Bicycle Or Motorcycle Patents (Class 362/473)
  • Patent number: 12043339
    Abstract: A wireless communication device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a wireless communicator and a controller. The wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly communicate with an additional wireless communicator. The wireless communicator has a first mode in which the wireless communicator operates under a first power consumption and a second mode in which the wireless communicator operates under a second power consumption which is lower than the first power consumption. The controller is configured to detect a change in a state of at least one switch. The controller is configured to set the wireless communicator with the first mode if the controller detects the change in the state of the at least one switch as the wireless communicator is in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Takaya Masuda, Akihiko Syouge
  • Patent number: 11532604
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a portable light. The portable light includes a housing having a front surface, a rear surface, and an internal space for receiving electronic components and a battery. The portable light also includes a chip-on-board (COB) assembly. The COB assembly includes a substrate, a matrix of individual light emitting diode (LED) chips mounted to the substrate, and an outer coating covering the matrix of LED chips. The front surface of the housing is curved in one direction and the COB assembly is correspondingly curved and mounted to the front surface, such that individual LED chips are positioned about the curve and orientated to direct light outwardly about the curve to provide a collective beam angle greater than 220 degrees. The portable light further includes a front lens cover to protect the COB assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KNOG PTY LTD
    Inventors: Malcolm McKechnie, Hugo Davidson, Chris Bilanenko, Eli Thurrowgood
  • Patent number: 11485438
    Abstract: The visible safety bicycle is a system of several photo-luminescent plastic spirals to be visible day and night alternately, which will surround each part of the bicycle; bicycle frame parts, bicycle handlebar, bicycle seat post, bicycle fork, bicycle wheel hub, and also bicycle wheel's spokes, with high visibility of the area where they are installed, achieving security for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Julia Graciela Davila
  • Patent number: 11396339
    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination device for use with spoked wheels, such as bicycle wheels, wherein the wheel includes a hub portion, a plurality of spokes, and a rim portion. The illumination device includes a power pack, at least one adaptor body, and at least one attachment portion. The power pack having at least one wire, a flexible button cap, a body housing, and circuit board with a switch. The at least one wire including a plurality of light sources. The at least one attachment portion including a clip portion providing for the installation of the at least one adaptor body to the bicycle spokes. The illumination device also includes a holder for the installation of the power pack to the bicycle wheel. Further, the illumination device may include a tubular body located in the internal cavity of the at least one adaptor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Brightz, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brent Anderson, Brian V. Finch
  • Patent number: 11388795
    Abstract: LED tape is provided that employs a plurality of surface-mounted contact terminals. The LED tape can be severed at discrete locations adjacent to the contact terminal to create a tape segment configured to interconnect to a power source or to another tape segment by way of a wire selectively received and secured within corresponding terminal connectors. The use of the connecting wire omits the need for a mechanical connector or integration by soldering currently required to interconnect LED tape segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Aion LED, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan P. Hanslip
  • Patent number: 11325678
    Abstract: A battery unit for a drive mechanism for a bicycle comprises at least one decoupling element. This allows for a decoupling of a housing for receiving a battery from the bicycle frame. The battery unit may in particular be mounted in an elastically dampened manner in the bicycle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: YT INDUSTRIES GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Wecker, Tobias Lehne, Stefan Willared, Stefan Bax, Martin Bosert
  • Patent number: 11226086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembled annular light supplement lamp, including a first splicer and a second splicer that are spliced to form a ring, where both ends of the first splicer and the second splicer are provided with a first end face and a second end face respectively, and the first end face is in plug-in connection with the adjacent second end face. By arranging the first splicer and the second splicer, where one or a plurality of second splicers may be provided, splicing or disengagement is realized by the matching between a first guide pin and a first slot, so that the assembled annular light supplement lamp is easy to install and use, and reduces the storage space and transportation costs after disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen wei bo technology co., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Jianghua Chen
  • Patent number: 11187871
    Abstract: A bipod flexure mount couples an optic to a base while isolating the optic from strain to resist wavefront error. The bipod flexure mount has a distal attachment pad to be coupled to the optic and a proximal attachment pad to be coupled to the base. A pair of beams extend between and couple the distal and proximal attachment pads. The distal attachment pad, the proximal attachment pad and the pair of beams are disposed in and define a planar layer with opposite planar surfaces that are substantially parallel. The bipod flexure mount is relatively flexible about four degrees of freedom and is relatively stiff about two degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Kirk A. Miller
