Headlight apparatus
AssigneeHella KGaA Hueck & Co.
InventorHans-Christian Schall
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Abstract
A headlight for a vehicle has a housing and a headlight lens which together close off an interior space of the headlight. The headlight has at least one support rib which is positioned outside of the interior space and is connected to the headlight lens, wherein a support element is present on the support rib, and has at least one support segment, wherein a component of the vehicle chassis can be supported on said support segment, and wherein the support segment can slide relative to the support rib along a buffer path on the support rib.
Claims18
A headlight for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing and a headlight lens, said housing and headlight lens together defining an interior space of said headlight, and
- at least one support rib positioned outside of said interior space and connected with said headlight lens,
- a support element on said support rib having at least one support segment, said support segment being operable for supporting at least one component of a vehicle chassis and said support segment being slidable relative to said support rib along a buffer path on said support rib.
A support element particularly for use in a headlight a vehicle having a housing and a headlight lens, said housing and headlight lens together defining an interior space of said headlight, and at least one support rib positioned outside of said interior space and connected with said headlight lens, said support element being on said support rib, said support element further comprising:
- at least one support segment operable for supporting a chassis component of said vehicle and slidable relative to said support rib along a buffer path on said support rib.
A vehicle, comprising:
- at least one headlight (10) having:
- a housing and a headlight lens, said housing and headlight lens together defining an interior space of said headlight, and
- at least one support rib positioned outside of said interior space and connected with said headlight lens,
- a support element on said support rib having at least one support segment, said support segment being operable for supporting at least one component of a vehicle chassis and said support segment being slidable relative to said support rib along a buffer path on said support rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.