Abstract: A vanity mirror for mounting in a vehicle sun visor including a housing and an external connector provided in the sun visor, a lamp section including a tubular electric lamp provided in a recess formed in the housing and an internal connector provided in the housing. Two contact members for supporting the bases on both sides of the electric lamp are provided and the end of one extremity of these contact members are formed into electric lamp supporting portions. The other end of at least one of these contact members is made into a connecting piece for connecting the external connector thereto. Also, the internal connector is formed by placing a connecting piece connected to the other end of the other contact member in parallel with the connecting piece of the first contact. With this construction use of vehicle as a ground is avoided so that the supporting structure of the mirror with the lamp may be formed of a nonmetallic lightweight material.

Abstract: A perpendicularly intersecting gear device comprising a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear meshingly engaging perpendicular to the first bevel gear, a housing consisting of mutually mating first and second portions, and a drive shaft extending through and being secured to the first bevel gear. A pair of first bearing portions are provided in the first portion of the housing for supporting the drive shaft on opposite sides of the first gear. A second bearing portion is provided also in the first portion of the housing for supporting rotatably the second bevel gear which is disposed between the second bearing portion and the drive shaft.

Abstract: A headlight having a reflector with the optical axis thereof being inclined relative to the optical axis of the headlight, a light source provided on a focus of the reflector and on the optical axis thereof, a projector lens in front of the reflector, and a shade plate provided nearly on a focus of the projector lens. The reflective surface of the reflector is formed to reflect the light emitted from the light source and to converge the reflected light into a curved line on a plane parallel to a plane including the optical axis of the headlight.

Abstract: A self-illuminated ornamental grill to be mounted between the pair of headlamps of a passenger car, comprising an elongate grill body and an elongate lens which are joined to each other to define a watertight lighting chamber. A pair of fog lamp assemblies or equivalent light sources are mounted in the lighting chamber so as to illuminate the complete length of the lens.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a vehicle headlamp which comprises a compound light reflector including a plurality of concave light reflecting surfaces which are arranged to have a first common focus, either one of a second common focus and a second common focal line, and a common optical axis, each light reflecting surface being so shaped as to provide an elliptical line when cut by a vertical plane; a light source located on the first common focus of the compound light reflector; a shade plate positioned in front of the compound light reflector, the shade plate having an upper edge located in the vicinity of one of the second common focus and the second common focal line; and a converging lens located in front of the shade plate in such a manner that a focus of the lens is positioned on the upper edge of the shade plate.

Abstract: A headlight device comprising a reflective mirror having a reflective zone consisting of a plurality of reflective elements, and a light source arranged along an axis of irradiation which extends in the fore and aft direction of the reflective mirror. The reflective elements constituting the reflective zone are formed to have parabola-ellipse composite surfaces. The composite surface is defined to have a parabola in the vertical section and an ellipse in the horizontal section.

Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting a clearance lamp contiguous to a headlight of an automobile. A mounting stay is formed on a lamp body of the lamp and is connected to a housing of the headlight through a resilient member to permit a limited relative resilient displacement between the lamp body and the housing in the horizontal direction. A pivotal connection consisting of a receptacle and a spherical member is provided between the lamp body and the body of the automobile at the location spaced apart from the mounting stay.

Abstract: A tilting device of a vehicle headlight having a tiltable member defining the direction of the light beam and being tiltably supported on a supporting member. The tilting device comprises an adjust rod being rotatable and displaceable in the fore and aft directions and supported on the supporting member with the front end being connected to the tiltable member and the rear end projecting rearward of the supporting member, and a drive mechanism for rotating the adjust rod and being mounted on the rear surface of the supporting member. The drive mechanism comprises an output shaft slidably and irrotatably connected to the rear end of the adjust rod, a detecting device for detecting the position of the adjust rod and disposed coaxially with the output shaft, a drive mechanism for rotating the output shaft and a transmit mechanism for trasmitting the rotation of the output shaft to a rotatable portion of the detecting device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicular projector type headlamp. The headlamp comprises a concave light reflector which includes upper and lower reflector parts, each part constituting a part of an ellipsoidal light reflecting surface and having first and second focuses, the upper and lower reflector parts having a common optical axis and having the second focuses located on a common position, the first focus of the upper reflector part being in front of that of the lower reflector part; a first light source positioned at the first focus of the upper reflector part; a second light source positioned at the first focus of the lower reflector part; a shade plate positioned in front of the first and second light sources; and a converging lens arranged in front of the shade plate.

