公开(公告)号：US20220355728A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17764987

申请日：2020-09-28

申请人： STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

发明人： Wataru NAKASHIMA ,  Yasushi KITA ,  Takako KIMURA ,  Kouki KUDO ,  Akihisa KUMAKURA ,  Hidetaka OKADA ,  Shuto OYAMA

IPC分类号： B60Q1/38 ,  H05B45/10 ,  F21S43/14

摘要： To reduce a sense of discomfort during sequential blinking. A lighting controller for a vehicular lamp to control lighting of the vehicular lamp, where the lighting controller is configured to carry out control of moving a bright spot within the light emitting region in a predetermined direction, the bright spot obtained by lighting on a partial region of a light emitting region of the vehicular lamp, and during that time, the bright spot is moved so as to partially overlap a first region which is a partial region corresponding to the bright spot during a first period and a second region which is a partial region corresponding to the bright spot during a second period which follows the first period.

公开(公告)号：US20220250537A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17591685

申请日：2022-02-03

申请人： Kolawole Balogun

发明人： Kolawole Balogun

IPC分类号： B60Q1/34 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  F21S43/14 ,  F21S43/241

摘要： The present invention relates to a vehicle U-turn indicator system to alert other motorists, cyclists and pedestrians of a potential U-turn made by a vehicle. The indicator is an inverted “U” shaped device having LED lights configured to blink in a running manner from one end to other and vice versa. The blinking of LED lights in one direction indicates U-turn of the vehicle in one direction (i.e. left) and in another direction indicates a U-turn of the vehicle in another direction (i.e. right). The indicator can be mounted to the front and rear of the vehicle in addition to side mirrors. An actuator is used for activating the U-turn indicator in a preferred direction.

公开(公告)号：US20220242304A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17616130

申请日：2020-06-02

申请人： Third Eye Design, Inc.

发明人： David R. WERNER ,  David ZIMA

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B60Q1/44 ,  A42B3/04

摘要： An auxiliary lighting system for a helmet operable with a lighting system of a vehicle comprising a vehicle brake light, comprised of a helmet portion and a vehicle portion. The helmet portion is comprised of a helmet lighting unit, a microcontroller in communication with the helmet brake light, and a helmet transceiver in communication with the microcontroller. The vehicle portion is comprised of a supporting body, a vehicle transceiver, and an accelerometer joined to the supporting body and in communication with the microcontroller. The microcontroller is programmed with an algorithm such that the microcontroller receives a signal indicative of the relative position of the accelerometer, determines the performance capability of the accelerometer in detecting acceleration of the vehicle with respect to the Earth based upon the signal indicative of the position of the accelerometer, and presents an indication of accelerometer performance capability.

公开(公告)号：US20220055538A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17298807

申请日：2019-12-02

申请人： Rohm Co., Ltd.

发明人： Masaaki Nakayama

IPC分类号： B60Q11/00 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B62J6/056 ,  H05B45/58

摘要： A lamp control device comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an output terminal that is configured to be connectable to a lamp via an external switch and outputs a drive current for the lamp, an internal switch provided on a first path connecting the first input terminal and the output terminal, a constant current section provided on a second path connecting the second input terminal and the output terminal, a voltage monitoring section that monitors a voltage applied to the output terminal, and a control section that controls the internal switch on the basis of a monitoring result from the voltage monitoring section.

公开(公告)号：US11097654B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US15866757

申请日：2018-01-10

申请人： Honda Access Corp.

发明人： Kunihiko Seki ,  Kenichi Nara

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26 ,  E05B17/10 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  F21S43/20 ,  B60J5/04 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  E05B85/10 ,  E05F11/54

摘要： A door handle providing a superior visibility from both front and rear directions of a vehicle is provided. The door handle includes: an operating portion that bulges from a door outer surface, defining a space between the door outer surface and the operating portion, allowing a user to insert his or her hand into the space; a fixation portion arranged adjacent to the operating portion, including a lens as a translucent member; an outer surface provided in the lens, the outer surface having such a region that a vehicle rear side of the region is positioned outward as compared to a vehicle front side thereof; and a lighting body serving as a direction indicator allowing a transmissive illumination to be made from the inner surface side of the lens. Thus, the lens can be made visible not only from the vehicular lateral side but from the vehicular front side.

