Lamp adjuster to control margins

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9534759-B2
Application number	US-201414210681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle lamp assembly includes a body having a reflector, a lens, and a bulb. The assembly further includes a bezel, at least one adjuster arm attached to the body and to the bezel, and at least one biasing arm attached to the body and to the bezel. The biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with movement of the adjuster arm while minimizing a gap between the bezel and the lens.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle lamp assembly comprising:
a body including a reflector, a lens, and a bulb;
a bezel;
at least one-rotatable adjuster arm directly attached to the body and to the bezel;
at least one biasing arm attached to the body and to the bezel, wherein the biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with movement of the adjuster arm while minimizing a gap between the bezel and the lens.

2. The lamp assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adjuster arm includes a bearing configured to attach to the bezel via a ball joint.

3. The lamp assembly of claim 1 , wherein the biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with the rotation of the adjuster arm.

4. The lamp assembly of claim 1 , wherein the biasing arm includes a spring disposed on the body.

5. The lamp assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one biasing arm includes a first biasing arm and a second biasing arm disposed on opposite sides of the reflector.

6. The lamp assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one adjuster arm includes a first adjuster arm and a second adjuster arm disposed on opposite sides of the reflector.

7. The lamp assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adjuster arm is configured to aim the reflector away from or toward a road surface in accordance with the movement of the adjuster arm.

8. A vehicle comprising:
a fascia; and
a lamp assembly disposed on the fascia, wherein the lamp assembly includes a body having a reflector, a lens, and a bulb, the lamp assembly further including a bezel, at least one rotatable adjuster arm directly attached to the body and to the bezel, and at least one biasing arm attached to the body and to the bezel,
wherein the biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with movement of the adjuster arm while minimizing a gap between the bezel and the lens.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the adjuster arm includes a bearing configured to attach to the bezel via a ball joint.

10. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with the rotation of the adjuster arm.

11. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the biasing arm includes a spring disposed on the body.

12. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the at least one biasing arm includes a first biasing arm and a second biasing arm disposed on opposite sides of the reflector.

13. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the at least one adjuster arm includes a first adjuster arm and a second adjuster arm disposed on opposite sides of the reflector.

14. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector away from or toward a road surface in accordance with the movement of the adjuster arm.

15. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the gap between the bezel and the lens is substantially zero when the lamp assembly is in a neutral position.

16. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein at least one portion of the gap is substantially zero and another portion of the gap is substantially non-zero when the lamp assembly is in a non-neutral position.

17. A vehicle lamp assembly comprising:
a body including a reflector, a lens, and a bulb;
a bezel;
a plurality of adjuster arms directly attached to the body and to the bezel, wherein each adjuster arm is configured to rotate;
a plurality of biasing arms attached to the body and to the bezel, wherein each biasing arm includes a spring disposed on the body and wherein each biasing arm is configured to aim the reflector in accordance with the rotation of the adjuster arms while minimizing a gap between the bezel and the lens.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Gubing William Francis
• Helwig Stephen Kenneth
• Singh Sarbjit

Classifications

• B60Q1/0035 Primary

  relative to the vehicle · CPC title

• F21S41/675

  by moving reflectors · CPC title

• B60Q1/0683

  Adjustable by rotation of a screw · CPC title

• F21S43/40

  characterised by the combination of reflectors and refractors · CPC title

• F21S48/1757

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic