Guide Corporation

Nova Kay Filbrun

R Andrew Kidd

Wendell G Ferguson

Kenneth L Trimpe

Robert Andrew Kidd

Disclosed is a means and method for attaching an automotive lighting lens to the housing of an automotive lighting assembly while a structural adhesive cures. An automotive lighting assembly has a recessed hollow portion dimensioned to enclose one or more light fixtures and an open end with a peripheral edge. Formed around the periphery of the housing is a sealing groove and a plurality of engaging openings adjacent the groove. The engaging openings have a plurality of protuberances projecting into the opening, the protuberances providing a reduced area of clearance within the engaging opening. A covering lens has an exterior edge and a flange dimensioned to extend into and mate with the sealing groove formed around the edge of the lens. A plurality of projections are formed on the lens and positioned to coincide and mate with the engaging openings and dimensioned to have a cross section that causes the projections to engage the protuberances to produce frictional engagement and retention when the projections are inserted into the engaging openings. A curable adhesive is positioned within the sealing groove. When the lens is pressed onto the housing, the flange mates with the groove, and the projections frictionally engage the openings so that the lens is retained in position until the curable adhesive cures sealing the flange in the groove.

Method and structure for attaching a lens to a housing in an automotive lighting assembly

Disclosed is an vertically aimable motor vehicle lamp of a one-piece construction. The lamp includes a housing and mounting bracket joined by at least one integral living hinge positioned at the substantial side of the housing at the housing and bracket interface. The integral living hinges define a line of weakness between them about which the housing is pivotable. The housing includes an integral tab extending radially outwardly from the housing and adjacent to the front of the housing. The integral tab is engaged and operable by a vertical-direction adjuster. Further, the one-piece bracket and housing are suitable for manufacture via injection molding and may, because they are a unitary element, be molded in a single injection.

One piece bracket and housing for motor vehicle lamp

A center high mount stoplamp is characterized by a linear array of light emitting diodes on a light carrier. A corresponding plurality of lens optics are carried on a lens carrier. A desired distance between the light emitting diodes and the lens optics is established by extensions from the lens carrier having opposing surfaces which interface with back and front sides of the light carrier.

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Pendleton, IN, United States of America

Nova Kay Filbrun