| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D315218 |
Signal lamp for automobiles |
March 5, 1991 |
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| D314244 |
Auxiliary vehicle stop light |
January 29, 1991 |
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| 5029052 |
Vanity mirror with lamp |
July 2, 1991 |
| 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 |
| 4930367 |
Perpendicularly intersecting gear device |
June 5, 1990 |
| 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 be |
| 4922389 |
Headlight device for vehicle |
May 1, 1990 |
| 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 |
| 4920460 |
Self-illuminated grill for motor vehicles |
April 24, 1990 |
| 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 |
| 4918580 |
Vehicle headlamp |
April 17, 1990 |
| 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, eac |
| 4916589 |
Mounting structure for automobile lamp |
April 10, 1990 |
| 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 th |
| 4916587 |
Tilting device of vehicle headlight |
April 10, 1990 |
| 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 t |
| 4916585 |
Headlight device for vehicle |
April 10, 1990 |
| 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 |
| 4909562 |
Vanity mirror on a visor having a spring-energized, controlled-movement mirror cover |
March 20, 1990 |
| 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 |
| 4903173 |
Headlight device |
February 20, 1990 |
| 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 mir |
| 4895693 |
Headlight of motor vehicle |
January 23, 1990 |
| 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 inclu |
| 4893916 |
Automatically stored vehicle mirror |
January 16, 1990 |
| 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, |
| 4885669 |
Headlight device for vehicle |
December 5, 1989 |
| 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 sid |
| 4881152 |
Headlight for automobile |
November 14, 1989 |
| 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 adju |
| 4879491 |
Electric lamp assembly |
November 7, 1989 |
| 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 ba |
| 4875141 |
Headlight for vehicle |
October 17, 1989 |
| 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 th |
| 4868720 |
Road surface-sensitive beam pattern leveling system for a vehicle headlamp |
September 19, 1989 |
| A motorcycle headlamp capable of emitting a light beam with a beam pattern calculated to provide optimum forward illumination. In order to maintain the beam pattern in a level position about the lamp axis despite the lateral tipping of the motorcycle, at least one road sensor is employed |
| 4864183 |
Electric lamp assembly having improved mechanical connection between light bulb and molded plast |
September 5, 1989 |
| A lamp assembly having a molded plastic holder body for holding a light bulb in position thereon. The light bulb has a flat base encircled by a holder band which has bulb retainer lugs resiliently engaging the bulb base under their own bias. The holder band inclusive of the bulb retainer |
| 4862337 |
Automotive lamp assembly |
August 29, 1989 |
| Herein disclosed is an automotive headlamp assembly of a so-called ventilation type. The assembly comprises a body structure having an open chamber formed therein, a lens attached to the body structure to cover the open chamber thereby to form in the body structure an enclosed chamber, a |
| 4862329 |
Vehicular headlamp |
August 29, 1989 |
| Herein disclosed is a vehicular headlamp which comprises a concave light reflector having a focus and a light ray converging point, the converging point being positioned in front of the focus with respect to the reflector; a first light source located on the focus; a second light sou |
| 4857794 |
Single-filament headlamp unit capable of throwing both upper and lower beams |
August 15, 1989 |
| A lamp unit having a single-filament bulb disposed at a first focus of an ellipsoidal or like reflector which has a second focus disposed farther away therefrom than is the first focus. Disposed opposite the reflector, a converging lens has its focus in the vicinity of the second focus o |
| 4855877 |
Combination lamp assembly of monochromatic appearance capable of glowing in different colors |
August 8, 1989 |
| A combination lamp assembly suitable to be mounted to the rear of a motor vehicle, comprising a lamp housing defining two or more lighting compartments each having at least one light source mounted therein. In one embodiment the front ends of two lighting compartments are closed by r |
| 4843523 |
Headlight device |
June 27, 1989 |
