Patent ID: 6234655
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B60Q,F21S

Abstract:
An automobile headlamp comprising:a container-like lamp body;a discharge bulb provided in the lamp body;a reflector which is installed in the lamp body and used for reflecting and distributing light from the discharge bulb forwardly;an aiming mechanism which is held between the reflector and the lamp body and used for supporting the reflector with respect to the lamp body in such a way as to adjustably tilt the reflector, in which the aiming mechanism includes one ball joint which is held between the reflector and the lamp body and forms the tilting fulcrum of the reflector, two aiming screws which are each rotatably supported by screw inserting holes bored in the lamp body and forwardly extended, and nut members which are each screwed onto the aiming screws, integrally fitted to the reflector and moved longitudinally along the aiming screws when the aiming screws are pivoted;a light-distribution switching mechanism for alternatively switching between light distribution for a low beam and light distribution for a high beam; andhorizontally extended portions which are formed in the lamp body and parallel to the aiming screws in order to support each of the nut members.