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| 20080219021 | Vehicular Lighting Assembly - A vehicular lighting assembly with a reflection mirror formed of a BMC resin is provided which prevents glass fiber in the resin from separating and flying away when the direction of illumination is changed for aiming, which can result in degradation in appearance of the reflector or occurrence of glare. The vehicular lighting assembly can be configured such that a high-beam reflector and a low-beam lighting assembly attachment are formed of a plastic member made of the BMC resin as an integrated lighting assembly holder portion. The low-beam lighting assembly attachment of the lighting assembly holder portion can include a low-beam reflector, ball joints, and an adjusting nut attachment engaged with an adjusting screw, so that it can be aimed. The ball joints and the adjusting nut attachment are formed at their respective positions on an integrated metallic member so that they can be attached as an aiming unit to the low-beam lighting assembly attachment. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080225541 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices, and a reflector for reflecting light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting devices toward a front side of the vehicle lamp. The reflector is partitioned into a plurality of light emitting areas that are radially formed around an optical axis extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. Each of the semiconductor light emitting devices is disposed on an outer peripheral portion of one of the light emitting areas respectively. Each of the reflecting surfaces of the reflector is provided in one of the light emitting areas respectively. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080239744 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp forms a low-beam distribution pattern by combining light radiated from a first unit and a second unit. A brightness decreasing element is provided on a reflective surface of a first main reflector in a sub-unit of the first unit. Thus, for the low-beam distribution pattern formed by the first unit and the second unit, among a peripheral end portion of a cut-off line forming pattern formed by the sub unit, a low luminance portion with a partially reduced brightness is formed at the border of both right and left end sides that upwardly overlap with a portion of a diffusion area forming pattern. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239745 | LAMP UNIT OF VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - A lamp unit of a vehicular headlamp includes a projection lens with an optical axis; a light source formed from a semiconductor light-emitting element; a first reflector that reflects light from the light source so as to condense such light on or near the optical axis; and a shade positioned between the light source and the projection lens so as to extend along the optical axis direction. The shade shields part of the light reflected by the first reflector. In the lamp unit of the vehicular headlamp, a shielding surface extends rearward from a front end of the shade, where the shade is positioned near a rearward focal point Rf of the projection lens. The shielding surfaces serve as a second reflector that reflects light from the first reflector toward the projection lens. In addition, a transparent portion is formed on part of the second reflector such that part of the light reflected by the first reflector passes downward of the rearward focal point of the projection lens and is then incident to the projection lens. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080273344 | DEVICE FOR REPLACING A LIGHT SOURCE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE OPTICAL MODULE - A device for replacing a lamp of a light source of a motor vehicle lighting and/or signalling system, comprising a reflecting element, the light source, with a lamp support, secured to the lamp to be replaced, the lamp support providing the holding, in an operating configuration, of the lamp within the reflector, an outer lens for allowing the light rays produced by the light source to pass in the form of a light beam along an optical axis, a housing holding the outer lens and the reflecting element, the lamp support being disposed opposite an opening provided in the housing of the device, and being accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080278961 | Hybrid Optics for L.E.D. Lamp - A lighting assembly is adapted to be fixedly secured to a motor vehicle for emitting light out therefrom. The lighting assembly includes a frame for supporting and mounting the lighting assembly to the motor vehicle and a lens fixedly secured to the frame. The lighting assembly also includes a light emitting diode spaced from the lens for emitting light out through the lens. The lighting assembly further includes a reflector extending between the lens and the light emitting diode. The reflector includes a parabolic reflective surface, and a hyperbolic component for directing light emitted from the light emitting diode out toward the parabolic reflective surface at an angle such that the light passes through the lens as collimated light. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080291688 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE MODULE - A light emitting device module is provided. The light emitting device module includes a plurality of light emitting devices; a submount on which the light emitting devices are mounted; and a heat-radiant substrate to which the submount is fixed. The submount includes a positive front surface electrode; a negative front surface electrode; at least one relay front surface electrode, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices are electrically coupled to each other in series via the at least one relay front surface electrode; a plurality of through electrodes; a positive back surface electrode coupled to the positive front surface electrode via a through electrode; a negative back surface electrode coupled to the negative front surface electrode via a through electrode; and at least one relay back surface electrode which is coupled to the at least one relay front surface electrode via a through electrode. The heat-radiant substrate includes a positive circuit electrode bonded to the positive back surface electrode; a negative circuit electrode bonded to the negative back surface electrode; and at least one relay circuit electrode bonded to the at least one relay back surface electrode and being floated electrically. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080316760 | Led Collimator Element with an Asymmetrical Collimator - The invention relates to an LED collimator element ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090010017 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device comprises; a metal reflecting member, a light emitting element fixed to the metal reflecting member, a glass film that covers the metal reflecting member and has Si—N bonds, and a translucent resin that covers the glass film. The present invention provides a light emitting device with which, even when this device is used in a harsh environment, there will be no deterioration in the light reflecting performance of the metal reflecting member, and light can be emitted at high output over an extended period. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090027908 | VEHICULAR LAMP UNIT - A lamp unit used in a vehicular lamp includes a reflector provided with a parabolic cylindrical reflective surface with a focal line in the horizontal direction; a planar light source having a light-emitting surface with a generally oblong shaped region; and a drive portion that rotatably supports the semiconductor light-emitting element portion. The generally oblong shaped region of the planar light source includes a long side in a direction parallel to the focal line and a short side of a predetermined width. The planar light source is disposed such that the light-emitting surface faces the parabolic cylindrical reflective surface of the reflector and such that a long side, on a lamp front side, generally coincides with the focal line and acts as a rotational axis. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090040779 | Headlight Unit and Straddle-Type Vehicle - A headlight unit includes a reflector that is concave in shape and has left and right reflection surfaces for reflecting light emitted by a headlight bulb in a desired direction. Protection covers cover outer edge sections of the reflector and have a color different from that of the left and right reflection surfaces. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090067186 | VEHICLE LAMP UNIT - In a vehicle lamp unit that is configured to be mounted on a vehicle, a semiconductor light source can be substantially covered with a first reflector and, therefore, the semiconductor light source is not visually observable (or, is difficult to see) from outside the lamp unit even when a projection lens is disposed in front of the opening of the first reflector and spaced from the first reflector so as not to contact the first reflector. Thus, a vehicle lamp unit having a novel design can be provided in which the projection lens appears as if it is floating in air and in which the semiconductor light source is not visually seen or is difficult to be seen from the outside. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090091944 | LIGHTING OR SIGNALLING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A lighting or signalling device for a motor vehicle, having an optical axis and comprising at least one light source and at least one guide for the light rays between the source and an exit face, the guide having an entry edge associated with the source. The guide for the light rays is formed by a sheet and the sheet comprises a curved rear edge convex towards the rear, able to provide reflection of the light rays towards the exit face. A curved shape of the rear edge being associated with the profile of the exit faced so that the emerging light rays have a direction contained in a substantially horizontal plane containing the optical axis of the device. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090097267 | Temporary emergency headlight for vehicles - A temporary headlight reflector device for application to a vehicle of a sandwich construction having a temporary elastic or flexible reflective panel with protruding tabs including protective layers releasably bonded by adhesive material to the tab substrate which may be folded over for attachment to the front of a vehicle. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090103322 | Tri-bar headlight assembly with interchangeable colored dots - A motor-vehicle headlight assembly which has an interchangeable colored translucent cup centered over the light source by a three linear member housing. The headlight assembly also has a region of its lens colored differently with a reflective enclosure behind it wherein a signal light resides. This allows the installer to change both the look of the headlight and the color of the center most region of the light beam emitted from the headlight. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090122569 | VEHICLE LIGHT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A vehicle light can have a simple configuration for easily determining whether or not a coating, such as an anti-fog coating and a hard coating, has been applied to a lens. A manufacturing method of such a vehicle light is also disclosed. The vehicle light can include a housing opened in an illumination direction, a light source disposed within the housing, a reflecting surface disposed within the housing and configured to reflect light from the light source to the illumination direction, and an outer lens disposed so as to hermetically close the front open end of the housing. The outer lens can have an inner surface and an outer surface, at least one of which including a coating for surface treatment. The outer lens can further have a first area which is subjected to a texturing process on the inner surface and/or the outer surface, with at least part of the first area including the coating for surface treatment. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090135621 | HEADLIGHT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - This present invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles which comprises a flat type light conducting body having two opposed flat sides at which light is transmitted from a light coupling or input side of said body to a light decoupling or output side thereof by total reflection, and a narrow side at the light input end along which a plurality of spaced-apart light elements are fitted for light input into the light conducting body, wherein said narrow side extends in at least an extension plane perpendicular to the flat sides and the narrow side is uneven at least in a light input section thereof that constitutes a light input position. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090154185 | VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION LAMP - A vehicular illumination lamp includes a convex lens positioned on an optical axis in a vehicular longitudinal direction and a light emitting element positioned in a proximity of a rear side focal point of the convex lens. The vehicle lamp is configured so as to form a light distribution pattern that has a horizontal cut-off line and an oblique cut-off line in an upper end portion thereof by exercising deflection control, with a use of the convex lens, over light directly emitted from the light emitting element. The light emitting element includes a light emitting chip that has a rectangular light emitting surface. The light emitting element is positioned facing forward in such a manner that a lower end edge of the light emitting chip is positioned on a plane that includes the optical axis, while one of end points of the lower end edge is positioned on the rear side focal point. An additional lens is provided around the convex lens. The additional lens is integrally formed with the convex lens in such a manner that the additional lens surrounds the convex lens in a manner of a band. The additional lens includes an incident plane that is formed generally in a shape of a circular cylindrical plane centered on an axial line passing through a position in a proximity of a light emission center of the light emitting element and being parallel to the optical axis and that causes light emitted from the light emitting element to become incident to the additional lens in such a manner that the light is refracted into a direction that draws apart from the axial line; a reflecting plane that causes the light that has become incident from the incident plane to be internally reflected to a front; and an emission plane that causes the light that has been internally reflected on the reflecting plane to be emitted to the front as diffused light. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154186 | VEHICLE LAMP ASSEMBLY - A vehicle lamp assembly includes a first lamp section and a second lamp section, which are disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. The first lamp section includes a light source and a reflector which reflects light from the light source. The second lamp section includes a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device, a light guide member, and an optical component. The light guide member includes a base end face from which the light guide member extends in a strip shape along the front cover, a functional portion having a diffusing front surface which emits light from a first light emitting device, and a decorative portion having an internally reflecting rear surface which reflects light from a second light emitting device. A light emitting area of the decorative portion is larger than that of the functional portion. The optical component is disposed on a rear side of the functional portion to guide the light from the first light emitting device toward the diffusing front surface. The light emitted from the second light emitting device is incident on the base end face. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090168446 | VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light can include a reflector and a light source. The reflector has a reflection surface formed by at least part of a parabolic cylindrical surface obtained by moving a parabola by parallel displacement, where the parabola has a coefficient of 0.5, a focal length, and a focal point. The light source includes at least one set of at least two light emitting devices that have respective light emission surfaces facing toward the reflection surface. The at least two light emitting devices include a front light emitting device and a rear light emitting device spaced apart by a predetermined distance along an illumination direction of the vehicle light, with the focal point interposed between the front and rear light emitting devices. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090185389 | Light guide for a lamp - A light with one or more LEDs directing light in a first direction. The light has first and second over-lying light guides receiving light from the LEDs. The light guides extend in the first direction X. Plural LEDs can be used and they may direct light from either or both ends of the light guides. The light guides can be clear if the LEDs emit colored light, or colored if the LED emits white light. A plurality of first light deflectors is associated with the first light guide and a plurality of second light deflectors is associated with the second light guide for directing the light that has been emitted from the light source along the first direction X in a second, output direction Y, the first light deflectors being offset from the second light deflectors to evenly distribute output light. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090201693 | SPLIT TROUGH REFLECTOR - A trough reflector for a lighting system is disclosed, wherein the trough reflector produces a lighting pattern having a stepped horizontal cut-off, maximizes collection efficiency, and minimizes undesirable beam patterns. The trough reflector includes a reflective surface having a substantially parabolic curvature for directing light, wherein the reflective surface is split into a first portion and a second portion. The second portion offset relative to the first portion of the trough reflector. The trough reflector further includes a plurality of reflective side walls disposed adjacent the reflective surface, wherein the reflective side walls cooperate with the reflective surface to direct light rays to form a desired lighting pattern. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201694 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp can include a light source, a reflector having a parabolic reflective surface for reflecting light beams from the light source, and a lens formed in a generally rectangular shape (i.e., square, rectangular, substantially square, substantially rectangular). The lens can include a plurality of lens cut portions for diffusing the generally parallel light beams from the reflector. The principal optical axis of the vehicle lamp can be aligned with the center of the lens. A plurality of ridge lines or valley lines can extend radially from the principal optical axis to divide the generally rectangular lens into at least a first lens cut portion, a second lens cut portion, a third lens cut portion, and a fourth lens cut portion. The first lens cut portion can be a substantial mirror image of the second lens cut portion, and the third lens cut portion can be a substantial mirror image of the fourth lens cut portion. Part of the parallel light beams from the reflector can be diffused in the left and right directions through the first and second lens cut portions, and at the same time, part of the parallel light beams from the reflector can be diffused in the up and down directions through the third and fourth lens cut portions. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090231873 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP APPARATUS - A vehicle headlamp apparatus is provided. The vehicle headlamp apparatus includes a low beam lamp unit which forms a low beam distribution pattern having a cutoff line along an upper edge thereof, and an additional lamp unit which forms an additional light distribution pattern including an area above the cutoff line of the low beam distribution pattern. The additional lamp unit is configured such that a luminous intensity of at least a portion of the additional light distribution pattern increases toward a horizontal line from above. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237951 | Automotive Illumination-System Device and Light-Conductor System for an Automotive Illumination-System Device - The invention relates to a light-conductor structure ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090268480 | LAMP UNIT FOR VEHICLES - In existing lamp unit for vehicles, the light from the semiconductor light source can not be effectively used. In the present invention, a planar reflect surface ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273942 | HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH CONFIGURABLE INDICATOR ARRAY - The present disclosure provides a headlight assembly comprising a configurable indicator array that includes a plurality of individually controllable lights that may be activated and deactivated to form a plurality of light patterns. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090296418 | SIDE-LOADED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MODULE FOR AUTOMOTIVE REAR COMBINATION LAMPS - A side-loading LED module for a rear combination lamp is disclosed. One or more LEDs are mounted on a distal side of a printed circuit board, which also includes the circuitry that drives the one or more LEDs. The circuit board and a thermal pad are screwed/riveted to a heat sink, then the heat sink is mounted to a lateral face of a housing. The LEDs emit diverging light laterally inside the housing. One face of the housing is a faceted parabolic reflector, which receives the diverging light from the LEDs and reflects a collimated beam longitudinally to the front of the housing, where it passes through a clear cover and exits the lamp. The facets on the parabolic reflector angularly deviate portions of the reflected beam, so that the reflected light is collimated, and is angularly broader than a single collimated beam. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296419 | PROJECTOR TYPE VEHICLE LIGHT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A projector type vehicle light can have a decreased total weight and prevent the insufficiency in strength of a rotational shaft of a base member. The projector type vehicle light can include a light source, a reflector, a shade, and a projection lens. The vehicle light can further include a shade rotational shaft extending in the left-to-right direction, a base member configured so that the shade can rotate around the shade rotational shaft, a solenoid for making the shade rotate between a low-beam position and a high-beam position, and a crank shaft configured to connect the solenoid with the shade for driving the shade. The solenoid can be supported by the base member so that the plunger of the solenoid can move in the left-to-right direction. The lens holder can be made of a first material, such as a resin material, and the base member can be made from a second material, such as metal material. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100002458 | Automotive lamp and reflector for low beam and advanced forward lighting system - An advanced forward lighting system may be made with a lamp having a first filament and a second filament extending perpendicular to the first filament. The second filament is partially hidden rearward and above the first filament. A reflector forms a main beam from the first filament light and a right or left cast supplemental beam from the second filament light. The second filament's position minimizes glare, and enables a simple advanced forward lighting system from a single standard lamp fitting both right and left side reflectors. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100020561 | HEAD LAMP - Disclosed herein is a head lamp. The head lamp includes a light source emitting light, a reflection plate reflecting the emitted light toward a lens, and a shield integrally formed with the reflection plate to intercept a portion of the light illuminated toward the lens. The head lamp can accurately adjust an illumination pattern of light through a reduction of assembly tolerance between components. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100027284 | Light Module for an Illumination Device for a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a light module ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100124071 | COOLING DEVICE FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE OF VIBRATION GENERATING MACHINE AND HEAD LAMP FOR VIBRATION GENERATING MACHINE - A cooling device for a light emitting device package of a vibration generating machine, includes: a heat releasing plate provided at one side of the light emitting device package; a vibrator disposed to face the heat releasing plate and vibrating to generate an air flow according to vibration of the vibration generating machine; and a vibration transfer unit configured to connect the vibrator and the heat releasing plate to allow the air flow generated from the vibrator to be transferred to the heat releasing plate so as to be cooled. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100135036 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - An optical axis O′ of a lens section of an optical member is inclined downward relative to a horizontal direction (an optical axis O of each LED) from a light emitting section of each LED. Therefore, an area at and below a horizontal position of a lighting device is illuminated by the lens section while each LED is arranged at an optically ideal position relative to the lens section. Also, reflection surfaces of upper and lower reflector sections and of the optical member are respectively set based on parabolas P | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100142217 | LAMP | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100195343 | PRISM EQUIPPED ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR VEHICLE - An illumination unit for a vehicle comprising: a light emitting element; an outer housing including an opening, on which the light emitting element is mounted; a prism disposed between the light emitting element and the opening, the prism including a tip portion which is disposed at the opening, a body portion which continues from the tip portion, a flange portion which continues from the body portion, and a stage at a boundary between the tip portion and the body portion. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195344 | PRISM EQUIPPED ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR VEHICLE - An illumination unit for a vehicle comprising: a light emitting element; an outer housing including an opening, on which the light emitting element is mounted; a prism disposed between the light emitting element and the opening, the prism including a tip portion which is disposed at the opening, a body portion which continues from the tip portion, a flange portion which continues from the body portion, and a stage at a boundary between the tip portion and the body portion. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195345 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device is provided, and includes a mount member, a semiconductor-type light source, a reflector, and screws. Mounting boss portions in which the screws are to be threaded are provided at the mount member. At the reflector, through holes into which the screws are to be inserted are provided for the mounting boss portions. A hollow axle portion, which rotatably engages with one of the mounting boss portions from the outside, is provided at an edge of one of the through holes of the reflector. As a result, this vehicle lighting device allows the reflector to be mounted on the mount member having the semiconductor-type light source mounted thereon, without the semiconductor-type light source and the reflector interfering with each other. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195346 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, SUCH AS A LIGHTING OR SIGNALING DEVICE - An optical device, in particular for an automotive vehicle, such as a lighting or signaling device, comprising at least one light source, and at least one light guide designed to guide at least some of the light emitted by the light source, the light guide comprising at least one output face and at least one reflection face designed to reflect, towards the output face, light being propagated in the guide, wherein the light guide exhibits a cylindrical sheet form and/or the output face is not completely planar. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100202151 | Illuminating Device for Vehicles - The invention relates to an illuminating device for vehicles, in particular a tail light, with a housing containing at least one light source, a support accommodating the light source, and a reflector, and with a diffusion lens for covering an opening of the housing, characterized in that the reflector, which is provided with an electrically conductive coating, is assigned charge dissipation means in such a manner that, when electrostatic charging of the reflector occurs, a dissipation current flows to a connection to earth of the illuminating device. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100208481 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, VEHICULAR LIGHTING FIXTURE COMPRISING THE DEVICE, AND HEAD LAMP - A light-emitting device comprising a light source which emits excitation light and a fluorescent substance which absorbs the excitation light to emit light in combination, wherein a fluorescent substance comprising an α type SiAlON represented by the general formula: (Ca | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100226143 | LED Automotive Fog Lamp - A fog lamp may include a Lambertian LED, a collimating lens encompassing the Lambertian LED, a collimating surface including a total internal reflective surface and encompassing the collimating lens, and a corrugated surface attached to the collimating surface at an acute angle with respect to an optic axis of the corrugated surface. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100232172 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, SUCH AS A LIGHTING OR SIGNALING DEVICE - An optical device, in particular for a motor vehicle, such as a lighting or signaling device, this device comprising at least one light guide which is designed to guide at least part of the light which is emitted by a source of light, the light guide comprising at least one output surface and at least one main reflection surface, which is designed to reflect towards the output surface light which is propagated in the guide, the light guide comprising a portion for coupling with the source of light, this coupling portion having a transverse axis (Y), wherein the coupling portion is arranged such that the light which is emitted from this coupling portion is propagated in the light guide, around the transverse axis, according to a total angular opening, measured around this transverse axis, which is strictly less than 360°, and in particular is less than 320° or 300°. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100271835 | Lighting Device for a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle. Said lighting device comprises a light source ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277939 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp comprising includes a light-emitting diode that is used as a light source and that emits light; and a light transmitting member that is arranged in a path of the emitted light and through which the light is passed. The light transmitting member shields the light-emitting diode from infrared rays that travel in an opposite direction to a traveling direction of the light. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100296305 | VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light is provided which can prevent the accumulation of assembly errors during the assembling of separate optical components. The vehicle light can include a first heat sink having a first heat sink body and a first heat radiation fin, and a first optical system configured to form a part of a predetermined light distribution pattern. The first optical system can include a first LED light source, a first reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the first LED light source, and a projection lens configured to allow light reflected from the first reflector to pass therethrough. The first LED light source, the first reflector, and the projection lens can be secured to an upper surface of the first heat sink body. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100315827 | VEHICLE LIGHT - The invention relates to a motor vehicle lighting fixture which comprises at least: a light source comprising at least one LED; a light-transmitting part that is arranged such that it receives light from the light source; and a reflector that is arranged such that it reflects that portion of the light from the light source that passes through the light-transmitting part and couples it out to the front of the lighting fixture, a reflection portion and a refraction portion being provided within the light-transmitting part, wherein said reflection portion deflects the light issuing from the light source through total reflection in one direction that is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the reflector, whereas the refraction portion couples out the light in the direction of the reflector. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110002135 | Vehicular Lamp - A vehicular lamp includes: a lamp outer housing composed of a lamp housing with an opening on one side and a cover attached to the lamp housing to close the opening; a light source disposed inside the lamp outer housing; a reflector that is disposed inside the lamp outer housing, reflects light emitted from the light source, and is formed with an optical path notch or an optical path hole which serves as a path for a part of the light emitted from the light source; and a control optical section having a lens member attached to the reflector so as to close the optical path notch or the optical path hole, and controlling light emitted from the light source toward the optical path notch or the optical path hole to guide the light in a predetermined direction for radiation. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110019431 | VEHICLE LAMP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TRANSPARENT ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp has at least one transparent element ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019432 | PROJECTION MODULE FOR A HEADLAMP - The invention relates to a projection module for a headlamp, in particular a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a light source, which is arranged inside a reflector housing, and which illuminates a projection lens, wherein means are arranged to display a sharp light-dark boundary. The means are integrated into the reflector ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110026266 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND VEHICLE LAMP - A light source module for a vehicle lamp, including an optical system that guides light emitted from the light source module in a certain irradiation direction and has an optical center, the light source module has a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements disposed in a straight line and electrically connected to each other in series. One of the semiconductor light emitting elements that is positioned closest to the optical center of the optical system has a light emitting area that is smallest of the plurality of the semiconductor light emitting elements. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110032720 | High and low beam headlamp with a pivoting multifaceted reflector - A vehicle headlamp having a pivotal multifaceted reflector, a light source, and an actuator typically including a solenoid, the actuator disposed and coupled to the multifaceted reflector and to other portions of the headlamp so as to pivot, under the action of the actuator, into a first position to generate a first beam of light serving as a high beam, and into a second position to generate a second beam of light serving as a low beam, and so providing a high beam and a low beam using the same light source, fixed within the headlamp, and a single reflector. In some embodiments, the high beam meets FMVSS 108 requirements for a vehicle headlamp high beam, and the low beam meets FMVSS 108 requirements for a vehicle headlamp low beam. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110044066 | REFLECTOR FOR VEHICLE - A reflector for a vehicle can include a plurality of retroreflective elements configured to retroreflect incident light incident parallel to a horizontally-arranged reference axis, obliquely upward at a prescribed angle with respect to the reference axis. The plurality of retroreflective elements can each include: a first reflection surface inclined at an angle ANG | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110069505 | LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - The invention provides a light assembly to enable various light functions, such as braking lights, tail lights, license plate lights, flashers, etc., using LEDs that consume low power and have a long service life. The LEDs are located on a single, two-sided printed circuit board (PCB), which reduces the assembly costs and the size of tail light, as well as the complexity of assembly. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110075436 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp can include a light source, a reflector and a lens. The reflector can be formed in a slender shape so as to include a parabolic reflex surface in a longitudinal direction and an ellipsoidal reflex surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A focus of the parabolic reflex surface and one of the focuses of the ellipsoidal reflex surface can be located at the light source, and other focuses of the ellipsoidal reflex surface can be substantially parallel with a central axis of the lens. The reflector can reflect light emitted from the light source toward the lens with a wide angle so that light use efficiency of the light source can improve as compared with certain conventional vehicle lamps. Thus, the vehicle lamp can provide a favorable light distribution even when it is formed in a slender shape. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110085344 | Lamp Unit and Vehicle Lamp - A lamp unit includes at least one light source that emits light in a predetermined direction, and a light guide body including at least one incident surface where light emitted from the light source enters, a first emission surface that emits light entering from the incident surface in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of second emission surfaces that emits light entering the incident surface in a horizontal direction and emits light entering the incident surface to the upper side of the horizontal direction. The second emission surfaces are formed above the first emission surface at different positions in an up-down direction, and are positioned on the back side of the first emission surface so as to be spaced apart from one another in the horizontal direction. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085345 | MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALLING DEVICE - A motor vehicle lighting and/or signalling device comprising a housing comprising a rear opening in which a light source can be fitted to the housing and a ventilation hole opening into the rear opening of the housing. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110122636 | Signal indicator lamp assembly for a vehicle - A signal indicator lamp assembly ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110170307 | VEHICLE LAMP - In a vehicle lamp ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170308 | VEHICLE HEAD LAMP - A vehicle head lamp includes: a light source; a reflector that reflects light emitted from the light source; a condenser lens that irradiates the light reflected by the reflector forward; and a shade that blocks part of the light reflected by the reflector to obtain a desired light distribution. The shade includes a main shade that has an opening for passing overhead sign light irradiated forward and upward and a sub-shade that is provided so as to be inclined rearward and downward from an upper edge of the main shade in order to obtain a cut line of the light distribution, and the reflector has an OHS reflection area used to project part of the reflected light toward a lower surface of the sub-shade and that allows the light reflected on the lower surface to pass through the opening of the main shade as the OHS light. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170309 | REFLECTOR IN A LIGHTING APPARATUS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a reflector in a lighting apparatus of a motor vehicle comprising a reflecting surface and a pot-shaped metal body carrying the reflecting surface, wherein the reflecting surface is attached to an inner side of the body, wherein at least the reflecting surface of the reflector is comprised of an element injection molded from a plastic material and attached to the metal body of the reflector, and wherein the metal body is shaped such that the injection molded element is connected to said metal body in a stationary manner. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170310 | LIGHTING UNIT AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A lighting unit ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110211361 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device is provided which is capable of merely changing a shade, thereby using a first reflector and a second reflector as they are, to cope with a variety of light distribution pattern specifications, and which is capable of avoiding deformation of a shade due to a thermal effect even if incidence of sunlight going back has optically focused on the shade. In a heat sink member | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110216549 | VEHICLE LIGHT UNIT AND VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light unit can convert an LED light source to a linear light emitting state and can be incorporated into a vehicle light. The vehicle light unit can include a first to fourth lens part in front of an LED light source. The first to third lens parts can convert the point light source or the LED light source into a linear light emitting portion with improved light utilization efficiency by providing first to fourth total reflection surfaces utilizing internal reflection to the third lens part. The light rays through the linear light emitting portion can be incident on the fourth lens part. The fourth lens part can include a plate-shaped light guiding portion with a plurality of total reflection surfaces on one surface and corresponding lens cut portions on the other opposite surface. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110222303 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp is provided with a light emitting module. The light emitting module is provided with a light emitting portion and a frame member. The frame member surrounds the light emitting portion to define a light emitting surface. The frame member includes a first surface and a second surface in which a part of an internal diffusing/reflection light reflected on the first surface is to be projected upwardly of a cutoff line of a low-beam light distribution pattern, and a part of the internal diffusing/reflection light reflected on the second surface is to be projected downwardly of the cutoff line. A reflectance of the first surface is lower than a reflectance of the second surface. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110249461 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp according to the present invention is provided with: a semiconductor-type light source | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110280028 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a light source having a light emitting surface, and a reflector configured to reflect light from the light source to form a light distribution pattern having a first cutoff line and a second cutoff line such that the first cutoff line and the second cutoff line form an angle with each other. The reflector is configured to form the first cutoff line and the second cutoff line by reflection images of the same edge of the light emitting surface. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280029 | LOW-BEAM LAMP UNIT - Disclosed is a low-beam lamp unit including an LED, a projector lens disposed on an optical axis, a reflector reflecting light of the LED toward the vicinity of a back focus of the projector lens on a vertical cross section, a shade having a front edge portion disposed in the vicinity of the back focus of projector lens to block a portion of light reflected by the reflector, and a re-reflection surface integrally provided in the back of the front edge portion to re-reflect the portion of reflected light blocked by the shade to the projector lens. In the low-beam lamp unit, at least a portion of the re-reflection surface has a light diffusion portion which is a continuously curved surface that is convex toward the reflector in the vertical cross section. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110286228 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle headlight can include a housing including a front surface provided with an opening, a reflector which reflects light, and a supporting member including a plurality of shaft bearing portions which support the reflector. The supporting member can be made in such a way that at least the shaft bearing portions have flexibility, and engage with the housing in a vicinity of the opening of the front surface of the housing so as to be fixed to the housing. The housing can be configured to support the reflector via the supporting member disposed in the housing in such a way that the reflector is tiltable in the housing. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120008333 | VEHICLE LAMP UNIT - A vehicle lamp unit has a light emitting device disposed adjacent to a base point on an optical axis extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle on which the vehicle lamp unit is mounted, and a transparent member disposed in front of the light emitting device. The light emitting device has a light emitting surface arranged to face forward. The transparent member is configured such that light emitted by the light emitting device enters the transparent member and is internally reflected by a front surface of the transparent member, and such that the light reflected by the front surface is internally reflected again by a rear surface of the transparent member and emitted from the front surface of the transparent member. The front surface has a flat surface facing obliquely upward. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120039083 | LIGHTING MODULE AND DEVICE FOR VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED HIGH-BEAM FUNCTION - A lighting module notably for motor vehicles comprising a first concave reflector comprising a first and a second focal point, a second concave reflector and comprising a first and a second focal point, the first and the second reflectors having a truncated circumference such that the reflecting face of the first reflector is oriented towards that of the second reflector, a shield between the first and the second reflectors, an optical element comprising a first focal point situated in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the module and passing through the cut-off edge, the cut-off edge being situated at the second focal point of the first reflector and at the second focal point of the second reflector. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039084 | LIGHT ASSEMBLY - Light assembly ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120057363 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a semiconductor light emitting device arranged to face toward a front of the vehicle lamp, a first optical member disposed in front of the semiconductor light emitting device, and a second optical member disposed in front of the first optical member. The first optical member comprises a front surface and a back surface. The front surface is configured to internally reflect light from the semiconductor light emitting device toward the back surface. The back surface is configured to internally reflect the light reflected by the front surface back toward the front surface such that the light exits the first optical member from the front surface. The second optical member is disposed directly in front of the front surface of the first optical member and diffuses the light from the first optical member to form a light distribution pattern. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120063156 | OPTICAL UNIT - An optical unit includes: a heat sink that radiates heat from a light source; and a base portion including a reflector mounting section, a lens mounting section and a connecting section connecting the reflector mounting section and the lens mounting section. The base portion is configured such that the light from the light source is reflected by a reflector mounted onto the reflector mounting section and is incident onto a projection lens mounted onto the lens mounting section. The heat sink is exposed to a space surrounded by the lens mounting section, the connecting section and the reflector mounting section. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120069594 | INTERNAL LIGHTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - An interior lighting display device and a display panel thereof capable of effectively preventing a dark area from being formed in the display panel. A film or sheet that reflects light is disposed on a back surface and a side surface of a display panel of an interior lighting display device. For example, the film or sheet is disposed on a back surface and a side surface of a region that is a colored area having low transmittance of the display panel, and an area in which a light source is not present behind the display panel. In addition, a light reflective body is placed in an area in which the light source is not present within the interior lighting display device. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120081916 | VEHICULAR LAMP - The present disclosure has been made in an effort to provide a vehicular lamp that can adopt a low-priced material having a low heat-resisting temperature as a material for a reflector. A vehicular lamp includes a tail and stop lamp bulb and a reflector reflecting light from bulb to the front of the lamp, in a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. In addition, lamp body includes an opening for exposing the rear surface of reflector in the vicinity of tail and stop lamp bulb to the outside of the lamp chamber. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120106187 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a lamp outer case, a reflection-type first lamp unit, a direct emission-type second lamp unit, and a compound lens. The lamp outer case includes a cover and a lamp housing. The first lamp unit has a first light source, a reflector and a shade and forms a collective optical system. The second lamp unit has a second light source, which directly emits light, and forms a defuse optical system. The compound lens is disposed along an inner surface of the cover, and has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the cover that is formed as a curved light emitting surface. The cover also includes first and second control portions. The light emitting surface has a shape which is displaced to the rear as it extends transversely outwards of a vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106188 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, VEHICLE HEADLAMP, AND VEHICLE - A headlamp of an embodiment of this invention includes a laser element, a light emitting section, and a parabolic mirror. A part of the parabolic mirror is provided so as to face an upper surface of the light emitting section, which upper surface has a larger area than that of a side surface of the light emitting section. The light emitting section emits fluorescence in such a manner that distribution of the fluorescence corresponds to the Lambertian distribution. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120113664 | HEAD LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A head lamp for a vehicle is provided, which includes a reflector for reflecting light emitted from a light source, a reflection plate for collecting the light reflected from the reflector in an upward direction, a micro-reflection module provided over the reflector to tilt and reflect the light collected by the reflection plate at a desired angle, and an optical lens for irradiating the light reflected from the micro-reflector onto a road surface. The head lamp can implement various beam patterns in accordance with road and surrounding circumferences, and irradiate vehicle information onto a road surface, thereby reducing the dazzle of other drivers of opposite vehicles and improving the field of vision of the driver to improve the safety and convenience. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120140504 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, VEHICLE HEADLAMP, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A headlamp | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140505 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - Disclosed is a vehicular headlamp which includes a lamp unit placed in a lamp unit outer case constituted by an outer cover and a lamp housing. The lamp unit includes a light emitting diode provided as a light source; a circuit substrate mounted with the light emitting diode and having a connection terminal for supplying power to the light emitting diode; a projection lens configured to project light emitted from the light emitting diode and irradiate the projected light forwardly; and a cover member placed to surround the light emitting diode and include a colored part of which an inner peripheral surface is formed as an incident surface, on which a part of the light emitted from the light emitting diode is incident, and in which a predetermined color other than a yellow color is given to a surface other than the incident surface. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140506 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same can include a wavelength converting layer in order to emit various colored lights including white light. The semiconductor light-emitting device can include a base board, a frame located on the base board, at least one light-emitting chip mounted on the base board, the wavelength converting layer located between an optical plate and each outside surface of the chips so as to extend toward the optical plate using a meniscus control structure, and a reflective material layer disposed at least between the frame and both side surfaces of the wavelength converting layer and the optical plate. The semiconductor light-emitting device can be configured to improve light-emitting efficiency and color variability between the light-emitting chips by using the reflective material layer as each reflector, and therefore can emit a wavelength-converted light having a high light-emitting efficiency from various small light-emitting surfaces. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120188781 | VEHICLE LIGHT - A vehicle light using a projection lens of a novel appearance can provide a feeling of solidness as compared to a simple spherical shape. The vehicle light can include a projection lens having an optical axis and a plurality of separate lens portions divided in a radial pattern with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens. The separate lens portions can have respective light exiting surfaces of different curvatures, and respective light incident surfaces, the shapes of which are determined such that the separate lens portions have the same thickness and the same focal point. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120195057 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND HEADLAMP - A light emitting device of the present invention includes: an LD chip for emitting excitation light; a light emitting body for emitting fluorescence upon irradiation with the excitation light from the LD chip; and a mirror including a light reflecting concave surface for reflecting the fluorescence from the light emitting body, the light reflecting concave surface of the mirror having a through-hole at a region other than a bottom region in the vicinity of the bottom of the light reflecting concave surface, and a truncated pyramid light converging section being inserted into the through-hole in order to guide the excitation light from the LD chip to the light emitting body. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120218772 | LIGHTING UNIT - A lighting unit including a lens body can achieve luminous flux utilization efficiency equal to or greater than a conventional lighting unit even with a reduced width of the lens body. A vehicle lighting unit can be constituted by a plurality of the lighting units. The lighting unit can include an LED light source, and a lens body disposed in front of the LED light source so that light emitted from the LED light source can be incident thereon. The lens body can include a lens portion configured to receive the light from the LED light source to collect the light, a front surface including the lens portion, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a first end surface functioning as a light exiting surface having a substantially rectangular shape greater in width than in thickness, and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120243247 | VEHICLE LIGHT FITTING UNIT - A vehicle light fitting unit includes two headlights which irradiate a low beam. The two headlights can each include a light emitting element, an elliptical series reflecting surface provided in a state where a first focal position is positioned near the light emitting element and a second focal position is positioned on an optical axis of the headlight, and a projecting lens provided so that a focal position on a rear side of the light irradiating direction is near the second focal position. Only a first headlight among the two headlights includes a light shielding member. The elliptical series reflecting surface of a second headlight is positioned so that the first focal position is positioned to the front of the light irradiating direction than the light emitting element. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243248 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A vehicle headlight can include a projector lens, a bulb disposed in a back direction from the projector lens, and having an axis in a right-left direction, a reflector disposed to cover the bulb from behind, a shade disposed between the projector lens and the bulb, a first additional reflection surface disposed in the front direction from the bulb, and reflecting light from the bulb toward a space lying ahead of the bulb end in a bulb-axis direction. A second additional reflection surface can be disposed in the space, and reflect light from the first additional reflection surface toward the projector lens. A top end portion of the shade can be bent in the back direction to form a low-beam cutoff line with back end edge. The first additional reflection surface can be disposed lower than the top end portion and in the front direction from the back end edge. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120257402 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An illumination device for a vehicle includes a light source and an inside handle well. The inside handle well has a lower wall, an upper wall, and an opening. The light source is arranged under the lower wall. The lower wall has a light exit portion configured such that light emitted from the light source exits therethrough and travels to an inside of the inside handle well. The upper wall has a light reflecting portion configured to reflect light exiting through the light exit portion and traveling upward in the inside handle well toward the inside handle. The opening is formed on the inner side of the interior of the vehicle. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257403 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - An illumination device includes, but is not limited to at least one light-conductor plate and at least one light source. The at least one light-conductor plate includes, but is not limited to a first main surface and a first lateral surface. In addition, the at least one light-conductor plate includes, but is not limited to light-decoupling elements at least in a part region of the volume of the at least one light-conductor plate. The at least one light-conductor plate is arranged in an outer region of the motor vehicle and forms a decorative shaped part of the motor vehicle. Light of the at least one light source can be coupled into the at least one light-conductor plate via the first lateral surface and can be at least partially decoupled from the at least one light-conductor plate with the light-decoupling elements via the first main surface. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120262935 | VEHICULAR LAMP - Disclosed is a vehicular lamp having first and second light source units disposed in the rear of a projection lens. In the second light source unit, light from a second light source disposed at a position lying further downward than the position of an optical axis of the projection lens is reflected toward the projection lens by a reflection surface of a second reflector disposed to extend downward from a front end edge of a shade. In this case, an upper area of the projection lens is configured such that light from a rear focus of the projection lens is emitted further downward than emission light from a general area other than the upper area. As a result, the additional light distribution pattern is formed as a light distribution pattern which is expanded further downward than cut-off lines of the low-beam light distribution pattern. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268961 | CLEAR BEZEL - A rearview assembly having a mounting structure configured to be operably coupled with a vehicle. A housing is operably connected with the mounting structure and a rearward viewing device is supported by one of the housing and the mounting structure. The rearward viewing device provides a rearward view to a vehicle driver and includes a front substrate and a rear substrate. The entire front surface of the front substrate is exposed and the entire rear substrate is positioned behind the front substrate. A concealing layer is disposed about a periphery of the rearward viewing device between the front substrate and the rear substrate. A partially optically transparent bezel is disposed adjacent to both the rearward viewing device and the housing, the optically transparent bezel having an edge radius greater than 2.5 mm and the optically transparent bezel being substantially flush with the front surface of the front substrate. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120287658 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes: an LED mount on which an LED is placed; an attachment that fixes the LED to the LED mount; a power supply that supplies power to the LED; a first optical member that controls light emitted from the LED; and a second optical member that controls light emitted from the first optical member. The power supply and the first optical member are provided at the attachment. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287659 | REFLECTIVE FILM LAMINATE - Disclosed is a reflective film laminate, which has a pure Ag film or an Ag-based alloy film as a first layer on a base body, and an oxide film of a metal of one or more kinds selected from among Zr, Cr, Nb, Hf, Ta, V, Ni, Mo, W, Al and Si, as a second layer on the first layer. The thickness of the second layer is 0.1 to 10 nm, and deterioration of the reflection ratio of reflective film laminate is 30% or less by having the second layer provided therein. The reflective film laminate is provided with a protection film, which has a high initial reflection ratio, excellent sulfuration resistance and heat resistance, and an extremely small number of pin holes. As a result, the reflection ratio of the reflective film laminate is not easily deteriorated due to aggregation of Ag atoms of the Ag film. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120294024 | LED REFLECTOR OPTIC FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT - The present disclosure is directed to an automotive headlight. In one embodiment, the automotive headlight includes one or more first light emitting diodes (LEDs) and one or more second LEDs, wherein the one or more second LEDs are positioned at about 180 degrees with respect to the one or more first LEDs, wherein the headlight optical axis is about −90 degrees with respect to a LED optical axis of the one or more first LEDs, at least one first reflector, wherein the at least one first reflector redirects light from the one or more first LEDs to an angle of about −90 degrees with respect to a LED optical axis of the one or more first LEDs and at least one second reflector, wherein the at least one second reflector redirects light from the one or more second LEDs to an angle of about −90 degrees with respect to the LED optical axis of the one or more first LEDs. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120294025 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND HEADLAMP INCLUDING THE SAME - An LED assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention may improve dark regions generated between LED chips by employing a first reflective layer between the LED chips. By employing a transparent optical layer or an optical layer including a scattering particle between an LED chip and a phosphor layer, direct contact between the LED chip and the phosphor layer may be avoided, thereby preventing a low light extraction efficiency. Further, by employing a second reflection layer on side surfaces of an LED chip, an optical layer, and a phosphor layer, a relatively high contrast may be obtained. An LED assembly may enhance contrast through a reflective layer while increasing light extraction efficiency by including a scattering particle in a phosphor layer. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120307510 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a lamp body having an opening, a front cover attached to the lamp body to close the opening, and a first optical unit disposed inside a lamp chamber defined by the lamp body and the cover. The first optical unit includes a printed wiring board having a first section formed with a first conductor pattern and a second section formed with a second conductor pattern electrically coupled to the first conductor pattern, an LED mounted on the first section of the printed wiring board, and a lighting control circuit provided on the second section of the printed wiring board to control a lighting of the LED. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120314440 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device may include a circuit board, at least one light emitting diode fastened to the circuit board, and a housing, wherein the circuit board is a wall segment of the housing. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320616 | LIGHTING MODULE FOR AN EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLE - The invention relates to a lighting module ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320617 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - The disclosed subject matter includes a projector headlight using a plurality of optical units for a low beam with a high visible/visual quality. Each of the optical units can include a plurality of LED devices and a projector lens. The projector lens can include a light-emitting surface including a reflex function and a reflex surface including a light incoming surface that is located on the opposite side of the light-emitting surface. The LED devices can be located adjacent the light incoming surface, and the optical units can be located so that angles between optical axes of adjacent optical units can be identical. Thus, the projector headlight can form various favorable light distribution patterns by changing curvature factors of the light-emitting surface and the reflex surface of the projector lens in each of the optical units and by changing the angles between the optical axes of the adjacent optical units. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130010487 | DEVICE FOR PROCURING AN INFINITY EFFECT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SIGNALING LIGHT - A device and corresponding module are for a signaling light and/or lighting an exterior or interior ambient of a motor-vehicle passenger compartment including a type of light source. The device comprises an optical assembly of a first reflector including a mirror and a second reflector including a semi-transparent mirror. Light emitted by an LED is diffused in a curtain diffuser of a transparent material. Planes or mid-planes of the mirror, the semi-transparent mirror, and the diffuser are mutually parallel. Light transmitted or reflected by the assembly is transmitted and visible to an observer from a surface of the second reflector that is opposite to that facing other elements of the assembly. The diffuser includes a lighting sub-assembly arranged in space between the mirror and semi-transparent mirror and having a transparent optical material and a light source arranged for emission of light rays propagated within a thickness of the optical material. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130021816 | PROJECTION HEADLAMP ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES - A projection headlamp arrangement for vehicles with each headlamp containing a reflector with two focal points, a light source in a first focal point, a lens in front of the reflector with a focal point near the second focal point, and a shutter shaft between the lens and the reflector and adjustable into several positions about a rotational axis each of which has a shutter edge of the shutter shaft for creating a cutoff line an image capture unit detects objects in front of the vehicle, an image processing unit processes image data from the image capture unit, a marker light function sector of the shutter shaft has a shutter edge with an opening wherein the adjustment unit rotates the shutter shaft and/or pivots one or both of the headlamps about a vertical axis, so the object to be marked is illuminated by means of light passing through the opening. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027959 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE - An optical device for a motor vehicle, comprising a first surface light source emitting light rays wherein it comprises a reflecting optical system deflecting the light rays emitted by the first surface light source. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033885 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND HEAD LAMP INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a light emitting module. The light emitting module according to an exemplary embodiment includes a circuit board which has a cavity and includes a metal board, an insulation layer, and a circuit pattern, an insulation board disposed in the cavity, at least one light emitting device disposed on the insulation board, first and second pads disposed on the insulation board to be electrically connected with the light emitting device, and a conductive pad for electrically connecting the second pad and the circuit pattern. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130039085 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device is provided in such a manner that a reflector and a light source are incorporated in a lamp room made of a housing and a front lens. The light source is disposed so that an emission direction of light from a light emission surface of the light source crosses an optical axis of the front lens. The reflector is disposed on one side with respect to a surface on which the light source is to be disposed, the reflector being configured with a curved portion that is adapted to reflect the light from the light source to a side of the front lens. A coloring member is disposed so as to be adjacent to at least a part of the periphery of the light emission surface of the light source. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130039086 | HEADLAMP FOR VEHICLES - The invention concerns a headlamp for vehicles with a housing, which provides a light module containing a light source, a reflector assigned to the light source, a lens located in front of the reflector and a shutter located between the lens and the reflector whereas in an area above the shutter a diffuser lens element for scattering a light beam emitted directly by the light source shall be located. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130051051 | LED Headlamp For Motor Vehicle - An LED headlamp for motor vehicle includes a condenser frame ( | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130051052 | VEHICULAR LAMP, VEHICULAR COMPONENT PART FOR USE IN THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE VEHICULAR COMPONENT - A vehicular lamp includes a vehicular component part that is molded by charging molten resin into a cavity defined by a first die that has a mirror surface-molding portion and a semi-gloss surface-molding portion and a second die that is movable relative to the first die and cooling the molten resin. The vehicular component part includes a mirror surface-formed portion having a mirror surface that is formed by the mirror surface-molding portion and a semi-gloss surface-formed portion having a semi-gloss surface that is formed by the semi-gloss surface-molding portion. A step surface is provided between the mirror surface and the semi-gloss surface of the vehicular component part. The semi-gloss surface-formed portion is protruded on a first die side relative to the mirror surface-formed portion. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130058117 | HEADLIGHT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A headlight for a motor vehicle, in order to provide a cut-off light beam, comprising: a collector mirror of an ellipsoidal type with an optical axis; a source of light (S) placed in the vicinity of the inner focal point of the collector mirror; a substantially flat bender, the reflective surface of which is oriented towards the interior of the collector mirror, and has an edge which is situated in the vicinity of the other focal point of the collector mirror, and a lens, situated to the front of the collector mirror and the bender, in order to provide an image of the edge of the bender. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130063960 | VEHICLE LIGHTING APPARATUS - A vehicle lighting apparatus has a semiconductor light-emitting device, an optical unit for discharging light of the semiconductor light-emitting device toward an irradiated area, a driving circuit portion for supplying electric power to the semiconductor light-emitting device, and a heat radiating portion. The semiconductor light-emitting device is directly attached to the driving circuit portion. The optical unit, the driving circuit portion and the heat radiating portion are assembled together to form a lighting module. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130070469 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - The vehicle lighting device includes a heat sink, a light emitting element, a reflection plate, and a light leakage processing plate. The light leakage processing plate is disposed at a peripheral edge part on a side of the first direction of the reflection plate, and is configured so as to scatter light leakage that is not reflected on the reflection plate from among beams of the light from the light emitting element. The light leakage processing plate is disposed so as to have a gap T with respect to the peripheral edge part of the reflection plate, and is configured so as to be extended over the peripheral edge part of the reflection plate on a side of the second direction and on a side of an opposite direction to the second direction. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130083551 | INNER LENS FOR VEHICLE LIGHT AND VEHICLE LIGHT INCLUDING THE SAME - An inner lens for use in a vehicle light can be configured to sufficiently enhance aesthetic features, decorative features, unpredictable features, etc., without adversely affecting the formation of the main light distribution. The inner lens can include a main body portion having a main surface that faces towards the reflecting surface of the reflector, and a plurality of independent convex projections formed on the main surface of the main body portion at an area corresponding to the reflecting surface. The light emitted from the light source and that reaches the projections can enter the projections and the main body portion and then be reflected and/or refracted by the projections and the main body portion so as to be directed to a direction diagonally forward of the vehicle light as light that does not contribute to the formation of the main light distribution. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083552 | EXTERNAL REAR-VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY HAVING A HOUSING COMPRISING A CIRCUIT BOARD SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - External rear-view mirror assembly comprising a housing ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130094236 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting device for vehicles with a plurality of light sources arranged like a matrix in a light generation level, with one light forming optic unit being arranged in the primary direction of emission in front of the light source, and with a pre-optic unit arranged between the light forming optic unit and the light sources, comprising a plurality of pre-optic elements, characterized in that the pre-optic elements are embodied as planar band elements provided with reflective flat sides and that the plurality of pre-optic elements form a band grid with a plurality of recesses, each allocated to the light sources. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130107559 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PROJECTOR LAMP SHIELD AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PROJECTOR EMBODYING SUCH A SHIELD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107560 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130114279 | Headlamp Assembly with Wire Heating Element for Removing Water Based Contamination - A headlamp assembly having a mechanism for reducing water based contamination is disclosed. A headlamp assembly includes a lens affixed to a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, a wire heating element embedded within the inner surface of the lens, wherein the wire heating element is electrically coupled to a circuit board. An encapsulation layer is disposed over the wire heating element and a thermistor is affixed to the lens for sensing when the lens reaches a predetermined condition. The thermistor is electrically coupled to the circuit board and a micro-controller is provided for activating or deactivating the wire heating element based on the predetermined condition sensed by the thermistor. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114280 | VEHICLE LAMP STRUCTURE - A vehicle lamp structure may include a lamp housing having a first reflector formed on a rear inner surface thereof and a first lens formed on a front surface thereof, a second reflector provided inside the lamp housing and having a plurality of curved surfaces formed thereon, a plurality of first light sources formed on the curved surfaces of the second reflector to emit light toward the first lens, a second lens accommodating the second reflector and the first light sources therein, and a second light source mounted on a rear surface of the second lens to emit light toward the first reflector. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114281 | VEHICLE LAMP STRUCTURE - A vehicle lamp structure may include a reflector provided inside a housing and having a space portion formed therein to generate light reflection therein, a lens having one end that may be connected to the reflector in the housing and the other end that may be formed to project to an outside of the housing, and a light source mounted on an inner surface of the lens. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130128602 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A lighting device for vehicles with a number of light sources and with an optic unit to generate a predetermined light distribution, with the optic unit comprising at least one optic area, held via holding means in a predetermined assembly position, with a transparent substrate being provided with a plurality of grooves as fastening means so that an edge of the optic area can be framed in the groove. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135886 | HEAD LAMP FOR VEHICLE - To provide, at a low cost, a head lamp for a vehicle having a low-beam lamp and a high-beam lamp, which is high in the utilization factor of light and can irradiate a wide area, the present invention is provided with a head lamp for a vehicle which includes a low-beam light source unit that is a reflective type and a high-beam light source unit that is a projector type and is disposed beneath the low-beam light source unit. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135887 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting element and a light transmissive member disposed closer to a front side of the lamp than the light emitting element. The light transmissive member includes a front surface formed into a flat plane and a rear surface having a light entering area and an annular area situated on an outer circumferential side of the light entering area. The annular area has a plurality of curved planes and a reflecting film formed thereon. The light transmissive member has a lens portion provided on one of the front surface or the rear surface of the light transmissive member and configured to cause part of the light which is emitted from the light emitting element and enters the light transmissive member to be emitted towards the front side of the lamp as direct emitted light that is upwardly oriented | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130141929 | Vehicle headlight module mounted on sliders, corresponding support and headlight - A vehicle headlight comprising at least one lighting module mounted on a support. The module comprises a base with a mounting surface inclined backward and toward the top of the headlight. The support comprises a corresponding mounting surface. Positioning means with sliders are provided on these surfaces so as to be able to extract the module and fit it by a translational movement in a direction contained within the plane of the mounting surfaces. The housing comprises a removable portion positioned in the extension of the module in the direction of translation of the positioning means with sliders. The wall of the housing comprises precuts on the circumference of the removable portion. This arrangement makes is possible to easily replace a bulky lighting module such as that of a headlight with style functions. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141930 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - A vehicular headlamp includes: a lamp body that has a cylindrical portion having a front opening and a rear opening; a translucent cover that covers the front opening; a metallic light source base that has a light source installation portion, which is inserted from the rear opening to the lamp body and disposed therein; an annular elastic body coupling the lamp body to the light source base and closing a clearance between the lamp body and the light source base; and an optical axis adjustment mechanism coupling the lamp body to the light source base, wherein the light source base is supported so as to be turnable with respect to the lamp body by operation of the optical axis adjustment mechanism, and the elastic body is configured to be elastically deformed as the light source base is turned with respect to the lamp body. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141931 | Optic Assembly Having Virtual External Common Focus - An optic assembly has a reflector with a reflective surface, one or more light sources, and a mask with one or more apertures. Facets on the reflective surface direct light rays so that a substantial portion of the light rays within the optic assembly can be managed as if they were emitted from a focal point located outside the optic assembly. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130163266 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a lamp body having an opening opened in the front side of the lamp; a cover that covers the opening; an irradiation unit mounted inside a lamp chamber formed by the lamp body and the cover, and configured to irradiate light emitted from a light source to the front side of the lamp; a rotation mechanism provided with a shaft portion installed on one of the irradiation unit and the lamp body and extending in a horizontal direction, and a bearing portion installed on the other and configured to support the shaft portion, the rotation mechanism being configured to enable the irradiation unit to rotate about a horizontal axis with regard to the lamp body; and a positioning mechanism configured to position the irradiation unit at a predetermined position within a range of possible rotation about the horizontal axis. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130170243 | HEAD LAMP STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A head lamp structure of the vehicle may include a reflector including a light source, and a shield part rotatably provided at a front of the reflector and including a shield protrusion formed at an outer peripheral surface thereof and having a cutting surface. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130170244 | OPTICAL MODULE OF AN ILLUMINATING AND/OR SIGNALLING DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An optical module of a lighting and/or signaling device of a motor vehicle In one embodiment, the optical module comprises a support that supports an optical lens and a heat exchanger, with the support connecting the optical lens to the heat exchanger. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130188379 | Vehicular Illumination Lamp - A parabola type vehicular illumination lamp that forms a low-beam distribution pattern with a horizontal cut-off line at its upper end, including a reflector ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188380 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit is capable of improving the design freedom (such as that for forming a high-beam light distribution pattern) and to allow an observer to visually recognize the employed projection lens even when including a plurality of lens portions (including a plurality of rear-side focal points) as a single lens with high aesthetic feature. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130201711 | Structure of vehicle taillight indicator housing mountable flush to a flat surface made by simplified method of producing a vehicle taillight indicator that includes a polystyrene foam core by sheet metal bending and fastening of the polystyrene foam core - A vehicle taillight indicator is mounted flush to a flat surface such that its convex reflector curves left to right and right to left inward from the flat surface and reflects a light source as a vertical line. The taillight indicator is situated so that it is viewable in the rear view mirror or side view mirror of a vehicle. Each operating taillight of a vehicle is reflected as a vertical red line in the convex reflector of the taillight indicator. A vehicle with two operating taillights will reflect two parallel vertical red lines in the convex reflector of the taillight indicator. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201712 | MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A headlight for a motor vehicle composes at least two semiconductor-light sources and a plurality of light refractors and/or reflecting optics. Light of each of the semiconductor-light sources is directed into a front area of the headlight such that the light produces at the front area a rule-consistent light distribution. An illuminated section of the light distribution of a first of the semiconductor-light sources is not identical with an illuminated section of a second of the semiconductor-light sources. The first semiconductor-light source defines a first construction type and the second semiconductor-light source defines a second construction type. The first construction type defines higher luminous flux and lower efficiency relative to luminous flux and efficiency defined by the second construction type. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201713 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP DEVICE - The present invention provides a lamp unit for low beam, a lamp unit for high beam, and a lamp unit for shoulder edge beam. The lamp units each are made of a semiconductor-type light source and a reflector that has reflection surfaces configured to illuminate the light from the semiconductor-type light source forward of a vehicle, as a predetermined light distribution pattern. As a result, the present invention is capable of fully utilizing the light from the semiconductor-type light source, making it possible to facilitate a light distribution design configured to form the light in a predetermined light distribution pattern. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130215633 | VEHICLE LAMP ASSEMBLY HAVING UNIFORM LIT APPEARANCE - A vehicle lamp assembly includes a lamp housing, a primary lamp unit, and an auxiliary lamp unit. The primary lamp unit and the auxiliary lamp unit are provided within the lamp housing. The auxiliary lamp unit includes a first lighting device, a second lighting device and a supplemental lighting device. The first lighting device is configured to illuminate a portion of the lamp housing in a first direction and the second lighting device is configured to illuminate a portion of the lamp housing in a second direction. The supplemental lighting device is positioned in the lamp housing at an intersection of the first and second directions to provide a uniform lit appearance at a transition of the first lighting device and the second lighting device. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215634 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device includes a body, a light source and a reflecting module. The body defines an outputting opening. The light source includes an LED. The reflecting module includes a first reflector, a second reflector and a third reflector. One part of light incident to the first reflector is firstly reflected by the first reflector, secondly reflected by the second reflector, thirdly reflected by the third reflector, and finally travels out of the body via the outputting opening. Another part of the light incident to the first reflector is firstly reflected by the first reflector, secondly reflected by the third reflector, and finally travels out of the body via the outputting opening. The rest part of the light is incident to the third reflector and then is reflected by the third reflector to travel out of the body via the outputting opening. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130229816 | WIDE LIGHT REGION LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A wide light region lamp apparatus for a vehicle wherein a light emitting region thereof may be increased by covering a point light source with a patterned cover may include a semispherical reflective surface on which a mirror surface may be processed, the point light source mounted to a center of the reflective surface, and a three-dimensional cover configured to cover the point light source. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130235606 | OPTICAL UNIT FOR A VEHICULAR LAMP - An optical unit includes: a heat sink that radiates heat from a light source; and a base portion including a reflector mounting section, a lens mounting section and a connecting section connecting the reflector mounting section and the lens mounting section. The base portion is configured such that the light from the light source is reflected by a reflector mounted onto the reflector mounting section and is incident onto a projection lens mounted onto the lens mounting section. The heat sink is exposed to a space surrounded by the lens mounting section, the connecting section and the reflector mounting section. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130258696 | Light diffuser for a headlamp - A light diffuser for a vehicle headlamp having a plurality of light sources that each is arranged inside a reflector is provided. The light diffuser is capable of representing a light-dark boundary of the low beams generated by the light sources without interruption, and is capable of diffusely scattering the daytime running lights emitted by the light sources so as to generate a homogenous exit of light for the light sources. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130272007 | EMERGENCY VEHICLE LIGHT WITH ILLUMINATED BEZEL - A bezel for a light fixture appears illuminated when a bezel light source is energized and the bezel appears opaque when the bezel lights source is not energized. The bezel has a metalized coating which reflects light transmitted from a location remote from and external to the bezel and which transmits light emitted by the bezel light source. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130286674 | LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A single board is adaptable to lamps for a vehicle of various designs. A lamp for a vehicle includes: an LED light source; a board having a mounting portion on which the LED light source is mounted; and a reflector member which is arranged such that the reflector member covers the LED light source, the reflector member reflecting light emitted from the LED light source with the directivity, wherein the mounting portion is formed of a plurality of mounting portions which are arranged at least in one direction out of the vehicle longitudinal direction and the vehicle lateral direction such that the arrangement of the LED light source is selectable from plural kinds of arrangements, and the reflector member is detachably attached to the board such that the reflector member having a shape corresponding to the arrangement of the LED is selectable. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130301288 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - A headlamp | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130308328 | Headlamp Featuring Both Low-Beam and High-Beam Outputs and Devoid of Moving Parts - A headlight produces low-beam and high-beam outputs without requiring moving parts. Low-beam LED array ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130308329 | LED LIGHT MODULE - The invention relates to an LED light module ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314936 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - A vehicular headlamp includes: a plurality of semiconductor light emitting element chips; and a reflector that has a reflection surface with a paraboloid shape, and that reflects, by the reflection surface, light from the semiconductor light emitting element chips so as to send the light in a headlamp beam direction of the vehicular headlamp, wherein the plurality of semiconductor light emitting element chips are arranged along a plane perpendicular to the headlamp beam direction, and a focal point of the reflection surface of the reflector is disposed in or near an area between the semiconductor light emitting element chips that are next to each other. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130329443 | TRANSPORTATION DEVICE LAMP FIXTURE - A transportation device lamp fixture includes a semiconductor light-emitting device, a circuit board to which the semiconductor light-emitting device is mounted, a lamp body, and a front cover that covers an opening of the lamp body. The semiconductor light-emitting device and the circuit board are housed inside of a lamp chamber formed by the lamp body and the front cover, and the circuit board is attached to an inside surface of an upper portion of the front cover or the lamp body. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130343075 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp comprises a housing with at least one mirrored mirror surface arranged in the housing and a light source that can be arranged in the housing. It is possible to radiate light emitted from the light source under operating conditions in a main beam direction. At least one deflection body is arranged in the mirrored mirror surface such that light impinging the deflection body can be reflected and/or deflected from the deflection body in a secondary beam direction that cannot directly be illuminated by the light source. The deflection body is adjusted to a three-dimensional surface of the mirrored mirror surface such that the three-dimensional surface is maintained at least in sections such that light can be deflected in the main beam direction and secondary beam direction through the deflection body. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130343076 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - Provided is a vehicular headlamp which is capable of enhancing visibility while suppressing glare by forming a dark portion in a portion of a light distribution pattern and suppressing the vicinity of the formed dark portion from becoming a blue series color. The vehicular headlamp includes a light-emitting element, a projection lens, a reflector, a beam shaper, a first shaper disposed between the light-emitting element and a cut-off line forming portion and configured to shield a part of the light reflected from the reflector to form a dark portion in a portion of a low beam light distribution pattern, and a second shaper portion disposed between the cut-off line forming portion and the projection lens and configured to shield a part of the light incident to the lower side of an optical axis of the projection lens. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140003077 | Light Module for Vehicle | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140003078 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR THE DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140016340 | LAMP AND VEHICLE LAMP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An intelligent type lamp and a vehicle lamp apparatus are disclosed. The lamp includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, and a plurality of light sources disposed on the second substrate, wherein the light sources are grouped into at least one light source array, in each of which the light sources are disposed in a line, and the at least one light source array includes neighboring first and second light source arrays electrically isolated and individually driven. The light sources of the first light source array may be electrically isolated and individually driven, and the light sources of the second light source array may be electrically isolated and individually driven. Alternatively, the light sources of the first light source array may be electrically isolated and individually driven, and the light sources of the second light source array may be electrically connected and simultaneously driven. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140016341 | TURN LAMP FOR DOOR MIRROR - A turn lamp to be mounted on a door mirror of a vehicle, the turn lamp includes a housing; a light source; and a substrate having a feeder circuit for the light source, wherein: the substrate is placed in the housing such that a plane direction of the substrate faces a horizontal direction when the door mirror is mounted to a vehicle body, and the light source is placed on the substrate such that an irradiation direction of the light source is parallel to the plane direction of the substrate. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140022808 | LED Light Module for Vehicle - A LED light module for a vehicle includes a reflective light frame having an elongated light reflective channel, a LED light assembly supported along the light reflective channel for generating light along the light reflective channel to provide an even light intensity distribution therealong, and a light diffusion holder enclosing the LED light assembly within the light reflective channel, wherein the light diffusion holder diffuses the lights at the light reflective channel to generate a uniform light effect along the light diffusion holder. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140036523 | Optical Module of a Lighting and/or Signaling Device for a Motor Vehicle - Optical module for a lighting and/or signaling device of a motor vehicle, in particular a headlight, comprising:
| 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036524 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - A vehicular headlamp has a projection lens, a light source disposed behind a rear focal point of the projection lens, and a reflector that reflects light from the light source forward. The vehicular headlamp forms a forward light distribution pattern. The vehicular headlamp includes a plate-like shade having a front-end portion positioned in the vicinity of the rear focal point of the projection lens to form a cut-off line of the forward light distribution pattern. The shade extends rearward and obliquely downward from the front-end portion. An overhead sign reflective surface is provided on a lower surface of the shade. The overhead sign reflective surface reflects light from the reflector toward the projection lens to form a part of an overhead sign distribution pattern. A dark portion forming portion is formed on the overhead sign reflective surface | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036525 | HYBRID OPTICS LED HEADLAMP - An optical system that collects 100% of the light emitted from the light source and effectively directs it into the desired beam pattern. This is achieved by a combination of different optical control methods including reflector and lens optics. The cost is controlled by a design that reduces the optical part count to 2 main components, which reduces manufacturing and assembling time and maintains proper alignment to the light source and system. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043840 | LIGHT MODULE - The invention concerns a light module with a light source, a primary optical system and a reflector. The primary optical system contains a lens element that is embodied as a sector of an imaginary rotation body formed by the rotation of an imaginary rotation base surface around a rotation axis, wherein the rotation base surface is designed such that the lens element contains a light entry surface that faces the rotation axis and that surrounds the rotation axis and a light emitting surface that is located radially exterior to the rotation axis, wherein the reflector has at least one reflector zone that is embodied as a segment of the surface of a rotation symmetric imaginary associated circular cone, and wherein the axis of symmetry of the circular cone extends parallel to the rotation axis of the lens element. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043841 | VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION LAMP - A front surface of a translucent member is shaped so that each light ray from a light-emitting portion is incident on the front surface at a predetermined incident angle θ equal to or larger than a critical angle β, and a rear surface of the translucent member (rotating body type) is designed in shape so that in a rear peripheral surface portion of the rear surface, a tilt angle α is “α<90°−2α−γ” when reflected light from the front surface of the translucent member is incident on the rear peripheral surface portion at the tilt angle α with respect to a vertical direction, where β represents the critical angle, and γ represents a shift angle of re-reflected light with respect to a horizontal direction. This allows the front surface and the rear surface of the translucent member to internally reflect light by total reflection without using a vapor-deposited film. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140056018 | LAMP MODULE FOR A GLARE-FREE MOTOR VEHICLE HIGH BEAM - A lamp module for a motor-vehicle headlamp. The lamp module comprises a light source defining at least one light-emitting surface that emits a luminous flux and defines a horizontally oriented longitudinal edge and at least one other edge running at a right angle thereto. A reflector maps the light-emitting surface without generating an actual intermediate image in front of the lamp module and defines at least two reflecting and strip-shaped facets longitudinal axes of which are more parallel rather than transversal to the longitudinal edge of the light-emitting surface and disposed at a spacing to the light source where the light-emitting surface is mapped with the same mapping scale in front of the lamp module such that the light-emitting surface is mapped with a longitudinal edge running horizontally and another edge running vertically. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140056019 | OPTICAL BODY FOR A VEHICLE LIGHT - An optical body for a vehicle light serves for coupling in, passing on and emitting the light delivered by a light source in a conical spatial region. It has a light emission surface and a recess which is opposite thereto and which has a longitudinal axis. The recess has an annularly closed inner peripheral wall which surrounds the longitudinal axis and a cover wall which extends transversely relative to its longitudinal axis and in which there is an optical structure. To improve the emission, a plurality of optically active surface portions are provided arranged around the point at which the longitudinal axis of the recess passes through the cover wall and each of which has a focal point lying on the longitudinal axis and the focal points of at least two of the surface portions are at a mutual spacing in the direction of the longitudinal axis. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063831 | METHODS OF MAKING AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A YELLOWING RESISTANT POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions of polycarbonate blends having, among other characteristics, improved heat resistance. The resulting polycarbonate blends, comprising a first polycarbonate comprising structural repeating units derived from bisphenol acetophenone and optionally a second polycarbonate polymer comprising structural repeating units derived from bisphenol A, can be used in the manufacture of articles while still retaining the advantageous physical properties of blended polycarbonate compositions with improved heat resistance. The disclosed polycarbonate blends optionally comprise one or more polycarbonate blend additives. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071704 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE LAMP AND VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a two-dimensional image forming device, a light source, and a controller. The image forming device is disposed near a rear focal point of a projection lens and has a projection plane formed of plural optical elements arranged in a matrix manner. The light source irradiates with light the projection plane. The controller individually drives the optical elements to form, on the projection plane, an illumination pattern having a shape corresponding to a light distribution pattern projected by the projection lens ahead the vehicle lamp. The controller sets an output rate per unit time of the optical elements disposed at an end portion of the projection plane to be lower than that of the other optical elements. The light is output from the optical elements disposed at the end portion of the projection plane towards the projection lens at the output rate per unit time thereof. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078766 | Single color or multiple color LED angel eyes halo headlight - A lamp that has a housing with a base containing a main lighting device lamp with an internal circumferential wall arrange with a visible ring of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with Surface Mounted Device (SMD) Light Emitting Diode (LED or LED's) characteristic of a halo of more than one visible Single color or Multiple color LED's arranged symmetrically with light illumination facing forward and outward from the headlight and controlled by a user with a wireless signal transmitting device sending signals to a wireless receiving device to control the headlights LED color shade, intensity and pattern. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078767 | VEHICLE LIGHT DEVICE STRUCTURE - A vehicle light device structure includes a headlight, a blinker, a front cover, and a light shielding plate. The blinker includes a light source, a reflector, and a blinker lens. The light shielding plate is to block, among light emitted from the blinker, part of the light emitted towards the headlight. The blinker inner space is formed by fixedly supporting the blinker lens by the reflector. Part of the blinker inner space bulges to a more outer side than the second side in the front view and is covered by the front cover. The light shielding plate is arranged inside the blinker lens and is fixedly supported by a light shielding plate support part arranged in a bulging space which is the part of the blinker inner space. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140104863 | MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALLING DEVICE - A motor vehicle lighting and/or signalling device comprising a housing comprising a rear opening in which a light source can be fitted to the housing and a ventilation hole opening into the rear opening of the housing. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104864 | LIGHT MODULE - A light module, comprising numerous semiconductor light sources for emitting light, a primary lens element for concentrating the light emitted from the semiconductor light sources in section perpendicular to a sagittal plane of the light module, wherein the primary lens element exhibits numerous disk-like light conducting sections, extending in a plane perpendicular to the sagittal plane, wherein each light conducting section exhibits a light coupling surface and a light decoupling surface, and is designed for conducting light, subjected to a total reflection, from the light coupling surface to the light decoupling surface, wherein a semiconductor light source is allocated to each light conducting section such that light form the semiconductor light source can be coupled with the respective light coupling surface in the light conducting section. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104865 | MULTI-ELEMENT LED LAMP - A light emitting diode device (e.g., LED package) may include at least two light emitting devices that can be switched independently of one another and thus may be useful in vehicular lighting applications, for example low and high beam headlights. A LED device may include a first LED die and at least one additional LED die disposed at different positions within a common reflector cup or relative to a common lens. Multiple LED sub-assemblies may be mounted to a common lead frame along non-coincident principal axes. Methods for varying intensity or color from multi-LED lamps are further provided. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140112013 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND VEHICULAR LAMP - An optical member formed of resin includes a fixation portion, via which the optical member is fixed to a supporting member on which a light emitting element is supported, a reflective surface having a reflective region configured to reflect light from the light emitting element, and a thermal deformation absorbing portion configured to absorb thermal deformation of the optical member. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140133169 | LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCE - A lighting device may include a carrier, on which at least one semiconductor light source is arranged; and may have at least one main reflector, which arches over the at least one semiconductor light source; wherein at least one local reflector, which is likewise arched over by the main reflector, is arranged on the carrier. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140140085 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes an optical member having a reflective surface that reflects light from a light source, a heat radiating member configured to radiate heat generated by the light source; and a blowing mechanism configured to blow air at the reflective surface. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140153273 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a transparent planar light emitting body including a first light emitting surface and a second light emitting surface which face each other, a first reflector and a second reflector. The transparent planar light emitting body emits light from the first light emitting surface and the second light emitting surface. The first reflector reflects light from the first light emitting surface to the front. The second reflector reflects light from the second light emitting surface to the front. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160780 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND HEADLAMP EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE - A light-emitting device for a motor vehicle headlamp, said device comprising a housing, a light source disposed on said housing and an optical device directing one or more light beams emitted by said source, said housing comprising a projecting element for allowing a fixed position of said optical element with respect to said housing. This device is noteworthy in that said projecting element comprises at least one hollow rib formed inside an enclosure defined by said housing and said optical device comprises, opposite the housing, a slot that nests at least partially with said hollow rib of said housing. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160781 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND HEADLAMP EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE - A light-emitting device for a motor vehicle headlamp, the light-emitting device comprising a light source and a housing defining an enclosure for the light source, the light source being in thermal contact with the housing, the housing being designed to allow thermal dissipation of the heat released by the light source, the device being noteworthy in that the housing comprises a hollow rib. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140169019 | VEHICULAR INTEGRATED PERSONNEL PROTECTION DEVICE - A vehicular integrated personnel protection device is operable to increase the visual and physical presence of a vehicle relative to approaching vehicular traffic. The device includes an erect frame and a light directing element. The light directing element is attached relative to the erect frame and is positioned along an outer margin of the frame to direct light from the erect frame, with the light being viewable by the approaching vehicular traffic. The erect frame presents an open area surrounded by the outer margin, with the erect frame and light directing element cooperatively providing a window that is operable to draw attention to the scene of the vehicle and to permit the approaching vehicular traffic to see a person ahead of the device. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140177254 | Adjusting Device for Headlights - An adjusting device for headlights has a luminous component supported on a carrier and a linear element for angling the luminous component around a horizontal and/or vertical adjusting axis, which is acting upon said component and arranged on an adjusting point, wherein in the region of the linear element, the luminous component is supported on areas of contact opposite the carrier and/or the luminous component by way of said type of deformation element such that if an adjusting force is applied onto the areas of contact in the normal direction, the deformation element is moveable together with the luminous component along an adjusting pathway running perpendicular to the normal direction. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140177255 | LIGHT CONDUCTOR WITH A RIBBON-SHAPED LIGHT EMITTING AREA - A light conductor with an input coupler which couples in light in such a way that inside the light conductor it is distributed into a first layer, parallel layers and into second layers, whereby each second layer is spanned by a perpendicular of the first layer and by a line located in the first layer, and with a light emitting area. Light is coupled such that it has a lower divergence in the second layers than in the first layers. There is a first deflection area between the input coupler and the light emitting area, which redirects light emitted from the input coupler incident on it in an angle bigger than the double of the critical angle of the total internal reflection. Further deflection areas are illuminated with light emitted from the first deflection area and direct the incident light into a preferred common direction for the further deflection areas. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140185310 | LIGHT SYSTEM - According to another aspect of the present invention, a light system for use in a rearview mirror assembly is provided and includes a light source and a first optical element. Said first optical element has a collection optic configured to direct light received from said light source, a reflector optic in optical communication with said collection optic and configured to reflect light from said collection optic, a plurality of light steering areas configured to steer light propagating in said first optical element, and a light spreading optic configured to spread light exiting said first optical element. A second optical element is in optical communication with said first optical element and is configured to diffuse light received from said first optical element to illuminate an indicia. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140198515 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR MIRROR AND LIGHT ASSEMBLIES - A vehicle mirror assembly is provided with a housing adapted to be mounted to a vehicle exterior. A mirror is mounted in the housing. A plurality of light assemblies is oriented upon the housing for collectively illuminating a thoroughfare adjacent to the vehicle exterior. A vehicle is also provided with a vehicle body with an exterior. The vehicle mirror assembly is mounted to the vehicle exterior. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140211494 | EXTERIOR MIRROR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LIQUID CONTAINER REFILL FUNNEL - An exterior mirror for a motor vehicle that has a filling funnel for filling at least one liquid container arranged in the motor vehicle. The exterior mirror may have an optical fluid level display. The exterior mirror also includes a flap that is opened to provide access to the filling funnel. The flap may comprise a portion of the outer surface of a housing portion of the exterior mirror. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140233253 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A vehicle headlight utilizes a rotationally asymmetric projection lens with its light emitting surface inclined with respect to the optical axis thereof, whereby the light emitted from the light source and projected forward through the light emitting surface of the projection lens is diffused substantially uniformly with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens, for example, uniform substantially in the right and left directions and/or the upper and lower directions. This can be achieved by designing the reflecting surface to have its optical axis inclined with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens by a predetermined angle so that light emitted from the light source and projected forward through the light emitting surface of the projection lens is made uniform with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens (for example, uniform substantially in the right and left directions and/or the upper and lower directions). | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140268849 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can be provided to maintain a basic design without design limitation and to show the color change of the reflector in a gradation manner, when the lighting unit is turned off, with a simple configuration. The vehicle lighting unit such as a positioning lamp can include a housing, an outer lens covering the opening section thereof, the outer lens defining a lighting chamber together with the housing; a light source (bulb); and a reflector having a dummy section where light from the light source does not reach, the light source and the reflector being housed in the lighting chamber. In this configuration, a plurality of slit-like holes are formed in the dummy section of the reflector at appropriate intervals in a direction of a vehicle width so as to have a size increased gradually as it is positioned more outward in the vehicle width direction. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140293634 | VEHICLE LAMP - Disclosed is a projector-type vehicle lamp. The vehicle lamp includes a mirror member which has an upward reflecting surface that upwardly reflects a part of the light reflected from a reflector. A front edge of the upward reflecting surface passes through a rear focus F of a projection lens. A central portion of a front edge of the upward reflecting surface is formed to extend along a meridional image surface of the projection lens, and left and right end portions of the front edge are formed to be displaced forward from the meridional image surface. Accordingly, a central portion of a cut-off line of a low-beam light distribution pattern is formed to be clear and left and right end portions of the cut-off line become blurred such that light may be irradiated to a space in the upper vicinity of the left end portion and/or the right end portion. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140307457 | DAY RUNNING LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SAME - A day running lamp includes a laser light source, a light splitting element, a number of light path adjusting elements, a number of scattering elements, and a lampshade. The laser light source is configured for emitting a single laser beam, and the splitting element is configured for splitting the single laser beam into a number of divided beams. Each of the light path adjusting elements is configured for adjusting a light path of corresponding divided beams into parallel beams. The scattering elements are configured for diffusing the parallel divided beams onto the lampshade. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307458 | LIGHT MODULE OF A LIGHTING DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a light module of a lighting device in a motor vehicle. The light module includes at least two light sources for emitting light and at least two primary optics assigned to the light sources for focusing the light. Further, the light module includes a common secondary optics for projecting the light beams onto a roadway and for producing a resulting overall light distribution of the light module. At least one of the light sources is configured for creating a main light distribution and at least another one of the light sources is configured for creating a secondary light distribution. The primary optics, which is assigned to the light source for creating a secondary light distribution, is arranged in several parts whereby a first partial primary optics is arranged next the primary optics which is assigned to the light source for creating the main light distribution. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313757 | ILLUMINATING LAMP AND VEHICLE HEAD LAMP, USING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - An illuminating lamp and a vehicle head lamp, using a light emitting diode, respectively, are capable of not only keeping the same brightness as obtained at the time of lighting after many hours from the lighting, but also being usable for many hours without deterioration in efficiency besides advantages of providing a high output in low power consumption, a long service life, and a simple structure. The illuminating lamp comprises a light source support made up of an upper structure and a lower structure, the upper structure being linked with the lower structure via the heat conduction bar, wherein the light source support is inserted into an aluminum heat-release mount, thereby causing heat generated from the light emitting diode to be released into the aluminum heat-release mount through cooling of the heat conduction bar. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313758 | LIGHTING UNIT FOR VEHICLE LAMP - A lighting unit for a vehicle lamp, can include a lens body including an incident surface, a light exit surface, and a reflecting surface configured to internally reflect light having entered the lens body through the incident surface, toward the light exit surface; and a horizontally long light-emitting section disposed at or substantially near a rear focus of the lens body to emit light that enters an inside of the lens body through the incident surface and is internally reflected by the reflecting surface before exiting through the light exit surface. The reflecting surface has at least two V-grooves formed so as to extend along a plane including an optical axis of the horizontally long light-emitting section, the V-grooves being disposed adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the reflecting surface. The lighting unit can form horizontally long projected light source images regardless of light exit positions. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140321142 | MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP MODULE FOR ILLUMINATING THE ROAD - A module for a headlamp for a motor vehicle, this module comprising a concave reflector, a light source arranged in the concave region of the reflector and an exit lens exhibiting a median line on its exit surface forming a space curve, wherein the exit lens and the reflector are arranged in such a way that a light beam reflected by the reflector is directly refracted by the exit lens in such a way as to generate a beam of light for lighting the road. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321143 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP - The present invention is directed toward a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp having a primary lens which conducts light emitted by a light source to an intermediate light distribution, wherein an aperture shutter is disposed in relation to a secondary lens such that light in the intermediate light distribution, which passes by the aperture shutter on a first side of the aperture shutter, ends up in a first beam path in a region lying on a first side of the light/dark border in the second light distribution. The primary lens deflects a portion of the light emitted from the light source, such that it passes by the aperture shutter on a second side of the aperture shutter, and is distributed by the secondary lens in a second beam path in a region lying on a second side of the light/dark border in the second light distribution. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321144 | MODULE ASSEMBLY FOR ARRANGEMENT IN A HEADLAMP - A module assembly ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321145 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can include at least one optical module including: first and second light sources; first and second optical member configured to control light from the first and second light sources, respectively; and an outer peripheral optical member configured to surround the first optical member. The first optical member can include an incident surface, and front and rear surfaces and receive light from the first light source through the incident surface and reflect the light by part of the front surface and then part of the rear surface to project the reflected light through part of the front surface. The second optical member is configured to guide the light from the second light source to the outer peripheral optical member so that the light exits through the outer peripheral optical member, and the second light source, and the second optical member are disposed behind the first optical member. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321146 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A headlamp of a vehicle is disclosed having an optical system arranged after a light source in a path of a light beam emitted by the light source. The light beam has a directed main beam and a component of undirected diffused light. A cover screen is arranged parallel to the directed main beam after the optical system. A plate for discharging heat is arranged after the cover screen. A lens cover in combination with the cover screen forms an in travelling direction front cover of the headlamp. The cover screen has an aperture which opens the space between the optical system and the cover screen in the direction of the plate and the optical system includes an optical lens body and the undirected diffused light of the light source substantially radiates through the aperture in the cover screen onto the plate. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321147 | LAMP UNIT - A lamp unit for a vehicle lamp can include: a lens having an aspherical shape, including a first lens portion, and a second lens portion disposed adjacent to the first lens portion and forming a concave portion on at least a part of a rear side surface thereof; a first reflective surface disposed rearward of the first lens portion; a second reflective surface disposed rearward of the second lens portion; a first light source configured to emit light to be reflected by the first reflective surface, pass through the first lens portion and be emitted forward; and a second light source configured to emit light to be reflected by the second reflective surface, pass through the second lens portion and be emitted forward. A shape of a rear side surface of the second lens portion can be configured to diffuse the light from the second light source vertically and horizontally. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321148 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT WITH LASER LIGHT SOURCE - The invention relates to a vehicle headlight ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140340922 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes an optical unit and a light source control circuit part. The optical unit is unitized by attaching a light source and an optical member to an attachment part. In a state where the optical unit is unitized, the light source control circuit part is attachable to the attachment part in a direction in which the light source and the optical member are not disposed. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340923 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR HEADLIGHT AND HEADLIGHT | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140347875 | LED CAR LIGHT WITH ENHANCED COOLING EFFECT - An LED car light with enhanced cooling effect has a light shell, a fixing base, an LED light module and a reflecting cover. The outer wall extends from the edge of the rear wall and surrounds the rear wall, wherein the outer wall has a cooling section. The fixing base is mounted in the light shell and corresponding in position to the cooling section. The LED light module is mounted on the fixing base and has a base board, a first LED light source and a second LED light source, wherein the base board is in thermal contact with the cooling section of the light shell. The first LED light source and the second LED light source are mounted on the base board. A cooling efficiency of the LED car light is increased due to the thermal contact between the cooling section and the base board. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140355286 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND VEHICLE FRONT LAMP USING THE LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - A light source unit including: a first light source module; a heat sink including a light source arrangement portion on which the first light source module is arranged and a concave portion opened to surround the light source arrangement portion; and a reflector that includes a through-hole through which the light source arrangement portion is inserted and reflects light emitted from the first light source module. The reflector is arranged having at least a portion thereof located in the concave portion. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140369059 | VEHICLE GLAZING - A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of glazing material having an exposed surface and a light emitting diode device a) other than an auxiliary stop lamp adhesively attached to the exposed surface of the pane of glazing material, or b) in the form of an auxiliary stop lamp adhesively attached to the exposed surface of the pane of glazing material, the lamp comprising a substrate having a functional surface on which a plurality of light emitting diodes is provided, and which is provided with a layer of transparent encapsulant to cover the light emitting diodes is disclosed. A process for the production of such a vehicle glazing comprising applying adhesive to a surface of the vehicle glazing, positioning the light emitting diode device with respect to the pane of glazing material and activating the adhesive is also disclosed. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150009697 | VEHICULAR LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicular lighting unit includes: a first light source in the form of an LED for providing illumination forward or rearward of a vehicle body, the first light source being mounted on one surface of a base plate in an orientation corresponding to the direction of the illumination; a second light source in the form of an LED for providing illumination laterally outward of the vehicle body, the second light source being mounted on another surface of the base plate; and a reflection section provided near the second light source for reflecting light emitted from the second light source laterally outward of the vehicle body | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150023038 | GUIDE LAMP APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A guide lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a light source, a side reflector which may be arranged on a lateral side of the light source, form an imaginary light source identical to the light source on a side of the light source, and reflect the light radiated from the light source to be divided into a plurality of lights, and a light collection lens that may be arranged in a front of the light source and collects light from the light source that may be divided into the plurality of lights by the side reflector and forms predetermined patterned images on a road surface. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150023039 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp is provided that forms a predetermined image using a leaked portion of light generated by a light source. The vehicle lamp includes a light source and a light image forming part that is configured to form an image of a predetermined shape using light emitted from the light source. In addition, a reflector is configured to form a beam pattern by reflecting the light of the light source to a certain area and guide the light of the light source to the light image forming part disposed in front of the light source by reflecting the light of the light source to another area. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150036373 | LED VEHICLE HEADLAMP WITH ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - An LED vehicle headlamp includes an LED light source, at least one electrochromic device optically coupled to the LED light source, and a collimator positioned between the LED light source and the electrochromic device. The electrochromic device has an alterable light transmission characteristics in response to voltage/current level applied thereto. The collimator is configured for collimating and converging light emitted from the LED light source and directing light into the electrochromic device. When a forward bias voltage/current is applied to the electrochromic device, the visible light transmission of the electrochromic device decreases accordingly to generate a first light intensity distribution pattern, which is a low beam. When a backward bias voltage/current is applied to the electrochromic device, the visible light transmission of the electrochromic increases accordingly to generate a second light intensity distribution pattern (high beam) different from the first light intensity distribution pattern. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036374 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A lamp that is mounted on a vehicle has a light-emitting element having a light-emitting portion, a first terminal, and a second terminal, a circuit board having a first surface on which the light-emitting element mounted is mounted, and a reflector that reflects light emitted from the light-emitting portion to a front of the light-emitting element. The first terminal supplies power to the light-emitting portion. The second terminal supports the light-emitting portion. The first terminal and the second terminal are arranged in a longitudinal direction. The second terminal is placed rearward of the first terminal. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036375 | LUMINANT TRIM FOR VEHICLE WINDOW FRAME - A luminant component is applied to the window frame of a motor vehicle. The component includes one or more electrically powered lights. According to the invention, the luminant component is visible from the outside of the window and through the window. The lights are electrically connected to the car's electrical system and can be illuminated to provide various signals, such as hazard warnings or directions signals. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150043234 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND LAMP FOR VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - An light source module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a light source which is provided on the substrate; a reflective sheet which is stacked on the substrate; an optical sheet which is stacked on the reflective sheet and has a protruding pattern; an optical resin which is formed on the protruding pattern; and a light diffusion sheet which is stacked on the optical resin, and the light source module may implement a surface emission image, and diffuse light so as to satisfy regulations on visible angle light distribution. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043235 | HEADLAMP PART COMPRISING A REFLECTING MEANS WITH A REFLECTION COEFFICIENT HIGHER THAN 90% - A part for an illuminating and/or signaling device of an automotive vehicle, comprising at least one body made of a polymer, at least one section of this body being able, when the part is mounted inside the illuminating device, to be exposed to rays from the sun after they have been focused by a focusing device of the illuminating device, characterized in that the section comprises a reflecting means the reflection coefficient of which is higher than 90%. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150043236 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp has a light source attachment flat surface having a plurality of light source attachment portions, a plurality of light sources attached to the plurality of light source attachment portions, and a plurality of parabolic reflectors. Each of the plurality of parabolic reflectors reflect light from a corresponding one of the light sources in a predetermined optical axis direction. The light source attachment flat surface is tilted with respect to an optical axis of the reflector so as to be higher on a front side of the lamp than on a rear side of the lamp. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150055362 | VEHICLE REAR LAMP STRUCTURE - It is provided a vehicle rear lamp structure that can effectively utilize light that is illuminated from a light source. A door side lamp portion of a rear combination lamp has a housing that supports an incandescent bulb for a back lamp, and a lens that covers the incandescent bulb for the back lamp by being fixed to the housing, and transmits light illuminated from the incandescent bulb for the back lamp. Further, a garnish is mounted to the door side lamp portion. A surface at the lens side of the garnish reflects light, that is illuminated from the incandescent bulb for the back lamp, toward a vehicle rear side. Due thereto, light illuminated from the incandescent bulb for the back lamp can be utilized effectively. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062945 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device includes a housing, a first receiving cavity recessed inwardly from a center of a front side of the housing, a first light source received in the first receiving cavity, an annular second receiving cavity recessed in the front side of the housing and surrounding the first receiving cavity, a second light source received in the second receiving cavity, a first envelope fixed in the front side of the housing and covering the first receiving cavity, and an annular second envelope fixed in the front side of the housing and covering the second receiving cavity. An inner face of the second receiving cavity is a bending face including a plurality of reflecting facets for reflecting light emitted from the second light source. Every two adjacent reflecting facets intersect with an angle. The second light source faces at least one reflecting facet distant from the second envelope. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062946 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a planar light emitting member having an organic EL light emitting portion at part of a substrate, and a reflecting member and a half mirror that are disposed so as to face each other so that light emitted from the organic EL light emitting portion is reflected repeatedly while allowing part of the light to be transmitted to the front. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150070920 | VEHICLE LAMP - A lamp for a vehicle comprises a lens disposed on an optical axis, a light source disposed at a rear of a focal point of the lens, a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the light source forward, a supporting plate configured to be coupled to a lower part of the reflector, a first coupling unit configured to couple the supporting plate and the reflector from a front of the supporting plate and the reflector, and a second coupling unit configured to couple the supporting plate and the reflector from a rear of the supporting plate and the reflector. The first coupling unit and the second coupling unit have different coupling surfaces from each other. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070921 | VEHICLE LAMP - A lamp for a vehicle comprises a lens disposed on an optical axis, a light source disposed at a rear of a focal point of the lens, a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the light source forward, a supporting plate configured to be coupled to a lower part of the reflector, a heat sink configured to be coupled to a rear of the supporting plate for dissipating heat generated by the light source, and a connector for applying a current to the light source. The heat sink comprises a through hole in which the connector is inserted and a plurality of first movement-limiting ribs for fixing the connector to a vicinity of the through hole. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070922 | HEAD LIGHT MODULE - A head light module may include a lamp that radiates light, a lens that directs the light radiated by the lamp to an outside, a light permeable bezel that is disposed in a predetermined area around the lens, and a surface illumination source that radiates light to a side end surface and a rear surface of the bezel. The light radiated by the surface illumination source is directed to a front surface of the bezel. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150078028 | LAMP FOR VEHICLE - The present invention provides a vehicle lamp which is installed in a vehicle, including: a positioning lamp; and a bulb shade which reflects light radiating from the positioning lamp to be emitted onto an outer lens. Therefore, the light which is emitted by the positioning lamp is partially reflected by the bulb shade so that a light emitting area of the positioning lamp expands and the regulation for light distribution is satisfied while providing position discrimination to the other party. Therefore, a condition for an installation position of the positioning lamp is advantageously improved so that a degree of freedom of installation of the positioning lamp is increased. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150098234 | HEAT DISSIPATING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - A heat dissipating apparatus for a vehicle lamp is provided that simplifies the structure of a vehicle lamp using laser light and more effectively dissipates heat from the vehicle lamp. The heat dissipating apparatus includes a light source unit that is configured to generate laser light and a mirror that is configured to reflect the laser light and guide the laser light toward a lamp unit. The lamp unit is configured to emit light with a predetermined light distribution pattern. Further, a heat dissipation unit is disposed on one side of the mirror and is configured to dissipate heat from the mirror. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150098235 | COOLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS - A cooling device for cooling an LED of vehicle headlight without restricting a design of a housing is provided. The cooling device is comprised of an LED held in a housing sealed with a lens, a reflector that reflects a light emitted from the light source, a heat collector on which the LED is mounted, a heat sink disposed behind the reflector, and a pair of heat pipes thermally connecting the heat collector and the heat sink. The heat sink is arranged inside of the housing. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150103548 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a lighting device ( | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103549 | VEHICLE LAMP - There is provided a vehicle lamp including: a light source; a lens disposed on a front side of the light source and having a front surface and a rear surface which is opposite to the front surface and faces the light source, wherein the lens has a convex lens shape, and a curvature of the rear surface is larger than that of the front surface; and a reflector disposed on a rear side of the lens and configured to reflect direct light emitted from the light source toward the lens. The vehicle lamp is configured to form a light distribution pattern by controlling a deflection of the direct light using the lens. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150117044 | APPARATUS FOR RADIATING LIGHT FROM A VIRTUAL SOURCE - A lighting assembly that includes an LED source that generates a light cone (solid angle); and a transparent near field lens having a front surface, a collimating surface, and an aspherical groove. The collimating surface collimates the light cone into a beam that reflects off of the front surface toward the aspherical groove, and the aspherical groove directs the beam away from the lens as an exit cone from a virtual focal point, positive virtual focal ring or a negative virtual focal ring. The exit cone may be evenly distributed, substantially forward or substantially rearward from the virtual focal point or virtual focal ring. Parabolic or aparabolic reflectors can be employed with lighting assemblies having a virtual focal point or virtual focal ring, respectively, to reflect the exit cone in a vehicular exterior lighting pattern. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150117045 | HEAD LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A head lamp for a vehicle includes a light source configured to emit a light and a reflective mirror configured to reflect the light. A reflective mirror extended portion extends toward a front of the head lamp from the reflective mirror. An upper shield protrudes radially toward an inner side of the head lamp and shields the light. A lower shield extends toward the front of the head lamp, such that a part of the light transmitted from the light source is indirectly transmitted to the front of the head lamp. A light developing hole is formed between the upper and lower shields to allow another part of the transmitted and reflected light to pass therethrough. A lens mounted to one end of the reflective mirror extended portion allows the light passing through the light developing hole to penetrate the lens and emit the penetrated light toward a front view of the vehicle. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150131305 | PRIMARY OPTICAL ELEMENT, LIGHTING MODULE AND HEADLAMP FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A primary optical element for a motor vehicle lighting module, comprising a single monoblock input member and a corrective part, the input member having at least one input face intended to receive light, the input member being connected at output to the corrective part. The corrective part comprises a light output face, at least partly in the shape of a substantially spherical dome, the input member and the corrective part forming a monoblock structure, wherein a vertical profile of the input face of the input member has a convex first part and a second part that is planar or concave. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150138822 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - A first lamp unit includes a first light-emitting device, a reflector substantially having a form of an ellipse having a focal point located at the first light-emitting device or the neighborhood thereof, and a first partial lens located in front of the reflector. A second lamp unit adjacent to the first lamp unit includes a second light-emitting device, and a second partial lens located in front of the second light-emitting device and joined to the first partial lens. The first partial lens has a form produced by cutting the side toward the second partial lens with a substantially vertical plane, and the second partial lens has a form produced by extending the plane of section of the first partial lens along a predetermined line. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150146446 | HEADLAMP SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A projector headlamp includes light sources, a cooling system and reflector comprising an upper part with a first focal point and second focal point and a lower part with a first focal point and second focal point. The headlamp also includes an aperture with a cutoff edge proximate an optical axis of the headlamp and a convergent lens. The convergent lens includes at least two segments with their own first focal points, the first segment in a lower part of the convergent lens has a greater optical power than a second segment in an upper part, the first focal points of the segments located near the optical axis of the headlamp between the light sources and the lens. The light sources comprise at least two light sources, a first adjoins the first focal point of the upper part and a second adjoins the first focal point of the bottom part. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146447 | LED LAMP UNIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR AUTOMOTIVE LAMPS - The present invention relates to a LED lamp unit ( | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150291084 | LUMINANT TRIM FOR VEHICLE DOOR - An illuminatable motor vehicle door, including a door of a motor vehicle, having an upper edge, a lower edge, an outer side edge, an opposite inner side edge. A lower door flange is defined on the door adjacent to the lower edge, between a lower portion of the side edges of the door. The door also includes a luminant component which, when illuminated, can be seen in the dark, which is applied to overlie at least a portion of the lower door flange of the door of the motor vehicle, so that the luminant component reflects light on the inside of the door. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150291085 | ILLUMINATED TRANSLUCENT BODY PANELS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A vehicle body panel including a curved translucent panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a color layer disposed on at least a portion of the exterior surface, a blocking layer positioned between at least a portion of the color layer and the panel, and a light source attached to the interior surface. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150298599 | VEHICULAR LAMP AND LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - Disclosed is a vehicular lamp including a light source unit equipped with a plurality of LEDs having different optical axes; and a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The light source unit includes a base including a plurality of board mounting surfaces, in which the base is formed to be foldable around an axis formed between each two adjacent board mounting surfaces as a boundary; and a plurality of printed circuit boards attached to the plurality of board mounting surfaces, respectively, in which each printed circuit board has a light source mounted on a surface opposite to the board mounting surface thereof. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150300588 | VEHICLE LAMP MODULE - Disclosed is a vehicle lamp module, including a lamp cup structure, a light-emitting structure, and a lens structure. The lamp cup structure has multiple light-focusing curved surfaces, where each of the light-focusing curved surfaces has a first focal point and a second focal point, and the first focal point and the second focal point of each light-focusing curved surface are located on an axis of the light-focusing curved surface. The light-emitting structure includes multiple light-emitting elements, where each of the light-emitting elements is disposed corresponding to the first focal point of a corresponding one of the light-focusing curved surfaces. The lens structure has a lens focal point, a primary optical axis, and a reference line, where the lens focal point is located at an intersection point of the primary optical axis and the reference line and the reference line is parallel to the lens structure. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308649 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An illumination device comprising a reflector and a light source module is provided. The light source module comprises a column, a first light-emitting diode (LED) light source, and a second LED light source. The column has a front end and a side. The first LED light source fixed to the front end of the column is configured to emit a first light beam for forming a first illumination area on a projection plane. The second LED light source fixed to the side of the column is configured to emit a second light beam for forming a second illumination area partly overlapping the first illumination area on the projection plane. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150308650 | LIGHT REFLECTOR ARRANGEMENT - A light reflector arrangement providing a light output having substantially uniform luminous intensity is disclosed. The light reflector arrangement includes at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source. For each light source, the light reflector arrangement includes a first reflector configured to receive light from the light source and reflect said light towards a second reflector such that light reflected from the second reflector has substantially uniform luminance observable from a single direction. For example, the second reflector has light scattering means for removing directionality of light reflected from the second reflector. The light reflector arrangement may further include a lens configured to receive the light reflected from the second reflector. The lens preferably has a light diffusing surface such that light output through the lens has a substantially uniform luminance observable from more than one direction. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150308651 | Supplementary Light Module for a Headlamp of a Vehicle - A supplementary light module for a headlamp of a vehicle, and in particular a cornering light module, a turning light module, or a fog light module. Such module can be accommodated in a housing of the headlamp, comprising a lamp and a reflector. The light generated by the lamp can be emitted in a propagation direction. A base body is provided, on which at least the lamp and the reflector are accommodated, and wherein the base body is securely accommodated in the headlamp housing by means of a pivot axle and by means of an adjustment unit for adjusting the supplementary light module about the pivot axle. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150308652 | MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALLING DEVICE - An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150323159 | DEVICE FOR ATTENUATING ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES, AND MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHT MODULE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A device for attenuating electromagnetic disturbances given off by at least one electronic component, arranged on a printed circuit board mounted on a first face of a board support and bearing at least one light-emitting diode driven by the at least one electronic component for the emission of light rays. A containment cage is arranged around at least the electronic component, it is formed partially by walls made of a piece with the first face and on which the printed circuit board rests, so as to delimit a wave containment zone. The containment zone has an opening, in a first direction, suitable for being blocked or not by a closure piece distinct from the walls. The invention further relates to a light module equipped with such a device, and a motor vehicle comprising a light module according to the invention. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150330588 | LOW LUMINANCE LIGHTING - Novel and advantageous lighting modules and systems are provided. Lighting modules and systems according to embodiments of the subject invention can be low-luminance, high-efficiency, low-glare lighting modules. For example, a lighting system can utilize multiple layers of efficient optics to spread light from multiple light sources (e.g., a grid of point sources) over a larger luminous surface. The larger luminous surface can maintain the controllability, directionality, and efficiency of a single point source, while significantly reducing the glare. The surface can appear uniformly lit, or substantially uniformly lit, and no dark boundaries may be present between the individual light sources. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150336504 | Apparatus and Method for Evenly Illuminating a Rotating Element With Single or Minimal Light Source(s) - An apparatus for illuminating a rotating element of the apparatus with as few as a single light source and a method for assembling such apparatus are disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a center, a clear substrate element that may rotate about the center, and a light source for evenly illuminating the clear substrate element. The light source is configured to emit light toward the clear substrate element at an angle, which is predetermined based on one or more attributes of the clear substrate element, such as the geometry and the index of refraction. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338043 | Headlamp Assembly with Multiple High Aspect Ratio Lenses - A headlight assembly including a plurality of low-beam modules and a plurality of high-beam modules are enclosed in a housing. The low-beam modules include a top reflector disposed above a low-beam LED light source that projects a height limited first beam of light through the low-beam lens. The high-beam modules include a bottom reflector disposed below a high-beam LED light source that projects a second beam of light through a high-beam lens above the first beam of light. Each module has an aspect ratio of 2:1 with the height of the lens being twice the width of the lens. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338046 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp is provided that includes a light source and a reflector that is configured to reflect light from the light source toward a front of a vehicle. In addition, the lamp includes a heat sink which that has a rear part that is disposed behind the reflector, a lateral part that extends from the rear part toward the front of the vehicle, and a front part that extends from the lateral part to partially overlap the rear part. The light source is disposed on an inner surface of the front part or the lateral part of the heat sink. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150345730 | LAMP MODULE FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, which includes: an inner lens; a light source unit configured to irradiate light toward the inner lens; and a mirror reflector configured to extend an image of the inner lens by reflecting one area of the inner lens. As a result, a large-area image of the inner lens is able to be implemented. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150345731 | VEHICLE LAMP STRUCTURE - A rear combination lamp is configured to include a door-side lamp portion, which has a first LED, a first housing, and a first lens, and a fender-side lamp portion, which has a second LED, a second housing, and a second lens. The door-side lamp portion and the fender-side lamp portion are disposed adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction. Moreover, a second lamp-side reflector that reflects toward the second lens the light emitted from the second LED is disposed between the second housing and the second lens. Part of the second lamp-side reflector is configured as an interstitial reflecting portion that reflects the light emitted from the second LED between the first lens and the second lens. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150354772 | VEHICLE LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle light control device is disclosed, including a light source to emit a light, a reflector configured to reflect the light and having a light output surface, and an electronically-controlled optical filter aligned with the light source and the reflector, and configured to fully cover the light output surface. The position, transmittance and color of the pattern of the electronically-controlled optical filter are controlled by a computer system and its signals. The lighting effect for the high-beam, the low-beam, the fog light and the turn signals is accomplished in one single vehicle light device, and thus the design cost of the light device is reduced. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150354775 | Light Module for a Vehicle Headlamp - The invention relates to a light module for a vehicle headlamp, having at least one semiconductor light source and having at least one mounting plate. The semiconductor light source is accommodated on a receiving side of the mounting plate. The mounting plate is disposed on the heat sink with a cooling side lying opposite the receiving side, At least one semiconductor light source can be cooled. The heat sink has air guidance grooves on its side bordering the cooling side of the mounting plate, by means of which air guidance channels are formed over the cooling side of the mounting plate. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150367773 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can include LEDs and a light-guiding lens in front of the LEDs. A car window is disposed in front of the vehicle lighting unit, and is inclined downward toward its front end and provided with light-shielding coatings disposed on respective sides with respect to the front face of the light-guiding lens. The light-guiding lens can include: a plurality of light-guiding parts, which each include a light incident portion; a first reflecting surface configured to upwardly reflect light entering through an upper half of the light incident portion; second reflecting surfaces configured to laterally reflect the light entering through a lower half of the light incident portion; third reflecting surfaces configured to upwardly reflect the light from the second reflecting surfaces; a fourth reflecting surface configured to forwardly reflect the light from the first reflecting surface and from the third reflecting surfaces; and a light exiting surface configured to allow the light from the fourth reflecting surface to exit therethrough forward. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150369443 | VEHICULAR LIGHT SYSTEM - A car lamp includes a housing provided with an optical reflecting surface for reflecting light produced by LED lamps to have the light passing through an optical panel and projected outward. The car lamp has a heat-dissipating member fixed between the housing and the optical panel and installed thereon with LED lamps. The heat-dissipating member has its front end disposed with an auxiliary heat sink that extends in a reserved space of the optical panel and firmly combined with the optical panel. Thus, the auxiliary heat sink is able to directly contact with normal-temperature outside air for elevating heat dissipation effect and prolonging service life of the car lamp. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150369445 | HEADLAMP AND/OR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A headlamp and/or a tail light assembly having a heating element is shown. The heating element comprises a deflector that is adapted to be received on a component of the headlamp and/or tail light assembly and to direct heat towards an interior surface of a transparent cover or an outer lens in order to facilitate de-icing or condensation removal. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150377439 | MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP LIGHTING MODULE WITH MUTUAL POSITIONING OF REFLECTOR AND LENS - A lighting module for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one light source; a heat sink able to dissipate the heat produced by the light source or sources; a reflective surface able to reflect the rays from the light source or sources; a lens able to deflect the rays from the reflective surface so as to form a beam of light along an optical axis of the module; a support of the lens and of the reflective surface, the support being mounted on the heat sink. The heat sink and/or the support comprises at least one, and preferably at least two, bosses directed vertically and in contact with the other out of the heat sink and the support so as to maintain a predetermined distance between the heat sink and the support. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160003437 | VEHICLE LAMP - Disclosed is a vehicle lamp including a projection lens, and a light source located behind the projection lens so that light emitted from the light source is irradiated forward through the projection lens. The projection lens includes an upright wall surface formed on a peripheral edge thereof, in which the upright wall surface has a greater longitudinal inclination angle than a front surface of the projection lens. A light control member is located behind the projection lens, in which the light control member is configured to suppress light incident on the projection lens from the light source, from being internally reflected by the upright wall surface. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160003438 | HEAD LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A head lamp for a vehicle is provided that is capable of irradiating a low beam pattern to the front of the vehicle, without using a separate reflector. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160003445 | ARTISTIC LIGHTING MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An artistic lighting module and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The artistic lighting module comprises at least one transparent panel, at least one light source, and a reflective layer. The light source is disposed at one end of the transparent panel, and the reflecting layer has an artistic pattern. The light rays inputted into the transparent panel are reflected by the reflective layer and outputted through the second surface, such that a lighting pattern corresponding to the artistic pattern is formed on a second surface of transparent panel. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160009216 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160025281 | STEERING GRIP LIGHT BAR SYSTEMS - Various implementations include a light bar system for a steering wheel of a vehicle that includes a high intensity light source, a light diffusing layer, and an outer lens. For example, in certain implementations, the light diffusing layer is disposed between a plurality of high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an outer lens, and the light diffusing layer causes the light from the LEDs to appear as a continuous stream of light across a length of the lens and provides sufficiently bright lighting to warn or communicate with the driver in various ambient lighting conditions. In certain implementations, the outer lens is colored to blend in with the rest of the steering wheel when the LEDs are not activated. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025291 | VEHICLE LAMP - The invention is provided with a lens and a semiconductor-type light source. The lens comprises a main lens part and an auxiliary lens par. The auxiliary lens part comprises a light entry surface, a reflection surface, a light exit surface, and a first connection surface. A light processing part for dispersing light from the semiconductor-type light source is provided to the first connection surface. As a result, this invention is able to process upwardly emitted light. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025292 | LAMP UNIT COMPRISING A SHIELD HAVING AT LEAST ONE LIGHT WINDOW - A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having at least two light sources ( | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160031361 | CARRIER OF ONE OR MORE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (LEDS) FOR A SIGNALING MODULE - A carrier of one or more light sources for a lighting and/or signaling module especially for an automotive vehicle, comprising: a substrate having at least one aperture and electrical tracks on at least one side; and at least one light-emitting diode having a body and electrical connection leads lateral to the body. The LED or at least one of the LEDs is placed through a respective aperture of the substrate, and the connection leads make contact with respective electrical tracks. The substrate is a rigid molded part having a three-dimensional shape possibly providing an optical function such as that of a reflector. In this case, the LEDs are directly supported by the optical part. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160040846 | LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A lamp for a vehicle may include a hologram reproducing apparatus reproducing a written image to an outside when light is input, a light source provided to one end side of the hologram reproducing apparatus, and a reflecting apparatus provided to another end side of the hologram reproducing apparatus and reflecting light of the light source to the hologram reproducing apparatus at a same incident angle as an incident angle when an image is written on the hologram reproducing apparatus. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040847 | VEHICLE LAMP - A planar light emitting body | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040852 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A VEHICLE HEADLALMP - In the case of a light module ( | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160047521 | LIGHT ASSEMBLY - Light assembly having reflector, light source, an outer light cover, and a curved transflective surface. Embodiments of light assemblies described herein are useful, for example, as signs, backlights, displays, task lighting, luminaire, and vehicle (e.g., cars, trucks, airplanes, etc.) components. Vehicle comprising light assemblies include those where the light assembly is a vehicle tail light assembly | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160061398 | OPTICAL STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - The present invention provides an optical structure for a vehicle, including: an optic unit which is configured by a plurality of optics; a lens which is provided with an interval from the optic unit; and a shield which is provided between the optic unit and the lens to reflect light which passes through the optic toward the lens. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061404 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A lighting device according to an embodiment includes a socket unit, a light emitting unit, and a lid unit. The light emitting unit is provided in an accommodation unit of the socket unit, and includes a light emitting element. The lid unit closes the accommodation unit of the socket unit, and is formed with an opening portion which causes light radiated from the light emitting element to pass through. An end face of the light emitting unit on the opening portion side overlaps with the opening portion in the thickness direction of the lid unit, and is located on the light emitting unit side rather than an end face of the lid unit on a side opposite to the light emitting unit side. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160069528 | LIGHTING MODULE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, HEADLIGHT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH MODULES, AND HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising at least one light source and optical means for forming a light pattern, or pixel, comprising an area illuminated according to a vertical light strip delimited by two vertical edges; the optical means are provided to also form at least one light strip transversal to the vertical light strip, with at least two transverse edges, such that the light pattern comprises at least one vertical strip and at least one transverse strip. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160076725 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a light bar, a plurality of circuit boards, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) elements and a heat dissipating structure. The light bar has an annular top surface and an annular bottom surface. A coupling portion is formed on the bottom surface of the light bar. The LED elements are arranged on the circuit board. Light emitted from the LED elements are incident into the light bar through the coupling portion. The heat dissipating structure is coupled to the light bar with the LED elements and the circuit boards mounted between the light bar and the heat dissipating structure. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160084460 | Headlamp with Lens Reflector Subassembly - A headlamp includes heat sink structure for positioning a light emitting diode at an angle offset from the longitudinal axis of the headlamp and a reflector lens subassembly including a reflector portion and a light transmissive portion. The reflector portion includes a reflective surface for directing light from the light emitting diode towards the light transmissive portion. The reflector lens subassembly includes an upper rim with alignment features for engaging the perimeter of the heat sink structure to define a sealed three-dimensional space within the headlamp and to facilitate positioning of the light emitting diode with respect to the reflector lens subassembly. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160090026 | UNDER VEHICLE ILLUMINATION - A vehicle is constructed to include an upper body and an underbody underlying the upper body. The upper body includes a longitudinal first side section and an opposing longitudinal second side section, and the underbody has a first perimeter portion underlying the upper body's first side section and a second perimeter portion underlying the upper body's second side section. The vehicle further includes a lighting system for illuminating the ground beneath the vehicle. The lighting system includes one or more first side lighting elements mounted at the underbody's first side perimeter portion. At least one of the one or more first side lighting elements is oriented to emit light across the vehicle's underbody and illuminate the ground beneath the upper body's second side section. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090027 | INDIRECT LIGHT-EMITTING FRONT GRILL - Provided is an indirect light-emitting front grill including: a front grill | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160096472 | LIGHT PROPAGATION AND EVEN DISTRIBUTION USING AIR CHANNELS - A light housing for propagating light therethrough is disclosed. The light housing includes a base surface, indented surfaces extending from and connected to the base surface, and roof portions extending from and connected to the base surface. The indented surfaces form openings for light emission through the openings. Each roof portion extends over one of the openings. An instrument cluster assembly for a motor vehicle including the light housing is also disclosed. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099142 | DOUBLE-FILAMENT INCANDESCENT LAMP FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE FRONT LIGHTING - A lamp for automotive vehicle front lighting is described. The lamp ( | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160102835 | Automotive Light - An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160131323 | Vehicle Lamp - A vehicle lamp is provided. The vehicle lamp includes a lens having an aspherical surface positioned on an optical axis extending along a lengthwise direction of a vehicle and a flange coupled to a rear portion of the aspherical surface. The vehicle lamp further includes a first light source positioned behind a focus of the aspherical surface, a reflector which reflects light of the first light source toward the aspherical surface and a second light source which generates laser light toward the flange. A reflective member is positioned on the flange and forms an optical image by reflecting the laser light such that the laser light travels along a defined path. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160146420 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE OF LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A light source module of a lamp for a vehicle includes one LED light source. A PCB substrate controls supply of an electric current to the LED light source. A primary pattern film is layered on the PCB substrate and has a first optic protrusion formed thereon. The first optic protrusion implements a first light emitting image having a specific pattern using light of the LED light source. An optical resin is layered on the primary pattern film, and uniformly transmits the light of the LED light source throughout the entire primary pattern film. A secondary pattern film is layered on the optical resin and has a second optic protrusion formed thereon. The second optic protrusion implements a second light emitting image different from the first light emitting image. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160146422 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a housing having a chamber. The housing includes a heat dissipating portion made of metal. The housing further includes a platform integrally formed with the heat dissipating portion. The platform includes a coupling portion. A reflective cover is mounted in the chamber and includes a recessed portion in. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148798 | Lamp and headlighting arrangement for obtaining a color appearance in an automotive headlight | 05-26-2016 |
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