| A headlight device including a movable member connected to a stationary supporting member at spaced apart three points, at two of said three points said movable member being connected respectively to the stationary supporting member through aiming mechanisms which enable to change the |
| 4839785 |
Headlight mounting device |
June 13, 1989 |
| A headlight mounting device for mounting a headlight of a body of a vehicle such as an automobile and includes between the vehicle body and the headlight a stationary pivot means and two movable pivot means with each pivot means pivotally supports the headlight with respect to the vehicl |
| 4833573 |
Headlight for vehicle |
May 23, 1989 |
| A headlight for use in a vehicle and of the type including a light source and a lens which are rotatable around the optical axis of the light source and the lens to define the inclination of the distribution of the light beam in the transverse directions. The light source and the lens ar |
| 4831506 |
Dual purpose lamp assembly for use, for example, as a combined fog and cornering lamp on a motor |
May 16, 1989 |
| A lamp assembly capable of functioning both as a fog lamp and a cornering lamp on a motor vehicle, comprising a fixed reflector within a housing, a movable reflector positioned forwardly of the fixed reflector, and a light bulb mounted to the fixed reflector and extending forwardly there |
| 4831502 |
Headlight device |
May 16, 1989 |
| A headlight device of the type including a lamp body formed of a synthetic resin material, a lens covering the front surface of the lamp body, an electric bulb provided in a lamp space defined between the lamp body and the lens, and a clearance lamp provided adjacent to one side edge of |
| 4831501 |
Reduced temperature lamp assembly suitable for use as a supplemental high mounted stop lamp on a |
May 16, 1989 |
| A plastic lamp housing is molded in one piece with two cantilevers extending forwardly from its rear wall for supporting a metal made reflector and a light bulb out of direct contact with all the inside surfaces of the lamp housing. The reflector thermally covers at least the top and |
| 4827388 |
Dual purpose lamp assembly of improved light distribution for use, for example, as a combined fo |
May 2, 1989 |
| A lamp assembly capable of functioning both as fog lamp and cornering lamp on a motor vehicle, comprising a fixed reflector within a housing, a movable reflector positioned forwardly of the fixed reflector, and a light bulb mounted to the fixed reflector via a bulb holder, with the bulb |
| 4812703 |
Electric lamp assembly |
March 14, 1989 |
| An electric lamp assembly which includes a bulb unit having a rectangularly shaped hermetic seal portion through which lead wires from a filament extend to the outside of the bulb unit, a bulb holder having a rectangularly looped band portion which grips the hermetic seal portion of |
| 4794612 |
Metal ion laser |
December 27, 1988 |
| A metal ion laser includes a glass tube, a hollow cathode installed in the glass tube, a plurality of anodes arranged on the glass tube, a pair of Brewster windows fixed to both end of the glass tube, at least one of reservoir recessed in the glass tube for storing a metal material to be |
| 4769574 |
Incandescent lamp with a metal coupling to a plastic lamp base for automotive headlamp and like |
September 6, 1988 |
| For coupling a halogen incandescent lamp to a plastic lamp base in correct positional relationship, a sheet-metal lamp holder is rigidly engaged with a hermetic end seal of the lamp, and a sheet-metal sleeve is anchored in the lamp base. The sleeve has several connecting fingers extendin |
| 4764854 |
Mounting device for replaceable lamp assembly on reflector enclosure |
August 16, 1988 |
| A mounting device for mounting a replaceable lamp assembly having a flanged plug portion on a reflector enclosure. A generally tubular mounting tube is integrally projecting rearwards of the enclosure for receiving the lamp assembly and has a plurality of radially outwardly extending and |
| 4764852 |
Power circuit arrangement for illuminating a vanity mirror built into a visor |
August 16, 1988 |
| A vanity mirror mounted to a vehicular visor via a mirror frame of electrically insulating material has a pair of illuminating lamps on its opposite sides. The lamps have their opposite polarity terminals electrically coupled to, and mechanically supported by, a pair of sheet-metal p |
| 4744172 |
Apparatus for reciprocally moving window panel |
May 17, 1988 |
| A vehicle window panel regulating device comprising: a guide rail rigidly connected to a frame of the window and including a vertically extending linear portion and a bent portion connected to the lower end of the linear portion, a bracket connected to the window panel and slidable along |
| 4722023 |
Lamp assembly for emitting a beam of light at an angle to its optical axis |
