Vehicle headlamp adjusting means

• US 3,316,397 A
• Filed: 11/10/1964
• Issued: 04/25/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Schoeman Yssel Gideon Petrus
• Original Assignee: Schoeman Yssel Gideon Petrus
• Inventors: SCHOEMAN YSSEL GIDEON PETRUS
• Application Number:
  US04/410,140
• Time in Patent Office: 896 Days
• US Class Current: 362/468
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/10 due to vehicle inclination, e.g. due to load distribution
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2300/132 Pitch

Claims

1. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING MEANS FOR THE HEADLAMPS OF A WHEELED VEHICLE HAVING A RESILIENTLY SUSPENDED BODY FOR MAINTAINING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT ANGLE OF LIGHT BEAMS EMITTED BY THE HEADLAMPS RELATIVE TO A MEAN PLANE CONTAINING THE AXES OF THE VEHICLE WHEELS, INCLUDING, HEADLAMPS OF WHICH AT LEAST THE REFLECTORS ARE TITABLY MOUNTED ON THE VEHICLE BODY ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AND TRANSVERSELY ARRANGED AXIS, DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE HEADLAMPS TO APPLY TILTING MOTION TO THE HEADLAMPS, ANTI-ROLL BARS MOUNTED ROTATABLY ON THE VEHICLE BODY TOWARDS THE FRONT AND THE REAR OF THE LATTER AND CONNECTED TO PARTS OF THE VEHICLE ON WHICH THE WHEELS ARE ATTACHED, CRANK ARM DEVICES AT CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE ANTI-ROLL BARS, ACTUATING MEANS ENGAGINGLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRANK ARM DEVICES AND THE DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE HEADLAMPS TO EFFECT RESPONSIVE TILTING MOVEMENT OF THE HEADLAMPS PROPORTIONATELY TO UNEVEN DISPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE VEHICLE BODY RELATIVE TO SAID PLANE.