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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Itzel Alejandra Hinojos Salayandia, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Eric J. Stern, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Sergio Armendariz Molina, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Daniel Scott Eichorn, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Alejandro Argumedo Sifuentes, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
Roberto Carlos Chacon, Ciudad Juárez, MX;
APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A cover for an electrical center of a vehicle includes a cover member defining a first cover lock assurance (CLA) feature and configured to cover electrical components of the electrical center when the first CLA feature is fully engaged with a second CLA feature defined by a housing of the electrical center and a CLA system configured to assure the full engagement of the cover member to the housing of the electrical center, the CLA system including a third CLA feature configured to selectively engage/disengage with the first and second CLA features to engage the cover member to the housing of the electrical center and a machine-readable indicator configured to be fully visible and readable by a CLA device when the third CLA feature is fully engaged and seated within the first and second CLA features.