Multiple Filament Light Unit Patents (Class 362/211)
  • Patent number: 11822390
    Abstract: Electronic devices including a display layer and a cover layer including a foldable region are disclosed herein. The display layer and the cover layer are configured to be moved between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration by bending the cover layer along the foldable region. Methods of making a cover layer for an electronic device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Jones, Dale N. Memering, Christopher C. Bartlow
  • Patent number: 11572992
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit for forming a first region of a beam pattern, and a second lamp unit for forming a second region of the beam pattern. The first lamp unit and the second lamp unit are arranged in a left-right direction. Each of the first lamp unit and the second lamp unit includes a plurality of lamp modules arranged in the left-right direction, each of the plurality of lamp modules including a light source unit including a light source and a light path adjusting unit. A position of light irradiation region formed by the light emitted from each of the plurality of lamp modules is particularly configured depending on a position of the light source with respect to a rear focal point of the light path adjusting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Go, Hyo Jin Han
  • Patent number: 10819061
    Abstract: Provided is a power connector, including a plurality of conductive frames and a rubber body, the first connecting hole is opened at one end of the conductive frame, and the second connecting hole is opened at the second end of the conductive frame, the plurality of conductive frames are arranged in parallel and spaced apart by a predetermined distance, and the middle portions of the plurality of conductive frames are connected by rubber vulcanization to form the rubber body. The power connector is provided in the present application, the rubber body isolates and fixes a plurality of conductive frames to form a power connector, the rubber body prevents arcing and breakdown of adjacent conductive frames due to spacing problems and positioning stability problems during high-voltage power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Anhui Zhongding Sealing Parts Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yingsong Xia, Bing Liu, Zhipeng Wang, Binghu Fang, Aimin Li, Youhong Wang
  • Patent number: 10781991
    Abstract: A projection headlight includes a reflecting mirror, a light shield, a reflector, a lens and a light emitting unit. The reflecting mirror includes a first reflective surface unit. The light shield is disposed in the reflecting mirror and includes a second reflective surface unit facing rearwardly. The reflector is disposed behind the light shield and includes a third reflective surface unit facing forwardly. The light emitting unit is disposed behind the light shield, and emits a light beam reflected by the first reflective surface unit toward the second reflective surface unit, and then reflected by the second reflective surface unit toward the third reflective surface unit to be projected forwardly through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10518695
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle headlight, the lighting device having a first light module (105), a second light module (106) and a third light module (107), wherein the first light module (105) generates, when installed in a vehicle, a first specified overall light distribution (A) in a region in front of the motor vehicle, and the second light module (106) generates, when installed in a vehicle, a first specified partial light distribution (F) in a region in front of the motor vehicle, and the third light module (107) generates, when installed in a vehicle, a second specified partial light distribution (Z) in a region in front of the motor vehicle, and wherein when the first and second light modules (105, 106) are illuminated at the same time, the first overall light distribution (A) at least partially overlaps the first partial light distribution (F), with the result that a second overall light distribution (AF) is formed, wherein the second partial light distribution (Z) lies underneath the hh line (hh) a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Taudt, Stefan Tomasetig, Heimo Frank
  • Patent number: 9782613
    Abstract: A firefighting or rescue apparatus includes a frame, cab and/or body to which a signal light grab handle or elongated light integrated handle is mounted. The handle is operable in an illumination mode in which the grab handle emits illumination in a predefined manner, and a sleep mode in which the grab handle emits no illumination. The grab handle includes a light strip including a plurality of light sources, such as LEDs. This strip can be coupled to a wire that extends through one or more handle attachment brackets, and through an exterior outer panel of the apparatus. The light grab handle provides at least one of warning lights, brake lights and signal lights to observers of the firefighting apparatus when actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: HME, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Lenz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8970110
    Abstract: Described embodiments include an incandescent lighting system and a method. A described system includes a gas filled and sealed glass envelope. The system includes at least two filaments enclosed within the glass envelope. Each filament of the at least two filaments is configured to generate light in response to a flow of electric current. The system includes a controller circuit configured to manage the at least two filaments in response to a filament management schedule. The filament management schedule includes managing the respective flow of electric current through each filament of the at least two filaments. In an embodiment, the schedule includes managing the respective flow of electric current through each filament of the at least two filaments so that not all of the at least two filaments generate light at any one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8723421
    Abstract: Described embodiments include an incandescent lighting system and a method. A described system includes a gas filled and sealed glass envelope. The system includes a gas filled glass envelope. The system includes at least two filaments enclosed within the glass envelope. Each filament of the at least two filaments is configured to generate visible light in response to a flow of electric current. The system includes a sensor configured to detect an aspect of a filament of the at least two filaments and to generate a sensor signal indicative of the aspect. The system includes a controller circuit configured to manage the at least two filaments in response to a filament management schedule. The filament management schedule includes adjusting a flow of electric current through a filament of the at least two filaments in response to the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood Jr.
