242results about "Sun roofs" patented technology

An object is to provide a light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants and has high emission efficiency. In one embodiment of the present invention, a light-emitting device, a light-emitting module, a light-emitting display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. Attention is paid to Förster mechanism, which is one of mechanisms of intermolecular energy transfer. Efficient energy transfer by Förster mechanism is achieved by making an emission wavelength of a molecule which donates energy overlap with a local maximum peak on the longest wavelength side of a graph obtained by multiplying an absorption spectrum of a molecule which receives energy by a wavelength raised to the fourth power.

Certain example embodiments relate to a vehicle window (e.g., sunroof). Side-firing LEDs are provided between first and second substantially parallel substrates and emit light towards central regions of the window. A liquid-crystal inclusive switchable film is provided between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystals are sized such that light received from the LEDs is redirected in a direction substantially normal to major surfaces of the first and second substrates. The switchable film is operable in at least first and second modes, with the window in the first mode having a visible transmission of less than 1%, and with the window in the second mode having a visible transmission of 7-15%. The switchable film and the LEDs are operable independently of one another in connection with the LEDs emitting light and the switchable film controlling visible transmission therethrough.

The invention relates to the technical field of car window glass, in particular to car window glass capable of emitting light. The car window glass comprises a first transparent plate, a first transparent binding layer, a flexible transparent substrate, a second transparent binding layer and a second transparent plate which are sequentially stacked from top to bottom. The car window glass is characterized in that the second transparent binding layer and the second transparent plate are the same in refractive index, the refractive index of the second transparent binding layer is larger than that of the flexible transparent substrate, and a linear light source is arranged on the lateral edge of the second transparent plate; incident light of the linear light source is made to come in from the lateral edge of the second transparent plate and / or the lateral edge of the second transparent binding layer and to be guided and transmitted between the second transparent plate and the second transparent binding layer; and a scattering layer for scattering the incident light of the linear light source is arranged on the lower surface of the flexible transparent substrate. The car window glass has the advantages that the production process is simple, repeating precision is high, and product stability is good.

A peripheral illumination device for a vehicle component includes at least one light guide, and an enclosure for guiding the at least one light guide. The at least one light guide is securely mounted in the enclosure via a fixed support at a predefined location and has two ends which are movably mounted in relation to the enclosure.

The invention relates to a luminous glass panel, including: at least one substrate consisting of at least one preferably transparent glass element, in particular at least one transparent sheet; at least one radiation source; at least one means for extracting the radiation, said extraction means being arranged so as to create a luminous area, said extraction means consisting of at least one fibrous layer.

A sunroof panel apparatus for a vehicle includes a pair of sheets of transparent glass, a pair of transparent interlayers, and a plurality of electro-luminescent (EL) sheets. The transparent interlayers are enclosed between the sheets of transparent glass. The EL sheets are enclosed between the transparent interlayers and each EL sheet has electrode layers with terminals. The terminals are electrically connected through a variable resister and a power supply.

A vehicle roof structure which can regulate the quantity of lighting while ensuring appearance quality when viewed from the compartment. When a roll shade is arranged at a retreat position, incident light penetrates a glass roof thence penetrates a supporting member and a closing member exhibiting translucency and finally penetrates an opaque skin material exhibiting translucency. Since the opaque skin material covers a ceiling matrix on the inside of the compartment and closes the ceiling opening continuously from the inside of the compartment, if a roll shade is arranged at the light shielding position, the ceiling opening cannot be distinguished easily by a crewman when the crewman looks the vehicle roof side from the inside of the compartment and it is recognized as continuous interior.

A laminated glazing comprising two panes of glazing material joined together by at least one ply o f interlayer material, an electrical device (e.g. an electroluminescent lamp, an LCD or an SPD) located between the panes of glazing material and an infrared radiation reflecting means (e.g. reflective film) also located between the panes for reducing the amount of infrared radiation that may otherwise be incident upon the electrical device. One or more of the panes of glazing material and / or the at least one ply of interlayer material may be body-tinted. The glazing may be used as an automotivewindow, especially as a roof window.

A sunshade for use in a vehicle is provided including a core having at least one opening extending there through. A layer of material is positioned adjacent at least a first surface of the core. The sunshade also includes a light generation system arranged to direct light through the at least one opening.

The present invention provides a lighting assembly wherein a trim ring, containing a lighting assembly, is mounted on a vehicle headliner. The lighting assembly contains a lighting element having a light engine. The light engine having a housing and a light source mounted within the housing. The housing optionally containing a circuit board adapted to control light emitting from the light source. The light source contained within the housing may either be an LED or a traditional light bulb. The light source may optionally be colored, or textured, to provide unique ambient mood light options. The assembly further provides a light pipe having at least one light pipe aperture. The lighting element positioned adjacent, or connected to, the light pipe aperture. The light source in the lighting element directs light down the light pipe thereby creating a uniform output of light along the light pipe. Light from the light pipe is directed into the vehicle interior, mainly onto the vehicle headliner, thereby creating ambient mood lighting within the automotive interior.

