A headlight includes a housing, a low-beam light source and a high-beam light source, a board, and an upper inner lens and a lower inner lens. The low-beam light source and the high-beam light source are each formed of an LED that is housed in the housing and radiates light. The board controls light beams emitted from the low-beam light source and the high-beam light source. The upper inner lens and the lower inner lens are provided in the housing and allow each of the light beams emitted from the low-beam light source and the high-beam light source to be transmitted through the upper inner lens and the lower inner lens toward the vehicle front side. At least part of the board is disposed to overlap with the rear side of the upper inner lens for the low-beam light source.

Provided is a front structure of a saddled vehicle having a meter unit of a less thickness and rendering meter-side and wiring-side couplers hardly visible from the outside.

The front structure includes a stem shaft rotatably mounted through a head pipe disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body frame and steerably supporting a front wheel, a top bridge coupling the stem shaft with a handle, a meter unit disposed in front of the top bridge and including a meter display on a top face of the meter unit, a meter-side coupler disposed on the meter unit, and a wiring-side coupler disposed on a side of wiring connected to the meter-side coupler, wherein the meter unit includes a coupler support member extending behind the meter display and supporting the meter-side coupler, and the coupler support member is disposed below the top bridge.

An inverted pendulum vehicle 10 is provided with a display unit 70 for illuminating a floor surface 110 surrounding a vehicle body thereof, and a display control unit 87 for controlling an illumination pattern of the display unit according to an inclination angle detected by an inclination detection unit 66, 81.

To provide a lighting apparatus arrangement for a saddle riding vehicle, allowing a predetermined illumination distance and illumination range of laser light to be easily achieved. A lighting apparatus includes a laser device, a first light guide, and a front-portion light emitting unit. The laser device emits laser light. The first light guide guides light from the laser device to any desired position. The front-portion light emitting unit is disposed at a distal end of the first light guide and irradiates areas around a vehicle with light from the first light guide. The front-portion light emitting unit is disposed at a position higher in level than a lower end of a meter unit disposed at a front portion of a vehicle body.

A bicycle safety device includes an elongated support pole having a connection unit along a bottom end, and an illumination unit along the top end. The connection unit includes any number of clamps or brackets for securing the device onto a bicycle. The illumination unit includes any number of lighting elements for producing continuous or flashing beams of visible light 360 degrees about the pole. A power unit provides the necessary power requirements to the lighting unit. A light shield is positioned beneath the illumination unit, and a spring is positioned between the pole and the connection unit.

The invention relates to an energy supply circuit (5) for a lighting module (4) for a motor-vehicle headlamp, wherein the lighting module (4) comprises a shunt resistor (R.sub.sext) and at least one light source (D1, D2, Dn) that can be electrically supplied at least partially via the shunt resistor (R.sub.sext), wherein the lighting module (4) also has at least three electrical connections (A1, A2, A3), wherein a first connection (A1) and a second connection (A2) are provided for electrically contacting the shunt resistor (R.sub.sext) and a third connection (A3) is provided for electrically contacting the at least one light source (D1, D2, Dn) connected downstream, wherein the electrical connections (A1, A2, A3) are designed as externally contactable connections, wherein the energy supply circuit (5) has a control unit (3) for outputting a supply current (Iv) controlled so as to be constant to the at least one light source (D1, D2, Dn) of the lighting module (4), wherein the control unit (3) has an auxiliary resistor (Rs), which is connected in parallel with the shunt resistor (R.sub.sext).

The present invention provides a self-powering warning device comprising a driving wheel and a fixing component. The driving wheel has at least one powering module and at least one light-emitting module provided therein; the powering module can generate an induced voltage for driving the light-emitting module, and the fixing component can be mutually assembled with the driving wheel and provided on a vehicle, so as to rotate the driving wheel when the vehicle travels and drive the light-emitting module, thereby generating the induced voltage for providing an electrical energy to the light-emitting module, and thus generating an illuminating and warning effect.

A vehicle visibility system. Implementations include a first front facing light element coupled to a vehicle on a first side of a center line of a vehicle and a second front facing light element coupled on a second side of the center line. The system includes a switch electrically coupled with the first and second front facing light elements and with an electrical power system. The first and second front facing light elements each include a controller and each are configured to alternately flash using the controller in response to receiving an electrical signal from the switch when the switch is in an activated position. When the first and second front facing light elements are alternately flashing, the visibility of the vehicle to oncoming traffic may be increased. The first and second front facing light elements are not coupled to a handlebar or caliper region of the vehicle.

This invention derives both velocity and acceleration (deceleration) of a motor vehicle (typically a motorcycle), and turns on brake lights accordingly. In that motorcyclists balance their vehicles with both feet when stopped at a traffic light, the brake pedal will not be depressed, and thus the brake light may or may not be illuminated, depending upon hand position. This invention senses the stationary vehicle in this case and illuminates the brake light accordingly. Similarly, in that some deceleration activities by motorcyclists are executed by a hard downshift, the vehicle can drastically slow down without activation of the brake light; this sudden deceleration is also sensed by the invention and similarly results in illumination of the brake lights. Sensing of these conditions is carried out by a velocity signal (derived from the motorcycle) or by the incorporation of an internal GPS receiver.

A straddle vehicle which turns in a bank state in which a vehicle body is rotated around an axis extending in a vehicle length direction, includes a head lamp unit which is disposed at a front portion of the straddle vehicle and emits a light beam with which a forward region of the vehicle body is irradiated; a cornering lamp unit which is disposed at the front portion of the straddle vehicle, provided separately from the head lamp unit, and turned on in the bank state; and a duct member included in an engine air-intake system, wherein the cornering lamp unit is disposed below the head lamp unit and below an air-intake inlet of the duct member.