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US 12,741,583 B2Granted
Headlamp aiming system
AssigneePACCAR Inc
InventorScott M. Conway
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Abstract
A headlamp aiming system includes: a carrier frame having opposite fore and aft sides, having a ball joint opening extending between the fore and aft sides, and being configured to attach to at least one headlamp projector unit; a ball joint including a ball at a fore end of the ball joint, the ball joint extending through the ball joint opening such that the ball is at least partially on the fore side of the carrier frame; a cap attached to the fore side of the carrier frame and covering the ball joint opening; and a receptacle shell directly covering the ball, the receptable shell being between the ball and the cap and between the ball and the carrier frame.
Claims13
A headlamp aiming system, comprising:
- a carrier frame having opposite fore and aft sides, having a ball joint opening extending from the aft side through the entire carrier frame to the fore side, and being configured to attach, at the aft side, to at least one headlamp projector unit;
- a ball joint comprising a ball at a fore end of the ball joint, the ball joint extending through the ball joint opening such that the ball is at least partially on the fore side of the carrier frame;
- a cap attached to the fore side of the carrier frame and covering the ball joint opening;
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- a receptacle shell directly covering the ball, the receptable shell being between the ball and the cap and between the ball and the carrier frame.
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A headlamp aiming system, comprising:
- a carrier frame having opposite first and second sides, having a ball joint opening extending from the first side through the entire carrier frame to the second side, and being configured to attach, at the first side, to at least one headlamp projector unit;
- a bridge on the first side of the carrier frame, and controllably movable along a translational axis;
- a ball joint attached to the bridge, having a ball at a terminal end of the ball joint, and extending through the ball joint opening such that the ball is at least partially on the second side of the carrier frame;
- and
- a receptacle shell covering the ball,
- wherein a thickness of the carrier frame between the first and second sides of the carrier frame proximate the ball joint opening is defined along a thickness direction,
- wherein a greatest width of the ball along a width direction perpendicular to the thickness direction is less than a smallest width of the ball joint opening along the width direction, and a greatest width of the combination of the ball and the receptacle shell along the width direction is greater than the smallest width of the ball joint opening along the width direction,
- wherein the headlamp aiming system comprises a cap attached to the second side of the carrier frame and at least partially covering the receptacle shell, and
- wherein the receptacle shell and the cap are distinct components, and the receptacle shell is attached to the cap.
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A headlamp aiming system, comprising:
- a carrier frame having opposite first and second sides, having a ball joint opening extending from the first side through the entire carrier frame to the second side, and being configured to attach, at the first side, to at least one headlamp projector unit;
- a bridge on the first side of the carrier frame, and controllably movable along a translational axis;
- a ball joint attached to the bridge, having a ball at a terminal end of the ball joint, and extending through the ball joint opening such that the ball is at least partially on the second side of the carrier frame;
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- a receptacle shell covering the ball,
- wherein a thickness of the carrier frame between the first and second sides of the carrier frame proximate the ball joint opening is defined along a thickness direction,
- wherein a greatest width of the ball along a width direction perpendicular to the thickness direction is less than a smallest width of the ball joint opening along the width direction, and a greatest width of the combination of the ball and the receptacle shell along the width direction is greater than the smallest width of the ball joint opening along the width direction,
- wherein the headlamp aiming system comprises a cap attached to the second side of the carrier frame and at least partially covering the receptacle shell, and
- wherein the cap is attached to the carrier frame by one or more fasteners extending into the second side of the carrier frame.
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