Patent ID: 9327637
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B60Q,F16C,F21S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An aiming mechanism for a vehicle lighting unit, comprising a reflector that holds a light source, a housing, an adjustment bolt provided to connect the reflector and the housing so as to be rotatable, a pivot attached to the reflector, and a pivot holder that is integrally formed with the housing and supports the pivot while the pivot is rotatable, so that the rotation of the adjustment bolt can achieve adjustment of an optical axis by inclining the reflector with respect to the housing, wherein the pivot holder includes a reception seat extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a second direction in which the pivot supported by the pivot holder extends and having an arc-like curved surface for receiving part of a ball provided to a tip end of the pivot, and a pair of claws entirely extending in the first direction so as to be parallel with each other and configured to support the ball of the pivot, the pair of claws being coupled to each other by an arc-shaped bridge at their ends in a lengthwise direction of the claws.