Patent ID: 11884203
Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A shock-absorbing vehicle headlight system (1) comprising:
at least one vehicle frame element (2) that can be fixedly connected to a vehicle,
a vehicle headlight housing (3), held pivotably and/or displaceably on the vehicle frame element (2), having at least one guide means (4) connected to the vehicle headlight housing (3), which is preferably fixedly connected to the vehicle headlight housing (3), wherein the vehicle frame element (2) has at least one guide (5) for receiving and guiding the guide means (4), wherein the guide means (4) engages with the guide (5) such that the vehicle headlight housing (3) is guided along the guide (5) by moving the guide means (4) and thus can be pivoted and/or displaced with respect to the vehicle frame element (2),
at least two release elements (6) which can be mechanically connected to a body element, in particular a bumper, of a vehicle and which are spatially spaced apart from one another, and
at least one release mechanism (7a, 7b), which is at least partially connected to the vehicle frame element (2) and designed, as a function of the positions of the at least two release elements (6), to effect a transition between a basic position (GP), in which the vehicle headlight housing (3) is not pivoted and/or not displaced relative to the vehicle frame element (2), and an adjustment position (VP), in which the vehicle headlight housing (3) is displaced in a linear direction relative to the vehicle frame element (2) and/or is pivoted about a pivot axis (z),
wherein the at least one release mechanism (7a, 7b) comprises:
a blocking element (8a, 8b), which is held in a linearly displaceable manner in the at least one release mechanism (7a, 7b), wherein the blocking element (8a, 8b) is designed, as a function of the positions of the release elements (6), to switch between a blocking position (BP) and a release position (FP), wherein in the blocking position (BP), an engagement section (9) of the blocking element (8a, 8b) engages with a corresponding engagement section (10) of the vehicle frame element (2) in order to hold the vehicle headlight housing (3) in the basic position (GP), wherein in the release position (FP), the engagement section (9) of the blocking element (8a, 8b) is arranged outside of the corresponding engagement section (10) of the vehicle frame element (2) in order to effect a transition of the vehicle headlight housing (3) from the basic position (GP) to the adjustment position (VP), wherein a first spring element (11a) is provided, which exerts a first spring force (f1) on the blocking element (8a, 8b), pushing it into the blocking position (BP), and
a force transmission device (12), which mechanically couples the blocking element (8a, 8b) to the at least two release elements (6), wherein the force transmission device (12) comprises at least one rotary shaft (13a, 13b) and a control element (14), wherein the at least two release elements (6) are mechanically coupled to the at least one rotary shaft (13a, 13b) in such a manner that an individual displacement of each of the at least two release elements (6) can be converted into a rotary movement of the at least one rotary shaft (13a, 13b), wherein the control element (14) is mechanically coupled to the at least one rotary shaft (13a, 13b) in such a way that a rotary movement of the at least one rotary shaft (13a, 13b) can be converted into a rotary movement of the control element (14), wherein the control element (14) is operatively connected to the blocking element (8a, 8b) in such a manner that the blocking element (8a, 8b) can be pushed into the release position (FP) against the first spring force (f1) of the first spring element (11a) by means of a rotary movement of the control element (14).