Pressure-medium-actuated installation for adjusting the inclination of a vehicle headlight
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Atiengesellschaft
InventorPeter Hundemer
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Abstract
An installation actuated by pressure medium for adjusting the inclination of a headlight in relation to the road plane, especially in a motorcycle, with an adjusting cylinder mounted at the frame or the like and operatively connected with the headlight, which pivots the headlight about a cross-axis upon actuation by the pressure medium of the hydraulic brake system, to which the adjusting piston is connected.
Claims10
An installation actuated by a fluid pressure medium for adjusting the inclination of a vehicle headlight in relation to the road plane, comprising adjusting cylinder means, on the one hand, arranged at a relatively fixed part of the vehicle and, on the other, operatively connected with the headlight, said adjusting cylinder means being operable to pivot the headlight about a cross axis during actuation of said adjusting cylinder means by the fluid pressure medium, characterized in that the adjusting cylinder means is operatively connected with a hydraulic brake system of the vehicle such that hydraulic fluid of said hydraulic brake system actuates said adjusting cylinder means to pivot the headlight about said cross axis.
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