Tie Rod Motion Controls First Lamp Motion Patents (Class 362/48)
  • Light piping for interior trim
    Patent number: 10836308
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided having first and second trim panels having an outer appearance surface. An illumination trim portion separates the first and second trim panels. The illumination portion has a pocket formed of translucent material and has first and second lateral flaps disposed on opposite sides of a central tunnel. A first seam secures the illumination portion to the first trim panel and to the first lateral flap. A second seam secures the illumination portion to the second trim panel and to the second lateral flap. A light conducting strip is inserted in the central tunnel of the pocket. A light source is in communication with the light conducting strip. Light from the light source is visible through the translucent material of the central tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Unger, Alexander Sel
  • Attachment device
    Patent number: 10124718
    Abstract: An attachment device for a light strip on the tail or the nose of a motor vehicle is provided. The light strip is connected in a securely fixed manner at its free ends by attachment bolts. A further attachment bolt and a spring bias a central region of the light strip toward the vehicle, but permit limited movement of the light strip away from the vehicle in response to expansion of the light strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joerg Biegling, Gerald Hiesl
  • Pointer instrument
    Patent number: 6626549
    Abstract: There is provided a pointer type instrument which can reduce a light leakage to a side of a display board, and has a pointer 6 which includes an indication member 61 brightened by illumination light introduced from a back side of a rotation center region R and made of a translucent resin material, and a cover member 62 covering its outer periphery except for the back side of the rotation center region R and made of a light shielding resin material, and is driven to be rotated through a driving unit 2; a display board 3 which is disposed behind the pointer 6, is apart from the cover member 62 with a predetermined gap part S intervening, and includes a light passing part 33 corresponding to the rotation center region R; and a light source 5 disposed behind the display board 3, for generating the illumination light, wherein a leakage light prevention part 634 for suppressing a light leakage from the gap part S is provided on the back side (back side of a pedestal part 632) of the rotation center region R except
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fujita, Tsuyoshi Sakai, Kiyoshi Nishimura