Reflector Structure Patents (Class 362/516)
  • Publication number: 20140321148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle headlight (1) comprising at least one laser light source (2), at least one luminous element (3) that may be stimulated to emit visible light which can be irradiated by means of the laser light source (2), and at least one imaging optical element, for example a reflector (4) and/or a lens, wherein the laser light source (2) is disposed in front of the luminous element (3) as viewed in the main beam direction (100) of the vehicle headlight (1) such that the light from the laser light source (2) radiates in the opposite direction to the main beam direction (100) of the vehicle headlight (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ZIZALA LICHTSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Bauer, Andreas Moser, Johann Altmann, Erich Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20140321144
    Abstract: A module assembly (1) for arrangement in a headlamp of a vehicle with a carrier frame (10) on which at least one light module (11) is supported. The light module (11) comprises at least one heat sink (12) on which at least one semiconductor light source (13) is supported for the emission of light (14). Two mounting journals (16) extending in a common axis (15) are arranged on the heat sink (12), so that the light module (11) can pivot about the axis (15) on the carrier frame (10). The light module (11) has a clamping unit (17) with which the light module (11) can be clamped in its pivot position about the axis (15) on the carrier frame (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Jörg Sieme
  • Publication number: 20140321143
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hossfeld, Christian Buchberger
  • Publication number: 20140313758
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20140313757
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Tatsuya OTA
  • Patent number: 8864352
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: HELLA KGaA
    Inventor: Gerhard Kloos
  • Patent number: 8864351
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Tokida, Noriko Sato
  • Publication number: 20140307458
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Matthias Brendle
  • Publication number: 20140307457
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Chou CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140301100
    Abstract: An optical device for a motor vehicle, notably a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, comprising a surface light source, wherein the device comprises a light beam shaping member which deflects first light rays of the beam emitted by one face of the surface light source, this member not deflecting second light rays of the beam emitted by the same face of the surface light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Pierre Albou
  • Patent number: 8851722
    Abstract: Headlight lens for a vehicle headlight having a monolithic body of transparent material, the monolithic body including at least one light entry face, a light passage section and at least one optically operative light exit face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Docter Optics SE
    Inventors: Dmitry Fedosik, Wolfram Wintzer
  • Patent number: 8851724
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Pierre Albou
  • Patent number: 8851726
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akinori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8851723
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Dialight Corporation
    Inventors: John Patrick Peck, Cecil D. Thomas, Francisco J. Natividad
  • Patent number: 8851725
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hella KGaA
    Inventor: Gerhard Kloos
  • Publication number: 20140293634
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke NAKADA
  • Patent number: 8845158
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source, and a resin component disposed on the periphery of the light source. The resin component has a designed surface that can be observed from the outside of the lamp. The designed surface includes a textured surface having minute irregularities, and a projecting portion provided adjacent to the textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroya Ito, Takahiro Kohata, Toshimasa Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8845160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module (1) for an emergency service vehicle (24), comprising a profiled part (18), a first (3) and a second (5) lighting module, wherein the first lighting module (3) is arranged in a first accommodating area (2) of the profiled part (18) and illuminates a first spatial section (11). The second lighting module (5) is arranged in a second accommodating area (4) of the profiled part (18) and illuminates a second spatial section (12). The first lighting module (3) comprises a first lighting element (6) for emitting electromagnetic radiation and a transparent covering element (7), wherein furthermore the first lighting element (6) is formed by a semiconductor component and is arranged on a support structure (9). Furthermore, the second lighting module (5) comprises a second lighting element (8) made of a semiconductor component for emitting electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Rosenbauer International Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Ronacher, Bernhard Stadler
  • Publication number: 20140286034
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamada, Shinichiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140268849
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Moriya
  • Publication number: 20140268850
    Abstract: A modular headlamp assembly includes low beam headlamp module for providing illumination in a predetermined light distribution pattern. The low beam headlamp module includes a low beam heat sink and mounting assembly having a low beam heat sink portion with first and second sides. A low beam reflector member is attached to the low beam heat sink and mounting assembly such that the low beam heat sink portion bisects the reflector low beam member into first and second segments. A plurality of LED light sources is supported by the low beam heat sink portion. The reflector assembly and plurality of LED light sources produce a light distribution pattern extending at least 40 degrees in a first horizontal direction and at least 40 degrees in a second horizontal direction, with the light distribution pattern having a sharp horizontal cutoff line parallel to and below a horizon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: MICHAEL P. MARLEY, RYAN SMITH, AMIR FALLAHI
  • Patent number: 8827519
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misao Yamamoto, Hideyuki Aihara
  • Publication number: 20140233253
    Abstract: 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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryotaro Owada, Tatsuya Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8807806
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuki Hayashi, Kouichi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20140226352
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes one or more lighting units, herein during operation a respective lighting unit generates a point-shaped light source via laser light. In addition, optical device is configured and arranged with respect to the lighting unit or lighting units in such a way that a predetermined distribution of light composed of the light of the point-shaped light source is generated after it passes through the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut ERDL, Abdelmalek HANAFI
  • Patent number: 8801247
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp according to the present invention is provided with: a semiconductor-type light source 5U; a reflector 3; a holder 6; a mount member 70U; and a light shading member 12U which has first additional reflection surfaces 15U, 15U as optical members. The mount member 70U and the light shading member 12U that has the first additional reflection surfaces 15U, 15U form an integrated structure. As a result, the vehicle headlamp according to the present invention is capable of mutually mounting, with high precision, a semiconductor-type light source 5U and the light shading member 12U that has the first additional reflection surfaces 15U, 15U as the optical members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sugie, Yasuhiro Okubo