Abstract: A visor/mirror assembly comprising a visor subassembly having a visor, and a vanity mirror subassembly mounted to the visor. The vanity mirror subassembly comprises a mirror supported by a mirror frame on the visor, and a mirror cover hingedly mounted to the mirror frame for swinging between a closed position and an open position with respect to the mirror. A locking mechanism normally holds the mirror cover in the closed position against the force of a spring energizing the mirror cover toward the open position. Connected between the mirror frame and the mirror cover is a fluid damper which acts in opposition to the force of the spring for retarding the pivotal displacement of the mirror cover from the closed to the open position when the mirror cover is unlocked by finger pressure on the locking mechanism. With its momentum so reduced, the mirror cover comes to rest in the open position without shock or noise.

Abstract: A headlight device comprising a main reflective mirror associated with a main light source, an auxiliary light source mounted adjacent to one side edge of the main reflective mirror, and a lens covering the front side of the two light sources. The one side edge of the main reflective mirror is formed and located such that the light emitted from the auxiliary light source toward the main reflective mirror is not shielded by the one side edge of the main reflective mirror so that the light emitted from the auxiliary light source is irradiated through at least a substantial part of the reflective mirror. The part being located remote from the auxiliary light source.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a headlight of double beam type, which comprises a lamp body having one end closed and the other end open; means defining in a given part of the closed end of the lamp body an aperture; a lens covering the open end of the lamp body; an upper beam projecting unit including a first concave light reflective integrally formed on a part of an inner surface of the closed end of the lamp body, and a first light source installed at a center portion of the first concave light reflector; and a lower beam projecting unit including a condensing lens installed in the lamp body at a position facing the aperture, a second concave light reflector detachably connected to the outside of the lamp body in a manner to face the aperture, and a second light source installed at a center portion of the second concave light reflector.

Abstract: An electrically and manually operable mirror for a vehicle including a base, a housing rotatably coupled to the base, a transmission gear rotatably coupled to the base and provided between the base and the mirror, a first clutch provided between the transmission gear and the housing, a second clutch provided between the transmission gear and the base and a motor for driving the transmission gear when electric power is applied to the motor.

Abstract: A headlight device for use in a vehicle and comprising a reflective mirror which is divided into a first portion being effective to form a light distrbution pattern of the central portion, and a second portion being effective to form a light distribution pattern of the left and right side portions.

Abstract: A headlight device for use in an automobile and of the type including a lamp body having a recess which opens forward, a lens covering the forward opening of the lamp body and a reflective mirror tiltably supported in the lamp body through one rotatable support portion and two space adjusting portions. Each space adjusting portion consists of a nut member supported on the reflective mirror, an adjusting rod rotatably supported on the lamp body and having a screw-thread portion for screw-threadingly engaging with the nut member, a gear unit consisting of two intermeshing bevel gears with one of which being connected to the rear end of the adjusting rod, and an actuating rod with the front end of which being located near to the front end of a side surface of the lamp body and the rear end of which being connected to the other bevel gear of the gear unit.

Abstract: An electric lamp assembly is disclosed which comprises a bulb unit including a filament, lead lines extending from the filament to the outside of the bulb unit and a hermetic seal portion, the lead lines extending through the hermetic seal portion; a bulb holder including a looped band portion which gripps the hermetic seal portion of the bulb unit having leading ends of the lead lines projected outward from the bulb holder, the bulb holder having foot portions each being formed with at least one opening; and a base assembly including a circular body part, a pair of conducting plate members having leading ends projected outward from respective slits formed in the body part and a plurality of supporting pins extending outward from the body part. The supporting pins are inserted into the openings of the foot portions of the bulb holder and welded to the foot portions to achieve a tight connection between the base assembly and the bulb holder.

Abstract: A mechanism particularly well suited for converting bidirectional rotation, as of a reversible electric motor or a hand crank, into the linear up and down motion of a windowpane relative to the frame of a passenger car door. Included is an elongate guide rail gently curved longitudinally to conform to the vertical curvature of the vehicular door and providing a vertical guideway on its convex side. A wire rope or cable is looped about a pair of terminal guide pulleys or nonrotatable guides on the opposite ends of the guide rail. One of the two stretches of the cable is coupled to a windowpane carriage which is coupled to the windowpane for joint up and down movement therewith along the guideway. A drive mechanism including a drive reel is mounted to the guide rail and coupled to the other stretch of the cable for bidirectionally driving the windowpane carriage along the guideway. The drive mechanism is compactly disposed on the concave side of the guide rail for minimal space requirement.

Abstract: A headlight for use in a vehicle and comprising a lamp body a reflective mirror mounted in the lamp body and having a front opening, a bulb mounted in the reflective mirror and acting as the light source of the headlight, a douser plate mounted on the lamp body at the location between the front opening of the mirror and the bulb and intercepting a part of the light emitted from the bulb. The douser plate is supported on the lamp body such that the douser plate can incline transversely with respect to the lamp body, and driving device is provided on the lamp body for transversely inclining the douser plate.