US 11,987,170 B1
Gear shift adjusting mechanism and headlight device
Takeshi Inatani, Tokyo (JP); and Muneharu Kuwata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/279,213
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/011371
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/195849, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2022.
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/08 (2006.01); F21S 41/63 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 1/08 (2013.01) [F21S 41/635 (2018.01); B60Q 2200/30 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/112 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gear shift adjusting mechanism comprising:
an adjustment unit supported by a fixing member and including a first slider movable along a first slide shaft;
an adjustment target module supported by the fixing member and including a second slider movable along a second slide shaft, the second slide shaft being parallel to the first slide shaft; and
a switch unit supported by the fixing member and including a first rotation shaft and a link member, the first rotation shaft being perpendicular to the first slide shaft and perpendicular to a line connecting the first slide shaft and the second slide shaft to each other, the link member being supported rotatably with respect to the fixing member about the first rotation shaft, wherein
the first slider includes a first engaging part,
the second slider includes a second engaging part,
the link member includes a first engaged part that is engaged with the first engaging part, and a second engaged part that is engaged with the second engaging part, and
the switch unit moves a movable unit that is at least one of the first rotation shaft, the first engaging part, or the second engaging part so that at least one of a first distance between the first rotation shaft and the first engaging part or a second distance between the first rotation shaft and the second engaging part is changed.