Headlamp adjuster blocking assembly and method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDonald John Nakic, Nicholas James Nowicki, Anthony Nicholas Aquilina
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Abstract
A headlamp assembly includes, among other things, a lamp housing, a headlamp adjuster system within the lamp housing, and an access control member moveable from an accessing position to a covering position while coupled to the lamp housing. The headlamp adjustor assembly is accessible through an aperture in the lamp housing when the access control member is in the accessing position. The headlamp adjustor assembly is inaccessible through the aperture in the access control member when the access control member is in the covering position.
Claims18
An assembly, comprising:
- a lamp housing;
- a headlamp adjuster assembly;
- an access control member moveable from an accessing position to a covering position while coupled to the lamp housing, the headlamp adjustor assembly accessible through an aperture in the lamp housing when the access control member is in the accessing position, the headlamp adjustor assembly inaccessible through the aperture in the access control member when the access control member is in the covering position;
- and a label that is concealed when the access control member is in the accessing position and revealed when the access control member is in the covering position.
A method, comprising:
- inserting an adjustment tool within an aperture of a lamp housing;
- engaging the adjustment tool with a headlamp adjuster system within the lamp housing;
- adjusting a position of a headlamp using the adjustment tool and the headlamp adjuster system;
- withdrawing the adjustment tool from the aperture;
- sliding an access control member from an accessing position to a covering position where the access control member covers the aperture;
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- sliding the access control member to the covering position reveals a label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.