DE1982845U - HEADLIGHT RANGE ADJUSTER FOR MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS. - Google Patents

Description

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Westfälische Metall Industrie KG Lippstadt _s the 4. 8 _O 1967

PM / Bg / Mä ₀ H ueck & Co. . No. "2206

Description of the utility model registration; "Headlight range regulator for motor vehicle headlights"

The innovation relates to a headlight range controller for motor vehicle headlights with a cable that can be operated from the driver's seat and designed as a Bowden cable, which can be pivoted to one end mounted reflector to adjust the headlight range engages and the other end to an actuator is coupled.

Bowden cables are cheap and easy to install. An element for transferring an adjustment path over longer distances, however, has the aspect of the fact that the transfer of the adjustment path is often not very precise in turns and bends _o

_{With the known headlight range controls,} two separate Bowden cables lead from the single actuator to the headlights »Since the direct path from the actuator to the headlights is blocked by the motor, the Bowden cables must be laid in turns. However, the turns are usually not on both Bowden cables ^ equal so that the adjustment of a headlight relative to the trailing of the other headlamp t _s so that one not only obtains a difference between the adjustment paths of actuator and reflectors ^

but also different adjustment paths on the two reflective

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_{gates o} While the common adjustment difference between the two adjustment devices of _{the reflector and the actuator, especially with a headlight range controller with manual adjustment 5, is} easy to adjust, a different adjustment path for both reflectors can only be compensated for by laborious adjustment work <, by a slight change in the course the Bowden cables ^ which is usually caused by the driving operation ₅ , however, a readjustment may already be necessary »

The task of the innovation is now ^ the device equipped with Bowden cables to improve headlight range control ^ that at least an adjustment difference that is different for both headlights is switched off ο

Meuerungsgemäß this object is achieved in ^ that, for the adjustment of both Seheinwerfer from the common actuator only a cable pull _s emanates which is coupled at its end to an associated close to the headlights cable distribution and separated from the cable distribution of the same for both headlamps adjustment on each "wells a cable that is kept as short as possible is transmitted to the reflectors o With an adjustment device designed in this way, at least on the long way to the cable distributor, no different adjustment path can occur for the two headlights, the two cables leading to the headlights can be so short. be held ^ that an adjustment difference, in particular a headlight ₅ running afterwards, can practically no longer occur.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the inventive concept, the cable distributor consists essentially of a T-shape

trained / double angle lever, whose arms each have one Wear connection for one of the three cable ends., With at least the arms connected to the ends of the cables leading to the headlights are of equal length. Such an angle lever has the advantage ^, that the cable coupled to the actuator is passed directly from the direction of the actuator into the housing of the cable distributor and that to the laterally lying headlights leading cable ends emerge on the side of the housing facing the headlight strong bends in the Bowden cables that have an unfavorable effect are avoided «

The T-shaped ,, double angle lever allows henceforth ^, the displacement on the actuating member with respect to the subject to be set to the reflector to translate or _o "for this case is the coupled with the leading to the actuator cable arm of the angle lever with respect to the two anderen.Armen shorter or _o long run.

According to a further idea of the invention, the cable distributor and the connecting pieces are arranged at an easily accessible point the arms are designed as coupling links the advantage that the cable ends are already attached when the headlight range control is installed can be connected to the actuator and to the adjusting device arranged on the reflector, so that when Installation of the headlight range control in the motor vehicle only the free ends of the cables need to be coupled to one another. To that too To be able to compensate for the dead movement of the Bowden cables from an easily accessible place * are the entry points in the housing

for the cables provided with a banjo bolt / which is an adjustable one Abutment for the hose of the Bowden cables is used "

The drawing illustrates an embodiment of the innovation namely shows

Figo 1 is a plan view of the cable distributor, while

Fig. 2 shows a section along the line A-B

Headlight range regulators serve the purpose of the light beam of the vehicle headlights to be set in several different angular positions in relation to the road surface and thus the legal requirements defined limits for the range of the headlights, in particular with dipped beam, even with extreme vehicle loads to be able to fully utilize or »comply. Such a headlight range regulator can work independently or operated manually will,.".'-.

