Self-locking nut for adjustable headlamp assembly

Details Self-locking nut for adjustable headlamp assembly Self-locking nut for adjustable headlamp assembly

1983-08-23

1985-03-05

Schafer, Richard E.

Illumination

Vehicle steering mechanism or element moves pivoted lamp or...

Tie rod element controlled

411182, 411427, 362 66, 362284, 362324, 362419, B60Q 106, F16B 3700

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045034869

ABSTRACT:
A lamp assembly for an automobile comprises a tilting member such as a lamp unit or reflector adapted to be moved by optical axis adjusting rods threadedly engaged with self-locking nuts relative to a support member such as a lamp unit casing or the like fixed to a vehicle body or the like so as to adjust an optical axis of the lamp unit or reflector. According to the invention, each self-locking nut is formed with two engaging grooves extending in directions perpendicular to each optical axis adjusting rod. One of the grooves has two opposite surfaces formed with round extensions extending toward each other. The other groove has a bottom having a convex along its generatrix.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2836214 (1958-05-01), Rapata
patent: 2875804 (1959-03-01), Flora
patent: 4188655 (1980-02-01), Tallon et al.

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