  • Patent number: 11173977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bicycle riding taillight with brake laser warning, which includes: a light housing comprising a housing body and a bottom cover sealing the housing body; a circuit board disposed inside the light housing; a light source device, disposed on an inner side of the bottom cover and electrically connected to the circuit board, and configured to provide lights of different modes; a power source disposed on one side of the circuit board, and configured to provide power for the light source device; a photosensitive sensor disposed at one end of the light housing and connected to the circuit board, and configured to sense ambient light; and a vibration sensor disposed inside the light housing and located at one end of the circuit board, and configured to sense a riding condition of a bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GACIRON TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiangbao Chen
  • Patent number: 11161567
    Abstract: An electric bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, a driving unit that transmits a driving force to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel, a battery housing area that is able to house a battery that supplies power to the driving unit, a head pipe, and a down frame extending from the head pipe in a diagonally downward and rearward direction of a vehicle body. The down frame includes a first extension extending in the diagonally downward and rearward direction of the vehicle body and a second extension extending in the diagonally downward and rearward direction of the vehicle body and provided side by side with the first extension in a width direction of the vehicle body. The battery housing area is located at least partially between the first extension and the second extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Munemitsu Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11155315
    Abstract: A bicycle frame lighting system comprising a top light assembly and a bottom light assembly. The top light assembly is assembled to left and right sides of a top tube of a bicycle, wherein the top light assembly includes a pair of top light assembly components that can be detached and re-attached such that top tube is secured between a cavity formed between the top light assembly components. The bottom light assembly is assembled to left and right sides of a bottom tube of the bicycle, wherein the bottom light assembly includes a pair of bottom light assembly components that can be detached and re-attached such that bottom tube is secured between a cavity formed between the bottom light assembly components. The bicycle frame lighting system further comprises a battery housing holding a power source for powering the top light assembly and the bottom light assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Jetson Electric Bike LLC
    Inventors: Josh Sultan, Sam Husain
  • Patent number: 11097804
    Abstract: A lever device for hydraulically actuating the brake or clutch of a vehicle equipped with a handlebar may have a pump assembly with a pump body connected to the handlebar of a vehicle. The pump body may have a cavity, a piston operatively associated with the pump body so as to be adapted to slide inside the cavity along a direction of thrust (X-X). The lever device may have a control lever assembly rotatably associated with the pump body so as to rotate about a pivot axis (Y-Y), the control lever assembly may have at least one control level. The piston defines a stroke free play between an end position and a first operating position. The lever device may have a stroke free play adjustment device which is adapted to adjust the distance along the direction of thrust (X-X) between the end position and the first operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Freni Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Deponti, Gabriele Verdelli, Pierangelo Gherardi
  • Patent number: 11072385
    Abstract: Method for the producing of an extruded frame element with battery pack profile for use in a bicycle frame comprising a plurality of frame elements, where the frame elements are interconnected and constitute a structure with such great rigidity that the bicycle frame under ordinary loading does not change its geometrical shape, wherein the at least one frame element is extruded with variable material thicknesses in a given cross sectional profile, and a recess is made in the at least one extruded frame element, as well as a bicycle frame comprising such a frame element, wherein a stable bicycle frame with sufficient strength is achieved, and wherein the bicycle frame becomes as discreet as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Lynx Aps
    Inventor: Lars Munksø
  • Patent number: 10974786
    Abstract: A bicycle frame element includes a frame tube which is a top tube, a down tube or a saddle tube of a bicycle frame. The frame tube includes a recess for storage of bicycle accessories such as tools, a bicycle pump, a rain coat or the like. The recess has at least one holding element extending across it. In the area of the recess, the frame tube is formed as a profile closed in a circumferential direction so that the recess has merely a slight influence on a stiffness of the frame tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canyon Bicycles GmbH
    Inventor: Vincenz Thoma
  • Patent number: 10935223
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light housing, a light source coupled to the light housing, and a battery compartment coupled to the light housing and configured to house a battery. The battery compartment defines a central longitudinal axis along which the battery is insertable. The lighting device additionally includes a base coupled to the light housing. The light housing and the battery compartment are rotatable together relative to the base about the central longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Gall, David Proeber
