Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
362518000 | Plural separate sections with complex surfaces | 42 |
20080316761 | Free-Form Lenticular Optical Elements and Their Application to Condensers and Headlamps - Some embodiments provide an illumination optical system. The optical system can include a first surface and a second surface. Each of the first and second surfaces can further comprises a multiplicity of corresponding Cartesian-oval lenticulations such that each lenticulation of the first surface focuses a source upon a corresponding lenticulation of the second surface and each lenticulation of the second surface focuses a target upon a corresponding lenticulation of the first surface. | 12-25-2008 |
20090027910 | VEHICLE LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND LIGHT GUIDING LENS FOR USE IN VEHICLE LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - A vehicle lighting assembly is provided which uses a light guiding lens without a dedicated light source. The vehicle lighting assembly can include: a light source configured to emit light rays used at least for forming a target light distribution; a light guiding member made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, the light guiding member including a plurality of individual reflective light emitting surfaces configured to be illuminated with light rays entering the light guiding member from the light source, the light guiding member including another reflective light emitting surface configured to be illuminated with parallel light rays entering the light guiding member; and a reflector having a first reflective surface configured to reflect light rays emitted from the light source for use in forming the target light distribution and a second reflective surface configured to adjust a leak portion of light rays that are not for use in forming the target light distribution so that the leak portion of light rays are made parallel with each other. | 01-29-2009 |
20090027911 | Vehicular lamp - The invention is constituted by a vehicular lamp characterized in a lens having a first light source, a second light source, a front light emitting face, a side end face to which the first light source is opposed, and a rear face, wherein the rear face includes a lens having pluralities of reflecting portions and transmitting portions consecutively aligned alternately in a direction of being remote from the side end face, and a reflecting face arranged on a rear side of the lens, light of the first light source is incident on the lens from the side end face of the lens, reflected by an interface of the reflecting portion, thereafter, radiated from the front light emitting face, and light of the second light source is reflected by the reflecting portion, thereafter, incident on the lens from the transmitting portion and radiated from the front light emitting face. | 01-29-2009 |
20090073711 | Lamp shade and method for forming optical stripes on the surface of the lamp shade - A lamp shade includes a light permeable bottom layer and a light reflection structure provided on the light permeable bottom layer and including a plurality of reflective stripes formed and distributed on a surface of a side of the light permeable bottom layer and a plurality of recessed gaps formed between the reflective stripes and each located between any two adjacent reflective stripes. Each of the recessed gaps has a depth direction extending into a thickness direction of the light permeable bottom layer. Thus, the light patterns of the lamp shade will produce variations by provision of the reflective stripes and the recessed gaps of the light reflection structure, thereby enhancing the aesthetic quality of the lamp shade. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080209 | Colored and electroplated reflective vehicle lamp - A colored and electroplated reflective vehicle lamp includes a reflecting shield provided with a plurality of bowl-shaped cavities with reflecting surfaces respectively electroplated with a silvery reflecting layer. Then, the silvery reflecting layer is coated thereon with a clear lacquer layer having its surface sprayed with a colored layer. A transparent lamp lens covers the reflecting shield. By the colored reflecting shield and the transparent lamp lens, it is possible to maintain the color gradations and brightness of light illuminated by the vehicle lamp for matching with different colors of vehicles. | 03-26-2009 |
20090284981 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device includes: a lamp unit for concentrating light; a lamp unit for diffusion; a lamp housing and a lamp lens, partitioning a lamp room; and an optical-axis adjuster which is integrally mounted in the lamp housing in an optical-axis adjustable manner in a state in which the lamp unit for concentrating light and a lamp unit for diffusion are integrally disposed in the lamp room. The lamp unit for concentrating light radiates a light distribution pattern for diffusion. The lamp unit for diffusion radiates a light distribution pattern for diffusion. As a result, in this vehicle lighting device, one lamp unit for concentrating light is provided which satisfies a main light distribution standard and forms a light distribution pattern for concentrating light as a standard for optical axis, thereby facilitating adjustment of light distribution and allowing for precise adjustment of light distribution. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290371 | VEHICLE LAMP - A light-emitting element is disposed to face the front side such that an end point of a rectangular or square light-emitting chip corresponding to the vehicle's own lane is positioned at a rear focal point of a convex lens. An additional lens is disposed to surround the convex lens. The additional lens includes an incident surface, a reflection surface, and an emitting surface. The additional lens is divided into a-plurality of fan-shaped areas in a circumferential direction with respect to an optical axis Ax. The division is performed for each angular range where a corner point of the light-emitting chip, which is positioned at an uppermost end of an image of the light-emitting chip formed on the reflection surface by the light emitted from the light-emitting element, becomes the same corner point. | 11-26-2009 |
20100061113 | DOOR MIRROR - A reflector | 03-11-2010 |
20100238675 | LIGHTING OR SIGNALING DEVICE COMPRISING A CURVED LIGHT GUIDING PLATE - A lighting or signaling device for a motor vehicle which is capable of emitting a linear beam in the direction of an optical axis and which comprises a point light source that emits light rays radially around a source; a light ray guiding plate; wherein the light guiding plate is shaped so that the light rays generally propagate in incident propagation planes normal to the plate between the light source and the reflection edge and in reflected propagation planes normal to the plate between the reflection edge and the output edge. | 09-23-2010 |
20110058382 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A lighting device for a vehicle is disclosed. The lighting device includes a light conducting rod, at least one light source, at least one first reflecting part, and at least one second reflecting part. The light source is connected to at least one end of the light conducting rod. The first reflecting part and the second reflecting part are located on the light conducting rod and respectively have a reflecting surface toward the light source. A first distance between the first reflecting part and the light source is less than a second distance between the second reflecting part and the light source, and the curvature of the reflecting surface of the second reflecting part is greater than the curvature of the reflecting surface of the first reflecting part. | 03-10-2011 |
20110128750 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes a light source; a light guide that guides the light from the light source; and a reflector. The light guide includes an incident portion to which light from the light source is incident, wherein light entering from the incident portion is guided through the light guide; and a plurality of reflection portions that internally reflect a portion of the guided light toward the reflector. The reflector reflects, in a lamp illumination direction, reflection light that is emitted from the light guide following internal reflection by the plurality of reflection portions. | 06-02-2011 |
20110222304 | VEHICLE LAMP UNIT - A vehicle lamp unit comprising a cylindrical lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a front-back direction of the vehicle lamp unit, a semiconductor light-emitting element arranged on the optical axis behind a rear focal line of the cylindrical lens, and a reflector, which comprises a right concave curved surface located in a right side region of the reflector, and a left concave curved surface is located in a left side region of the reflector, wherein each of the right and left concave curved surfaces comprises an inner reflecting surface near the optical axis, wherein the light reflected by the inner reflecting surface of the right concave curved surface is directed to the left side region across the optical axis, and the light reflected by the inner reflecting surface of the left concave curved surface is directed to the right side region across the optical axis. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228547 | AUTO LAMP STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to an auto lamp structure, which comprises a reflector, a light source, and a covering part. The reflector exhibits a first ellipse in the direction of a first axis about a center, and exhibits a second ellipse in the direction of a second axis about the center. The long axis or the short axis of the first ellipse is different from the long axis or the short axis of the second ellipse. In addition. the reflector has an opening. The light source is disposed in the reflector, and illuminates light via the opening. The covering part is disposed above the reflector for controlling the distribution pattern of the light. Thereby, the present invention uses a reflector of a complex ellipse structure to control the distribution pattern of the light of the light source for complying with the regulations. | 09-22-2011 |
20110273899 | TAILLIGHT APPARATUS - There is provided a taillight apparatus capable of downsizing the taillight apparatus by reducing a height dimension of the taillight apparatus and capable of increasing a strength of supporting a board. | 11-10-2011 |
