Patent ID: 6345905
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A vehicular lamp including a lamp body, a reflector mounted in said lamp body, a light source mounted on said reflector, and a reflector tilting device permitting said reflector to tilt with respect to the lamp body, said reflector tilting device comprising:a tilting actuator disposed in said lamp body, wherein said tilting actuator includes an actuator rod displaceable in a direction parallel to an optical axis of said reflector, and a groove-type ball bearing body mounted to said reflector and fitted to a spherical leading end portion provided at a leading end of said actuator rod; and said groove-type ball bearing body includes a groove portion having two opposed open ends into which said spherical leading end portion is fitted, a pair of engagement strip portions disposed to cover said groove portion from opposed sides of said groove portion and engaging said spherical leading end portion on a front side of said groove portion, and a pair of dropout-preventing portions formed at said opposed open ends of said groove portion protruding towards an interior of said groove portion and preventing said spherical leading end portion from dropping from either end of said groove portion.