  • Patent number: 10929693
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera configured to be mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle and having a field of view exterior and forward of the vehicle. An ECU includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera when the camera is mounted at the vehicle windshield. The ECU, responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, determines lane markers ahead of the vehicle. The ECU determines a path of travel of the vehicle. The ECU, responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, detects an object that is present forward of the vehicle. Responsive to determination at the ECU that the detected object is in the path of travel of the vehicle, an auxiliary light source of the vehicle is controlled by the ECU to enhance illumination of the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Martin Solar, Marius Wombacher
  • Patent number: 10906603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bicycles. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for increasing the visibility of a bicycle to other road users. According to a first aspect there is provided a bicycle comprising: one or more indicator lights; a handlebar portion and a frame portion; wherein the one or more indicator lights are integrated into the bicycle; and one or more integrated light projectors, wherein the one or more integrated light projectors comprise one or more lasers operable to generate one or more light projections on the surface on which the bicycle is being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: GEREZ CYCLES LIMITED
    Inventor: Amanuel Gherezghiher
  • Patent number: 10892628
    Abstract: A bicycle controller and a bicycle control system are provided that effectively supply power from one battery to a plurality of bicycle components. The bicycle controller includes an electronic control unit that controls power consumed by a plurality of bicycle components. The power is supplied from a common battery. The bicycle components include at least a first component and a second component. In a case where a charge amount of the battery is a first level, the electronic control unit reduces the power of the battery consumed by the first component. In a case where the charge amount of the battery is a second level that is lower than the first level, the electronic control unit reduces the power of the battery consumed by the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Shahana
  • Patent number: 10872923
    Abstract: A light engine and system are disclosed in which the light engine contains a core comprising an opening extending through opposing surfaces and a flexible printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a flexible body disposed on an outside of the core and having independently addressable sets of illumination sources mounted thereto, and flexible legs extending from the body and through the opening. The legs are bent such that a terminal portion of each leg is substantially parallel to the opposing surfaces of the core. Independent control of the sets of illumination sources is provided via the legs. The body is separated into segments, each on a different section of the outside and containing body contacts electrically independent of the body contacts of each other segment. Each leg is associated with a different segment, and contains leg contacts on the terminal portion in electrical contact with the associated body contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stephane Diana, Yifeng Qiu, Michael Wasilko, Nazila Soleimani, Jeroen Den Breejen, Alan Andrew McReynolds, Gregory Donald Guth
  • Patent number: 10864957
    Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of a rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body, the bulging portion in which a wiring chamber is formed. A partition wall is provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a first wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. A side wall of the bulging portion is provided with a second wiring hole for wiring the electrical wire introduced into the wiring chamber to the lighting device. The first wiring hole is provided at a position lower than the second wiring hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yujiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10766554
    Abstract: A bicycle light has in one embodiment a mounting base to connect to the bicycle, and an LED light unit for insertion into and removal from the base. The light unit includes a printed circuit board with LED driver and a rechargeable battery, all of which are encapsulated by a direct overmolding that forms a casing for the unit. For charging the light unit is pulled out from the base and plugged into a USB port via an extending USB blade. A motion detector on the PCB shuts off the LED if no motion is detected for several minutes, thus eliminating need for any exterior switch. Another embodiment is without the USB blade, with the battery charged by inductive charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Light & Motion Industries
    Inventors: Daniel T. Emerson, Jarod Armer, David William Tolan, Brooks Patrick Lame
  • Patent number: 10694802
    Abstract: Disclosed is a helmet provided with a radar reflector. The helmet includes a helmet body formed in a shape corresponding to a shape of a user head, and the radar reflector mounted on an outer surface of the helmet body to reflect a radar signal transmitted from radar equipment. The radar reflector includes a plurality of reflection units each concaved in a trigonal pyramid shape having one opened surface, each of the plurality of reflection units reflecting the radar signal. Thus, by applying the radar reflector to the helmet of a user aboard an object to be detected by using a radar signal, the radar signal is effectively reflected in bad weather or at night, thereby improving the recognition rate of radar equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hye Young Jang, Hong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10482778