  • Patent number: 8267547
    Abstract: An improved incandescent lamp and incandescent lighting system are disclosed, for projecting a beam of light with substantially improved energy efficiency. The incandescent lamp includes a pair of reflective ceramic filament supports for supporting one or more filaments in prescribed position(s) within an envelope while reflecting back substantially all visible and infrared light for incorporation into the projected beam or for absorption by the filament(s). The incandescent lighting system includes a special infrared-reflective shroud concentrically encircling the incandescent lamp, for reflecting infrared light back toward the lamp filament(s) while transmitting visible light to a concave reflector for incorporation into the projected beam. The infrared-reflective coating is deposited onto the shroud's inner surface, and it includes a dielectric coating and an underlying transparent conductive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: David W. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 8011798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen incandescent lamp for motor vehicle headlamps with two incandescent filaments (21, 22), which are arranged within a lamp vessel (10), wherein a first incandescent filament (21) is designed for operation with a higher electrical power than the second incandescent filament (22), wherein the incandescent filaments (21, 22) are constructed in such a way that their dimensions and/or their geometry are in each case matched to an operating voltage of at least 20 volts, and at least the second incandescent filament (22) is an incandescent filament in the form of a single coil. Preferably, both incandescent filaments (21, 22) are in the form of incandescent filaments with a single coil, wherein the first incandescent filament (21) is used, for example, for producing the upper beam or lower beam and the second incandescent filament (22) is used for producing the daytime driving light or foglight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Manfred Bühler, Hans Mayer, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
  • Patent number: 7997778
    Abstract: A vehicle light can include a reflector and a light source. The reflector has a reflection surface formed by at least part of a parabolic cylindrical surface obtained by moving a parabola by parallel displacement, where the parabola has a coefficient of 0.5, a focal length, and a focal point. The light source includes at least one set of at least two light emitting devices that have respective light emission surfaces facing toward the reflection surface. The at least two light emitting devices include a front light emitting device and a rear light emitting device spaced apart by a predetermined distance along an illumination direction of the vehicle light, with the focal point interposed between the front and rear light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidetaka Okada
  • Patent number: 7722210
    Abstract: An advanced forward lighting system may be made with a lamp having a first filament and a second filament extending perpendicular to the first filament. The second filament is partially hidden rearward and above the first filament. A reflector forms a main beam from the first filament light and a right or left cast supplemental beam from the second filament light. The second filament's position minimizes glare, and enables a simple advanced forward lighting system from a single standard lamp fitting both right and left side reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Joseph C. Swadel, Daniel D. Devir, Richard D. Holland, Edward P. Otto, Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 7670037
    Abstract: An automotive headlamp bulb provides the two light or three filament sources in a single bulb. One source may be used to generate a standard headlamp beam, while the second source may be used to generate an augmenting side beam in response to a turning signal. A similar third filament may provide an augmenting beam to the opposite side, or farther to the same side. The single bulb eliminates the need for a second bulb, or a second reflector in an advanced headlamp system with turning light augmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Devir, Thomas Tessnow, Michael Tucker, Joseph L. Wegman, Andreas Osten, Craig Landcastle
  • Patent number: 7178958
    Abstract: A vehicle light includes a light source, a main-reflector, and a sub-reflector. The sub-reflector is arranged around the light source. The main-reflector is arranged around the light source and the sub-reflector. The main-reflector includes a reflection surface that reflects light from the light source in a predetermined direction, avoiding the sub-reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Masafumi Kobayashi, Kazunori Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 7175308
    Abstract: A structure of combined sockets of Christmas light includes a pair of first and second sockets integrated together to form a stepped configuration each having a single inlaid groove for engaging a single contact plate, a common slit connecting a common inlaid groove between the sockets for engaging a common contact plate, a pair of corkers blocking the bottom of the sockets each having a through hole for passing through the electric wires, a pair of hooks each facing a hindering plate on the opposing upper peripheries of the second socket, two lamps engaged within the upper rim of the sockets respectively each having a pair of lead-in wires respectively engaged with the common contact plate and the contact plates wherein the second lamp further has a pair of L-shaped blocking members respectively engaged within a pair of gaps between the hocks and the hindering plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Mei-Lu Lin
  • Patent number: 7004601
    Abstract: A signaling device for sighting systems, for example for rescue crafts in the nautical field and the like, comprising at least two lamps arranged so that their respective filaments are mutually perpendicular, so as to achieve a circular luminous emission that is uniform over 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: S.I.E.M. S.r.l.