An illumination device for producing a light strip along a predetermined distance includes light sources and light conductors, wherein light of a first one of the light sources is distributable along a first section of the distance by a first one of the light conductors up to an end region of the first light conductor, wherein light of a second one of the light sources is distributable along a second section of the distance by a second one of the light conductors up to an end region of the second light conductor, and wherein the end region of the first light conductor and the end region of the second light conductor are arranged adjacent one another along the distance.

The invention relates to a luminous glass panel which includes: at least two glass elements, in particular at least two transparent sheets of glass; optionally at least one lamination insert between the two glass elements; at least one waveguide element, on one surface of the lamination insert and / or between the two glass elements, said waveguide element having a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the adjacent insert and / or glass elements; at least one source of radiation, in particular positioned on the edge of the glass panel such as to illuminate the waveguide element via the edge surface thereof; at least one means for extracting the radiation, consisting of at least one fibrous structure, said structure advantageously being in the form of at least one fabric, said structure or said extraction means being placed at the centre of the waveguide element.

The present invention relates to an illuminated glass panel for a vehicle, comprising: a first sheet of inorganic or organic glass; a peripheral light source a supporting profile member, referred to as a source holder, the emitting area or surface of the source being opposite the so-called injection section of the first sheet, in order to propagate the injected light within the body of the first sheet, the first sheet then guiding the injected light; and a means for extracting the guided light in order to form at least one illuminated area, the source holder being in a recess surrounded by material and covered with a cover, the cover and the source holder being detachable from the glass panel. The invention also relates to the manufacture of said glass panel.

The invention discloses an automobile skylight optical structure with light effects of both lighting and color atmospheres and belongs to the technical field of automobile skylight optics. The automobile skylight optical structure with the light effects of both lighting and color atmospheres comprises skylight glass, wherein a fixed light shielding bracket frame is fixedly connected with the lowerend of the skylight glass; the lower end of the skylight glass is coated by a light shielding black ink corresponding to the fixed light shielding bracket frame; the fixed light shielding bracket frame is completely shielded by the light shielding black ink; protection glass is fixedly connected with the lower end of the fixed light shielding bracket frame; a light diffusion medium ring is arranged between the skylight glass and the protection glass; light guide glass is fixedly connected with the lower end of the light diffusion medium ring. A uniform surface light emission source is provided by a skylight, and a projection surface light source is adopted to form uniform in-vehicle light, so that the uniformity of in-vehicle space illuminance is improved, an optical scene effect of an in-vehicle space multimedia dynamic colorful atmosphere is improved, and the phenomenon of bright zones and dark zones caused by a conventional lateral entrance optical structure is solved.

A covering device to be fastened opposite an opening of a motor vehicle and comprises at least one element which is fastened on the circumference of the opening, wherein a covering unit is displaced in an expansion direction between a storage position, in which the covering unit is released from the opening, and a covering position, in which the covering unit is extended opposite the opening, wherein the covering unit comprises a network of optical fibers having lateral light scattering. The network of optical fibers is supplied with light by at least one light source which is fastened on the element and, in order to supply the network of optical fibers with light, can illuminate ends of the optical fibers of the network in at least one illuminating position of the covering unit.

A vehicle trim assembly is provided that includes a proximity sensor, a first conductive trim component located near the proximity sensor, a second conductive trim component located near the proximity sensor, and a conductive tower formed on the first conductive trim component and electrically coupled to the second trim component to form a conductive path between the trim components and electrical ground.

The invention relates to skylight glass for adjusting the atmosphere in a vehicle, which comprises a first glass plate, an adhesive layer, a flexible sheet body layer and a second glass plate which are sequentially laminated from top to bottom, a light source is arranged at the side edge of the second glass plate, the refractive index of the second glass plate is larger than that of the flexible sheet body layer, the lower surface of the flexible sheet body layer is provided with a reflecting pattern, the boundary of the flexible sheet body layer is contracted inwards by 3-30mm relative to theboundary of the second glass plate, the adhesive layer and the second glass plate are jointly sealed and coated with the flexible sheet body layer, and the lower surface of the flexible sheet body layer is tightly attached to the upper surface of the second glass plate. The reflecting pattern is directly made on the flexible sheet body layer, so that the reflecting pattern can be better attachedto the glass model with a small curvature and a large arch height, the lower surface of the flexible sheet body layer is tightly attached to the upper surface of the second glass plate, the reflectingpattern is directly contacted with the upper surface of the second glass plate, therefore, the formed planar light source has obvious luminous effect and can create good in-vehicle atmosphere.

An interior lamp is provided for illuminating an interior of a vehicle having a glass surface, particularly a glass roof. At least one such interior lamp is integrated in the laminated glass of the glass surface.

An illumination structure of the present invention is an illumination structure that lights a sunshade or a glass roof. The illumination structure includes: a frame-like first bracket coupled to a headliner along the circumferential edge of a headliner opening for reinforcing the headliner opening; a frame-like second bracket coupled to the first bracket so as to be overlaid on the back side of the first bracket for reinforcing the headliner opening in cooperation with the first bracket; and a light emitter held between the first bracket and the second bracket. Light from the light emitter is emitted through a gap between the first bracket and the second bracket.

