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| 20080212335 | Vehicle Lamp Collapsible Closeout - A collapsible closeout for a gap between a vehicle lamp and closure, and particularly well suited for a gap between a headlamp and a hood, is disclosed. The closeout may include a base mounted to a lamp housing, a closeout wall extending from the base, and a contact flange extending under the hood and having a free end extending toward a headlamp lens. The closeout may also include first support ribs extending from the closeout wall toward the headlamp and opposed second support ribs extending from the closeout wall. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080225545 | Illuminated electrical center - An electrical center assembly used in a vehicle provides ambient light to the assembly and the area around the assembly using a light-emitting diode. The electrical center assembly generally includes a housing, an electrically conducting link, removable electrical components and at least one light-emitting diode for illuminating the electrical center. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080266892 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A vehicle headlight is arranged to prevent moisture from entering into a lighting circuit and a lighting space. A back cover has a cover main body | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090052201 | LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A lamp assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing receiving at least one light source. The housing includes a covering pane and including first and second fixing arrangement for releasably securing the lamp to the vehicle. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090103324 | ELECTRICAL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A DISCHARGE LAMP COMPRISING BALLAST SHIELDING - An electrical supply device for a discharge lamp of a motor vehicle headlight that comprises: an electronic module for converting source electric current into supply electric current for the discharge lamp; a housing that encloses the electronic module and is produced from an electrically conductive material so as to form electromagnetic shielding; an electrical connection harness that is intended to electrically connect the electronic conversion module with the discharge lamp; an envelope produced from an electrically conductive material that surrounds the connection harness so as to form electromagnetic shielding; the housing and envelope being electrically connected to a common reference electrical potential (−); wherein the housing and the envelope are connected in parallel to the common reference electrical potential (−). | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090122571 | Smart Lights - The disclosed invention relates to smart light apparatuses compunctions particularly well suited for providing wireless communications between a true vehicle and a died in being towed such as a trailer. A smart light controller comprising a process for his electrically associated with a traditional wiring harness associated with a two vehicle. The smart light controller detects light signals such as stop, left turn, right turn, and lights on and generates a corresponding RF control signals. The RF control signals are transmitted to smart lights associated with a vehicle can configured to receive the RF control signals. The smart light generates a light signal based on the receive control signals. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090185390 | EMERGENCY WHEEL LIGHT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An emergency wheel light located in a protected environment behind an access door when not in use is extractable from under the wheel well or frame/bed of a vehicle to illuminate a wheel for servicing in darkness. The lamp portion, preferably of LED bulbs, is held in a retainer attached to the weatherproof access door or within the vehicle frame/wheel well. A plurality of the lamps is independently selectable for activation, such that any combination of the lamps can be on. To use, the lamp is pulled from its retaining mount and extended on its retractable cord reel into a position where it can be utilized to shine on the wheel servicing area by placing the lamp's flat base for placing the lamp on a ground surface. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090257241 | TRIM COMPONENT WITH CONCEALED INDICIUM - A component of an actuatable apparatus includes a substrate having an external surface defining a selected area, an illumination source actuatable between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state, and an opaque indicia coating applied over the selected area. The illumination source is positioned behind the selected area. A portion of the opaque indicia coating defines a pattern having a greater light transmissivity than the portion of the opaque indicia coating not comprising the pattern. The pattern is invisible when the illumination source is in the non-illuminated state, and visible when the illumination source is in the illuminated state and transmits light through the pattern. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090316424 | Housing for an Operating Device in a Discharge Lamp - A housing for an operating device ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100080014 | Vehicle interior light source unit - A vehicle interior light source unit for being disposed at an installation hole formed in a panel of a vehicle interior. The light source unit includes a connector portion that is disposed on a back side of the panel and includes a tubular main body extending parallel to the panel, a substrate that is mounted on the connector portion and mounts a light emitting element thereon, and a case to be inserted into the installation hole. The case includes an upper wall including an opening for radiating light emitted from the light emitting element to the vehicle interior, a pair of sidewalls including a connector engagement portion to be engaged with a side portion of the main boy of the connector portion. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100085770 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp is provided with: a light source unit containing a light source, a feeder socket having a male terminal conductively connected to the light source, and a feeder connector containing a female terminal conductively connected to the male terminal when inserted into the feeder socket and connected to an end of an electric wire; and a light source unit attaching section on which the light source unit is attached. The vehicle lamp further includes a holding member that is attached at a rear end of the feeder connector, bends the electric wire against a direction for inserting the feeder connector and can be grasped in inserting the feeder connector. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100188866 | Vehicle room light apparatus - The present invention provides a vehicle room light apparatus which is small in size and achieves high heat dissipation. The vehicle room light apparatus includes a light source; a switch; and a case including a front surface as a designed surface and a back surface. The back surface having a first region on which the light source and the switch are arranged in line, a second region which has a space extending along the first region and an opening continuing to the space, a partition wall which separates the first and the second regions. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100195348 | ASSEMBLING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE ROOM ILLUMINATION LAMP - An illumination lamp comprising: a cover including an engagement portion; a functional member including a light emitting element and a mounting portion, the light emitting element covered by the cover while the engagement portion is engaged with the mounting portion; and a designed member including a cover holder and a lock, the lock locking the functional member, and the cover holder holding the cover. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100214800 | BACK COVER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING BACK COVER - A back cover ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110026267 | Lighting Device - A lighting device comprises a power circuit unit | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110134655 | FORMED BODY WITH CURVED SURFACE SHAPE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FORMED BODY, FRONT COVER FOR VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FRONT COVER - A formed body having a curved surface, a method of producing the formed body, a front cover for a vehicle lighting device, and a method of producing the front cover. A front cover ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110141756 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp unit having a bulb attaching portion into which a bulb is inserted and attached, an outer housing configured to engage with the lamp unit at a location behind the bulb attaching portion, an inner housing disposed inside the outer housing such that a clearance is provided in a radial direction between the outer housing and the inner housing and such that, relative to the outer housing, the inner housing is movable in an axial direction and is rotatable about an axis extending in the axial direction, and a spring disposed between the outer housing and the inner housing to bias the inner housing toward the bulb in the axial direction. When the outer housing is engaged with the lamp unit, the spring biases the inner housing such that a flange of the bulb is pressed against the bulb attaching portion. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110222306 | ON-BOARD INTERIOR ILLUMINATION UNIT - There is provided an on-board interior illumination unit which is so strong as to withstand vibration, high temperatures and low temperatures, and tensile load, to thereby be superior in contact reliability and which can be made small in size. Thus, there is provided an on-board interior illumination unit comprising a design portion | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120020104 | ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS - An illumination unit for vehicle headlights may include a light-emitting diode device, a housing and an assembly board on which components of an operating circuit for operating the light-emitting diode device are arranged, wherein the housing and the assembly board define an interior space, wherein the assembly board has at least one electrically conductive inner layer that is connected to a ground reference potential of the operating circuit and on its surface the assembly board has at least one electrical contact surface which is contacted with at least one electrically conductive inner layer, and the housing has an electromagnetic shielding structure configured to provide electromagnetic shielding of the interior space, wherein the electromagnetic shielding structure is connected to the at least one electrical contact surface. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120155106 | Vehicular Lamp - A vehicular lamp in which a weld surface of a weld portion provided on a translucent cover is pressed against a surface to be welded that is formed on a lamp housing, and the translucent cover and the lamp housing are welded by a laser light irradiated from a welding head on the weld portion. The welding head is moved, during the method of making the lamp, along the weld surface, and the angle of the welding head while moving is varied depending on the orientation of the weld surface so that the orientation angle variation amount of the weld surface is set to be equal to or less than 0.5 deg/mm for areas which are adjacent in the moving direction of the welding head. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120320620 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ON THE BACK OF A HITCH - An illuminated, image adjustable hitch cover allows a user to provide various images inside the hitch cover without the need to purchase an entire new hitch cover. The hitch cover can include an image, which can be an image printed by the user, such as a picture or text, that is inserted between two panes of clear material, such as clear plastic. The hitch cover may be illuminated along with the user's lights and may brighten or come on when the user pressed their brakes, providing not only a desired aesthetic result, but also a safety function. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130003404 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICULAR INTERIOR PART HAVING THE SAME - A light source unit for a vehicle includes a light source body, a light guide member that guides and exits the light from the light source body toward a portion of the vehicle to be illuminated, and a cover member housing the light source body and the light guide member. The cover member has an elongated light exit portion through which light from the light guide member is exited to the portion to be illuminated. The light exit portion includes a first light exit portion and at least two second light exit portions arranged along a longitudinal direction of the light exit portion to sandwich the second light exit portion therebetween. Light from the light guide member directly reaches the portion to be illuminated via the first light exit portion and light from the light guide member indirectly reaches the portion to be illuminated via the second light exit portion. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130058121 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a light source, a front cover made of a transparent material to transmit light emitted by the light source, a lamp body forming a lamp housing together with the front cover, and a vibrator configured to vibrate the front cover to generate a vibration sound. The vibrator is supported by the lamp housing such that the vibrator contacts the front cover at a location where, when the vehicle lamp is mounted on a vehicle, the vibrator is not visible from an outside of the vehicle lamp. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130272012 | LIGHT BAR EXTERIOR CABLE JUNCTION BOX - A junction box assembly for a light bar for splicing a light bar cable and a vehicle cable. A multipart housing forms a compartment and has at least two separable parts for accessing the compartment. The compartment is configured for receiving an end of the light bar cable and for receiving an end of the vehicle cable. The multipart housing is configured to mount externally and slidably to the underside of the light bar. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272013 | VEHICLE LAMP - A transparent member | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130314938 | IN-VEHICLE INDOOR ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - The in-vehicle indoor illumination apparatus which includes a design section, a functional section that is engaged with the design section, and a connector that is inserted to the functional section in a removable manner, wherein an interposition holder of the functional section is provided with two locking frames erected upward from a base housing of the design section at an interval and having resilience, and two locking hooks each engaged with the two locking frames of the design section from outside the two locking frames when the functional section is engaged with the design section, and a section between the two second locking frames is a connector insertion hole into which a housing of the connector is inserted. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130322107 | VEHICULAR LIGHT - A vehicular light includes a body having a base. A cover is mounted to a surface of the base and made of transparent material. A circuit board is mounted in the base. A light emitting element is mounted to the circuit board. An intermediate member is mounted between the cover and the circuit board. The intermediate member includes a light transmittable section covering the light emitting element. A frame is mounted between the light transmittable section and the light emitting element and has a substantially bowl-shaped inner side. The frame and the intermediate member are separable from each other and detachable from the cover and the circuit board. The frame includes a frame wall. A through-hole is formed in a bottom of the frame. The light emitting element extends through the through-hole and received in the frame and faces the light transmittable section. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140119042 | VEHICULAR LAMP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are a vehicular lamp in which a thermal strain in a welding portion of a lamp body and a front cover is suppressed and a thermal deformation during welding is suppressed and a method of manufacturing the same. The vehicular lamp includes a lamp housing configured by a lamp body and a front cover which is welded to the lamp body and has a front surface exposed to the outside. In the lamp body, a light absorption material is contained. In the front cover, a light absorption material is contained at least in a region including a welding portion. This light absorption material of the front cover has a lower heating effect than that of the lamp body. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140198518 | HEADLAMP TO BUMPER ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - A system, apparatus and method for attaching a bumper cover to a headlamp housing. The system includes a plurality of holes defined in an upper portion of the bumper cover and a plurality of protrusions extending from a lower portion of the headlamp housing for engaging the plurality of holes in the upper portion of the bumper cover. The system further includes a plurality of ribs extending from the lower portion of the headlamp housing for locating the upper portion of the bumper cover proximate to the lower portion of the headlamp housing. In this system, each rib of the plurality of ribs is located proximate to at least one protrusion of the plurality of protrusions. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204603 | HEADLIGHT - A headlight for motor vehicles including a box-shaped housing, a light unit arranged in the housing, a front pane sealing the housing to the front relative to the direction of travel, and mountings provided on the housing for connecting the housing to the vehicle. Impact protection is provided by a rupture device that has at least one flexurally sensitive region of reduced wall thickness in the wall of the housing. The flexurally sensitive region at least partially extends transversely to the direction of the possible impact loading. A rupture element supported against the vehicle structure is provided on at least one point of the flexurally sensitive region. A targeted continuous rupturing of the flexurally sensitive region is provided by the rupture element in an impact with an unprotected road user. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140218954 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE MODULE - Provided is a light-emitting device package module including a light-emitting device; a first circuit board receiving the light-emitting device, and electrically connected with the light-emitting device; and a second circuit board assembled with the first circuit board by using a connection member, and electrically connected with the first circuit board. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140233255 | HEADLAMP DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE - A headlamp device of a vehicle is configured as follows: A headlamp housing | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140313763 | VIBRATION ABSORBING FEATURES FOR PLASTIC ASSEMBLIES - An instrument cluster assembly having a biasable member for reducing noise produced by vibration, where the instrument cluster assembly includes a light housing, a perimeter sidewall formed as part of the light housing, and at least one biasable member integrally formed with the perimeter sidewall. A mask is selectively connected to the light housing, and an inner perimeter sidewall is formed as part of the mask. The biasable member includes a base portion formed with the perimeter sidewall, and a flange portion integrally formed with the base portion. At least a portion of the flange portion is in contact with the inner perimeter sidewall of the mask, such that the flange portion deflects to absorb vibration between the light housing and the mask. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313764 | ASSEMBLY OF A HEADLIGHT AND A DEVICE FOR MOUNTING SAME, WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS TO THE ADJACENT FENDER UPON AN IMPACT, AND RELATED VEHICLE - An assembly includes a motor vehicle headlamp and a mounting device to mount the headlamp on the vehicle. The headlamp includes a casing. The mounting device includes a pivot connection that pivots about a fixed rotation axis with respect to the technical front end of the vehicle, which carries the cooling unit for the propulsion unit of the vehicle. The rotation axis is contained in the longitudinal plane of the vehicle and is positioned such that an impact along a line of force located on one side of the rotation axis causes an edge of the headlamp raise above the adjacent edge of the fender on the other side of the rotation axis. The headlamp is shaped and the rotation axis is oriented such that the headlamp pivots about this rotation axis, remaining inscribed within a predetermined surface of revolution outside the contour of the adjacent fender. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140376253 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device includes a light source, a light source housing, and a covering member. The light source housing holds the light source therein and has an opening. The covering member is attached to the light source housing so as to cover the opening of the light source housing and configured to pass light emitted by the light source therethrough. The covering member includes a transparent sheet portion and a cover portion. The sheet portion includes an electrode layer. The cover portion is welded to one of surfaces of the sheet portion by insert molding and arranged on the light source housing to cover the opening of the light source housing and a light exit surface of the light source such that a surface of the cover portion without the sheet portion faces the light source. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150036376 | VEHICLE LAMP - Provided is a vehicle lamp | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150062951 | LIGHTING DEVICE, LIGHT FIXTURE, AND VEHICLE - A lighting device includes: a circuit board placed on a base; and a transformer provided in the circuit board. The transformer includes: a winding pattern formed on the circuit board; and a core having an outer leg portion. The circuit board has an outer leg insertion portion through which the outer leg portion of the core is inserted, and the circuit board and the base have therebetween a gap which is air space. The base and at least a lateral face of the outer leg portion are bonded together by a first resin that is insertable from the outer leg insertion portion. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150070927 | MOISTURE REMOVAL DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR MOUNTING ON VEHICLE, AND LIGHT SOURCE LIGHTING DEVICE - A moisture removal device | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150092437 | POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE, LIGHT FIXTURE, AND VEHICLE - A power-supply device including: a casing having a space therein and formed by metal stamping or having a thickness ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 mm; and a circuit board disposed inside the casing, wherein the casing includes a casing portion having an opening, and a cover portion disposed to cover the opening of the casing portion, the casing portion has a through hole formed at a position corresponding to a connector terminal connected to the circuit board, and a non-flat portion is provided to a region having a size greater than or equal to an outside diameter of a connector of an external connector line connected to the connector terminal in the casing portion. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160001694 | Automotive Exterior Lamp Assembly With Charge Port - A vehicle includes a battery charger and an exterior lamp assembly. The assembly includes a housing defining a cavity, and an electrical port including at least one electrical terminal disposed within the cavity, electrically connected with the battery charger, and configured to be electrically connected with an electrical power grid remote from the vehicle. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160101721 | Illumination device for a vehicle, and method of attachment for the illumination device - An illumination device for vehicles, having a housing and having a plurality of holder devices for attaching the housing to a housing support and for aligning the housing with respect to a longitudinal dimension of the vehicle, a transverse dimension of the vehicle, and also a vertical dimension of the vehicle, wherein each holder device has an fastening clip connected to the housing, a hollow bolt which is functionally connected to the fastening clip when the holder device is installed, and a fastening screw for fixing the hollow bolt on the housing support, wherein at least one holder device is designed as a stabilizing device and comprises guiding means in such a manner that the housing is fixed by means of the stabilizing device in a maximum of two out of three spatial dimensions of the stabilizing device. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101754 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY OF A BUMPER ON A FRONT MODULE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A support assembly of a bumper on a front end region of a motor vehicle which has a front end beam with respective headlights supported thereon and which each have a headlight housing, and which has a bumper cladding of the bumper which is supported by at least one bumper beam, is disclosed. The bumper beam is supported via at least one respective support element on the respectively allocated headlight housing of the respectively allocated headlight. Also disclosed is a headlight having a headlight housing which includes at least one receiver on which an allocated support element of a bumper is able to be supported. A method for the production of such a support assembly is also disclosed. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160114724 | COMBINED GRAB HANDLE AND LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY - A combined grab handle and light source assembly includes an outer housing having a cavity and an open side. A grab handle and light source subassembly is rotatably mounted within that housing and is displaceable between a first position wherein a grab handle is provided on the open side and a light source assembly is hidden from view within the cavity and in a second position wherein the light source is provided on the open side and the grab handle is hidden from view within the cavity. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160167574 | ILLUMINATED SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160167604 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IN-VEHICLE ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160185287 | LIGHT EMISSIVE PLASTIC GLAZING - In an embodiment, a light emissive window assembly for providing illumination to an occupant compartment of an automobile comprises a window panel comprising a transparent viewing area and an emissive area, wherein the emissive area is configured to emit light into the occupant compartment and the transparent viewing area is not configured to emit light; wherein the emissive area comprises an abrasion resistant layer, an ultraviolet protective layer, a base layer, and an emissive layer; wherein the ultraviolet protective layer is located in between the abrasion resistant layer and the base layer; and wherein the base layer is located in between the ultraviolet protective layer and the emissive layer. | 06-30-2016 |
