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Headlamp Assembly
United States Patent
Luallin et al. |
Patent Number: 4,974,123
Date of Patent: Nov. 27, 1990 |
| HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY |
| Inventors: |
John M. Luallin; William E. Nagengast, both of Anderson, Ind. |
| Assignee: |
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. |
| Appl. No.: |
407001 |
| Filed: |
Sept. 14, 1989 |
| Int. Class: |
B60Q 1/06; |
| U.S. Class: |
362/66; 362/289; 362/421; 403/141; 403/143 |
| Field of Search: |
362/66, 287, 289, 418, 362/419, 421; 403/141, 143, 289,
290, 344 |
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Primary Examiner- Ira S. Lazarus
Assistant Examiner- Richard R. Cole
Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Edward J. Biskup |
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp assembly having a lamp unit supported by three ball pivots each
of which is connected to the reflector member of the lamp unit through a pair of socket portions which
encapsulate the ball portion of the associated ball pivot and are connected together by a fastener
accessible from above the headlamp assembly and which, when removed, allows the lamp unit to be released
from the vehicle.
5 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets |
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