member. In the light-guiding portion, the light is guided in the decorated portion made of a translucent member from the inside of the light guide member, and is emitted outside by being scattered by the inside of the decorated portion, and in the non-light-guiding portion, the light that travels in the light guide member is prevented from traveling in the decorated portion. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150292704 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A present invention includes a lamp housing, a lamp lens, a first lamp unit, and a second lamp unit. The first lamp unit includes a semiconductor-type light source, and a light guide member. The light guide member has an exit surface, and a reflection surface. A plane exit surface is provided in a part of the exit surface for blocking a part of a radiated light L | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150298579 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, ARRANGEMENT OF AT LEAST TWO LOCKING DEVICES AND VEHICLE SEAT - A locking device ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150298604 | LIGHTING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR CONTOUR LIGHTING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A lighting device, in particular contour lighting for a motor vehicle, includes a housing made from a plastic material that is transparent to the light coupled into the housing and functions as a diffuser and is covered with a coating at least in the region of the outer surface thereof that is visible when mounted and that is not transparent to the light coupled in, wherein the coating is removed locally in order to form a narrow light-emitting line. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150314724 | ILLUMINATED VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT HAVING AN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL - An illuminated vehicle interior component having a support configured to be mounted to a vehicle interior. The support includes a show surface, a rear surface, and at least one aperture extending between the rear surface and the show surface. The illuminated vehicle interior component also includes an elastomeric material disposed in the at least one aperture of the support. The elastomeric material is configured to receive light from a light source and to direct the light through the elastomeric material from the rear surface to the show surface. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150316227 | STACKED LIGHTGUIDE TAILIGHT ARTICLE - A taillight article ( | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150321599 | VEHICULAR REAR PANEL - A vehicular rear panel with a new configuration is provided. The vehicular rear panel according to an aspect of the present disclosure is made of a resin material and disposed on a rear vehicle body part. The vehicular rear panel includes a light guiding unit configured to guide light from the light source along an extending direction of the vehicular rear panel and a light emitting unit configured to emit light in the light guiding unit to a rear side of a vehicle. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150321600 | LIGHT CONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METER DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light conductor device receives light from a light source. The light conductor includes a radial conductor including an annular body, a conductor base, and outer segments. The annular body extends in a circumferential direction. The conductor base extends from the annular body inward in a radial direction. The conductor base extends in the circumferential direction. Each of the outer segments extends from the annular body outward in the radial direction. The outer segments are arranged in the circumferential direction and distant from each other in the circumferential direction. The annular body is located between the conductor base and the outer segments in the radial direction to bridge the conductor base and the outer segments into a single piece. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150323146 | LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT COMPRISING A LIGHT GUIDE UNIT FOR A PROJECTOR LAMP - The invention relates to a light guide unit ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150330593 | MULTIFUNCTION LIGHTGUIDE TAILIGHT ARTICLE - A taillight article ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150336509 | Vehicle Light Monitoring System - A vehicle light monitoring system for allowing a user to determine if a vehicle's headlights and taillights are functioning properly. The vehicle light monitoring system includes a console mountable within the interior of the vehicle, wherein the console includes a representation of a vehicle thereon that shows the vehicle's headlights and taillights. The system further includes fiber optic cables each having a first end and a second end, wherein the cables are positioned such that the first end of the cable is adjacent to a headlight or taillight of the vehicle, and the second end is secured to the console and is arranged so that it is disposed on the headlight or taillight portion of the vehicle representation. Thus, when a vehicle's headlights or taillights are illuminated, the end of the fiber optic cable on the console will also be illuminated. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338048 | LIGHTING UNIT FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a lighting unit for a vehicle capable of implementing surface light emission from a single light emitting surface. The light unit can function to implement a light emitting region in which at least two light colors are displayed or different light colors are implemented, or to locally emitting light. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150345728 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - An automotive lamp includes: a light source; a light emitting member that receives light from the light source and emits light; and a support member that supports the light emitting member. The support member includes a translucent light emitting member accommodating unit. The light emitting member accommodating unit includes a recess in which the light emitting member is accommodated. A light incidence surface and side surfaces of the light emitting member are in contact with the light emitting member accommodating unit in a state in which the light emitting member is accommodated in the recess. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346422 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A light device includes a light guide part having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a three-dimensional effect forming part on the light guide part; and a light source part irradiating a beam from a thickness direction of the light guide part to an intermediate portion of the light guide part, wherein the three-dimensional effect forming part includes a pattern having multiple unit patterns that are sequentially arranged and have inclined surfaces each having an inclination angle with respect to the first surface or the second surface, wherein the multiple unit patterns of the pattern guide incident beams in the light guide part into a first surface direction or into a second surface direction through reflection and refraction from the inclined surfaces, thereby implementing line-shaped beams of first paths crossing at right angles to each pattern extension direction of the multiple unit patterns. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150356895 | ILLUMINABLE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A DISPLAY ELEMENT - The invention relates to an illuminable display element, in particular for a vehicle, which display element comprises a planar cover ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150360605 | VEHICLE VISOR VANITY LIGHT AND ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - The specification discloses a vehicle visor including a vanity light assembly and an actuator assembly. The visor vanity additionally includes a mirror and a movable mirror cover. The light assembly includes a light source and a light pipe for conveying light from the light source to two or more diffusers, for example, on opposite ends of the mirror. The actuator assembly includes a switching arrangement for switching the light source on and off without flicker or noise in response to the opening and closing of the mirror cover. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150362144 | HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING LIGHT-CONDUCTING RODS FOR A HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to a lamp unit ( | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150362659 | VEHICLE LAMP FITTING - Problem: To provide a vehicle lamp fitting in which regularity of the strength or weakness of the emitted light is maintained and deterioration of appearance is suppressed. Solution: A vehicle lamp fitting | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150369442 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A lighting device for a vehicle includes: a transparent rod shaped light guide member having an incident surface of lights in an end face; a light source which is arranged so as to be opposed to the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member and generates heat at a temperature or higher than a softening point of the rod shaped light guide member, lights emitted from the light source being allowed to be incident on the rod shaped light guide member from the incident surface so that the rod shaped light guide member emits lights in a linear form; and a transparent heat insulating part arranged between the light source and the incident surface of the rod shaped light guide member. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150369444 | WATERPROOF STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device includes a case, a lens, a light guide, a waterproof member, hooks, and catches. The catches are elastically deformed outward to separate from an accommodation portion so that the hooks enter the catches from the side closer to the accommodation portion. Engaging surfaces of the hooks engage with catch surfaces of the catches so that the case and the lens are joined. The joining causes the waterproof member to be compressed. The engaging surfaces and the catch surfaces are inclined by an equal angle relative to an imaginary plane perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the case and the lens such that the catch surfaces are located inward of the engaging surfaces and close to the accommodation portion. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150375675 | ILLUMINATED VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT - A vehicle interior assembly includes an interior trim component at least partially enclosing a storage volume and having a recessed compartment. The interior trim component is configured to transition between a first position, a second position, and a third position relative to a support structure. The vehicle interior assembly also includes a first light transmissive element coupled to the interior trim component and configured to illuminate an exterior surface of the interior trim component. In addition, the vehicle interior assembly includes a second light transmissive element coupled to the interior trim component and configured to illuminate a first interior of the recessed compartment. The vehicle interior assembly further includes a light source coupled to the support structure. The light source is positioned to optically communicate with the first light transmissive element while the interior trim component is located in the first position, to optically communicate with the second light transmissive element while the interior trim component is located in the second position, and to otherwise illuminate a second interior of the storage volume. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND OPTICAL COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing an optical component having an optical surface includes: injecting a molten resin into a cavity; curing the molten resin to form the optical component; and taking the optical component out from the movable mold by moving the movable mold away from the fixed mold, and piercing a part of the optical surface (first incident surface) of the optical component attached to the movable mold by the protruding pin, and then wherein a tip end face of the protruding pin includes: a first surface; and a second surface having an area smaller than an area of the first surface, and extending continuously from the first surface in a curved form, the second surface being located on at least a part of an outer circumferential edge portion of the tip end face, that is, a tip end in the first direction. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160009233 | FLOATING IMAGE LAMP | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160018075 | VEHICLE LIGHTING FIXTURE - A vehicle lighting fixture is configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern (for example, a high-beam (driving) light distribution pattern and a low-beam (passing) light distribution pattern) by superimposing N partial light distribution patterns wherein N is a natural number of 2 or more. The vehicle lighting fixture can include a light intensity changing unit configured to change a light intensity of at least one partial light distribution pattern out of the N partial light distribution patterns. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160025289 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can accurately dispose the light incident portion of a light guiding member and a light source with respect to each other while the light guiding member can be exposed on the front side without the provision of a large opening to a supporting member for supporting the light guiding member. The vehicle lighting unit can include an LED substrate in which an LED is installed, a light guiding member having a light incident portion on which light from the LED can be incident, and an extension configured to support the light guiding member. The extension can have an insertion hole formed therein, through which the light incident portion of the light guiding member is inserted from a front side thereof. The LED substrate can be disposed so that the LED faces and approaches to the insertion hole of the extension and attached to the extension from its rear side through a bracket so that the LED substrate is secured to a rear surface of the bracket. The bracket can have a guiding portion configured to guide the light incident portion of the light guiding member to be inserted to the insertion hole to allow the light incident portion to face the LED. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160040850 | LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED LIGHT EFFICIENCY AND DUAL COLOR FUNCTION - An apparatus for producing light signals in a vehicle. The same physical apparatus produces light signals of two different colors. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) of two different colors produce diverging light rays. These rays are captured by a transparent plate and conducted to an edge of the plate, which reflects and collimates the light into parallel beams. The parallel beams then reach an elongated lens running along another edge of the plate, which focuses, or de-focuses, the light and transmits it externally as a signal. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160053958 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can prevent the appearance from deteriorating due to darkened portion even when a light guiding member is disposed in an area where the light guiding member cannot be seen from outside. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, and a light guiding member having a light guiding main body and configured to receive light emitted from the light source and guide the light while reflecting the light so that the light exits through the light guiding member, which are contained in a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens covering the opening of the housing. The light guiding member can include a fin-shaped light emitting portion extending from the light guiding main body and disposed in an area corresponding to an angular range through which the light guiding main body of the light guiding member cannot be seen directly from outside. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160053962 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can increase the light emission region of a light guiding lens to improve the aesthetic feature as the lighting unit when emitting light. The vehicle lighting unit can include an LED serving as a light source and a light guiding lens configured to guide the light from the light emitting element while totally reflect the light which are housed within a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens that can cover an opening of the housing. The light guiding lens has an aesthetic portion having a rear surface in part of which cuts are formed to cause the light to exit thereby. The aesthetic portion can further have a cut formed in a front surface where no cut is formed in the rear surface thereof | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160059773 | Coated Polymeric Substrates - The present invention relates to a polymeric substrate being coated with a reflective coating, particularly a chromium-based reflective coating. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160069526 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH A REFLECTIVE PATTERN FOR PROPOGATING A LIGHT BEAM - An optical waveguide for the propagation of a light beam adapted to travel by successive total reflections off the faces of the waveguide to an output face where the light beam is refracted. One of the faces of the waveguide forms, facing towards the output face, a support face for a pattern extending across the main direction of the beam to divert same towards the output face. According to a characterizing feature of the invention, the pattern is a bifunctional reflective pattern that is integral with the support face, having three portions including end portions formed by cone portions between which there is interposed an intermediate portion that comprises two facets that meet at a top edge, which is not parallel to the support face for the patterns. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160076720 | VEHICLE AUXILIARY LAMP UNIT - A vehicle auxiliary lamp unit includes a first circuit board and an elongated light pipe. The first circuit board has a plurality of first light sources and at least one aperture. The elongated light pipe has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is located by the first circuit board and arranged to receive light from a first of the plurality of first light sources. The proximal end of the elongated light pipe includes at least one locating projection that is received by the at least one aperture of the first circuit board. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160082881 | LIGHT-EMITTING PART FOR VEHICLE - A light-emitting part for a vehicle having a light-emitting region is described. The light-emitting part includes an irradiation body which i) includes a dot-shaped light source and a planar plate-shaped light guide body that emits light from the dot-shaped light source, and ii) emits the light toward a front side of the light-emitting region. The light-emitting part includes a curved plate-shaped transmissive body disposed so that the light emitted from the irradiation body is transmitted through the curved plate-shaped transmissive body. The curved plate-shaped transmissive body includes portions which are separated from the planar plate-shaped light guide body by different gaps. Also included is a surface brightness adjusting portion which adjusts a brightness of an outer surface of the light-emitting region in response to a size of the gap and a distance from the dot-shaped light source. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084462 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT MODULE, VEHICLE HEADLIGHT UNIT, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT DEVICE - A vehicle headlight module includes: a light source that emits light that becomes illumination light; a light guide component having an incident surface through which the light emitted from the light source enters the light guide component as incident light, a side surface that reflects the incident light to superpose beams of the incident light, and an emitting surface from which the reflected incident light is emitted; and a projection lens that projects the light emitted from the emitting surface. The light guide component has an inclined surface in the side surface. A part of the incident light that has been reflected by the inclined surface is superposed with another part of the incident light that has not been reflected by the inclined surface in a partial region on the emitting surface, so that a luminance of the partial region is higher than a luminance of the other region. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084463 | LIGHTGUIDE WITH HORIZONTAL CUTOFF AND HORIZONTAL SPREAD - An automotive lightguide includes a main guide portion with a light entrance surface and a reflective rear edge surface; and an exit lens joined to the main guide portion, the exit lens having an exit surface with an arcuate exit profile. In use, light rays from a light source enter the main guide portion through an entrance surface, travel through the main guide portion and reflect off the rear edge surface to the exit lens which images the reflected light rays as a light beam pattern having a predetermined sharp horizontal cutoff and a predetermined horizontal spread, the arcuate profile of the rear edge surface determining the horizontal cutoff and vertical spread of the light beam pattern with respect to the horizontal optical axis H-H, and the exit profile of the exit lens determining the horizontal spread of the light beam pattern. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084467 | VEHICULAR LAMP - Disclosed is a vehicular lamp. The vehicular lamp includes: a plurality of light sources arranged in a row; a light guide configured to receive light emitted from the light sources on a rear surface thereof, and emit the light from a front surface thereof. The light guide includes: a base having a rear surface extending in an arrangement direction of the light sources; a plurality of rear surface projections protruding from the rear surface of the base; and a plurality of front surface projections protruding from a front surface of the base. The rear surface projections and the front surface projections are arranged in the arrangement direction to be spaced apart from one another, and are formed in a plurality of projection forming areas, respectively. Each of the front surface projections has a polyhedral shape including a plurality of faces that are successive in a circumferential direction thereof. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084468 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a light source; and a light guide disposed such that light emitted from the light source is incident on an end face of the light guide. The light guide emits light, guided into its interior, heading vehicle-forward from an exit face of the light guide running along the light guide's lengthwise extension. The light guide includes reflection steps formed on a surface of the light guide on a side reverse from the exit face, for reflecting light guided into the light-guide interior toward the exit face; and a plurality of diffusion flutes formed on said end face, each being arcuate in substantially horizontal cross-section through said end face, and each being of constant form in substantially perpendicular extension. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160090030 | FLEXIBLE LIGHT GUIDE FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY APPLICATIONS - A vehicle display assembly including at least one flexible light guide in a path of illumination to illuminate predetermined different shapes, contours, areas and/or surfaces of the vehicle display assembly. The flexible light guide is silicon or other material suitable to provide flexibility to allow use of the same flexible light guide in different vehicle display assembly shapes and to be a light guide conductor. The flexible light guide is mountable adjacent to at least one light source within the vehicle display assembly to illuminate the predetermined shapes, contours, areas and/or surfaces of the vehicle display assembly visible to vehicle occupants. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091162 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An optical light emission system for a motor vehicle, the optical system comprising:
