Reflector-movable headlamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideki Tanaka, Masayoshi Kuroda
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Abstract
A vehicle headlamp including a reflector installed so as to be tiltable by an aiming mechanism installed in the lamp body. The aiming screw of the aiming mechanism has a rearward-extending portion that extends out of the lamp body, and a crown gear is attached to an area near the end of the rearward-extending portion so as to be spaced apart from a screw supporting wall of the lamp body that supports the middle portion of the aiming screw. An expanded-out wall that functions as a screwdriver guide for supporting a screwdriver that is used to rotate the crown gear is provided above the screw supporting wall. The end of the rearward-extending portion of the aiming screw is supported by a bracket that is installed near the screw supporting wall.
Claims4
A reflector-movable headlamp in which a reflector to which a light source is provided is supported by an aiming mechanism so as to be tiltably moved with respect to a lamp body, wherein
- an aiming screw of said aiming mechanism has a rearward-extending portion that is disposed outside a screw supporting wall of said lamp body,
- a crown gear is provided on said rearward-extending portion of said aiming screw so as to be at a position spaced from a screw supporting wall of said lamp body, said crown gear meshing with a tip end of a screwdriver that is operated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the aiming screw,
- an expanded-out wall is formed on said lamp body at a position adjacent to said screw supporting wall of said lamp body, said expanded-out wall serving as a screwdriver insertion guide and as a screwdriver side-surface supporting guide, and
- said rearward-extending portion of said aiming screw is supported by a bracket provided near said screw supporting wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.