Vehicle headlamp assembly
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsDavid R. McMahan, Harry S. Murphy, Jr., John D. Geddie
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Abstract
A vehicle headlamp assembly includes a box-like support frame enclosing a lamp body mounted adjustably as by connectors which are connected to the support frame through resilient means to cushion any shock that the lamp body may experience during the travel of the vehicle along a roadway.
Claims6
A vehicle headlamp assembly comprising a support frame adapted to be fixedly secured to the front end of a motor vehicle, a lamp body located within said support frame for selective adjustable movement about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, a first axially adjustable connector secured to the lamp body and located along the vertical axis between the lamp body and the support frame, a second axially adjustable connector secured to lamp body and located along the horizontal axis, and a third non-adjustable connector secured to the lamp body and located at the intersection of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, said first, second and third connectors each having resilient means interposed between the lamp body and the support frame so as to cushion the head lamp from shock.
A vehicle headlamp assembly comprising a support frame adapted to be fixedly secured to the front end of a motor vehicle, a lamp body located within said support frame for selective adjustable movement about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, a first axially adjustable connector secured to the lamp body and located along the vertical axis between the lamp body and the support frame, second and third axially adjustable connectors secured to lamp body and located along the horizontal axis, and a fourth non-adjustable connector secured to the lamp body and located at the intersection of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, said first, second, third and fourth connectors each having resilient means interposed between the lamp body and the support frame so as to cushion the head lamp from shock, said second and third axially adjustable connectors each including a metal stud secured to the lamp body and terminating at its free end with an enlarged head, a grommet located on said head, an elastimeric body surrounding said stud and being formed with at least one annular groove adapted to cooperate with a slot within said support frame to allow controlled sliding movement of the lamp body relative to the support frame during adjustment of said lamp body about said vertical axis.
A vehicle headlamp assembly comprising a support frame adapted to be fixedly secured to the front end of a motor vehicle, a lamp body located within said support frame for selective adjustable movement about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, a first axially adjustable connector secured to lamp body and located along the horizontal axis, and a third non-adjustable connector secured to the lamp body and located at the intersection of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, said first, second and third connectors each having resilient means interposed between the lamp body and the support frame so as to cushion the head lamp from shock, one of said axially adjustable connectors including a metal stud secured to the lamp body and terminating at its free end with an enlarged head, a grommet located on said head, an elastomeric body surrounding said stud and being formed with a pair of vertically spaced annular grooves, a plastic body member located within and enclosing one of said grooves and having a bore formed therein in a position offset from and normal to the longitudinal center axis of said stud for receiving a threaded member carried by said support frame, and the other of said grooves adapted to be located within a slot formed in said supprt frame so as to allow sliding movement of said one of said axially adjustable connectors upon rotation of said threaded member.
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