| 03-31-2016 |
| 20160096470 | DISPOSITIF D'ECLAIRAGE D'UN HABITACLE DE VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE - A lighting device for a motor vehicle interior, comprising at least: one light source suitable for emitting light rays for the lighting of the interior, a touch interface and sensor means for detecting a contact on the touch interface and generating a signal characteristic of this contact according to which the light source is controlled, and a mounting support for the touch interface in the vehicle, wherein the touch interface is mounted on the mounting support via the sensor means. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising such a device for lighting its interior. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160102834 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a light source mounted on a vehicle body and a light guide body for guiding light generated by the light source. On the light guide body, vertically to a light travelling direction, a plurality of notch-shaped portions are formed in line. The notch-shaped portions become narrow in pitch as the distance from the light source increases and are formed deeper as the distance from the light source increases. Preferably, the notch-shaped portions exhibit arc cross-sections having the same curvature radius, and the depths of the notch-shaped portions are specified by the central angles of the arc cross-sections. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160107563 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A lighting device for motor vehicles comprising an optical waveguide element ( | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160107567 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INCLUDING A PCB MOUNTED LIGHT CONDUCTOR - An instrument cluster is provided that includes a light conductor or light guide mounted directly to a printed circuit board having a light source. Such a light conductor can be attached to the printed circuit board near the light source using an adhesive, so as to eliminate the need for a separate frame or light housing to support the light conductor relative to the printed circuit board. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109074 | VEHICLE LIGHTING FIXTURE - A vehicle lighting fixture can utilize a plurality of optical deflectors configured to two-dimensionally scan with excitation light. The vehicle lighting fixture can form a predetermined light distribution pattern and have at least one first lighting unit and at least one second lighting unit. The first lighting unit can include: excitation light sources; optical deflectors corresponding to the excitation light sources, each including a mirror part that can two-dimensionally scan with excitation light in horizontal and vertical directions; a first wavelength conversion member configured to include scanning regions corresponding to the optical deflectors, forming a light intensity distribution image; and a first optical system configured to project the light intensity distribution images formed in the respective scanning regions to form a first light distribution pattern. At least one scanning region can overlap another scanning region in part to relatively increase a light intensity in the overlapped scanning region. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109084 | MULTI-FUNCTION OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH SHARED EXIT OPTIC - A light for a vehicle. Two or more light guides each project a sheet of light to a common projection lens, but in different directions. Each light guide is selectively actuable by the driver. The projection lens receives the sheets of light, expands them in the horizontal direction, and projects them in the same general direction as received. Thus, the driver can selectively illuminate various regions of the terrain. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160121782 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A LIGHT GUIDE - A light module for a motor vehicle comprising:
| 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121785 | Illuminated Running Board for Vehicle - An illuminated running board for a vehicle includes a light guide plate, a panel, and a luminous module. A plurality of convex portions is formed on a top surface of the light guide plate, and a plurality of optic pattern portions is formed on a bottom surface of the light guide plate. A groove is formed in the bottom surface of the light guide plate and spaced from the optic pattern portions. The panel mounted on the top surface of the light guide plate has a plurality of through-holes, each of which is penetrated by one of the convex portions. The luminous module installed in the groove includes a plurality of luminous elements which are not opposite to the convex portions. Light rays from the luminous elements are conducted into the light guide plate, reflected to the optic pattern portions, and projected upward from the convex portions. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160129843 | TURN SIGNAL LAMP ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE DOOR MIRROR, AND VEHICLE DOOR MIRROR - A casing of a turn signal lamp assembly includes a lamp housing and an outer lens, each of which includes a transparent member, being overlaid on each other and joined to each other at peripheral edges. The lamp housing includes a light entrance portion that receives incident light emitted from a light source, a light-guiding lens portion that guides the incident light, and a light exit portion that outputs the guided light. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131322 | Composite Lamp - A composite lamp includes a base, a light-transmittable cover, a light-emitting device, a reflection seat, and a light-guiding rod. The light-emitting device includes multiple pieces of first light-emitting element and at least one piece of second light-emitting element. The reflection seat defines a reflective surface facing towards the cover and defines a rear slot and a front slot respectively facing the base and the cover. The first light-emitting elements are installed in the rear slot to face the reflective surface, so that the light emitting from the first light-emitting elements can be reflected by the reflective surface to pass through the cover. The light-guiding rod is disposed in the front slot. The second light-emitting element is adjacent to one end surface of the light-guiding rod, so that the light emitting from the second light-emitting element can enter the light-guiding rod and then pass through the cover. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160138772 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a plurality of light sources ( | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138773 | VEHICLE COMBINATION LAMP - A vehicle combination lamp can include first and second lamp units each having a band-shaped light emission portion and suppress a gap therebetween from being observed as if they are separated away from each other even when end portions of the band-shaped light emission portions do not overlap each other. In the vehicle combination lamp, the band-shaped light emission portion of the first lamp unit can include a light guiding body of which end face is inclined. Behind the end face, there is a reflector that is configured to go around and behind the portions of a second housing and a second outer lens of the second lamp unit. The end face of the light guiding body can reflect light rearward and then the reflector reflects the light forward to illuminate the gap between the band-shaped light emission portions. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160146416 | OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The invention relates to an optical element for a vehicle headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having a first head lens array which is a compressed as a single piece from a transparent material and at least one second head lens array which is compressed as a single piece from the same or another transparent material. Said first head lens array and the second head lens array have respectively a connecting web which connects the at least one first head lens to a second head lens. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160161073 | LIGHTING SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING MEMBER, COMPRISING A LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT OFFSET FROM THE LIGHT SOURCE - A lighting system for a motor vehicle includes a printed circuit board equipped with light emitting diodes for emitting light beams in lighting directions and an optical module formed to propagate and transmit the light beams. The optical module has a reception surface to receive the light beams and an emission surface for retransmitting the light beams. The lighting system also includes at least one element for masking the light beams emitted by the light emitting diodes. The element for masking which extends from at least one of the light emitting diodes toward the reception surface and substantially parallel to the lighting direction of the at least one light emitting diode, over at least a part of the periphery of the at least one light emitting diode and over at least a part of a distance separating the at least one light emitting diode and the reception surface. | 06-09-2016 |
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| 20160167573 | VISOR | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160169467 | Headlamp for Vehicles | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160178152 | LIGHT DEVICE COMPRISING SURFACE LIGHT SOURCES | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160185286 | LIGHT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN OPTICAL DEVICE INTEGRATED INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY - A light assembly comprising an optical device adapted to be mounted onto an air-conditioning duct of a vehicle. This optical device comprises means for fastening it to the duct, and comprises an optical guide element adapted to receive through an input face the light rays emitted by at least one light source positioned outside the duct, and to diffuse said rays through an output face directed toward the inside of the duct. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160186950 | LIGHTING SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING MEMBER, COMPRISING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INCLINED IN RELATION TO THE LIGHTING DIRECTION - A lighting system for a motor vehicle headlight includes a rigid printed circuit plate equipped with light-emitting diodes on one face of the rigid plate, the rigid plate being inclined by an angle of 50° to 70° relative to a predetermined lighting direction of the lighting system, and an individual optical module associated with each of the light-emitting diodes. The individual optical module is formed to propagate and guide a light beam emitted by the associated light-emitting diode such that the light beam exiting from the individual optical module is substantially parallel to the lighting direction. | 06-30-2016 |
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| 20160195230 | LIGHTING SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING MEMBER, COMPRISING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE PLANE OF THE LIGHTING DIRECTION | 07-07-2016 |
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| 20160377254 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP WITH A FRONT HOUSING - A motor vehicle headlamp including a housing in which at least one main light source is arranged, at least one further light-emitter, a heat sink for cooling the light-emitter, an at least partially transparent external lens that closes off the housing from the external environment of the motor vehicle headlamp and has an inner side facing the interior of the housing and an outer side facing the external environment, a front housing that is arranged in front of the outer side of the external lens. A light-guiding element is arranged in or on the front housing that at least partially fills the interior of the front housing or forms at least part of a wall of the front housing and guides light radiated inwards by the light-emitter. A motor vehicle is provided that includes a motor vehicle headlamp and a cooling grille having at least one cooling grille lamination. | 12-29-2016 |
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