US 12,460,786 B2
Headlamp for vehicles
Oliver Schönert, Arnsberg (DE)
Assigned to HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/804,368.
Application 18/804,368 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2023/052317, filed on Jan. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102022103747.9 (DE), filed on Feb. 17, 2022; and application No. 102022105670.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0401763 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/068 (2006.01); F21S 41/60 (2018.01); F21S 45/47 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/60 (2018.01) [B60Q 1/068 (2013.01); F21S 45/47 (2018.01); B60Q 2200/32 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headlamp for vehicles, the headlamp comprising:
a housing in which a light source and an optical unit are arranged for producing a specified light distribution,
wherein the optical unit is arranged so as to be movable via an adjustment device with respect to a horizontal axis and/or a vertical axis,
wherein the adjustment device comprises a threaded screw which is coupled via a ball joint to the housing or to a support frame fastened to the housing,
wherein a threaded shank of the threaded screw is in threaded engagement about a rotational axis with a receiving part,
wherein the receiving part is insertable into a fastening part integrally connected to the optical unit,
wherein the receiving part is a locking body with a base element extending perpendicularly to the rotational axis and a plurality of locking and/or fastening means projecting from the base element,
wherein the locking and/or fastening means of the locking body includes a plurality of expansion elements and a resilient locking element,
wherein the plurality of expansion elements project from the base element of the locking body, in which the plurality of expansion elements, in an assembled position, bear against an inner wall of the fastening part, and
wherein the resilient locking element projects from the base element of the locking body and, in an assembled position, is connected in a locking manner to a locking lug from an outer wall of the fastening part.