Vehicle headlamp adjuster ball and socket assembly

Details Vehicle headlamp adjuster ball and socket assembly Vehicle headlamp adjuster ball and socket assembly

1994-01-13

1994-11-01

Reese, Randolph A.

Joints and connections

Articulated members

Pivoted

403130, 403122, 403119, F21V 300, F16C 1105

Patent

active

053602820

ABSTRACT:
A ball and socket joint arrangement for mounting a vehicle headlamp assembly to a vehicle is provided which in a preferred embodiment includes a body connected with the headlamp assembly and having an interior spheroid aperture intersected by first and second apertures with a plug in the second aperture, a portion of the plug forming the spheroid aperture; a ball for pivotally mounting within the body spheroid aperture having pivotal motion on at least two axes, the ball having a bore generally aligned with the first aperture and a circumferential groove, the circumferential groove forming a slot with the bore in two geometrically spaced locations; a rod connected with the vehicle for insertion into the bore of the ball and having a circumferential groove aligned with the circumferential groove of the ball; and an omega spring mounted within the circumferential groove of the ball retaining the rod to the ball after insertion of the rod into the bore of the ball by projecting into the slot of the ball and locating within the circumferential groove of the rod.

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