Patent ID: 6976773
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: B60Q,F16C

Abstract:
1. Pivot capsule for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising an end intended to be fixed to a rear face of a lighting module having a reflector, and an opposite end incorporating a seating receiving a substantially spherical head of a fixing rod of substantially axial orientation extending from a front face of a housing of the headlamp to allow the lighting module to pivot relative to the housing, in which the seating is open at its two transverse ends and comprises a bottom wall incorporating a channel formed into a portion of a cylinder of substantially transverse orientation and having a curvature corresponding to that of the spherical head, which receives the end of the substantially spherical head, and at least two parallel flexible retaining lugs extending with play on both sides of the channel and of the spherical head, and which comprises recurved arms turned towards the channel of which the ends, formed into a portion of a cylinder of substantially transverse orientation and having a curvature corresponding to that of the spherical head, bearing on the spherical head substantially at its junction with the rod to hold it securely in the channel, the capsule further includes an additional retaining element intended to be inserted via an open end of the seating and which includes at least one retaining surface which is intended to be located in contact with the spherical head to improve its means of support.