Headlight for vehicles
US5497300A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q1/0683
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A headlight for a vehicle comprises a reflector, a holder with which the reflector is displaceably connected, at least one displacing device for displacing the reflector relative to the holder, the displacing device having an adjusting element for its actuation and extending outwardly beyond the holder and also being provided with a toothing, an indicating device which indicates a deviation of an adjustment of the reflector from a predetermined nominal adjustment and having a toothed wheel which engages with the toothing of the adjusting element, the toothed wheel of the indicating device having an end surface provided with a spiral-shaped groove, and a slider engaging in the groove and displaceably guided in a receptacle in a structural element which is stationary relative to the toothed wheel and indicating the adjustment of the reflector from the nominal adjustment.
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