Patent ID: 7140758
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B60Q,F21S

Abstract:
1. A mechanism for deflecting a headlamp optical axis, the mechanism comprising: a connecting lever defining a first end and a second end, having the first end fixed to a headlamp assembly which emits light and which is mounted on an automotive vehicle, a prescribed portion between the first and second ends of the connecting lever being attached in a horizontally movable manner to one predetermined portion of an outside frame which either encloses the headlamp assembly or constitutes a body of the automotive vehicle; a bracket having a first end thereof attached to another predetermined portion of the outside frame; a motor including a motor body which includes a rotating mechanism, and a rotary shaft which has a rearward portion thereof inserted through the motor body, has a frontward portion thereof sticking out from the motor body, and which has a spiral screw formed on the frontward portion thereof; a motor attaching member for attaching the motor to a second end of the bracket in a horizontally moveable manner; and a traveling block shaped substantially hollow-cylindrical, having a screw formed on an inner circumference so as to threadedly engage with the spiral screw formed on the rotary shaft, and having an outer circumference attached to the second end of the connecting lever in a horizontally movable manner, the traveling block being caused to travel along the rotary shaft when the rotary shaft rotates with respect to the motor body; wherein the motor attaching member is constituted by a front end plate which has a center hole formed at its main section and allowing the rotary shaft to go therethrough, includes arm sections Conned at rim portions of the main section and bent toward a rear end of the motor body, and which has the main section attached to a portion of the motor body having the rotary shaft sticking out, and wherein the motor is attached such that the arm sections of the front end plate are movably jointed to the second end of the bracket.