January 26, 1988 |
| A lamp assembly is disclosed as adapted for use as a supplemental high mounted stop lamp for motor vehicles. A lamp body has a paraboloidal reflector for producing parallel rays of light from a source mounted therein. For reducing the axial dimension of the lamp body to a minimum, a |
| 4710938 |
Metal ion laser protected against the deposition of metal vapor on brewster windows |
December 1, 1987 |
| A helium-cadmium ion laser is disclosed which has a tubular housing hermetically closed at both ends by Brewster windows and having a hollow cathode mounted therein. Disposed outside the hollow cathode and open to its interior are a row of primary anodes and a row of metal chambers c |
| 4707017 |
Adjustable height windshield apparatus for motorcycles |
November 17, 1987 |
| For adjustably moving a motorcycle windshield up and down with respect to a motorcycle cowling, there are employed a pair of drive ball assemblies each comprising a series of rigid plastic balls strung on a length of wire. The drive ball assemblies are slidably received in respective gui |
| 4701925 |
Electric control system for a metal ion laser |
October 20, 1987 |
| A He-Cd ion laser of the type having a series of anodes open to the interior of a hollow cathode, a series of metal chambers containing a supply of Cd to be vaporized, and a heater for heating the metal chambers for vaporizing the Cd supply. For holding constant the Cd vapor pressure |
| 4695259 |
Waterproof lamp socket construction |
September 22, 1987 |
| A waterproof socket construction suitable for use in connecting an electric bulb to a lamp body therethrough on a motor vehicle. Included is a socket body having defined therethrough an axial hollow comprising a larger diameter portion extending rearwardly from the front end of the socke |
| 4668480 |
7C apparatus for forming crystalline films of compounds |
May 26, 1987 |
| Two or more crucibles containing different source materials to be vaporized are arranged concentrically, with their mouths open to a vapor chamber defined by an open top envelope within a vacuum housing. The vacuum housing is evacuated while the vapor chamber is held open. Then, with the |
| 4662981 |
Method and apparatus for forming crystalline films of compounds |
May 5, 1987 |
| Two or more crucibles containing different source materials to be vaporized are arranged concentrically, with their mouths open to a vapor chamber defined by an open top envelope within a vacuum housing. The vacuum housing is evacuated while the vapor chamber is held open. Then, with the |
| 4656780 |
Apparatus for reciprocably moving a desired object such as a vehicle window panel |
April 14, 1987 |
| An apparatus for reciprocably moving a desired object is disclosed as adapted for use as a vehicle door window regulator. Included is a drive ball assembly comprising a series of balls of a rigid plastic or like material threaded on a wire or like flexible, nonextensible member. One |
| 4652979 |
Lamp assembly for emitting a beam of light at an angle to its optical axis |
March 24, 1987 |
| A lamp assembly is disclosed as adapted for use as a supplemental high mounted stop lamp to be installed just interiorly of a steeply slanting rear window of a motor vehicle. A lamp housing has a light source disposed therein, and two generally planar lens members are mounted at the open |
| 4639839 |
Vehicular lighting device having a power driven lamp cover |
January 27, 1987 |
| A vehicular lamp assembly such as a combined fog and cornering lamp has a lamp cover mounted to its housing for pivotal movement between an open position, where the lamp cover uncovers the front lens of the lamp housing, and a closed position where the lamp cover covers the front lens. |
| 4547838 |
Electric lamp assembly with a molded plastic base |
October 15, 1985 |
| 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 |
| 4494420 |
Rotary-to-linear converter mechanism for a remotely controlled rearview mirror tilting device or |
January 22, 1985 |
| A remotely controlled rearview mirror tilting device comprises two identical mechanisms, mounted within a housing, for converting the bidirectional rotation of motor-driven worms into rectilinear reciprocation of plungers in order to tilt a mirror holder relative to the housing about |
| 4324623 |
Method and apparatus for replenishing an electroplating bath with metal to be deposited |
April 13, 1982 |
| For replenishing a plating bath with copper or other metal to be electrodeposited with the use of an insoluble anode, scrap metal such as copper wires is received in a makeup tank, into which are passed the gases generated within the plating tank with the progress of electroplating o |
