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US 12,715,354 B1Granted
Adjustable vehicle lamp and vehicle lamp adjustment method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Robertson, Nicholas C. Sharpe, Ketan K. Desai, Ricardo Filho
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp assembly includes a light adjustably securable to a vehicle structure of a vehicle. The light is configured to adjust by tilting the light relative to a centerline of the vehicle. A vehicle lamp adjustment method includes adjusting a headlamp of a vehicle by tilting the headlamp about a roll axis.
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A vehicle lamp assembly, comprising:
- a housing fixed to a vehicle structure of a vehicle;
- and
- a light housed within the housing and adjustably securable relative to the housing, the light configured to adjust by tilting the light relative to a centerline of the vehicle.
A vehicle lamp assembly, comprising:
- a light adjustably securable to a vehicle structure of a vehicle, the light configured to adjust by tilting the light relative to a centerline of the vehicle;
- and
- a mounting bracket holding the light, the mounting bracket having a first connection point, a second connection point, and a third connection point,
- wherein a vertical aim adjustment actuator coupled to the mounting bracket at the first connection point is configured to pivot the mounting bracket to adjust a vertical aim of the light,
- wherein a roll aim adjustment actuator coupled to the mounting bracket at the second connection point is configured to pivot the mounting bracket to adjust a roll aim of the light, the mounting bracket sliding relative to the third connection point when the roll aim adjustment actuator pivots the mounting bracket;
- wherein the third connection point comprises a protrusion of one of the bracket or the vehicle structure received within a slot in the other of the bracket or the vehicle structure, the slot oversized relative to the protrusion to permit sliding of the protrusion within the slot when adjusting the roll aim of the light.
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A vehicle lamp adjustment method, comprising:
- adjusting a headlamp of a vehicle by tilting the headlamp about a roll axis;
- and
- adjusting the headlamp by tilting the headlamp about a pitch axis,
- wherein the headlamp pivots about a connection point when tilting about the pitch axis, the connection point coupling a bracket of the headlamp to a vehicle structure, the bracket sliding relative to the connection point when adjusting the headlamp by tilting the headlamp about the roll axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.