20120002433 | REAR LAMP FOR VEHICLE - A rear lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a plurality of reflectors mounted in a rear lamp housing of the vehicle to reflect light emitted from light sources at various angles and a light guide provided inside the reflectors and having end portions on which the light sources are mounted to guide the light emitted from the light sources through the light guide. | 01-05-2012 |
20120039085 | Vehicle Light - A light for a vehicle having a contiguous reflector ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120075876 | LIGHTING OR SIGNALING DEVICE COMPRISING A CURVED LIGHT GUIDING PLATE - A lighting or signaling device for a motor vehicle which is capable of emitting a linear beam in the direction of an optical axis and which comprises a point light source that emits light rays radially around a source; a light ray guiding plate; wherein the light guiding plate is shaped so that the light rays generally propagate in incident propagation planes normal to the plate between the light source and the reflection edge and in reflected propagation planes normal to the plate between the reflection edge and the output edge. | 03-29-2012 |
20120113665 | VEHICLE LIGHTING APPARATUS - A vehicle lighting apparatus is provided with: a light source device including a first light source and a second light source; a reflector adapted to reflect forwardly light emitted from the light sources; a main shade adapted to shade a portion of light emitted from the first light source and reflected by the reflector; and a sub shade adapted to shade at least a portion of light emitted from the second light source and reflected by the reflector. | 05-10-2012 |
20120155103 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp can include a guiding lens having a polygonal outline. The guiding lens can include divided portions around the optical axis with an equal center angle. The divided portions can each have an incidence face, a reflection face that can reflect to an optical axis direction light emitted from a light source and having passed through the incidence face, and a light-exiting face that can allow the light from the reflection face to pass therethrough to be projected in an illumination direction of the vehicular lamp. Each divided portion can have an outer-diameter end of the light-exiting face or reflection face at a position farthest from the optical axis within a plane including the maximum radius portion of the divided portion and the optical axis. | 06-21-2012 |
20120243249 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can include a solid light guide having a light exiting surface, a reflection surface opposite to the light exiting surface, and a light incident surface through which light enters the light guide so that the light reaches and is internally reflected off the light exiting surface, then is internally reflected off the reflection surface, and exits through the light exiting surface. An LED light source can be disposed to face towards the light incident surface. The reflection surface can include a plurality of divided reflection regions, and the reflection regions can include at least one reflection region disposed at a reference position and at least one reflection region disposed at a position closer to the light exiting surface than the reference position. | 09-27-2012 |
20120262936 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a semiconductor light source disposed on an optical axis of the vehicle lamp, a reflector having a plurality of reflective surfaces radially divided about the optical axis and boundary portions formed between two of the reflective surfaces adjacent to each other, and a lens cap that covers the front side of the light source. The lens cap includes a side lens portion that projects laterally emitted light from the light source toward the reflector. The laterally emitted light makes an angle with the optical axis that is at least a predetermined angle. The side lens portion is divided into at least two lens elements in a circumferential direction around the optical axis, and refracts the laterally emitted light so that the laterally emitted light avoids the boundary portions. | 10-18-2012 |
20120268962 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp includes a light source and a reflector. A light emitting surface of the light source includes a linear side. The light source is disposed so that the linear side of the light emitting surface is oblique with respect to an optical axis. | 10-25-2012 |
20120281425 | Optic emitting a simulated floating band of light - An optic includes an LED light source inside a primary reflector, where the primary reflector includes a parabolic trough whose interior surface has a longitudinally extending parabolic first reflective surface that receives light from the light source and emits a fan-shaped beam of light. The LED light source includes an LED die mounted so as to be at or near a focus of the parabolic trough. A selectively shaped secondary reflector is spaced from the primary reflector and has a second reflective surface that is arranged to intersect and reflect the fan of light. The size and shape of the second reflective surface corresponds to the fan of light where the second reflective surface intersects the fan of light. The second reflective surface displays a band of light that appears disassociated from a particular physical surface so as to float in space. | 11-08-2012 |
