Light system including an adjustment assembly to aim a light
AssigneeValeo North America, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Kearns, Mark Singleton, Gaurav Bhutani
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Abstract
A light system of a vehicle comprising: (a) a connector housing; (b) a reflector housing connected to the connector housing and being movable relative to the connector housing; (c) one or more adjustment assemblies comprising: (i) a socket in the connector housing; and (ii) a rod in the reflector housing that extends into the socket and is rotatable relative to the socket so that the reflector housing is adjustable relative to the connector housing; and wherein the rod has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width and the rod being rotatable around an axis of the length.
Claims20
A light system of a vehicle comprising:
- a. a connector housing;
- b. a reflector housing connected to the connector housing and being movable relative to the connector housing;
- c. one or more adjustment assemblies comprising:
- i. a socket in the connector housing, wherein the socket has a “U” shape or a “C” shape forming an opening;
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- ii. a rod in the reflector housing that extends into the socket and is rotatable relative to the socket so that the reflector housing is adjustable relative to the connector housing, wherein the rod comprises:
- an insertion member with a generally circular, oval, or a teardrop cross-sectional shape to assist the rod in extending into the socket, wherein the insertion member comprises:
- a leading side;
- a trailing side that follows the leading side as the insertion member extends into the socket;
- rotation stops located within the trailing side;
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- steps located within the trailing side adjacent the rotation stops;
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- wherein the rotation stops and the steps form negative spaces therebetween that receive a portion of the socket;
- wherein the rod has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width and the rod being rotatable around an axis of the length;
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- wherein the leading side extends lengthwise along the length of the rod so that the rod extends lengthwise into the opening of the socket.
A light system of a vehicle comprising:
- a) a connector housing;
- b) a reflector housing connected to the connector housing and being movable relative to the connector housing;
- c) one or more adjustment assemblies comprising:
- i) a socket in the connector housing having an opening so that the socket forms a “U” shape or a “C” shape;
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- ii) a rod in the reflector housing that extends into the socket and is rotatable relative to the socket in a first direction so that the reflector housing is adjustable relative to the connector housing;
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- iii) an insertion member located on and extending from the rod to guide the rod into the socket, wherein the insertion member comprises:
- a cross-sectional shape that is generally circular, oval, or teardrop;
- one or more pivot members located along a length of the insertion member and forming a raised portion on an outer surface of the insertion member;
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- wherein the rod extends into the opening of the socket lengthwise so that the length of the rod is in communication with the socket along a length of the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.