Vehicle lamp system with vertically adjustable optical axis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10399481
APP PUB NO 20170028903A1
SERIAL NO

15221853

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A vehicle lamp system includes a high-beam lamp unit that can form a high-beam light-distribution pattern, a leveling mechanism that vertically adjusts an optical axis of the high-beam lamp unit, and a control unit that controls on/off of the high-beam lamp unit and controls the leveling mechanism. Upon the engine being started, the control unit controls the high-beam lamp unit to turn on for a predetermined period of time in a state in which the leveling unit adjusts the optical axis of the lamp unit to aim more vertically downward than in normal operation.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mochizuki, Kiyotaka Shizuoka, JP 34 291
Nakagawa, Takatoshi Toyota, JP 6 22
Takagaki, Tatsuya Nisshin, JP 15 148
Uchida, Hideki Shizuoka, JP 122 1278
Uesugi, Atsushi Shizuoka, JP 7 9

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