    Abstract: A device that simulates motion used for training and testing accommodation, vergence, and dynamic visual acuity is provided. The device includes an apparatus having plurality of light sources that can be adjusted in color and luminance disposed on a flexible substrate that can be adjusted to adjust the path and signal to simulate motion of an object. The device can include a controller that includes a processor to provide pre-determined, customizable, or random timing, location, and sequence of the motion presentation. The user response to the simulated motion can be collected, processed, and transmitted by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Senaptec LLC
    Inventors: Herbert Yoo, Joseph Bingold
  • Patent number: 10408405
    Abstract: To provide a lighting apparatus arrangement for a saddle riding vehicle, allowing a predetermined illumination distance and illumination range of laser light to be easily achieved. A lighting apparatus includes a laser device, a first light guide, and a front-portion light emitting unit. The laser device emits laser light. The first light guide guides light from the laser device to any desired position. The front-portion light emitting unit is disposed at a distal end of the first light guide and irradiates areas around a vehicle with light from the first light guide. The front-portion light emitting unit is disposed at a position higher in level than a lower end of a meter unit disposed at a front portion of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kitayama, Tsuyoshi Oguchi
  • Patent number: 10392068
    Abstract: A bicycle including a handlebar attached to a frame at substantially a midpoint, a first set of light sources disposed to project light in a first forward direction, said first set of light sources including a fixed light source and a motor-controlled light source, disposed to project light in a second forward direction said second set of light sources including a fixed light source and a motor-controlled light source, a controller, said controller disposed on the handlebar, said controller coupled to the first set of light sources and the second set of light sources, a rotation sensor operable to sense movement of the handlebar relative to the frame, said rotation sensor coupled to the controller, wherein the motor-controlled light sources move in response to the position of the rotation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Ebrahemi
  • Patent number: 10220901
    Abstract: A position lighting device is configured to be installed on a vehicle and configured to radiate a beam such that people outside the vehicle can recognize the vehicle. A lighting unit is configured to radiate a beam to a ceiling part or a side wall part of a tunnel-like structure which has at least a floor part, the ceiling part, and the side wall part. A position recognizing unit is configured to recognize that the vehicle is positioned in the tunnel-like structure. A radiation control unit is configured to control the lighting unit to radiate the beam if the position recognizing unit recognizes that the vehicle is positioned in the tunnel-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Kurata
  • Patent number: 10168032
    Abstract: A mounting adaptor for an electric light fixture to be mounted on a surface. The mounting adaptor comprising: a base and a joining member each having an interfacing face, one of the base and the joining member comprising on its interfacing face a groove, the other one of the base and the joining member comprising on its interfacing face a lip adapted to cooperate with the groove thereby providing a capability to assemble releasably the joining member with the base; a locking mechanism adapted to lock the base and the joining member in a mounted position relatively to each other; the base comprising a mounting element adapted to mount the base to the surface; and the joining member comprising a joint element adapted to mount the electric light fixture to the joining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventors: Simon Bailey, Michael Dahan, Leslie Wexelman
  • Patent number: 10131392
    Abstract: A bicycle tail light or front light has a mounting base to connect to the bicycle, and an LED light unit for insertion into and removal from the base. The light unit includes a printed circuit board with LED driver and a rechargeable battery, all of which are encapsulated by a direct overmolding that forms a casing for the unit. For charging the light unit is pulled out from the base and plugged into a USB port. A tongue with USB blade at the back of the light unit functions to secure the light unit to the mounting base, and the attachment of the units switches power to the light unit. A motion detector on the PCB shuts off the LED if no motion is detected for several minutes, thus eliminating need for any exterior switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Light & Motion Industries
    Inventors: Daniel T. Emerson, Jarod Armer, Benjamin McGeever, David Heiss, Kevin Govan, Eric Simon, David William Tolan
  • Patent number: 10100989
    Abstract: A dual bicycle headlight and taillight of a compact and lightweight configuration can be mounted on a bicycle handlebars as a headlight to project white light from a white light emitting diode and, alternatively, mounted on a rear of a bicycle as a taillight to project red light from a red light emitting diode. The projected light in both modes of a headlight or a taillight will be parallel to a support surface that the bicycle will traverse. A single flexible mounting strap is rotatably attached to a common light housing to provide a secure mounting of the headlight and taillight modes of operation by the same light housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SSB DESIGN, INC.
