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Device and method for adjusting the direction of light emitted from a motor vehicle headlight

US6767118B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Lothar Seif · Reutlingen, DE
Ulrich Neubauer · Bad Boll, DE
Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn · Bodelshausen, DE
Gustav Klett · Lingen (Ems), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2002
Grant date	Jul 27, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 10, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Q1/076
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for adjusting a light emission direction of a motor vehicle headlight has a unit for executing a pivoting movement of at least one part of the motor vehicle headlight that is held by a suspension and which effects the light emission direction, about an axis of rotation that is approximately parallel to a vertical axis of the motor vehicle, the unit for executing the pivotal movement having at least one electric motor selected from the group consisting of a direct current motor and an alternating current motor.

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