Quick release vehicle headlamp arrangement

US5424923A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• General Motors LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul E. Young · Muncie, US
• Randall J. Smith · Anderson, US
• William E. Nagengast · Anderson, US
• Brian E. Witte · Anderson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 1994
• Grant date: Jun 13, 1995
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q1/0683
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle headlamp assembly is provided which includes a bulb; a reflector housing mounting the bulb; at least one rod pivotally connected to the housing; an adjuster body encircling the rod and threadably engaged therewith, the adjuster body having an insertion end generally opposite the reflector housing and a slot on the insertion end; a vehicle panel with an aperture for receipt of the adjuster body insertion end; and a slider mounted for relative movement with respect to the panel. The slider has an aperture with a first dimension for receipt of the insertion end of the adjuster body, and the slider aperture has a second end with a smaller dimension for encircling the adjuster body adjacent the slot. Thus, movement of the slider from a first position aligning the slot aperture first end with the panel aperture allows insertion or removal of the insertion end of the adjuster body, and movement of the slider to a second position allowing the slider aperture second end to align with the panel aperture retains the adjuster body with the vehicle panel, thereby attaching the reflector body to the vehicle.