Patent ID: 7628516

Claim:
A headlamp assembly comprising: a headlamp housing; a plurality of lamp units disposed within said headlamp housing, each of said plurality of lamp units includes at least one light module or at least one reflector module and a swivel lever; a headlamp adjusting device including a linear stepper motor, said headlamp adjusting device disposed between said plurality of lamp units and said headlamp housing wherein a joint having three degrees of freedom to swivel mounts each of said plurality of lamp units individually in said headlamp housing, said headlamp adjusting device including first and second feed mechanisms, wherein said second feed mechanism guides said first feed mechanism and moves all of said plurality of lamp units in the same direction and in the same degree independent of location of each of said plurality of lamp units with respect to said headlamp housing, wherein the orientation of feed motion of said first feed mechanism and the orientation of feed motion of said second feed mechanism enclose an angle are oriented at least approximately normal to each other and not equal to an integral multiple of Pi; and a plurality of mountings, one for each of said swivel levers such that said each of said mountings has exactly one degree of freedom of swivel.