    Inventor: Noriaki Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 9975593
    Abstract: The elastic member (60) is enabled, by temporarily elastically deforming a part thereof, to be fitted with and removed from the fixing portion (24a), and is provided with a tabular fixing member (80) that prevents elastic deformation of the elastic member (60) by being fixed to the elastic member (60), and a fastening member (90) that integrally fixes the blinker housing (51), the elastic member (60), and the fixing member (80). In the fixing member (80), a fastening hole portion (86) through which the fastening member (90) is inserted and a wiring hole portion (83) through which a wiring (92) that supplies electricity to the light source (54) is inserted are disposed side by side to each other, and in the wiring hole (83), a cut-away (83a) to open a part of the wiring hole (83) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Hosoda, Kazuhiko Mori
  • Patent number: 9963064
    Abstract: A headlight device (40) for a motorcycle is accommodated in a front fairing (30). The headlight device (40) includes lamp units (42) using LEDs as light sources (46a, 48a), and a power supply circuit unit (44) which controls power from a power supply and supplies the power to the light sources (46a, 48a). The power supply circuit unit (44) is accommodated in a recess (56) provided in an upper portion of the lamp units (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Takaya
  • Patent number: 9963182
    Abstract: A headlight for a two-wheeled motor vehicle is provided in which disposed in a single housing are a high beam headlamp light source, low beam headlamp light sources that are disposed on the left and right of the high beam headlamp light source, a high beam headlamp reflector, low beam headlamp reflectors that are disposed on left and right sides of the high beam headlamp reflector and are formed integrally with the high beam headlamp reflector, and a position lamp light source, wherein a light guide member that guides light from the position lamp light source and makes the light shine forward is extendingly disposed so as to surround a lateral end, excluding a section adjacent to the high beam headlamp reflector, of the low beam headlamp reflector. This enables visibility and conspicuousness to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Oguchi
  • Patent number: 9862442
    Abstract: A bicycle control device that includes a control member with at least one transparent portion, and a luminous indicator. The luminous indicator includes a light source and a light guide that guides the light, through the phenomenon of total internal reflection, from the light source to the at least one transparent portion of the control member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Flavio Fusari, Davide Zenere
  • Patent number: 9663170
    Abstract: In a harness support structure for a motorcycle, a cable bracket is supported by a top bridge, and an upper lamp bracket for supporting a headlamp device is fitted to the cable bracket. A first holding portion for holding an intermediate portion of cable members having respective one end portion connected with a handle is provided in the cable bracket. The cable bracket is provided with a regulating portion for inhibiting a forward movement of the cable member at a location distant from a handle side rather than the first holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Youhei Kunisada, Satoshi Takaya
  • Patent number: 9593817
    Abstract: A high beam reflector (341) is disposed below a high beam LED light source (46) and reflects light from the high beam LED light source (46) in front of a vehicle. Low beam reflectors (342, 343) are disposed below a low beam LED light source (45) and reflect light from the low beam LED light source (45) in front of the vehicle. The low beam LED light source (45) is located on either side of the high beam LED light source (46) and disposed in front of the high beam LED light source (46). The high beam reflector (341) is longer than the low beam reflectors (342, 343) in the front-rear direction, and the low beam reflectors (342, 343) are positioned before the high beam reflector (341).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Kuriki
  • Patent number: 9346393
    Abstract: A saddle-ride vehicle blinker device includes an elastic support member elastically supports the blinker main body at a blinker support part provided on a vehicle body. An electric wire outlet port is disposed at or in a vicinity of the elastic support member. The electric wire is drawn from the electric wire outlet port. A water avoiding part is to cover the electric wire outlet port. A hinge part couples the water avoiding part and the elastic support member both of which are molded integrally with the hinge part. The water avoiding part includes an engagement part which is configured to engage with at least one of a part of the blinker main body, the electric wire, and the blinker support part to maintain the water avoiding part in a position to cover the electric wire outlet port while the hinge part is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideyuki Shibuya
  • Patent number: 9296440
