An air flap apparatus for a motor vehicle encompasses a frame having a flowthrough opening, on which frame at least one air flap is mounted movably relative to the frame, protrudingly into the flowthrough opening or penetratingly therethrough, the at least one air flap being displaceable between a closed position and an open position in order to modify a gas quantity flowing per unit time through the flowthrough opening in the context of a predefined impinging flow, the at least one air flap decreasing a flowthrough-capable cross section of the flowthrough opening more greatly in the closed position than in the open position, the air flap apparatus further encompassing a movement drive system that is coupled in movement- and force-transferring fashion to the at least one air flap in order to drive the at least one air flap to move between the closed position and the open position, at least one air flap constituting a light-emitting air flap including a flap light guide having a light emergence surface through which light transferred in the flap light guide can emerge to the external environment of the light-emitting air flap.

A headlight with a modular projection module for enhancing illumination intensity includes a base, a lighting module, a reflective cover, a light-shielding member and a lens assembly. The base has a connection portion obliquely formed on a top of the base. The lighting module is mounted on the connection portion of the base. The reflective cover is mounted on the connection portion of the base with an inner reflective surface facing the lighting module. The lens assembly is mounted on a front portion of the base. The light-shielding member is mounted on a rear portion of the lens assembly. As the lighting module is located below a horizontal center line of the lens assembly and the connection portion of the base is obliquely arranged, the reflective cover can significantly reflect light emitted from the lighting module to enhance illumination intensity of the headlight.

A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light sources and a light guide plate configured to guide light from the plurality of light sources, the light guide plate has a light diffuser configured to diffuse the light, the light diffuser has a plurality of hole sections, the hole section passes through the light guide plate in a thickness direction thereof and includes a light guide emission surface and a light guide incident surface opposite to each other in a direction in which the light entering from one end surface advances, and a plurality of concave stripe section formed in parallel to a direction crossing with the direction in which the light advances is provided at the light guide emission surface and the light guide incident surface.

A system (90) for emitting shaped light (26) from a vehicle (10) and for projecting the shaped light (26) onto a surface (18) external to the vehicle (10), the system comprising a controller, one or more light sources and at least one light emitter, wherein the at least one light emitter is arranged to emit at least a first light signal directed towards said surface (18) external to the vehicle (10), the light emitter comprising a projection head arranged to direct light externally to the vehicle (10) and a beam shaper element, wherein the at least one light emitter is coupled to at least one of said light sources by one or more optical fibers.

An emblem for vehicles includes a substrate formed of a light-transmissive resin, the substrate having a proximal face and a distal face and a decoration layer applied to the proximal face, the decoration layer including a metalloid or a metalloid alloy deposited on the surface of the proximal face, a transparent frontal cover overlying the decoration layer, and a light source that illuminates the substrate, so that the light from the light source crosses the transparent frontal cover. This permits the emblem to maintain its metallic aspect in any lighting condition, so that the decorative function is be improved by adding illumination in appropriate conditions while preserving its 3-D image.

A vehicle headlamp control device includes a headlamp that irradiates an area in front of a vehicle, a camera that captures an image of the area in front of the vehicle, a pedestrian detection portion configured to detect a pedestrian in front of the vehicle from an image captured by the camera, and a control portion configured to control the headlamp and cause the headlamp to irradiate the pedestrian so that a given-shaped part that is not irradiated is formed at a location of an eye of the pedestrian, or a given-shaped part irradiated by dimmed light is formed at the location of the eye of the pedestrian.

A closure system for a handleless door of a motor vehicle equipped with a power release latch assembly, a power opening presenter assembly, and an illumination assembly configured to illuminate a grasp area (virtual handle) of the handleless door upon the handleless door being moved to a partially-open position via the power opening presenter assembly.

A window for a vehicle is provided herein. The window includes a light guide disposed between an outer panel and an inner panel. A light source is optically coupled with the light guide and is configured to direct excitation light towards a luminescent structure. The luminescent structure luminesces in response to receiving the excitation light. A controller is configured to illuminate the light source when an electronic device having an application thereon is in operation.

An automotive vehicle includes a headlamp housing mounted to a body of the vehicle. An airflow opening extends through the headlamp housing. A light guide coupled to the housing forms a portion of an airflow passage extending from the airflow opening into an interior of the body of the vehicle. A surface of the light guide is etched with a design extending along a length of the airflow passage. An LED light generating unit is positioned adjacent an end of the light guide to pass light from the light generating unit through the light guide that illuminates the etched design.

A method may be applied to a vehicle. The vehicle includes at least two devices to emit light that provide light energy by using a centralized light source, and each of the devices to emit light is connected to the centralized light source by using an optical waveguide. A control device in the vehicle may obtain a light-emitting instruction, where the light-emitting instruction carries information about a first optical power required by one target device to emit light of the at least two devices to emit light, or information about a first optical power required by each of a plurality of target devices to emit light; and allocate, based on the information about the first optical power, light emitted by the centralized light source, so that each target device to emit light obtains respective corresponding light by using the optical waveguide.