Cornering lamp system for vehicle
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroki Shibata, Atsushi Toda, Keiichi Tajima, Masahiro Kusagaya
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Abstract
A cornering lamp system for a vehicle which changes direction of the headlamps in conjunction with the operation of the vehicle's steering mechanism. The headlamps are moved in discrete steps by use of a stepper motor. The headlamps move in the direction which the vehicle is turning, and the headlamp closest to the center of rotation moves prior to the headlamp further from the center of rotation. A delay circuit causes the headlamps to move a predetermined period of time after the direction of the steering wheel is changed.
Claims15
A cornering lamp system in conjunction with a steering mechanism of a vehicle comprising:
- lighting means having a least a first and a second headlight;
- means for changing the direction of a irradiation beam of light transmitted from said lighting means in a stepwise manner in accordance with said steering mechanism;
- variable phase timing means for moving one of said headlights prior to moving the other headlight when said steering mechanism is operated;
- delay means for operating to provide a stepwise change of direction of said lighting means to occur out of phase with a change of direction of said steering mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.