公开(公告)号：US11067437B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US15432583

申请日：2017-02-14

申请人： Feasa Enterprises Limited

发明人： Eamonn O'Toole ,  Timothy Davern ,  Michael Crowley

IPC分类号： G01J1/42 ,  B60Q11/00 ,  G01R31/26 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  G01J1/04

摘要： A method comprising optically detecting optical output states of a plurality of light sources of an optical device over a test interval; for each light source, optically detecting that the output state of the light source has changed from a first optical condition to a second optical condition; for each light source, optically detecting that the output state of the light source has changed from the second optical condition to a third optical condition; for each light source, determining a first time interval representative of the first optical condition; for each light source, determining a second time interval representative of the second optical condition; for each light source, determining a third time interval representative of the third optical condition; determining a test result for the device based on a comparison of the first, second and third time intervals with pre-stored time intervals.

公开(公告)号：US20210138981A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17153830

申请日：2021-01-20

申请人： ESS-Help, Inc.

发明人： DAVID M. TUCKER ,  DANIEL ANTHONY TUCKER ,  JOHN ZACHARIAH COBB ,  JONATHAN TORKELSON ,  DENVER KIMBERLIN ,  DEVENDER NATH MAURYA

IPC分类号： B60R16/023 ,  B60Q1/46 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B60Q1/44 ,  B60Q1/00

摘要： A system for implementing strobing of existing vehicle hazard lights including an interface to a vehicle wiring harness configured to receive input to an existing vehicle flasher module, and a strobing circuit that responds to an activation signal from the vehicle wiring harness that is indicative of a hazard flasher deployment event by producing an electrical output through the interface to the vehicle wiring harness that causes a strobing of existing vehicle hazard lamps.

公开(公告)号：US10926693B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16606865

申请日：2017-04-27

申请人： Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ,  Renault S.A.S.

发明人： Yohei Taniguchi ,  Tatsuya Shino ,  Shuko Ishimaru ,  Atsushi Ito

IPC分类号： B60Q1/40 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B60W30/12

摘要： A direction indicator is configured to start blinking in response to an operation of a driver of a subject vehicle and automatically turn off after a first blinking time elapses. When the subject vehicle changes lanes in an automated or autonomous manner due to the operation of the driver, a control apparatus is used to extend the first blinking time to a second blinking time longer than the first blinking time and control the direction indicator to automatically turn off.

公开(公告)号：US10912176B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-02

申请号：US16434708

申请日：2019-06-07

申请人： KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

发明人： Takeshi Masuda ,  Shigeyuki Watanabe ,  Hajime Takeda ,  Akihito Horikawa ,  Masaaki Nakabayashi ,  Yusuke Nakada ,  Osamu Endo

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  H05B47/105 ,  F21V23/00 ,  F21S41/00 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60Q1/38 ,  B60Q1/24 ,  B60Q1/34 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/28 ,  B60Q1/30 ,  B60Q1/32

摘要： A vehicle lamp has a roof unit. The roof unit includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The roof unit is arranged at a roof part of a vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20200324690A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-15

申请号：US16714429

申请日：2019-12-13

申请人： Brian L. Centerbar

发明人： Brian L. Centerbar

IPC分类号： B60Q1/34 ,  B60D1/62 ,  B60D1/07 ,  A01B59/06 ,  B66D1/28 ,  B60D1/58 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q1/30 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/38

摘要： A recovery tool configured to attach to the rear or front a vehicle with a receiver hitch class III and up to provide interconnect and control between the vehicle and various accessory tools necessary to perform lift, drag, tow and pull using the vehicle. The recovery tool has a head gear connected to a hitch attachment where the hitch attachment connects the recovery tool to the vehicle. The recovery tool has lights for signaling, work lights, and other uses. The recovery tool can be controlled by a wireless controller. The recovery tool is adaptable to three-point tractor implement. The recovery tool may further include a hydraulic unit and can endure heavy mechanical work to perform dragging snow or dirt, road cleaning, driveway scraping, towing and recovery, search and rescue operation, pull boat docks and launch boats, dragging logs or broken articles as well as jump start truck or car.