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US 7,114,835 B2Granted
Headlamp adjuster
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorPeter B. Brazas
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Abstract
A headlamp adjuster is provided for use and access from the front of a headlamp assembly on which it is installed. The adjuster includes an input shaft and an output screw in substantially parallel, spaced arrangement. A gear train drivingly connects inner ends of the input shaft and the output screw. Rotation of the input shaft about its longitudinal axis causes axial translation of the output screw.
Claims20
A headlamp adjuster comprising:
- a gear train having an input gear and an output gear drivingly connected;
- an input shaft having a first end adapted for driving engagement to rotate said shaft and a second end connected to said input gear of said gear train for rotation of said input gear upon rotation of said input shaft;
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- an output screw connected to said output gear of said gear train and adapted for axial movement upon rotation of said output gear, said output screw being in substantially parallel and spaced relation to said input shaft.
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A headlamp assembly comprising;
- a headlamp reflector;
- a rotatable input shaft;
- a nonrotatable output screw substantially parallel to said input shaft, and having an outer end connected to said reflector in a connection inhibiting rotation of said output screw;
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- a gear train drivingly connecting said input shaft and said output screw, said gear train configured for translating rotation of said input shaft to axial translation movement of said nonrotatable output screw.
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A headlamp adjuster comprising:
- an output gear defining an axial bore therethrough, said bore having threads therein;
- an input gear drivingly connected to said output gear;
- a nonrotatable output screw having a threaded portion threadedly engaged with said threads of said bore in said output gear, said output screw further having a distal end configured for attachment to a headlamp component;
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- an input shaft drivingly connected to said input gear for rotation of said input gear upon rotation of said input shaft, said input shaft having a drive end on a same side of said drive gear and said input gear as said distal end of said output screw.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.