    Inventor: Jorge Miguel Aguglia
  • Patent number: 6612727
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has left and right hand headlights, each with a reflector having a complex surface with a lamp fitted within the reflector. Each lamp has a dipped or passing beam filament and a main beam filament. The position of the main beam filament is defined by its angular position with respect to a position of origin vertically below the main axis of the lamp, on a circle centered on the main axis, the main beam filament being oriented positively in the trigonometric direction looking forward along the main axis. The angular position of each main beam filament is in the range between −90° and +90°, and is different for each headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Régis Nouet
  • Patent number: 6611105
    Abstract: An electric bulb structure includes a housing, a base post extended into an inside of the housing from one end of the housing, a shade mounted on an opening of the housing, a first conductive wire and a second conductive wire each extended into the inside of the housing from an outside of the housing and each extended through the base post, a first filament having a first end connected to the first conductive wire, a second filament having a first end connected to the second conductive wire, and a third conductive wire having a first end connected to a second end of the first filament, and a second end connected to a second end of the second filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Yu-Sheng Chiu
  • Patent number: 6439739
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp with at least one incandescent coil which can be used for generating a high beam in a motor vehicle headlight, which lamp is additionally capable of performing the function of a daytime running light. The use of a dimmed high beam as an energy-saving daytime running light (DRL) has the disadvantage of a light distribution belonging to the high beam which is unsuitable for the function of a daytime running light. Furthermore, the high beam, if it is to fulfill the requirements as regards the maximum luminous intensity of the daytime running light, would have to be so strongly dimmed that the halogen cycle in the bulb of the incandescent lamp can no longer be maintained. This will lead to blackening at the bulb inside and a shorter lamp life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Ingolf Sischka
  • Publication number: 20020109998
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight comprises a support, a lamp with two light sources, and a reflector with a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. These surfaces reflect light from the lamp to give a first light beam and a second light beam. The first reflective surface is rotatable about an axis with respect to the support, in such a way as to direct the first beam towards the inside of the bend being followed by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Regis Nouet, Philippe Hidden
  • Patent number: 6328463
    Abstract: The low beam filament and the high beam filament are disposed in such a positional relationship as the virtual image of the irradiated portion of the high beam filament does not produce glaring light in the low beam light distribution pattern. As a result, it is made possible to effectively utilize near 100% of light incident on the reflecting surface of a reflector and to obtain good low beam light distribution pattern and high beam light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Okubo
  • Patent number: 6238059
    Abstract: A various color light refraction bulb is disclosed. The bulb includes a lamp tube, tungsten silks and a core pillar. A concave ring is formed at a middle section of the lamp tube, so as to divide the core tube into an upper tube and a lower tube. The concave ring serves to refract light from the upper and lower tubes so as to present various colors. A cone shape surface is used to seal the lower side of the lower tube and is used as a reflecting region so as to project light toward the lamp tube; and therefore, a various light refraction bulb is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Jsiang-Fu Chen
  • Patent number: 6232707
    Abstract: A molded lamp base receives a press seal of a lamp. Internal walls of the base define a cavity open at one end to receive the press seal portion of the lamp. The side walls have a thickness dimension and a width dimension substantially conforming to the peripheral dimensions of the press seal portion. At least one raised bead extends inwardly from the cavity side wall and is dimensioned for a friction fit with the periphery of the lamp to hold the lamp securely in base. In one embodiment, the beads are located in semi-circular recesses disposed about the exhaust tube portion of the lamp while in another embodiment, the beads are spaced outwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Ranish, Frederick Hetzel, Robert S. McFeely
  • Patent number: 6176605
