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US 7,118,259 B2Granted
Adjuster and adjuster assembly
AssigneeAsyst Technologies, Inc.
InventorScott Fladhammer
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Abstract
An adjuster having a housing or lamp housing with an adjuster portion, a gear positioned inside the housing or adjuster portion, a control rod engaged to the gear and extending from the housing or adjuster portion, and at least one tang outside the housing or adjuster portion such that the tang engages the control rod and prevents rotation thereof. As such, rotation of the gear results in linear movement of the control rod. The adjuster may be positioned on a lamp housing, or other structure.
Claims28
An adjuster comprising:
- a housing;
- a gear positioned at least partially inside the housing;
- a control rod functionally engaged by the gear and extending from the housing, the control rod having at least one groove;
- and,
- at least one tang positioned on and extending outside the housing so that the at least one tang functionally engages the at least one groove of the control rod and prevents rotation thereof such that rotation of the gear results in non-rotational linear movement of the control rod during operation of the adjuster.
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An adjuster assembly comprising:
- a lamp housing;
- a reflector pivotably positioned in the lamp housing;
- and,
- an adjuster comprising
- a housing;
- a gear positioned at least partially inside the housing;
- a control rod functionally engaged by the gear and extending from the housing, the control rod having at least one groove;
- at least one tang positioned on and extending outside the housing so that the at least one tang functionally engages the at least one groove of the control rod and prevents rotation thereof such that rotation of the gear results in non-rotational linear movement of the control rod;
- and
- where the adjuster is engaged to the lamp housing and the reflector such that during operation of the adjuster, the non-rotational linear movement of the control rod causes the reflector to move with respect to the lamp housing.
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An adjuster assembly comprising:
- a lamp housing having an adjuster portion;
- a gear positioned at least partially inside the adjuster portion;
- a control rod functionally engaged by the gear and extending from the adjuster portion;
- and,
- at least one tang positioned on and extending outside a housing of the adjuster portion so that the at least one tang functionally engages at least one groove of the control rod and prevents rotation thereof such that rotation of the gear results in non-rotational linear movement of the control rod during operation of the adjuster.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.