A vehicle interior light assembly is provided. The assembly includes a housing having a light support and a cover door. The assembly also includes a portable lighting device including a light source and a plurality of reconfigurable legs to support the lighting device. The lighting device installs onto the light support within the housing to serve as a vehicle interior light and is removable from the housing for use as a portable accessory light.

An artistic lighting module and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The artistic lighting module comprises at least one transparent panel, at least one light source, and a reflective layer. The light source is disposed at one end of the transparent panel, and the reflecting layer has an artistic pattern. The light rays inputted into the transparent panel are reflected by the reflective layer and outputted through the second surface, such that a lighting pattern corresponding to the artistic pattern is formed on a second surface of transparent panel.

A seat illuminating system (101D) for, in particular sunlight-like, illuminating a target region (144) comprises a seat arrangement (140) having a seat surface (142A). The target region (144) is defined for a person sitting on the seat surface (142A). The seat illuminating system (101D) comprises further a mounting structure (150A) being spatially fixed with respect to the seat arrangement (140); a reflector unit (106) mounted at the mounting structure (150A) and comprising a reflective surface and a luminous layer for homogenously emitting diffuse light at a first color, the luminous layer extending in front of the reflective surface and comprising a visible front area section (110A) of the reflector unit (106). The seat illuminating system (101D) comprises further a light projector (102) mounted at the mounting structure (150A) and configured to generate a light beam (103) adapted in size for comprehensively illuminating the visible front area section (110A) such that at least a portion of the light beam (103) passes through the luminous layer before and after being reflected by the reflective surface, thereby forming an illuminating light beam (103A) at a second color directed onto the target region (144).

A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of glazing material having an exposed surface and a light emitting diode devicea) other than an auxiliary stop lamp adhesively attached to the exposed surface of the pane of glazing material, orb) in the form of an auxiliary stop lamp adhesively attached to the exposed surface of the pane of glazing material, the lamp comprising a substrate having a functional surface on which a plurality of light emitting diodes is provided, and which is provided with a layer of transparent encapsulant to cover the light emitting diodesis disclosed. A process for the production of such a vehicle glazing comprising applying adhesive to a surface of the vehicle glazing, positioning the light emitting diode device with respect to the pane of glazing material and activating the adhesive is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a light-up window for a vehicle, comprising a first sheet of transparent glass (1) with a first main surface (11), a second main surface (12), and a cut (13), one or a plurality light-emitting diode modules (LED modules) (8) each comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (3) and associated electronic components fastened onto a printed circuit board (PCB), the modules being positioned so that the emitting surface (31) of the LEDs faces the cut (13) of the first glass sheet, a means of encapsulation (4) in contact with the first main surface (11) of the first sheet, a light-extracting element (7) preferably located on one of the main surfaces of the first glass sheet, characterized in that it further comprises a heat-dissipating element (6), which is in thermally conductive contact with the LED module, in contact with the means of encapsulation (4) and in contact with the atmosphere via a thermal exchange surface (S).

A plastic glazing of a window of a vehicle having a light feature includes a first vehicle window glazing component, a second vehicle window glazing component molded onto the first vehicle window glazing component, and a light unit configured to produce light for the light feature. The light unit being integrated with at least one of the following: the first vehicle window glazing component and the second vehicle window glazing component. The light unit further configured to direct the light for the light feature through or from at least one of the following: the first vehicle window glazing component and the second vehicle window glazing component. The plastic glazing is a one-piece molded plastic construction. At least one of the first vehicle window glazing component and the second vehicle window glazing component is translucent or transparent

The invention relates to skylight glass with adjustable starry-sky decorative atmosphere lamps. The skylight glass is sequentially laminated with a first glass layer, a first adhesive layer, a PDLC dimming film, a second adhesive layer, an electromagnetic shielding film, a third adhesive layer, an LED lamp film, a fourth adhesive layer and a second glass layer in the thickness direction, the electromagnetic shielding film comprises a flexible transparent substrate and a nano-silver conductive film body, the nano-silver conductive film body is attached to the flexible transparent substrate, thesize of the square resistance of the nano-silver conductive film is 2-8 omega / square, and the overall size of the nano-silver conductive film is greater than that of the LED lamp film. The skylight glass combines two photoelectric functions of the dimming technology and the LED luminescence technology simultaneously, and an electromagnetic shielding functional film that can shield low-frequency alternating magnetic field is added between the PDLC dimming film and the LED lamp film, so that the problem that LED lamp beads are mistakenly lit is effectively solved.

The present invention relates to an illuminated glazing for a vehicle, including: a first transparent glass sheet (1) having a first main surface (11), a second main surface (12) and an edge surface; a second transparent glass sheet (2) having a first main surface (21), a second main surface (22) and an edge surface; a laminate insert (3) in adhesive contact with the second main surface (12) of the first sheet (1) and with the first main surface (21) of the second sheet (2); one or more light-emitting diode modules (LED modules) (4) which each comprise a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LED) (4) and associated electronic components attached to a holder, the modules being positioned such that the emitting surface (31) of the LEDs is opposite the edge surface (13) of the first glass sheet; and a light-extracting element, which is preferably located on one of the main surfaces of the first glass sheet.