Lighting apparatus with adjustability between two lighting structures and method of use
AssigneeFlex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
InventorFelipe de JD Melhado-Moya
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Abstract
A lighting apparatus for use with a motor vehicle includes a frame forming an opening between at least a first side and a second side; a first lighting structure fixedly secured within the opening of the frame; a second lighting structure positioned within the opening and connected to the first lighting structure via a connector; and an adjustment device engaged with the second lighting structure, the adjustment device to apply force to the second lighting structure such that the connector flexes and allows the second lighting structure to adjust relative to the first lighting structure to move between a first position and a second position.
Claims15
A lighting apparatus for use with a vehicle, the lighting apparatus comprising:
- a frame forming an opening between at least a first side and a second side;
- a first lighting structure fixedly secured within the opening of the frame;
- a second lighting structure positioned within the opening and connected to the first lighting structure via a connector;
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- an adjustment device engaged with the second lighting structure, the adjustment device configured to apply force to the second lighting structure such that the connector flexes and allows the second lighting structure to adjust relative to the first lighting structure to move between a first position and a second position.
A method of adjusting a lighting apparatus, the method comprising:
- manufacturing the lighting apparatus having a frame forming an opening between at least a first side and a second side, a first lighting structure fixedly secured within the opening of the frame, a second lighting structure positioned within the opening and connected to the first lighting structure via a connector, and an adjustment device engaged with the second lighting structure;
- installing the lighting apparatus into an environment of a vehicle, wherein the first lighting structure is in a fixed position relative to the frame and the second lighting structure is in a first position relative to the first lighting structure;
- testing the lighting apparatus by activating light and observing where the light is cast from the first lighting structure and the second lighting structure;
- adjusting the second lighting structure into a second position relative to the first lighting structure via the adjustment device, wherein the connector flexes due to force applied from the adjustment device through the second lighting structure and to the connector, thereby allowing the second lighting structure to move into the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.