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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

David A. Brown, Plymouth, MI (US);

Simon Howard Curwood, Canton, MI (US);

Diane Marie LaHaie, Dearborn, MI (US);

Matt W. Roosen, Memphis, MI (US);

Brian Carroll, Brighton, MI (US);

Ken Alan Ward, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/06 (2006.01); B60Q 1/068 (2006.01); F21S 41/19 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/062 (2013.01); G01M 11/064 (2013.01); G01M 11/068 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0683 (2013.01); F21S 41/19 (2018.01);
Abstract

A vehicle headlamp includes a housing, at least one lamp located in the housing, at least one beam alignment light source positioned in the housing and configured to project an image to aid in alignment of the at least one lamp, and at least one beam alignment mechanism operably coupled to the housing and configured to adjust the direction of light from the at least one lamp based on an image projected by the beam alignment light source.


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