20120307511 | LED OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP - An LED optical assembly for automotive low-beam headlamps, including: a lens, a lens frame, a light source frame assembly, and an LED light source. The lens includes a main lens and a plurality of reflectors. The main lens is located in the front of the LED optical assembly and the reflectors are scattered therearound. At one side of the main lens, four sets of the reflectors, which are symmetrical in shape, are respectively disposed at the left part and the right part thereof, and in a back of the main lens, six sets of the reflectors, which are symmetrical in shape, are respectively disposed at the left part and the right part thereof. | 12-06-2012 |
20130114282 | CRYSTAL OFF-AXIS LED HEADLAMP - A light assembly for motor vehicles includes a body made of a light-transmitting material. The light-transmitting material preferably includes a front light-emitting surface, and a plurality of rear surface portions that provide for inward reflection of light from a plurality of LEDs or other light sources. The reflective surface portions may be in the form of truncated parabolas having flat upper, lower, and/or side surfaces to reduce the overall height and/or width of the light assembly. The reflective surfaces can be oriented at off-axis relative to a vehicle axis to provide a specific beam intensity and direction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130135889 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - The present invention is provided with a semiconductor-type light source | 05-30-2013 |
20130215635 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP HAVING A BEAM CHANGING ASSEMBLY - An automotive headlamp ( | 08-22-2013 |
20140016343 | MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLAMP HAVING A MULTI-FUNCTION PROJECTION MODULE - A motor vehicle headlamp ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140036526 | VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT - A vehicle lighting unit can include a daytime running lamp (DRL) function and a light emission unit that can be miniaturized. The vehicle lighting unit can include a headlamp (HL) unit having a HL light guiding lens and a DRL unit. The HL light guiding lens can include a light incident surface in front of a light source LED for HL, a front reflection surface, a rear reflection surface, and a light-transmitting section. The front reflection surface can internally reflect light from the light incident surface obliquely rearward and downward. The rear reflection surface can internally reflect the light from the front reflection surface. The light-transmitting section is disposed between the front and rear reflection surfaces in terms of its vertical direction. The DRL unit can be disposed behind the light-transmitting section, so that light from the DRL unit can pass through the light-transmitting section and projected forward. | 02-06-2014 |
20140063832 | LED LAMP FOR CAR USE - An LED lamp for car use can be mounted in a long strip-shaped installation position, comprises a case, a light-reflecting base, a light source series and a lens base. The case is mounted corresponding to the installation position and the case has an opening and a first fixing part mounted opposite to the opening for being connected securely to the light-reflecting base. The light-reflecting base has a plurality of reflectors. Each of the reflectors has a second fixing part for being connected securely to the light source series. The light source series has a plurality of first LED lights and a plurality of second LED lights. The lens base located at the opening wraps the opening. The LED lamp for car use of the present invention can be used as a fog light or a daytime running light, and save space for installation of lamps in a car. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078769 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a reflector having reflecting surfaces made of a parabola-based free curved face; and semiconductor-type light sources having a light emitting chip shaped like a planar rectangle. The reflecting surfaces | 03-20-2014 |
20140098555 | Headlamp Having an Integrated Low and High Beam Assembly - An automotive headlamp ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140146556 | VEHICLE LAMP APPARATUS - A vehicle lamp apparatus includes a mounting seat, a light transmissive unit, a reflective unit and a light emitting unit. The light transmissive unit is mounted to the mounting seat and includes a partially reflective member disposed to face the mounting seat. The reflective unit is disposed opposite to the partially reflective member and includes a plurality of reflective ridges protruding toward the partially reflective member. The light emitting unit is configured to emit light that is reflected to and fro between the partially reflective member and the reflective ridges so as to generate a light beam refracted by and passing through the light transmissive unit with a particular visual effect. | 05-29-2014 |
20140286034 | VEHICLE LAMP - A vehicle lamp includes a light source and an optical member that reflects light from the light source. The light source includes a base extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle lamp, and a surface light-emitting device provided on the base. The surface light-emitting device is structured to project a pattern on the optical member. | 09-25-2014 |
