Abstract:
A measurement device comprising a curved container containing a liquid, a first indicator that is less dense than the liquid, and a second indicator that is more dense than the liquid, where the liquid substantially fills the container so that the position of the first indicator and/or second indicator in the container relative to the reference indicia may indicate an angle-related property of the device.
Abstract:
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a lamp unit serving to irradiate a light forward, and an actuator having a single output shaft for tilting the lamp unit vertically and transversely. The lamp unit is disposed in a lamp housing formed by a lamp body and a transparent cover for covering a front surface of the lamp body. The lamp unit includes a body coupling portion to be coupled to the lamp body and an actuator coupling portion to be coupled to the actuator. The lamp body includes a lamp unit coupling portion coupled to the body coupling portion and serving to support the lamp unit tiltably in vertical and transverse directions. The actuator is supported on the lamp body and includes an output shaft for tilting the lamp unit vertically and transversely in engagement with the actuator coupling portion of the lamp unit.
Abstract:
In order to meet the legal requirements regarding color of light from a headlight, especially at the light-dark boundary and how much scattered light can occur in the dark region, a lens (5) is provided, which has a diffractive structure on at least one of its surfaces (8). This lens (5) is built into a headlight with a diaphragm (4) arranged between the lens (5) and a light source (3) so that the diffractive structure is arranged substantially only in a region of the lens surface that is not masked by the diaphragm. In various embodiments a computer-generated hologram (17a-17e) can be arranged in the other region of the lens surface that is masked by the diaphragm, so that the lighting apparatus can perform other functions, such as improving driver visibility, displaying an image, measuring the distance to an object or detecting rain or snow.
Abstract:
An exterior lighting system of a motor vehicle (10) has headlamps (12) and foglamps (14) for illuminating a field of view. The headlamps have lenses (26) through which light passes to illuminate the field of view and are constructed to alter the light that is directed within the headlamps toward upper zones (26A) of the lenses relative to light that is directed toward lower zones (26B) of the lenses when both headlamps and foglamps are shining onto the field of view so as to attenuate headlight glare that would otherwise be seen by a driver of the vehicle looking toward the field of view in the absence of the light alteration. Various embodiments of inventive headlamps are shown.
Abstract:
An alignment device for use in welding which includes a saddle style support which rests upon a first pipe. A second pipe is clamped to the saddle style support in an orientation substantially perpendicular to the first pipe upon which the saddle style support rests. The second pipe serves as a carrier member of a fitting, such as a weldolet. Cinch straps can be used with the saddle style support to facilitate welding on the underside of horizontal pipes or on vertical pipes.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a fluidic sensor of the proximity type with improved sensing range and response. The sensor generally comprises an inner and outer tubes with an annular passageway therebetween. Air or the like under a low pressure (e.g. 4 pounds per square inch) is introduced in the annular passageway. Presence of an article near the discharge end of the device causes the air to be diverted down the interior of the inner tube and such a "signal" can be used to initiate or terminate control actions. The inner tube in the present invention has a novel exterior configuration which provides increased sensitivity which allows higher recovery (signal/supply) ratios and/or sensing at greater distances than possible with the prior art.
Abstract:
This apparatus permits checking the front wheel alignment of automotive vehicles while the wheels are rotating. The front wheels are driven onto two rollers, and special hubcaps are mounted on the wheels, which carry optical devices that are centered by means of the centering holes, provided in manufacture, in outer ends of the steering spindles of the front axle of the vehicle. Each optical device includes a source of light and a lens system through which the light is transmitted to graduated screens mounted at the two sides of the vehicle. The readings on the screens will show whether the wheels are in alignment, and, if not, how much they are out of alignment. For testing camber, transparent graduated screens are pivotable into position between the wheels and the first-named screens, so that camber and ''''Toe In'''' can be read simultaneously.
Abstract:
An instrument for verifying the taper angle of a tapered bore comprising a handle portion to which a tapered probe is fixed. The tapered probe is formed so as to have a proper diametral relationship throughout its length with the tapered bore to be verified and has a plurality of radial jets therein, each corresponding to a different bore position. Coaxial passages are formed in the handle portion and the probe and a connecting rod is movable by an operator in an axial direction therein. Air is passed through an axial bore in the connecting rod for delivery to a piston at the opposite end thereof through which it is radially expelled through one of the probe radial jets. The connecting rod may be moved to predetermined positions, each corresponding to one radial jet, so that the piston may be properly aligned therewith. As the air passes through the probe radial jets, it is directed against the surface of the bore, creating a back pressure in the air system. Proper diametral sizing of the respective jets will cause equal back pressure readings to be generated when air is selectively passed through each of the radial jets, if the bore is properly tapered. If the bore is not properly tapered, the back pressure readings will vary between different radial passages.