Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd

Mikio Domoto

Shinichi Nakano

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Tadashi Nomura

Taro Iwamoto

Makoto Baino

Shoichi Bamba

Katsushi Ono

A straddle-type vehicle which turns while a vehicle body is banked to a first side in a vehicle width direction around a predetermined angular displacement center, comprises a head lamp which irradiates a head lamp irradiation region set to be forward relative to the vehicle body; a first auxiliary lamp which irradiates a first auxiliary lamp irradiation region set to be forward relative to the head lamp irradiation region, in a region which is inward with respect to a turning direction; and a second auxiliary lamp which irradiates a second auxiliary lamp irradiation region set to be forward relative to the first auxiliary lamp irradiation region, in the region which is inward with respect to the turning direction, wherein a distance between the second auxiliary lamp and the angular displacement center is less than a distance between the first auxiliary lamp and the angular displacement center.

Straddle-type vehicle

To provide a headlight device, in which a change of the region of illumination afforded by the headlamp can be initiated substantially punctual to the start of cornering of the motorcycle, the headlight device includes a headlamp for illuminating forwardly of the motorcycle, a light-distribution adjusting mechanism for changing a region of illumination, a bank angle detecting unit for detecting a bank angle &#x3b4; of the motorcycle in reference to an angular velocity &#x3c9;y about a vertical axis of the motorcycle, an angular velocity &#x3c9;r about a longitudinal axis of the motorcycle and a motorcycle velocity v, and a light-distribution controller for controlling the light-distribution adjusting mechanism based on the detected bank angle &#x3b4; to change the region of illumination into an area further away from and at least inwardly of a direction of turn of the motorcycle during a cornering.

Motorcycle headlight device

To provide a vehicle headlight assembly designed to increase the productivity, the vehicle headlight assembly includes a light projecting group () accommodated within a casing () and including a plurality of light projecting units (). Each of the light projecting units () in turn includes a light emitting element (), and a support member (A,B) supported by and within the casing (). The support members (A,B) of each light projecting units () cooperatively form a single holder (A,B).

Vehicle headlight assembly and motorcycle utilizing the same

A headlight device () for motor vehicle includes a plurality of headlight units (and). At least one of those headlight units is a movable headlight unit () having a light distribution adjusting mechanism () for changing a range of illumination during a cornering of the motor vehicle.

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Kakogawa, Japan

Mikio Domoto