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Auto Head Lamp Leveling Device - Except Hev: Other Kia Optima III

Headlights 2 illustrations ~174 words

Operating Procedure

  1. Suspension angle change resulted from vehicle's load change.
  2. Sensor angle change.
  3. Microprocessor calculates necessary head lamp angle change amount.
  4. Sending a proper signal to head lamp leveling device and driving actuator.

Operating Condition

  1. Ignition on.
  2. Low beam on.
  3. On stop : If sensor lever change is 2° and above, head lamp is operated after max. 1.5 sec.
  4. On driving : If vehicle velocity is over 4 km/h (2.48 mile/h), velocity change is not over 0.8-1.6 km/h (0.5 ~ 1.0 mile/h) per second, and loading condition is changed, then head lamp is operated.

Scheme 13

Scheme 13: Components

Scheme 14

Scheme 14
  1. Auto head lamp leveling unit Leveling unit & sensor Sensor mounting bracket Sensor linkage Using a Micro-processor, percept the operation lever's mechanical angle change or speed signal. As an actuator control device of inner control program, mounting on the rear center arm.
  2. Actuator Change the head lamp lighting direction up or down since automatic head lamp leveling unit sensing the input signal following the vehicle's statically changes.