Patent ID: 7500768

Claim:
An assembly for motorizing the positioning of a headlight with respect to a vehicle body wherein said headlight has three mounting locations around a circumference thereof including a first adjustment at a first location for adjusting a beam of said headlight in a first plane, a second adjustment at a second location for adjusting said beam in a second plane, and a third location spaced from said first and second location, said assembly comprising a retainer attached to said vehicle body behind said first location, said retainer having a plurality of parallel spaced apart side members, a housing having parallel outer walls spaced apart a distance less than a spacing between said side members of said retainer, said housing in said retainer with said outer walls between said side members of said retainer wherein said housing is longitudinally moveable in said retainer toward and away from said first location, a manual adjustment for adjustably fixing a position of said linearly moveable housing with respect to said retainer, an elongate member having a first end and a second end, said first end attached to said headlight at said first location, said second end extending into said housing, a reversible motor, a drive assembly drivingly connecting said reversible motor to said elongate member for axially moving said elongate member with respect to said housing and thereby adjusting said beam of said headlight in a first plane, and said motor and said drive assembly being within said housing and moveable therewith upon operation of said manual adjustment.