    Abstract: The headlight unit has at least one low beam headlight and at least one high beam headlight. The headlight unit is constructed so that it fulfills the different sets of legal regulations for the high beam in both the U.S.A. and Europe. According to the regulations in the U.S.A. the high beam produced by the high beam headlight must have a maximum light intensity in the center of the high beam and at least one required light intensity on the opposing traffic side. The at least one required light intensity on the same traffic side is provided by the low beam propagated from the at least one low beam headlight. This low beam has an asymmetric light-dark boundary that is higher on the same traffic side than on the side of the opposing traffic. According to the European regulations a comparatively higher maximum light intensity is permitted in the center of the high beam and a comparatively lower light intensity is required in the lateral regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Esref Altunay, Friedemann Schlienz
  • Patent number: 6135614
    Abstract: A lamp holder for three-wire Christmas flashing control lamp is disclosed. The flashing control lamp is provided with three conductive wires, in which three conductive wires extend from a lower end of a lamp base, and then the lamp base is mounted in a fitting hole of the lamp holder. Three metal plates are disposed in the fitting hole corresponding to the three conductive wires. The outer wall face of the lamp base and the inner wall face of the fitting hole are respectively formed with a rib and a guide channel corresponding to each other. When the lamp base is fitted into the lamp holder, the rib is slided along the guide channel so as to make sure that the three conductive wires respectively contact with the three metal plates at correct leg positions to conduct electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 6093999
    Abstract: A lamp capsule includes a lamp envelope having a tubular portion and a dome closing one end of the tubular portion, a light source mounted in the lamp envelope on or near its central axis for emitting light when energized by electrical energy and a light attenuating coating over the dome. The dome has a shape that traps light emitted by the light source in the direction of the dome. The dome may be shaped such that a dome angle between a tangent to the interior surface of the dome and the central axis of the lamp envelope is 45.degree. or less. The dome may be shaped as a hyperbolic surface of revolution. The lamp capsule is typically used in a vehicle headlamp and provides low glare.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: George J. English, Michael D. Tucker
  • Patent number: 6068391
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlamp has a lamp with two filaments, one of which has a masking screen so as to form a chopped or dipped beam, while the other filament is unmasked so as to produce an unchopped beam. The headlight also includes a reflector and a smooth cover lens.The reflector has an upper zone extending between two radial half planes which are inclined by the same amount below the horizontal, this upper zone being larger than the part of the reflector which is exposed to the first filament; the reflector has two lateral sub-zones with base surfaces which are symmetrical with respect to the vertical, with striations being formed by projection on the base surface, the striations being configured according to the particular type of chopped beam required. The reflector also has a second zone having a surface for cooperation with the second filament only, so as to form a wide portion of the beam and extending at least partly above the cut-off of the dipped beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Denis Saladin, Jean-Marie Brel
  • Patent number: 6056417
    Abstract: A molded, two-part lamp base receives a press seal of a lamp. Conductor wires from the lamp envelope are folded onto planar regions of the base. A second annular portion of the base is slid along a reduced dimensional region of the first part of the base member to properly position and locate the conductor wires. Once the second portion abuts a shoulder of the first portion, the separate portions of the two part base assembly are fused together to form an integral unit and lock the terminal ends of the conductor wires in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Eiko, Ltd
    Inventor: Yu-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 5908569
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object by successive solidification of layers of a solidifiable material (7) at places corresponding to the respective cross-section of the object by means of radiation is provided whereby the apparatus comprises a support (4) for supporting the object (6) to be formed, a coating device (12) for applying layers of the solidifiable material (7) onto the support (4) or a previously solidified layer, a solidifying device (14) for solidifying the layers of the material (7) at places corresponding to the respective cross-section of the object and a heating apparatus (8) disposed above the support (4) in operational position for heating the solidifiable material (7), the heating apparatus (8) comprising at least one straight radiant heater (81) with a varying heating power along its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventors: Christian Wilkening, Tim Sievers
  • Patent number: 5857764