20140293635 | VEHICULAR HEADLAMP - A vehicular headlamp has a projection lens having an optical axis extending in a front-back direction, a light source disposed behind a rear side focal point of the projection lens, a reflector that reflects direct light from the light source toward the projection lens, a shade disposed between the projection lens and the light source, and that partially blocks light reflected from the reflector and to form a cut-off line of a light distribution pattern, a first reflective surface disposed in front of the reflector, that partially reflects direct light from the light source downward to the a front of the shade, and a second reflective surface disposed in front of the shade and lower than the rear side focal point of the projection lens, that reflects the light reflected from the first reflective surface toward the projection lens. | 10-02-2014 |
20140334173 | UNIFORM ILLUMINATION OF LAMPS - One embodiment of a vehicle lamp assembly may include a housing, which includes a pair of opposing reflective surfaces defining a chamber therebetween. The assembly may further have a single light emitting diode (LED) disposed within the chamber and a lens carried by the housing. At least one of the reflective surfaces may have a grain pattern configured to interact the light emitted from the single LED with the housing in a range between one and five times before the housing directs the light through the lens. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340924 | VEHICULAR LAMP - A vehicular lamp includes: a projection lens; a light source arranged to a rear of a rear side focal point of the projection lens; a reflector that reflects light from the light source toward the projection lens; a cut-off forming member arranged between the light source and the projection lens; a first sub-reflector that is arranged in front of the reflector and reflects the light from the light source rearward; and a second sub-reflector that is arranged to the rear of the rear side focal point and reflects reflected light from the first sub-reflector toward the projection lens. | 11-20-2014 |
20150062948 | VEHICULAR LAMP UNIT - A vehicular lamp unit has a substrate, a light source having a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element disposed on the substrate, and an optical element having the light source attached thereto. The substrate is long in a first direction. The optical element radiates emitted light of the first and second light-emitting elements toward a front of the vehicular lamp unit, with a desired light distribution. A reference portion serving as a positioning reference for the optical element is provided in a part of the substrate. The first and second light-emitting elements are arranged in the first direction. The first light-emitting element illuminates an area having high light intensity of the light distribution. The second light-emitting element illuminates an area having low light intensity of the light distribution. The first light-emitting element is mounted at a position closer to the reference portion in the first direction than the second light-emitting element. | 03-05-2015 |
20150308647 | BI FUNCTION LED HEAD LAMP USING THIN SHIELD - Disclosed is a bi function LED head lamp using a thin shield. The lamp includes: a low beam light source and a high beam light source installed at inner upper and lower sides of a reflector; a shield installed at a front end of the partition in the reflector; a lens holder in which the rear is joined to a front surface of the reflector; and a signal reflection surface installed at an inner lower end of the lens holder. The low beam and the high beam are implemented only by turning on and off an LED through applying the thin shield without an actuator. | 10-29-2015 |
20160040845 | LENS STRUCTURE FOR A VEHICULAR LAMP - A lens structure for a vehicular lamp includes an incident portion surrounding a central axis. The incident portion includes a first inner annular face, a first outer annular face, and an incident face behind the first inner annular face and the first outer annular face. A rear end of a light mixing portion located in front of the incident portion is connected to a front end of the incident portion. The light mixing portion further includes a first reflective face on an inner side thereof and a second reflective face on an outer side thereof. The second reflective face has continuous toothed faces. A light output portion is located in front of the light mixing portion. A rear end of the light output portion is connected to a front end of the light mixing portion. The front end of the light output portion includes a light output face. | 02-11-2016 |
20160061400 | HYBRID OPTICS LED HEADLAMP - This invention provides 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. | 03-03-2016 |
20160097506 | Lighting and/or signaling device with side signaling function - A lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle able to perform a side signaling function, the device comprising a bezel provided with an opening and a reflex-reflective element arranged at this opening, the reflex-reflective element being mounted to the rear of the bezel. | 04-07-2016 |