Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masahiko Ikegami

Kaoru Hatanaka

Akihiko Yamashita

Tsuneo Sekiguchi

Satoru Suzuki

Hideyuki Tanabe

A two-wheeled vehicle control apparatus will compute banking angle and handlebar steering angle to control the vehicle. One feature of the vehicle which is controlled is light distribution from the headlight. A dynamic center value for the headlight will be utilized in this control unless the apparatus determines this value has a low level of accuracy. The control apparatus will store certain control values for a predetermined time after the vehicle is turned off. If the vehicle is traveling in excess of a predetermined velocity, the control apparatus will modify its control of the vehicle. Further, if the velocity is less than another predetermined level and the turning of the handlebar is below a certain level, the control apparatus will stop controlling the vehicle. For example, if the vehicle is traveling over a bumpy road, the control apparatus can recognize this and accordingly modify the control of the vehicle. Finally, the control apparatus can modify the handlebar steering angle used in controlling the vehicle, if an amount of change in the steering angle exceeds a given level.

Two-wheeled vehicle control apparatus

A headlamp provided with correcting means for correcting a light distribution characteristic which is caused by an inclination of a vehicle body with respect to a road surface. An outer lens section fixed to the vehicle body is provided forwardly of a lamp body section of the projector type which is pivoted around an optical axis so as to maintain the light distribution characteristic horizontal in response to the inclination of the vehicle body, and the outer lens section has a lens cut formed thereon for diffusing a variation component of passing light to a turning direction when the car body is inclined for turning. Alternatively a light stopping plate for stopping a part of light advancing from a reflecting mirror toward a convex lens is provided at a position of a focus of the convex lens on the reflecting mirror side for tilting around an optical axis, and a bearing for tiltably supporting the light stopping plate is provided on the optical axis in a displaced relationship to the reflecting mirror side with respect to the light stopping plate.

Headlamp

An electric component for use in a motor vehicle has a casing accommodating an electric circuit therein, and a terminal holder mounted in the casing in covering relation to the open end thereof and supporting electric terminals from the electric circuit for connection to wires. The terminal holder has a tubular member projecting outwardly from the casing and vent holes defined in the tubular member for communication between the space in the casing and the exterior thereof. The tubular member is covered with a cover which provides communication between the vent holes and the exterior only when there is a pressure difference developed between the space in the casing and the exterior thereof.

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Kumamoto, Japan

Masahiko Ikegami