A searchlight assembly includes a mount structure adapted to be mounted to an external surface of a vehicle; a lens coupled to an extending from the mount structure and having an inner surface defining a cavity; a spherical motor disposed within the cavity and coupled to the mount structure to independently rotate about two perpendicular axes relative to the mount structure and the lens; and a light source disposed within the cavity and coupled to the spherical motor to be rotatable therewith about the two perpendicular axes.

A ball socket assembly is provided that includes a ball socket having a socket base with a plurality of socket legs extending therefrom, the socket legs include ball stud interface surfaces forming a ball cavity for receiving and selectively engaging a ball head of a ball stud, a plurality of slots extending between the plurality of socket legs, a lower abutment wall having a bend line and situated in the socket base, and a flexible securing substrate positioned under the lower abutment wall, the socket assembly further including a mating boss substrate having a first boss inner passage with a first passage inside diameter, a second boss inner passage having a second passage inside diameter, wherein the first passage inside diameter is greater than the second passage inside diameter, a boss transition wall between the first boss inner passage and the second boss inner passage, and a boss bottom.

A receiving assembly for a headlight range adjusting device for a lighting module in a headlight of a vehicle, with a receiving area for the headlight range adjusting device and with thermal compensator to compensate for a temperature-related displacement of a connection point for the lighting module in an adjustment axis of the headlight range adjusting device. The compensator has at least one profiled receiving area which extends in the adjustment axis and which is made of a first material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and the compensator has at least one receiving slide which extends in the adjustment axis and which is made of a second material with a second coefficient of thermal expansion, which is received in the profiled receiving area in the adjustment axis so as to be displaceable.

A receiving assembly for a headlight range adjusting device for a lighting module in a headlight of a vehicle, with a receiving area for the headlight range adjusting device and with thermal compensator to compensate for a temperature-related displacement of a connection point for the lighting module in an adjustment axis of the headlight range adjusting device. The compensator has at least one profiled receiving area which extends in the adjustment axis and which is made of a first material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and the compensator has at least one receiving slide which extends in the adjustment axis and which is made of a second material with a second coefficient of thermal expansion, which is received in the profiled receiving area in the adjustment axis so as to be displaceable.

A vehicular lamp comprising a front lens body extending in a predetermined direction horizontally inclined by a predetermined angle when viewed from the front, a rear lens unit disposed behind the front lens body, and a light source which is disposed behind the rear lens unit and emits light for a headlamp light distribution pattern, wherein the rear lens unit is a lens unit configured to condense, in a first direction, light from the light source, the front lens body is a lens unit configured to condense, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, light from the rear lens unit, and at least one light diffusing element configured to diffuse light from the optical system in at least one of the predetermined direction and a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction is set in a region of the front lens body permeated by light from the optical system.

A vehicular lamp comprising a front lens body extending in a predetermined direction horizontally inclined by a predetermined angle when viewed from the front, a rear lens unit disposed behind the front lens body, and a light source which is disposed behind the rear lens unit and emits light for a headlamp light distribution pattern, wherein the rear lens unit is a lens unit configured to condense, in a first direction, light from the light source, the front lens body is a lens unit configured to condense, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, light from the rear lens unit, and at least one light diffusing element configured to diffuse light from the optical system in at least one of the predetermined direction and a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction is set in a region of the front lens body permeated by light from the optical system.

A method for producing an optical component for an illuminating device of a motor vehicle, the optical component having at least one structured surface, comprising the following method steps: generating a first virtual representation of the surface that is to be structured of the component, applying a grid of points to the virtual representation of the surface that is to be structured of the component, shifting all or a plurality of the points in a randomized manner in the positive or negative direction in parallel with the respective normals to the surface in order to structure the surface, creating a second virtual representation of the surface that reproduces the structuring achieved by the shifting of the points, and producing the component on the basis of the second virtual representation of the surface.

A method for producing an optical component for an illuminating device of a motor vehicle, the optical component having at least one structured surface, comprising the following method steps: generating a first virtual representation of the surface that is to be structured of the component, applying a grid of points to the virtual representation of the surface that is to be structured of the component, shifting all or a plurality of the points in a randomized manner in the positive or negative direction in parallel with the respective normals to the surface in order to structure the surface, creating a second virtual representation of the surface that reproduces the structuring achieved by the shifting of the points, and producing the component on the basis of the second virtual representation of the surface.

A vehicle headlamp includes: a first light source configured to form at least a high-beam light distribution pattern; and a second light source including a laser diode and configured to form an additional light distribution pattern that irradiates a distance equal to or farther than that of the high-beam light distribution pattern. An optical axis of the second light source is configured to be inclined by a predetermined angle in the left-right direction from an optical axis of the first light source, at least during a period while light is irradiated.

An electronic device for a vehicle includes a power supply configured to supply power, an interface configured to receive high definition (HD) map data of a specified region from a server through a communication device, and at least one processor configured to continuously generate electronic horizon data of the specified region based on the HD map data in a state in which the power is received, and to set a light irradiation region of a head lamp based on the electronic horizon data.