Patent ID: 6231222
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A headlight for a vehicle, comprising a holder; at least one reflector displaceably supported on said holder; an adjusting device for displacing said reflector, said adjusting device including an adjusting screw having a thread; a displaceably guided transmission element which is articulately connected with said reflector and with which said adjusting screw is connected, said adjusting screw being turnably supported about its longitudinal axis and during turning of said adjusting screw said transmission element is displaced in a longitudinal direction so as to displace reflector, said transmission element disengaging from said thread of said adjusting screw in said longitudinal direction after said transmission element has reached a predetermined maximum longitudinal displacement, said transmission element after a smaller displacement than said maximum displacement in a longitudinal displacement direction abutting against at least one abutment of a housing so that during a further movement of said transmission element in said longitudinal displacement direction until said transmission element disengages from said thread of said adjusting screw a return force is produced which loads said transmission element in an opposite longitudinal displacement direction.