Patent · US Expired

Headlight for vehicle

US6036341A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
2References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 1998
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60Q1/0683
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A headlight for a vehicle, has a holder, at least one reflector displaceably supported on the holder, a displacing device for displacing the reflector and having a displacement screw which is turnable on the holder about a longitudinal axis of the displacement screw but is non displaceable in a direction of the longitudinal axis, the displacing device also having a deviating transmission with a receptacle which is mountable on the holder, an adjusting element supported on the receptacle non rotatably about a longitudinal axis of the adjusting element but non displaceable in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the adjusting element, the adjusting element engaging with the displacement screw, the deviating transmission being formed as a bevel gear transmission, the displacement screw being provided with a first bevel toothing while the adjusting element being formed as a bevel gear provided with a second bevel toothing and the receptacle being mounted on the housing transversely to the longitudinal axis of the displacement screw.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.