    Abstract: To prolong the life of a vehicle light bulb by securing the legs of the dipped beam filament by forming a hole in cupped shield, fixing one leg directly to common lead by passing this leg through the hole, and fixing the other leg directly to lead. If the shield vibrates as shown by circled arrows 2 and 2, this vibration is not transmitted to the dipped beam filament. Accordingly, the life of dipped beam filament can be further prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Toru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 5544021
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight of the type comprising a two-filament lamp in which a first filament is provided with a cup so as to allow light to pass over a given angular extent only, and in which a second filament has no such cup, the headlight further comprising a closure glass and a reflector suitable for co-operating with one or the other of the two filaments respectively for generating an anti-fog beam and a main beam. According to the invention, the reflector comprises a reflecting surface having a first zone whose extent corresponds at least approximately to said given angular extent and whose shape is such that it generates, on its own, images of the first filament in which all of the points of the images lie below a cutoff that extends generally horizontally, thereby forming the anti-fog beam, and a second zone that runs continuously into the first zone, said first and second zones co-operating with the second filament to form the main beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Fran.cedilla.ois Lopez, Etienne Pauty, Norbert Brun
  • Patent number: 5461549
    Abstract: A low beam headlight for motor vehicles has a reflector having an optical axis and a light outlet opening, a light body, a light disc covering the light outlet opening of the reflector, the reflector having an upper region and a lower region having different reflection surfaces which have different shapes and at least partially form a portion of at least approximately general paraboloid and which reflect images of the light body for forming a light distribution with a light-dark limit having a substantially horizontal portion and a portion which is inclined relative to the substantially horizontal portion at an angle .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Lietar, Henning Hogrefe, Rainer Neumann
  • Patent number: 5272606
    Abstract: This invention relates to a portable, hand holdable lantern (flashlight or lamp) which has a reserve power supply. The reserve power supply is in the form of a second identical circuit which after expending the life of the first set of batteries, the second set of batteries can be activated continuing the illumination of the lantern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Inventor: Mark A. Blaney
  • Patent number: 5215368
    Abstract: The headlight for a motor vehicle operable to produce a high-beam light distribution and a low-beam light distribution, has a reflector divided into an upper sector, a lower sector, a right sector and a left sector; an incandescent lamp with two axially-extending filaments mounted in the reflector, the filaments being spaced from each other and spaced approximately equally from the reflector peak; and a glass pane over a light aperture of the reflector. The upper sector and lower sector of the reflector are each shaped like a paraboloid-ellipsoid and the left sector and right sector are each parabolic. One filament is arranged along or close to and below the optic axis of the reflector to produce a high-beam light distribution when energized in operation and the other filament is arranged above the optic axis and to the right in relation to an issuing light beam to produce a low-beam light distribution in operation without additional optic devices in the glass pane covering the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Neumann
  • Patent number: 5165666
    Abstract: A lamp provides brake and turn signal functions for a towed vehicle while isolating the electrical lighting system of the towed vehicle from the electrical lighting system of a towing vehicle. The lamp includes a bulb, having an interior cavity, mounted to a bulb base. The bulb base is received in a lamp receptacle on the towed vehicle. The bulb base includes a positive contact region and a negative contact region. The positive and negative contact regions on the bulb base are connected to the electrical lighting system of the towed vehicle. At least one filament having a negative lead and a positive lead is located within the bulb cavity. The negative lead of the filament is connected to the negative contact region of the bulb base, while the positive lead of the filament is connected to both an isolator device and a lead wire. The isolator device is connected to the positive contact region on the bulb base, while the lead wire is connected to the electrical lighting system of the towing vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Steven E. Gerencser
  • Patent number: 5025352
    Abstract: A grab handle for use on motor vehicles is provided comprising a generally vertically extending gripping portion, means for attaching the gripping portion to the side of a motor vehicle, and lamp means in at least one end of the handle for indicating the position of the vehicle. Preferably a pair of lamps are provided, one in each end of the gripping portion, with each of the lamps having a pair of filaments. Means are provided for connecting one of each of the lamp filaments to the electrical circuitry used to supply current to the vehicle's running lamps, and means are also provided for connecting the other of the lamp filaments to the electrical circuitry used to supply current to the vehicle's turn signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventor: Thomas H. Brown
