Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Gerald A Flint

Edward Zentner

Bryan Thomas Welch

A concealed vehicle headlamp is provided including a pivot bracket mounted to the vehicle, a headlamp housing pivotally mounted to the pivot bracket for movement between closed and open positions, a headlamp mounted to the housing for movement between the closed and open positions, the headlamp being adjustable relative to the headlamp housing for aiming, a motor to move the headlamp housing in the open and closed positions, a spider adjustable in fore and aft and cross car directions with respect to the headlamp housing, an intermediate panel having fore and aft ends vertically adjustable with respect to the spider, and a cover panel having means of concealed attachment with the intermediate panel for fitting flush with respect to the vehicle body when the headlamp housing is in the closed position.

Retractable headlamp assembly

A first plastic body panel has an appearance panel with an appearance surface and an adjoining edge. The body panel has a tongue projecting from the adjoining edge generally parallel and recessed from the appearance surface. The tongue has an appearance side and a hidden side with the hidden side having a plurality of ribs. A second plastic body panel has an appearance panel with an appearance surface and an adjoining edge. The second plastic body panel has an inboard 'L' shaped flange spaced and generally parallel to the appearance panel at the adjoining edge. The appearance panel and the flange of the second body panel define a slot at the adjoining edge for receiving the tongue of the first plastic body panel for slideably connecting the panels with the ribs of the tongue engaging the inboard 'L' shaped flange. The appearance surfaces are coplanar at the adjoining edges whereby the panels can move relative to each other while maintaining the appearance surfaces coplanar at the adjoining edges.

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Gerald A Flint