# US 10,864,844 B2 · Vehicle lamp fitting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,844 B2 - Document ID: US10864844B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/604,843 - Filed: 2018-04-03 - Published: 2020-05-28 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-14 - Assignees: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Keiichi Tajima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864844B2 ## CPC - B60Q 1/0483: {mounted on a bracket, e.g. details concerning the mouting of the lamps on the vehicle body} - B60Q 1/0683: {Adjustable by rotation of a screw} - B60Q 1/076: by electrical means {including means to transmit the movements, e.g. shafts or joints} - F21S 41/657: by moving light sources - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS ## Abstract Provided are: a lamp body (21) housing a light source; a joint (24) secured to a lower portion of the lamp body (21); a bracket (30) connected with the joint (24); and an actuator (40) including a movable shaft (42) that moves upward and downward. The joint (24) is connected to the bracket (30) through a fulcrum member (50) pivotable to the bracket (30), and the movable shaft (42) is connected to the joint (24) on the rear side of the fulcrum member (50). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle lamp fitting comprising: a lamp body housing a light source; a joint secured to a lower portion of the lamp body; a bracket connected with the joint; and an actuator including a movable shaft that moves upward and downward, wherein the joint is connected to the bracket through a fulcrum member pivotable to the bracket, and the movable shaft is connected to the joint on a rear side of the fulcrum member, wherein the bracket includes a main portion extending in a left and right direction and an erect portion extending in an upward and downward direction on at least one of a left end and a right end of the main portion, and an optical-axis adjustment mechanism that adjusts an emission direction of light from the light source in the upward and downward direction, is mounted on the erect portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the fulcrum members is provided side by side in a left and right direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 1, wherein the movable shaft extends horizontally in a forward and backward direction. ### Claim 4 A vehicle lamp fitting comprising: a lamp body housing a light source; a joint secured to a lower portion of the lamp body; a bracket connected with the joint; and an actuator including a movable shaft that moves upward and downward, wherein the joint is connected to the bracket through a fulcrum member pivotable to the bracket, the movable shaft is connected to the joint on a rear side of the fulcrum member, the bracket includes a cut-away portion at a back of the bracket, and at least part of a connection between the joint and the movable shaft is housed in the cut-away portion when the connection is located at a lowest level. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the fulcrum members is provided side by side in a left and right direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 4, wherein the movable shaft extends horizontally in a forward and backward direction. ### Claim 7 A vehicle lamp fitting comprising: a bracket including a main portion extending in a left and right direction and an erect portion extending in an upward and downward direction on at least one of a left end and a right end of the main portion; a lamp unit disposed above the main portion of the bracket, the lamp unit including a first shaft extending downward; an actuator disposed below the main portion of the bracket, the actuator including a second shaft extending upward, the actuator being configured to rotate the second shaft around an axis of the second shaft; an aligning member secured to the main portion of the bracket, the aligning member holding a rotary shaft including the first shaft and the second shaft coupled, rotatably; and an optical-axis adjustment mechanism mounted on the erect portion, the optical-axis adjustment mechanism being capable of adjusting an optical axis of the lamp unit in the upward and downward direction, wherein the bracket is not formed above the lamp unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 7, wherein the aligning member is a pair of bearings disposed at a predetermined interval in the upward and downward direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 8, wherein a through hole penetrating in the upward and downward direction is formed at the main portion of the bracket, and the bearing provided on an upper side of the pair of bearings is disposed on a spacer provided on an inner circumferential face of the through hole. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 8, wherein the bearing disposed on an upper side of the pair of bearings is a ball bearing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 8, wherein the pair of bearings each is a ball bearing. ### Claim 12 A vehicle lamp fitting comprising: a lamp body housing a light source; a joint secured to a lower portion of the lamp body; a bracket connected with the joint; and an actuator including a movable shaft that moves upward and downward, wherein the joint is connected to the bracket through a fulcrum member pivotable to the bracket, and the movable shaft is connected to the joint on a rear side of the fulcrum member, and the movable shaft extends horizontally in a forward and backward direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle lamp fitting according to claim 12, wherein a plurality of the fulcrum members is provided side by side in a left and right direction.