  • Patent number: 5018054
    Abstract: An exposure device has a bar-like lamp with a filament having luminescent and non-luminescent members connected in alternating series. A filter is disposed in the vicinity of the lamp and is composed of a plurality of filter plates arranged in a longitudinal direction of the filament. Seams between the filter plates are positioned vis-a-vis with the non-luminescent members of the filament of the lamp to reduce disturbances by the seams to the light emerging from lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunio Ohashi, Mitsuru Ogura
  • Patent number: 4945453
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a vehicular headlamp. The headlamp comprises a concave light reflector which includes upper and lower light reflecting surfaces each being of a paraboloid of revolution. The upper and lower light reflecting surfaces have respective upper and lower rotation axes which extend forward in parallel with each other and have respective focuses on the axes. The respective focuses are located at respective positions where an imaginary line perpendicular to the rotation axes intersects the same. A lens covers an opening of the concave light reflector. A first light source is positioned at the focus of the lower light reflecting surface, and a second light source is positioned just above the focus of the upper light reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Serizawa, Akio Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 4879491
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: Koito Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Hirozumi, Susumu Kanematsu, Yasuyoshi Numajiri, Mikio Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Okano
  • Patent number: 4821154
    Abstract: A light source for use in traffic signals has a plurality of light bulbs, in which each bulb is used in turn until it burns out, at which time power is switched to an operable bulb. By means of lenses and mirrors in the light source, a substantially identical pattern of light rays is produced regardless of which bulb is lit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Trio Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Ireneusz J. Kotecki, Slawomir Patocki
  • Patent number: 4700277
    Abstract: There is provided an auxiliary lamp for use with a vehicle having a standardized enclosed body with a replaceable lens which may be interchanged with other lenses depending upon the function the lamp is to perform. The light bulb which illuminates the lamp is carried within the lamp housing by means of a standardized bulb holder insertable through the bottom of the housing, and forming a closure thereof preventing light from passing through the bottom opening of the housing through which the bulb holder is inserted. The bulb holder may be easily adapted to carry either a single or double filament bulb depending upon the particular function the lamp is to perform. However, the lamp housing and the holder in which the bulb is carried are constructed in the same manner, whether using a single or a double filament bulb, with appropriate electrical connections being provided on the bulb holder to accommodate the different bulbs as necessitated by the function the bulb filaments are to perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Inventor: Dennis G. Moore
  • Patent number: 4687965
    Abstract: The capped electric lamp according to the invention has a lamp cap (9) of synthetic material comprising a dish-shaped part (10) having a circular-cylindrical wall portion (11) with an axis (12) and a bottom (13), and further comprising a panel (16) in which contact members (20) are anchored and a sleeve-shaped part (17) which surrounds these contact members. There is fixed in the dish-shaped part (10) a metal sleeve (7) which is telescopically joined at one end (8) with a flanged edge (6) of a metal clamping plate (5) and is connected thereto, while a seal (2) of a lamp vessel (1) is fixed in an opening of this clamping plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Rudolf Sanders, Godefridus G. van Seggelen
  • Patent number: 4682072
    Abstract: The present invention provides a headlamp for a vehicle wherein a reflector is different in focal position of a paraboloidal surface between an upper surface and a lower surface thereof, a focal point on the lower surface side is formed to be positioned forwardly more than a length of a sub-filament from a focal point on the upper surface side, and the sub-filament is positioned between both the focal points to thereby efficiently utilize luminescense and obtain a light distribution pattern of high luminous intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Ichihara, Yukio Yamanaka, Akihiko Tsurumaru
  • Patent number: 4638408
    Abstract: An automobile headlight and fog light combination having a generally parabolic reflector and a transparent lens with a segment along the bottom of the lens tinted to function as a fog light for any light transmitted therethrough, said headlight have a first filament for a high bright beam, a second filament for a low dim beam and a third filament for a fog light beam, substantially all the light from said third filament passing through said tinted segment of said lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Inventor: Aubrey D. Wetherington
