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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1988
Hiroki Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuki Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiichi Tajima, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Kurita, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Wada, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyoshi Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automotive illumination system with which, when steering the vehicle around a curve or corner, both the path along which the vehicle is to travel and the direction straight ahead of the vehicle are sufficiently illuminated. Four headlamps are provided. Two of the headlamps, preferably the outer two, have directions of illumination fixed in the straight-ahead direction of the vehicle. The other two headlamps have directions of illumination which are controlled in accordance with the steering angle of the vehicle.