Patent ID: 6481880
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A aiming apparatus (1) to be interposed between a reflector (12) and a housing (11) to adjust direction of light reflected by the reflector; the aiming apparatus comprising:an adjusting screw (2) rotatably engaged at one end with the housing at a predetermined position; a pivot nut (3) having at one end a nut portion (31) capable of achieving thread engagement with the other end of the adjusting screw and at the other end a pivot portion (32), respectively; a pivot holder (5) attached to a rear side of the reflector; said pivot holder being capable of pivotally holding the pivot portion; and a nut receiver (4). fixed on the front side of the housing at a predetermined position; said nut receiver being capable of receiving slidably a guard-like sliding guide (31b) formed at a top of the pivot nut; wherein a longitudinal axial line of the nut receiver is parallel to an axial line X of the adjusting screw engaged with the nut portion; and the pivot nut has a height equal to the vertical distance between a position where the nut receiver is engaged with the housing and a position where one end of the adjusting screw is engaged with the housing.