  • Patent number: 4636923
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide the headlamp for the vehicle characterized with the revolution paraboloidal reflector, the lamp in which the filament is located at a near focus of the reflector, the first reflecting plates to reflect the beam of more than about half of the beam from the above reflector to the oblique- upper and lower directions in the right and left sides or to the either direction respectively, the second reflecting plates arranged in parallel to the first reflecting plates to reflect the beam from the corresponding reflection faces in parallel to the same direction of the remained parallel beam, the slender rectangular shape front lens provided in front of the above reflector recieving the direct-parallel beam from the above reflector and the parallel beam from the second reflecting plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroo Oyama, Tadashi Kouchi
  • Patent number: 4631651
    Abstract: A replaceable automobile headlight lamp unit and headlight utilizing same wherein the unit's electric lamp (e.g., tungsten halogen) is securedly retained within a clamp member including an insulative base and a pair of spaced-apart retaining clips for grasping the lamp's press-sealed end portion. The base includes a curvilinear surface which mates with a surface having a similar configuration located within an insulative holder which also forms part of the invention. A pair of spaced contacts located within the holder pass through apertures within the base and are connected (e.g., welded) to the retention clips. A ball-joint arrangement is thus provided to enable facile alignment of the electric lamp relative to the holder prior to final securement between the holder and base components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Bergin, Frank Cangiano
  • Patent number: 4580199
    Abstract: The filaments for high beam and low beam are in respectively parallel planes, and the axis of the low beam filament forms an angle .alpha. which is less than 90.degree. with the lamp axis, or seal beam headlamp axis, respectively, the angle being suitably between about 30.degree. and 60.degree., and preferably about 45.degree., upon projection of the lamp axis, in parallel, in the plane which includes the axis of the filament. The inclination of the low beam filament facilitates adjustment of the headlamp to provide, reliably, glare-free road illumination in accordance with SAE standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand Gesellschaft fur Elektrische Guhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Ewald Wurster, Manfred Gaugel
  • Patent number: 4547838
    Abstract: An electric lamp assembly comprises a lamp unit of generally conventional design, and a base subassembly coupled thereto both mechanically and electrically. The lamp unit may take the form of a halogen cycle lamp of the baseless type terminating in a pinch seal, with lead support wires extending outwardly therefrom. The base subassembly includes a metal made, dislike lamp holder apertured for the passage of the lamp unit seal therethrough and firmly engaging the same for holding the lamp unit. The lamp holder further engages one end of a metal made, tubular coupling, the other end of which is received with a sliding fit in one end of a substantially tubular base unit molded of plastics material. Extending through the coupling, the lead support wires are electrically and mechanically coupled as by welding to connectors mounted to a partition within the base unit. The plastic base unit is easier and less expensive to fabricate to close dimensionsal tolerances than the conventional metal base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Koito Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Wakimizu
  • Patent number: 4523262
    Abstract: A headlight for an automotive vehicle has a reflector formed substantially in a semicircular shape above the optical axis of the headlight so as to serve as its reflective portion and an upper portion of the reflector extends forwardly from the reflective portion to serve as a light shielding portion. Another light shielding portion is provided below a lamp bulb, which is included in the headlight, and is arranged substantially in parallel relation with the optical axis. An upper lens element of the lens of the headlight has a cross section determined in such a manner that the rays of light incident upon the upper lens element from the reflective portion of the reflector are downwardly refracted, and the vertical dimension of a lower lens element of the lens of the headlight is reduced as compared with a conventional headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Shinkai
  • Patent number: 4498124
    Abstract: A dual halogen bulb rectangular lamp assembly with a one-piece plastic reflector having two adjacent paraboloidal mirrorized inner surfaces. A halogen bulb unit is mounted in each of the mirrorized surfaces and they are electrically connected in series for simultaneous bulb energization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: Stewart-Warner Corporation
    Inventors: William Mayer, Alton E. Runions