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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Atsushi Sugimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaaki Ishikawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for leveling a vehicle lamp such that an opening of the pivot receiving body is formed in a non-circular shape; the cross sectional shape of the pivot body in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the pivot body is formed so that the pivot body can be inserted into the opening of the pivot receiving body in at least one direction; and the cross sectional shape of the pivot body cannot be inserted into the opening of the pivot receiving body in at least the other direction; and the pivot body is prevented from slipping off the pivot receiving body by turning the pivot body by a predetermined angle around the axis of the pivot body after the pivot body is inserted into the pivot receiving body.