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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Shigeyuki Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuhito Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Hori, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A headlamp in which a frame memberis supported on a lamp bodyin a vertically swingable fashion, and a lighting device unitis supported on said frame memberin a horizontally swingable fashion. A control unitcontrols the circular movement of said frame memberand said lighting device unitin accordance with vehicle running conditions. With such a construction, a beam emitted from said lighting device unitmay be vertically and horizontally varied in its direction in accordance with vehicle running conditions.