Patent ID: 7090384

Claim:
A headlamp adjuster for adjusting a position of a reflector of a headlamp assembly, said headlamp adjuster comprising: a housing; an expandable member on the housing; an adjuster member having a first end and a second end; a rotatable input member; gearing in the housing and configured to provide that rotation of the rotatable input member causes extension and retraction of said adjuster member, said adjuster member being exteadable and retractable into and out of contact with the expandable member, wherein said first end of said adjuster member is engageable with the reflector of the headlamp assembly, and said second end of said adjuster member is receivable in the expandable member, wherein said adjuster member is configured to be retractable to such an extent that said second end of said adjuster member contacts and pushes on said expandable member and said expandable member is configured to expand upon said second end of said adjuster member contacting and pushing on said expandable member to accommodate retraction of the adjuster member.