  • Patent number: 8801250
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device can include a bulb or a light source, a projector lens, a first reflection surface which reflects light toward the projector lens and collects the reflected light, a shade including an upper rim, the upper rim being movable between a light blocking position and a retracting position. The lighting device can also include a second reflection surface which reflects light downward when the shade is in the light blocking position, and a third reflection surface which reflects light forward to allow the reflected light to be emitted forward, when the shade is in the light blocking position. The device can also include a pair of left and right fourth reflection surfaces which reflect light in diagonally forward right and left directions, respectively, to allow the reflected light to be emitted in the diagonally forward right and left directions, when the shade is in the light blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 8801252
    Abstract: Featured is a multi-functional light shielding plate to establish a desired light distribution pattern to light traveling in an illumination direction that is received from at least one of a light source or a reflector. Such a light shielding plate includes a light shielding portion that is selectively configurable to be one of light transmissive or a light blocker and also includes a support mechanism that supports the light shielding portion so as to maintain the light shielding portion in fixed relation with respect to the light source. When configured as a light blocker, the light shielding portion is configured so that light traveling in the illumination direction is substantially blocked from passing through the light shielding portion and when configured so as to be transmissive, the light shielding portion is configured so that said light traveling in the illumination direction passes substantially through the light shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Gava
  • Patent number: 8801248
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Brendle
  • Publication number: 20140211494
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Tobias DUFFE
  • Publication number: 20140198515
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Pamela J. Tulio, Michael Kevin Martin, David Burgess, Gregory Czinder, Darrell Commans, Gregory Huizen, Douglas Wilson, Nicholas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140185310
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Lisowski, Danny L. Minikey, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8764258
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Watanabe, Hiroshi Miura
  • Publication number: 20140177254
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Paßgang, Kai Polenz, Dennis Tscherneck
  • Publication number: 20140177255
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Matthias Gebauer
  • Publication number: 20140169017
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle is provided and includes a signal lamp that displays a predetermined image of repetition on an exterior minor of a vehicle. The lamp further includes a minor housing into which a mirror is installed and a signal lamp disposed on one surface of the minor housing. The signal lamp includes a reflection unit, a lens unit disposed at a predetermined distance apart from the reflection unit and having a half mirror installed on at least one surface thereof, and a first light source unit disposed between the reflection unit and the lens unit and is about the same distance apart from the reflection unit and the lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Do-Yoon Song, Yong-Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20140169018
    Abstract: An exemplary vehicle lamp includes a laser lighting source for emitting a laser beam, a rotor, and a reflector having a reflecting surface. The laser lighting source is mounted on the rotor. The laser beam function as a spot light and illuminates each time a part of the reflecting surface. The laser lighting source rotates rapidly with the rotor to change the illuminated part of the reflecting surface. Human eyes have visual lag. The laser lighting source rotates fast enough to have the laser beam illuminates sequentially every parts of the reflecting surface rapidly. The laser beam is reflected to form a surface illumination recognized by the human eyes to illuminate a front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YI-ZHONG SHEU
  • Publication number: 20140169019
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MOVE OVER, LLC
    Inventor: Rick Allen Fulton
  • Patent number: 8752986
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., North American Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Roger Wuerthele, Jeremy Sasena, Michael Douglas Van Hoef
  • Patent number: 8752990
    Abstract: A vehicle light can allow light to be emitted more uniformly through an elongated area from a fewer number of light sources as compared with a conventional one. The vehicle light can include an outer lens, a plurality of light sources arranged along the outer edge of the outer lens for emitting light in an optical axis direction orthogonal to the arraying direction thereof, an inner lens including a light guide portion elongated in the arraying direction of the light sources and disposed along the optical axis of the light sources, for dispersing the light in a longitudinal direction of the lens and emitting in the optical axis direction, and a first diffusion reflector and second diffusion reflectors configured to be elongated in the longitudinal direction of the inner lens and disposed in the optical axis direction of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Okada, Takuya Matsumaru, Kazuya Makiuchi
  • Publication number: 20140160781
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Puente, Carlos Gomez, Alain Jacq, Eric Moisy
  • Publication number: 20140160780
    Abstract: 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. The invention also relates to a headlamp, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising said emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Puente, Carlos Gomez, Jose-Manuel Herrera, Eric Moisy
  • Patent number: 8746939
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Preston Williams, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20140153273
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hironori Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8733993
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Takahira, David Montgomery, James Suckling
  • Patent number: 8733957
    Abstract: A headlamp includes an laser element for emitting a laser beam; a light emitting section for emitting fluorescence by receiving the laser beam emitted from the laser element; and a parabolic mirror for reflecting the fluorescence emitted from the light emitting section, the light emitting section being placed so that a focal point of the parabolic mirror and a periphery of the focal point are positioned on the light emitting section, the light emitting section being most strongly excited at a portion corresponding to the focal point, meanwhile, at a portion corresponding to the periphery of the focal point, the light emitting section being excited with intensity being dependent on light intensity distribution of the excitation light on an irradiation surface of the light emitting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140140085
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8730551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved electro-optic rearview mirror elements and assemblies incorporating the same. Area of the effective field of view of the electro-optic mirror element substantially equals to that defined by the outermost perimeter of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: George A. Neuman, William L. Tonar, John S. Anderson, Henry A. Luten, David J. Cammenga, Juan C. Lara, Jeffrey A. Forgette
  • Patent number: 8727589
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kohata, Toshimasa Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20140133169
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Juergen Hager, Oliver Hering, Jasmin Muster, Philipp Helbig