Patent ID: 6971776
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lamp comprising: a lamp body; a reflector; and an aiming mechanism at least partially disposed between the reflector and the lamp body, wherein the reflector is tiltably supported by the aiming mechanism with respect to the lamp body, the aiming mechanism including an aiming fulcrum having a ball joint including a pivot on a reflector side and a bearing on a lamp body side of the ball joint, the pivot having a shaft portion on a base end side and a ball portion on a front end side of the pivot, the bearing including a cylindrical ball bearing portion formed on an inner periphery and opening forward via a diameter reducing portion, the ball bearing portion having a ball supporting surface in press-contact with the ball portion, the bearing further including one or more vertical slits in an open peripheral edge portion that support press-fitting of the ball portion into the ball bearing portion, and wherein, the ball portion is formed into a substantially hemispheric ball portion such that a front side of the ball portion press-fitted into the ball bearing portion has a spherical surface of a ball having a diameter of D.