Electric Or Pneumatic Patents (Class 362/272)
  • Patent number: 4195327
    Abstract: The device comprises a bar pivoted to a swing-bar whose ends are each connected to a piston rod of a jack having two positions. The travel of one of the jacks is equal to double the travel of the other. The front end of the bar is connected to the upper part of a headlamp and the bar is connected to the middle of the swing-bar. The ends of the latter are formed over and engaged in notches formed in a support of the device. The edges of the notches constitute abutments for the swing-bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Automobiles Peugeot
    Inventor: Gerard Piquot
  • Patent number: 4186428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the joint control of the inclination of the headlights of an automobile, of the type comprising an electric motor-reduction gear mechanically coupled to each headlight to adjust the inclination thereof, each motor-reduction gear being of the type comprising, in series in its electrical supply circuit, an electrical switch actuated generator that the motor-reduction gear makes a predetermined rotation, and comprising a time base possessing at least one output and capable of supplying in controlled manner on said output a series of electrical pulses at intervals of time at least equal to the time necessary for the motor-reduction gears to make said predetermined rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Cibie Projecteurs
    Inventor: Alain Deverrewaere