Enerdel, Inc.

Guide Corporation

Wendell G Ferguson

Bruce James Silk

R Andrew Kidd

Nova Kay Filbrun

A multi-cell battery system is disclosed including a plurality of battery sub-assemblies and a plurality of heat exchange members stacked together along a longitudinal axis. Each of the plurality of heat exchange members defines a heat exchange passageway through the battery system.

Battery system with internal cooling passages

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.

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Daleville, IN, United States of America

Wendell G Ferguson