Lock for an adjusting screw of a car light optical block
AssigneeCibie Do Brasil Ltda.
InventorAlain Keruzore
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Abstract
A lock assembly, for securing an adjusting screw engaging with a frame of a car to a car light optical block to lock the optical block to the frame of the car, including a female member connected to the optical block having at least one aperture formed therein and a male member having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is insertable in the aperture of the female member and includes a locking mechanism for locking the male member to the female member. The second portion includes a receiving mechanism for receiving an end of the adjusting screw. A second locking mechanism is provided for locking the adjusting screw in the receiving mechanism.
Claims11
A lock assembly for securing an adjusting screw engaging with a frame of a car to a car light optical block to lock the optical block to the frame of the car, comprising:
- a female member adapted to be connected to the optical block and having at least one aperture formed therein and a tubular base having a top face and a bottom face;
- a male member having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being insertable in said aperture of said female member and comprising first locking means for locking said male member to said female member, and said second portion comprising receiving means for receiving an end of the adjusting screw, and
- second locking means for locking the adjusting screw in said receiving means, said second locking means comprising a radial lever fixed to said second portion of said male member, said radial lever being movable engageable with said tubular base, and wherein said tubular base further comprises
- an annular edge having a ramped portion, a depressed portion and at least one stop and wherein said radial lever of said male member is movable between a first unlocked position in which said radial lever rests on said ramped portion and a second locked position in which said radial lever rests in said depressed portion and
- an annular ridge extending substantially around said annular edge.
A method for securing an adjusting screw engageable with a frame of a car to a car light optical block to lock the optical block to the frame of the car, comprising the steps of:
- securing a female member having a tubular base having holes formed therein to a rear surface of the car light optical block by inserting screws through the holes and fastening the screws in threaded bores formed in the rear surface of the car light optical block;
- locking a male member having a recess to the female member;
- inserting the adjusting screw into the recess of the male member by inserting a spherical end of the adjusting screw into a radially resilient spherical recess of the male member;
- locking the adjusting screw to the male member by moving a radial lever of the male member from a first unlocked position in which the radial lever rests on a ramped portion of the tubular base to a second locked position in which the radial lever rests in a depressed portion of the tubular base;
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- securing the adjusting screw to the frame of the car.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.