Adjustment device for light modules of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481290-B2
Application number	US-201314368853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2013
Priority date	Jan 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to an adjustment device for light modules of a vehicle, by which the light module is arranged pivotal about a horizontal or vertical axis in reference to a housing, with an actuator arranged articulate along a direction of adjustment, which is connected via a link to a support frame carrying the light module, with the link comprising on the one hand a spherical link and on the other hand a cup-shaped link part accepting the former, with the cup-shaped link part comprising a laminar support section for the laminar contact at a fastening part of the support frame, with the laminar support section being supported at the fastening part in a manner displaceable perpendicular in reference to the direction of adjustment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjustment device for a light module of a vehicle, comprising:
a housing, wherein said light module is arranged pivotal about a horizontal or vertical axis in reference to the housing;
an actuator arranged articulate along a direction of adjustment, which is connected via a link to a support frame carrying the light module,
wherein the link includes a spherical link part and a cup-shaped link part accepting the former,
wherein the cup-shaped link part includes a laminar support section for a laminar contact at a fastening part of the support frame, with the laminar support section being supported in a linear displaceable fashion at the fastening part, perpendicular in reference to the direction of adjustment.

2. The adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the laminar support section of the cup-shaped link part thereof is arranged in a level extending perpendicular in reference to the direction of adjustment.

3. The adjustment device according to claim 1 wherein the laminar support section extends planar, with a first support section being arranged in the area of a free end of a first leg of the cup-shaped link part and a second support section in the area of a free end of a second leg of the cup-shaped link part, opposite the first leg.

4. The adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein the first support section and the second support section of the cup-shaped link part each extend respectively towards an exterior of the first leg and the second leg facing away from a first central level of the cup-shaped link part.

5. The adjustment device according to claim 3 wherein the first leg and the second leg of the cup-shaped link part extend in a second central level, which extends perpendicular in reference to the first central level, and that the first leg and the second leg are embodied elastic in the direction of the second central level for the spherical link part latching in the cup-shaped link part.

6. The adjustment device according to claim 1 wherein the cup-shaped link part comprises a wing-shaped latch element for undercutting a stop of the fastening part so that the cup-shaped link part is supported in the fastening part fixed in the direction of adjustment.

7. The adjustment device according to claim 3 wherein the first leg and the second leg of the cup-shaped link part extend centrally and that a first latch element and a second latch element of the cup-shaped link part extend at the outside in an arc-like fashion from a common apex.

8. The adjustment device according to claim 3 wherein in the assembled position a projection of the fastening part, pointing inwardly, is arranged in an area between an end of the first leg and the second leg on the one hand and an end of the first latch element and the second latch element on the other hand, contacting an exterior of the first leg and the second leg.

9. The adjustment device according to claim 1 wherein the fastening part comprises an opening for receiving the cup-shaped link part, and wherein a length of the laminar support section measured in a direction perpendicular to the direction of adjustment is shorter than a length of the opening of the fastening part measured in the same direction such that the cup-shaped link part is arranged displaceable in the direction perpendicular to the direction of adjustment.

10. The adjustment device according to claim 1 wherein the cup-shaped link part shows a spherical interior area for the laminar encompassing of the spherical link part.

11. An adjustment device for a light module of a vehicle, comprising:
a housing, wherein said light module is arranged pivotal about a horizontal or vertical axis in reference to the housing;
an actuator arranged articulate along a direction of adjustment, which is connected via a link to a support frame carrying the light module,
wherein the link includes a spherical link part and a cup-shaped link part accepting the former,
wherein the cup-shaped link part includes a laminar support section for a laminar contact at a fastening part of the support frame, with the laminar support section being supported in a displaceable fashion at the fastening part, perpendicular in reference to the direction of adjustment,
wherein the laminar support section extends planar, with a first support section being arranged in the area of a free end of a first leg of the cup-shaped link part and a second support section in the area of a free end of a second leg of the cup-shaped link part, opposite the first leg, and
wherein in the assembled position a projection of the fastening part, pointing inwardly, is arranged in an area between an end of the first leg and the second leg on the one hand and an end of a first latch element and a second latch element on the other hand, contacting an exterior of the first leg and the second leg.

Assignees

• Hella Kgaa Hueck & Co

Inventors

• Willeke Franz-Georg

Classifications

• B60Q2200/32

  Ball-joints · CPC title

• B60Q1/0683 Primary

  Adjustable by rotation of a screw · CPC title

• B60Q1/06 Primary

  adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle (B60Q1/05 takes precedence) · CPC title