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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762686 | Lamp adjuster A lamp adjuster for adjusting the aim of a headlamp. The adjuster includes a housing having a first adjustment point, a gear having a second adjustment point, and an output shaft disposed at least partially within and functionally engaging the gear. Movement of the ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7682045 | Linear actuator of the screw-nut type A linear actuator (1) comprising a housing (6), a motor (2) comprising a stator with coils (4), a screw-nut system, and a rotor (5) axially and radially supported on the motor side by a bearing (11). The bearing comprises a ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7264376 | Adjuster and bracket assembly A lamp assembly that may be used as a fog lamp or headlamp includes a mounting bracket, a reflector, and an adjuster. The reflector is pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket and the adjuster is secured to the reflector. The adjuster is secured to the mounting bra... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232252 | Light holder for motor vehicles A light holder for motor vehicles includes a transparent lighting housing and a snapping member. The transparent lighting housing includes an internal space and an opening at one end of terminating the internal space and terminating in a bottom inner surface. The a ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223001 | Headlight positioning device A vehicle headlight positioning device comprising a pivoting headlight support and a linear actuator comprising a housing (16), an electric stepping motor with a rotor having a part in the form of a nut, and a linear-movement screw engaging the nut part of th... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7168835 | Aligning device for a headlight An aligning device for a headlight in a vehicle body of a motor vehicle has an adjusting element which is arranged between the vehicle body and a carrying part of the headlight. The adjusting element comprises an elastic ring clamped in between holding parts by way ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150541 | Adjuster and bracket assembly A lamp assembly that may be used as a fog lamp or headlamp includes a mounting bracket, a reflector, and an adjuster. The reflector is pivotably mounted to the mounting bracket and the adjuster is secured to the reflector. The adjuster is also secured to the mountin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7118259 | Adjuster and adjuster assembly An adjuster having a housing or lamp housing with an adjuster portion, a gear positioned inside the housing or adjuster portion, a control rod engaged to the gear and extending from the housing or adjuster portion, and at least one tang outside the housing or adjust... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090384 | Headlamp adjuster with expandable member for accommodating retraction of an adjuster output member A headlamp adjuster which includes a housing, an expandable member on the housing, and an adjuster member which is extendable and retractable relative to the housing. One end of the adjuster member is engageable with a reflector of a headlamp assembly, and the other... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7072001 | Multi-axis adjusting apparatus for a light engine in a projection system A multi-axis adjusting apparatus includes a base with an upper surface, and each side of a central line of the base has at least one slot; a sliding seat, which is set on the upper surface of the base, and each of two ends of an upper surface of the sliding seat has... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070375 | Clamping fastener grip length indicator A temporary fastener includes a grip length indicator. By machining a flattened area into a body of the temporary fastener, by engraving an scale into the flattened area, and by attaching an indicator dot visible in the groove to a moving part of an internal assembl... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052164 | Gear screw adjuster A headlamp assembly including a simplified adjusting mechanism for adjusting the aim of the headlamp. The mechanism includes a gear screw that is snap fit into the headlamp housing with or without an adjuster housing. The gear screw has an O-ring in radial compressi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040788 | Headlamp adjuster A headlamp adjuster and a headlamp adjustment assembly have a fixed annular boss, a shaft axially moveable through the boss, and a gear having a thread engagement with a threaded portion of the shaft. A cap is non-rotatably engaged with the shaft and the boss. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6974231 | Adjuster and bracket assembly A lamp assembly that may be used as a fog lamp or headlamp includes a mounting bracket, a reflector, and an adjuster. The reflector is pivotably mounted to the mounting bracket and the adjuster is secured to the reflector. The adjuster is also secured to the mountin... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6918687 | Leveling apparatus for vehicle headlamp A leveling apparatus for a vehicle headlamp has a case body, a motor disposed within the case body, a worm wheel supported by the case body rotatably but unmovably in the longitudinal direction and rotated by the motor and a shaft screwed into the worm wheel. The sh... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6749326 | Headlight, in particular for a motor vehicle A headlight for a motor vehicle, having a light module, at least one reflector, the module having at least one holding frame which is turnable about two axes extending substantially perpendicularly to one another in a plan parallel to a light outlet plan of the ligh... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6715908 | Projection-type vehicular lamp having reduced deformation of reflector due to weight-induced strain A vehicular lamp which employs one or more projector lamp units and which is capable of preventing a reflector from being deformed by weight-induced strain while achieving and maintaining required light distribution characteristics. In one embodiment, the vehicular ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6706847 | Copolycarbonate compositions, and related articles and processes A thermoplastic composition is described, based on a copolycarbonate which includes at least two structural units. Structure I is usually a conventional carbonate based on bisphenol A, while structure II is a bisphenol carbonate which includes branched or linear gro... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6619809 | Orientation-adjusting device for vehicle head light An orientation-adjusting device for a vehicle head light comprises a housing encasement, an active unit, a driven unit, a cover, and driven screw rod, an elastic unit, and an elastic sealing unit. The housing encasement is installed with an elliptical hol... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6607292 | Adjustment mechanism for luminaire The present invention provides an adjustment mechanism by which a luminaire may be adjusted and secured along an arcuate path. The adjustment mechanism includes a mounting bracket, adjustment bolt, adjustment brace, which is attached to the optical housin... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6550948 | One piece bracket and housing for motor vehicle lamp Disclosed is an vertically aimable motor vehicle lamp of a one-piece construction. The lamp includes a housing and mounting bracket joined by at least one integral living hinge positioned at the substantial side of the housing at the housing and bracket i... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6537636 | Data storage media containing clear polycarbonate blends Polymer blends suitable for use in optical article. The polymer blends comprise a first and second polycarbonate and have properties particularly suited for use in high density optical data storage media.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6499871 | Lighting or signalling equipment provided with improved adjustable fixing means and associated structural element for motor vehicle The invention concerns a lighting or signalling equipment for a motor vehicle comprising a housing and adjustable means for fixing said housing on a structural part of the vehicle, and stop means countering the headlamp displacement in a specific directio... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6481880 | Aiming apparatus and process for manufacturing headlight using the same The present invention relates to a aiming apparatus to be interposed between a reflector and a housing to adjust direction of light reflected by the reflector; the aiming apparatus comprising an adjusting screw rotatably engaged at one end with the housin... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474855 | Adjustable fixing element An adjustable fixing element, particularly for headlights of motor vehicles, has a setscrew on which a first screw element and a second screw element are arranged with locating surfaces which face each other. In order to create an adjustable fixing device... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6290376 | Adjustment mechanism for luminaire The present invention provides an adjustment mechanism by which a luminaire may be adjusted and secured along an arc. The adjustment mechanism includes a mounting bracket, adjustment bolt, adjustment brace, which is attached to the optical housing of the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6260993 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes: a reflector having a rear surface and an aiming screw coupling portion; a lamp body having an inner surface, for containing the reflector tiltably; an aiming screw extending in a substantially longitudinal direction coupled to the... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257747 | Headlamp adjuster A headlamp adjuster includes a gear housing having a neck through which an input shaft extends in an interference fit. The interference fit provides a resistance to rotation of the input shaft. A drive gear is disposed within the gear housing and is conne... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6086233 | Vehicle lamp having irradiation angle adjusting mechanism A vehicle lamp arrangement for mounting to a vehicle body, the lamp arrangement having an irradiation angle adjusting mechanism, including a vehicle mounting bracket mounted to the vehicle body and having a shielding portion; a lamp body portion for housi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082882 | Adjustment mechanism for a headlamp An adjustment prevention mechanism includes a fixing member provided to a part of a headlamp, and a moving member which is movable to an adjustment position and a shipping position relative to the fixing member and covers the adjusting member. The fixing ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6017136 | Adjusting apparatus for automotive lamps An adjusting apparatus for the reflector in an automotive lamp assembly has a screw, a mounting clip for mounting the adjusting apparatus to the reflector, and a retainer clip for positioning the adjusting apparatus such that it can properly adjust the re... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6008584 | Headlamp for a vehicle A headlamp for a vehicle includes a lamp housing having an opening portion; a discharge lamp removably contained in the lamp housing; and a lighting circuit unit, mounted in such a manner so as to cover the opening portion from a rear surface side of the ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5906431 | Device for controlling the orientation of the movable reflector of a motor vehicle headlight The movable reflector of the headlight of a motor vehicle can be orientated by means of an orientation adjustment device located inside the body of the headlight. The orientation of the reflected light beam is controlled with the help of an adjustable gra... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5779343 | Headlight adjuster A headlight adjuster for adjusting the aim of a headlight. The adjuster provides relatively fine incremental control of headlight motion in response to relatively coarse adjustment of a drive shaft. This functionality is achieved by use of a link having t... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5741059 | Vehicular headlamp having improved aiming screw supporting structure A vehicular headlamp having a structure for supporting an aiming screw which includes an aiming screw constituted by a threaded part, a ball part integrally formed at a front end of the threaded part and a slide shaft part, which is not circular in cross ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5726815 | Apparatus for aligning the object focus in filament irradiating units An apparatus for aligning the object focus of an elliptical reflector, such as positioned within the filament tube of a filament irradiating unit, with a directional axis, such as the centerline of the filament as it travels through the tube. The apparatu... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5707133 | Automobile headlamp adjuster An adjuster mechanism having an aiming device carried on the shaft of the ball stud. The adjuster mechanism includes a gear housing having a track for guiding the aiming device and an indicator for reading the position of the aiming device. The adjuster m... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5673993 | Optical-axis adjustment checker for automotive headlamps A cylindrical member is formed integrally on a lamp housing and enclosing a threaded portion formed on the rear end of an aiming screw. First and second sliding members are disposed coaxially inside the cylindrical member around the threaded portion of th... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673992 | Sealing device for a headlamp adjustor mechanism A novel sealing device is used to seal an adjustor mechanism which is used to adjust the position of a movable headlamp component housed within a sealed stationary component in a headlamp arrangement. The stationary component has an opening through a rear... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5669695 | Headlamp adjustment mechanism An automotive vehicular headlamp adjustment mechanism comprises a ball rod having a ball element disposed upon a free end thereof for connection to a vehicular headlamp housing. A threaded drive rod, having oppositely disposed threaded sections formed the... | 09/23/1997 |