    Abstract: A bicycle wheel hub assembly having a number of light emitting diodes (LED's) that are powered by rotation of the wheel during use of the bicycle. The hub assembly includes a magnet and a coil that are both internal to the hub. The light emitting diodes are powered by current induced in the coil and controlled so as to preferably prevent illumination of discrete LED's when the respective LED's are directed toward a user during rotation of the hub. The LED's are supported by the hub and rotate with the hub during rotation of the wheel. In some embodiments, the LED's are attached to the hub at locations that are both laterally inboard and laterally outboard relative to a spoke flange of the hub assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Trek Bicycle Corporation
    Inventors: David Guzik, Kevin Blake, Tim Clavette
  • Patent number: 9174691
    Abstract: An accessory for attachment to a wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle includes a body portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion has a V-shaped groove for receiving a wide range of shapes and sizes of frame tubing, wheel hubs, and the like. The groove has first and second portions separated by a notch to engage curved tubing with at least two contacts. A pair of cable ties secures the accessory to the tubing or the hub. A plurality of interchangeable mounting portions can be provided for mounting the accessory to the bicycle in different orientations. When a light is secured to a wheel, the accessory can be a battery holder secured to the hub on an opposite side of the hub from the light to offset weight of the light. The wheel can be balanced with proper radial positioning of the light and the battery holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Inventor: Dan Goldwater
  • Patent number: 9140416
    Abstract: The toilet bolt finial night light provides a moisture-proof cover for the anchor bolts of the toilet having a low-power illumination and automatic light sensing switch capability. The toilet bolt finial night light automatically illuminates in a low ambient light environment, and automatically reverts to no illumination when the ambient light of the environment is a bright level. Additionally, the toilet bolt finial night light has a manual ON/OFF switching capability, which overrides the light sensor switch. In addition, the toilet bolt finial night light has translucent and interchangeable tops for providing selecting decorative embellishments. This permits many decorative options. For example, thematic or seasonal ornamentations can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Inventor: Krista L. Bostic
  • Patent number: 9126646
    Abstract: A luminous pedal structure for a bicycle is mounted on a crank of a bicycle and contains a body, an electricity generating device, a shaft, and a covering member. Each limiting column of the electricity generating device fits with each magnetic element and inserts into each connecting post, and coils fit with limiting columns and contact with magnetic elements; the transmission set has a large chainring and plural small chainrings meshing with the large chainring meshes, the holders of the covering member connect with the limiting columns, the shaft and the limiting columns are rotated by picture bearings which rotate at different speeds and axes so as to drive the large chainring and the small chainrings to rotate, such that the magnetic elements are driven to rotate the coils so as to generate an induced voltage, by which the light-emitting elements generate a forward voltage to emit lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Inventor: Chao-Chiung Kuo
  • Patent number: 9086215
    Abstract: An illumination device for or in combination with apparel or other worn garments by a rider of a motorcycle or scooter for enhancing recognition of the motorcycle's presence by proximate vehicles. The device features lighting components engaged upon or part of the clothing of the rider which illuminate the rider and human form in concert with one or more lights on the motorcycle. The resulting non constant illuminations provide a visual enhancement of the rider and motorcycle presence to adjacent drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Inventor: Adam Timmerberg
  • Patent number: 9067535
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting apparatus that can be used to increase the visibility profile of a vehicle is described. The apparatus includes a base adapted to connect to a vehicle frame; a power supply; and an elongated light source supported by the base and coupled to the power supply. The elongated light source is adapted to extend above the vehicle frame with respect to a surface the vehicle frame is to traverse thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventor: Erik Dillon Freiser
  • Patent number: 9028112
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a first and second housing; the first housing has an inner threading and a first protrusion. The lighting device includes a second housing having an outer threading and a second protrusion. A user advances one protrusion over the other in order to activate the lighting device. The lighting device also includes an arm that is part of the first housing and a post that is part of the second housing. The arm and post prevent the first housing from rotating to a point where the threading of the housings release. The arm may be flexed inwards to prevent allow for the release of the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventors: Parker Stephen Ellenburg, Howard Steve Ellenburg, Barbara Kay Ellenburg
  • Patent number: 9016911
