Valeo North America, Inc.

Valeo Sylvania L.c.c.

Gte Products Corporation

Valeo Lighting Systems North America, LLC

Osram Sylvania Inc.

Robert L King

David D Egly

Kevin Dwayne Koons

Benoit M Reiss

Matthew S Colip

David Egly

Eric Molsy

Dennis Black

Dennis Wilkerson

George J English

Brant Potter

Lawrence Howard Boxler

Robert J Schmitt, Jr

Charles Crespin

Roger Schaefer

Dirk-Martin Skirha, Iii

Yakov G Soskind

Marcus M Hess

Douglas A Waltrip

Mark A Verplank

Richard J Smaglick

Frank Paul Kace, Jr

Sanders R Brott

James J Murphy

Michael T Scott

Hugh T Bradley

David Dewayne Egly

Brant J Potter

Frank Paul Kace

Robert J Schmitt

The present invention relates to wire harness and automotive component retention devices, and particularly to a mold-in retention feature in the automotive field for securing a wire harness to a light-signal housing comprising: first and second longitudinal flexible arms with engagement portions protruding from a flexible indentation or membrane on the housing where the first arm is juxtaposed opposite the second arm and where the associated arms are spaced away from each other in an open position and mate together in a closed position. The arms are configured to move from closed to open when a force is applied on the housing's backside so that depression of a flexible indentation or membrane causes associated arms to spread open and receive harness components. Furthermore, arms may move from open to closed position when an applied force is released on a flexible membrane so that a received harness component becomes secured between arms.

Mold-in cable, wire harness and component retainer

A lighting device for an automobile comprises a housing, light source for producing a light beam electrically connected to an electrical source by means of electrical wirings, an optical axis adjustment system for adjusting the optical axis of the lighting device having horizontal optical axis adjuster and vertical optical axis adjuster and a pivot point. The lighting device is also provided with an electrical wiring guiding member for guiding the electrical wiring of the lighting device, the electrical wiring guiding member is removably disposed between and attached to the horizontal optical axis adjuster and pivot point. The electrical wiring guiding member comprises attachment portions disposed on opposing ends and a wiring guiding portion disposed there between.

Automotive lighting device with an electrical wiring guiding member

The present invention relates to a headlamp's aiming apparatus, in which the headlamp's optical axis is adjustable with respect to a vehicle body, the aiming apparatus that includes a stationary member secured to a portion of the headlamp; a tiltable member attached to the stationary member via one or more adjustment shafts; and a fixed pivot shaft to allow pivotal connection with the headlamp's tiltable member. Adjustment shafts include a ball portion at a forward end portion, a drive shaft portion at a rear end portion and a flexible portion between the ball and drive shaft portions. The pivot shaft in conjunction with the adjustment shafts enable the tiltable member to tilt about a horizontal axis and a vertical axis of the headlamp to adjust the headlamp's optical axis, and the flexible portion is adapted to deflect in multiple directions to enhance accessible degrees of freedom during the headlamp's optical axis adjustments.

Aiming apparatus for automotive headlamp

A vehicle lighting system, a system, and method for an autonomous vehicle are provided. The vehicle lighting system includes a light module and a controller. The controller is configured to control a behavior of the light module to communicate an operating status of an autonomous vehicle.

Autonomous vehicle information lighting system

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle indicator lighting assembly or other lighting device for providing dual-color outputs in a lit state and an unlit state, respectively. Specifically, a color of a lighting device may be controlled such that an unlit state may communicate a desired color corresponding to a surface of a component of the lighting device. For instance, the lighting device can include a light guide having one or more decoupling regions and a bezel having one or more effecting facets arranged relative to the light guide. The light guide may be optically-coupled to a light source. The one or more effecting facets may be designed such that, when the lighting device is not illuminated by the light source, a color of a surface of the one or more effecting facets is displayed to an observer in a trailing vehicle by reflection of ambient light from an environment external to the vehicle.

Partial metallization of light guides for a binary aesthetic

Adjustable lighting apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a vehicle lighting assembly. The vehicle lighting assembly includes a plurality of optical systems each configured to output respective light beams. The vehicle lighting assembly also includes a primary adjustment part movable along a first axis. The vehicle lighting assembly also includes a plurality of levers each operatively coupled to (a) the primary adjustment part and (b) a respective one of the optical systems. The vehicle lighting assembly also includes a plurality of lever pivot points corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of levers. Movement of the adjustment part along the first axis results in cooperative movement of the plurality of optical systems.

Adjustable lighting apparatus for use with vehicles

A steerable lighting and/or optical device for a vehicle. A light source transmits a light beam to a rotating mirror which scans or points the light transversely ahead of the vehicle to create a desired beam shape. An intensity of the light source may be modulated during sweeping, including modulation to zero intensity, to control the pattern of light generated by the sweeping beam.

Vehicle lighting and/or signaling device having a steerable dynamic beam

A display system for motor vehicle comprising a display device configured to produce at least one image; and a window of said vehicle. The display device and the window are arranged such that at least a portion of the at least one image is reflected by at least a portion of the window. This allows make the portion of the image visible from outside the motor vehicle.

Display system to display outside the vehicle

A lighting device for motor vehicle comprising a light source configured to emit light rays; an optical system optically coupled to a first portion of said light rays and configured to output said first portion of the light rays to provide a vehicle lighting function; and a mask optically coupled to a second portion of said light rays. The mask is configured to pass a projecting part of said second portion of the light rays and to cut off passage of a blocked part of said second portion of the light rays such that the second portion of the light rays forms a pattern of light and shadows on a surface.

Lighting module comprising a mask using non uniform designs

A multifunction LED headlamp that utilizes a common light source and a plurality of shutter or mask members to produce a plurality of different light beam modes of operation. The plurality of shutter or mask members are generally opaque to occlude or mask light. Each of the plurality of shutter or mask members have at least one edge and the edge of a first one or the plurality of shutter or mask members cooperates with an edge of a second one of the plurality of shutter or mask members to provide or form a generally horizontal opening whose size is varied by pivoting the plurality of shutter or mask members towards or away from each other.

Multi-function LED headlamp

A vehicle headlamp () has first and second lamp components () mounted in a housing () having a wall (). The first and second components () are simultaneously adjustable from a double pivot rocker (), the double pivot rocker () being mounted to the wall () by a stationary pivot bearing (). The first and second lamp components () each have a fixed pivot bearing () fixed to the wall () and a floating pivot bearing () fixed to the double pivot rocker (). The first and second components () can be reflectors positioned in a vertical array.

Multiple headlamp adjuster linkage

A vehicular lighting adjustment system () has a housing () with at least two headlamp adjusters (), each headlamp adjuster () comprising a rocker arm () pivotally mounted about a pivot axis (X). A common adjuster () is mounted to the housing () for rotational displacement. Respective elevation tuning adjusters () bear on rocker arms () and are displaceable along the common adjuster () from an initial axial position to an adjusted axial position whereby each rocker arm () deflects about its pivot axis (X). The elevation tuning adjusters () are selectively fixed to the adjustment rod () in the adjusted axial position. After each elevation tuning adjuster () is fixed in its adjusted axial position to the common adjuster (), displacement of the common adjuster () simultaneously displaces the headlamp adjusters () by pivotal motion of the rocker arms () about their respective said pivot axes (X).

Multiple lamp element adjuster for a vehicle

A lamp assembly providing a three dimensional lamp image may be animated by driving the mirror portion with an electromechanical device responsive to a varying input signal. The three dimensional image can then be reshaped in response according to a preferred input signal.

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Seymour, IN, United States of America

Robert L King