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US 12,630,073 B2Granted
Light system with automatically adjustable internal motor
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorsAndrew Massey, Jeremy Gahimer
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Abstract
A light system including: a housing that is connectable within a vehicle, the housing including an interior and an exterior; a motor located within the interior of the housing and having a portion that extends through an opening in the housing to the exterior of the housing so that the motor is capable of moving the light system relative to the vehicle; and one or more seals that prevent fluids and/or debris from contacting the portion that extends through the opening in the housing, the opening in the housing, or both.
Claims20
A light system comprising:
- a housing that is connectable within a vehicle, the housing including an interior and an exterior;
- light sources located within the interior of the housing;
- a motor located within the interior of the housing adjacent to the light sources and the motor having a portion that extends through an opening in the housing to the exterior of the housing so that the motor is capable of moving the light system relative to the vehicle;
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- one or more seals that prevent fluids and/or debris from contacting the portion that extends through the opening in the housing, the opening in the housing, or both.
2 more elements
A light system comprising:
- a housing that is connectable within a vehicle;
- light sources located within the housing;
- a motor located within the housing with the light sources;
- one or more seals, connected to and extending from the housing, that prevent fluids and/or debris from contacting the motor;
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- a shaft of the motor extending out of the housing into contact with one or more brackets in communication so that as the shaft is moved by the motor, the housing is moved relative to the one or more brackets and the vehicle.
3 more elements
A system comprising:
- light sources;
- an unsealed motor comprising:
- a motor body, and
- a shaft extending from the motor body;
- a housing receiving the light sources and the motor body and including an opening that the shaft of the motor extends through so that the shaft is located external of the housing;
- one or more seals in communication with the housing and the shaft, a shaft joint, or both to separate the motor body, the shaft, or both from an environment external to the housing so that the motor body is sealed within the housing.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.