Patent ID: 6918691

Claim:
A headlamp adjustment assembly, comprising a headlamp panel; a housing secured to said headlamp panel; a shaft extending through said housing, said shaft having an end and a screw thread provided along at least a portion of a length of said shaft; an adjustment gear disposed rotatably on said shaft and in said housing, said gear defining a hole therethrough with a thread therein directly engaging said screw thread of said shaft, said gear being in a substantial axially fixed and rotatable position in said housing, whereby rotation of said gear causes axial movement of said shaft relative to said gear and said housing, said adjustment gear adapted for rotation by a rotary input device drivingly coupled with said adjustment gear; and said housing defined a well adjacent said adjustment gear, with a portion of said gear exposed in said well, said well and said gear configured to receive said rotary input device in driving engagement with said gear.