Vehicle headlamp aiming device
AssigneeTrans Technology Engineered Components, LLC
InventorScott E. Ladd
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing evidence of tampering with a vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly. An indicator 30 is designed to simply slip over a drive member 2. Protrusions 38 engage a groove 44 in an enlarged portion 42 of the drive member 2 on a vehicle headlamp adjusting assembly 100. Projections 36 at an upper edge angle inwardly and are constructed to snap or break off if engaged with a rim 52 on the drive member 2, if one attempts to remove apparatus 30 from the assembly 100.
Claims15
An apparatus for providing evidence of tampering of a vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly, comprising:
- an indicator, said indicator having a body and being constructed to be positioned on a drive member of a vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly, one end of said body having a plurality of protrusions on an inner surface thereof, said protrusions being constructed to mesh with and engage the drive member, an opposite end of said body having a plurality of finger-like projections constructed to be positioned over a rim on the drive member and to be broken thereby upon removal.
A method for revealing any tampering with a vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing a vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly, the vehicle headlamp position adjusting assembly having a drive member;
- providing an indicator, the indicator having a body being substantially cylindrical with a plurality of protrusions at one end and a plurality of projections on an inner surface at the other end;
- placing the indicator over the drive member;
- engaging the protrusions with a mating groove on the drive member;
- and
- locking the indicator on the drive member by positioning the indicator down on the drive member until the projections are situated below a rim on the drive member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.