    Abstract: A bicycle light includes a body and a fixture tool for fixing the body to a bicycle. The body includes a light-emitting portion, a substrate unit having an electronic circuit controlling a light-emitting state of the light-emitting portion, a lens for obtaining desired light distribution from light received from the light-emitting portion, a lens cover, a battery case and a battery lid forming a closed space for storing the light-emitting portion and the substrate unit, a bar switch relatively movable with respect to the substrate unit for varying the operational state of the electronic circuit by partially pressing the substrate unit and a guide hole guiding movement of the bar switch. The fixture tool includes a contact portion coming into contact with the bar switch for moving the bar switch and a flexible portion for pivoting the body on the fixture tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Cateye Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nami Kurumatani
  • Publication number: 20150085508
    Abstract: A system for illuminating a bicycle is described herein. In one embodiment the bicycle frame illuminator can comprise a plurality of LED lights, one or more holders, one or more connectors, and a battery. Each of the holders can comprise the plurality of LED lights. Moreover, each of the connectors connectable to each of the holders. Furthermore, the battery that electrically connects the holders and the connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Keaton McConathy
  • Publication number: 20150070929
    Abstract: A lighting device may include a reflector, which can be illuminated by means of at least one light source, in particular light emitting diode, a lens disposed downstream of the reflector, and an aperture interposed between the reflector and the lens. The aperture is designed and arranged to block one part of a light reflected by the reflector onto the aperture and to direct another part of the light reflected by the reflector onto the aperture onto the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Weissenberger, Roland Fiederling
  • Patent number: 8974098
    Abstract: A bicycle light for securing to a handlebar or other part of a bike, or to a rider's helmet, has an angled front face that allows use of a single, flat LED circuit board with one or more deep conic or parabolic reflectors positioned in front of the upper part of the board and one or more shallow reflectors in front of the bottom part of the board. This provides for both a spot beam produced by the deep reflector and flood light produced by the shallow reflector, in a compact and efficient assembly. Another important feature of the device is side lighting which can be independently controlled, important in affording the rider side lighting while in street traffic but the option to pulse or switch off the side lighting when riding on a trail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Light & Motion Industries
    Inventors: Christopher McCaslin, Greg Weisenfeld, Beau Jesse Robertson, Roxanne Lo
  • Publication number: 20150062938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rear bicycle light having a socket to be fastened on the frame of the bicycle, a lighting unit being received in said socket, and a luminous body for emitting the light emitted to the surroundings by the lighting unit during operation. According to the invention, the luminous body is an optical fiber emitting the light emitted by the lighting unit during through at least part of the peripheral surface thereof operation to the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Felix PUELLO
  • Publication number: 20150023034
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable light which comprises a case; a PCB assembly comprising a powering source; a plurality of LEDs emitting light in different color which are installed on the PCB assembly and electrically connected to the powering source and arranged to emit light; and a lens disposed in the case for protecting the LEDs and enhancing the emitting of light through the case; and wherein the PCB assembly controls current supplied to the LEDs such that one of the LED is lighted in a stead mode or a flashing mode. The portable light of the invention can be easily operated to emit single color of light and can be easily operated to change other color of light in a steady mode or a flashing mode so as to alert other traffic to their presence on the road, especially in an emergent circumstance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: FAST FIELD INDUSTRIAL LIMITED
    Inventor: David Yu Tai ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20150023033
    Abstract: A luminous pedal structure for a bicycle is mounted on a crank of a bicycle and contains a body, an electricity generating device, a shaft, and a covering member. Each limiting column of the electricity generating device fits with each magnetic element and inserts into each connecting post, and coils fit with limiting columns and contact with magnetic elements; the transmission set has a large chainring and plural small chainrings meshing with the large chainring meshes, the holders of the covering member connect with the limiting columns, the shaft and the limiting columns are rotated by picture bearings which rotate at different speeds and axes so as to drive the large chainring and the small chainrings to rotate, such that the magnetic elements are driven to rotate the coils so as to generate an induced voltage, by which the light-emitting elements generate a forward voltage to emit lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Chao-Chiung Kuo