In the case of a manually operated headlight range controller, the adjustment path is transferred from an actuating member, which is usually designed as a lever, through a Bowden cable to the adjustable reflector. In order to improve the adjustment accuracy of such a headlight range control system equipped with a cable pull, according to the Innovation idea from the actuator only a cable 1, which is coupled with its end 2 to "a cable distributor 5" From the cable distributor it becomes the same for both headlights Adjustment path via a cable 4 and 5 on the reflectors transferred «The cable distributor is placed as close as possible to the headlights arranged so that the separately leading to the headlights

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The cable distributor consists essentially of a T-shaped, double angle lever 6, which is rotatably supported by a stud bolt 10 at the intersection of the three lever arms 7, 8 and 9. At the ends of the arms 7, 8 and 9, the respective terminal pieces 11, 12 and 15 arranged for the cable ends 2, 14 and "the connection pieces against and indeed in the working direction of the arms., The cable distributor tubular connection piece 17 are inserted into the housing Vo "on each end of which a banjo screw l8 is screwed as an adjustable abutment for the hose 19 of the Bowden cables",

Of the T-shaped angle lever 6, the two arms 8 and 9 forming a straight line are used to connect the cables 4 and 5 ₅ leading to the headlights so that they can only be guided to the laterally lying headlights with only one large arc. The arm 7, which runs perpendicular to these two arms 8 and 9, is coupled to the cable pull 1 extending from the actuating element »

The connection pieces 11, 12 and IJ are for the assembly of the cables to facilitate, designed as coupling links »The one at the end with a thickening 21 provided cable ends need when connecting only hooked into fork-shaped connection pieces will*

The connector 15 is. designed as a double connection, so that the cable pulling out from the actuating element also through the insertion nozzle 20 can be connected to the arm 9 »

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Claims (1)

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Protection claims' -:. 1. Headlight range control for motor vehicle headlights with one to be operated from the driver's seat, Trained as a Bowden cable, one end of which is attached to the pivotable Attacks reflector for the purpose of adjusting the headlight range and with the other end to an actuator is coupled, characterized in that for adjusting both headlights from the straight actuator only a cable (1) goes out., with his The end (2) is coupled to a cable distributor (3) assigned near the headlights and from the cable distributor from the same adjustment path for both headlights separately je? ieils a cable that is kept as short as possible (4, 5) is transmitted to the reflectors «, 2 »Headlight range regulator according to claim" - "1, thereby characterized in that the cable distributor (3) essentially consists of a T-shaped double angle lever (6) ", whose arms (7, 8, 9) each have one of the three connections (11, 12, 13), with at least the with arms (8, 9) connected to the cable ends (14,15) leading to the headlights are long " ■ ■■■ -. 7 ~ 3 ». Headlamp leveling system according to claim 2 _S characterized ₉ that in order to lower or _o translation of the displacement on the actuating member of the coupled to the leading to the actuator cable (1) arm (7) long the T-shaped angle lever or "shorter than the other two arms (8 ₅ 9) is formed. ". 4ο headlight range controller according to claim 2, characterized characterized in that in the housing (16) of the cable distributor for each Bowden cable connection as an adjustable abutment for the hose (19) of the Banjo bolt (l8) serving the Bowden cable is inserted 5 .. ■ headlamp leveling system according to claim 2, characterized _s that the connecting pieces (H ₅ -. ₅ 13 12) are constructed as easy-to-use coupling members, " 6 »Headlight range regulator according to claim 5 * characterized in that the connecting pieces (li; 12 _a 13) are fork-shaped and those with. cable ends (.2, -14 _S -15) with a thickening (21) are hooked into it » Headlight range regulator according to claim 1 _s, characterized in that the cable distributor consists of an isosceles, two-armed lever, at one end of which only the connection for the cable (4) leading to a headlight is arranged, while at the other end a connector (13) is attached, which receives both the cable end (15) for the zx ^ riding headlights and the cable end (2) coupled to the actuator =