Vehicle headlamp aiming device
US6142654A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/18784
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing evidence of tampering with a vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly. An indicator 30 is designed to simply slip over a drive member 2. Protrusions 38 engage a groove 44 in an enlarged portion 42 of the drive member 2 on a vehicle headlamp adjusting assembly 100. Projections 36 at an upper edge angle inwardly and are constructed to snap or break off if engaged with a rim 52 on the drive member 2, if one attempts to remove apparatus 30 from the assembly 100.
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