Patent ID: 6913374
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B60Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A headlamp adjuster comprising: a base housing adapted to be mounted to a headlamp assembly, the base housing including interior channels along sides thereof; a slide having rails extending along exterior sides thereof, the rails at least partially positioned within the interior channels in the base housing such that the slide is moveable with respect to the base housing along the interior channels of the base housing; an adjustment screw having a head and a threaded portion, the adjustment screw retained by the base housing such that the adjustment screw is free to rotate but is restrained from moving axially with respect to the base housing, the threaded portion of the adjustment screw threaded into the slide such that rotation of the adjustment screw causes movement of the slide with respect to the base housing along the interior channels of the base housing; and a ball stud extending from the slide and engageable in a reflector within the headlamp assembly such that movement of the ball stud causes reorientation of the reflector.