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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A housing body () is designed in order to be mounted at least in regions in a mounting opening of an outer skin or outer body component () of a motor vehicle, and has an outer flange region (), which surrounds the housing body () at least in regions and defines the outer geometry of the housing body at least in regions, the flange region having a multi-dimensional shape and being designed in order to rest against a support surface of the outer skin or outer body component () in the installed state of the housing body. The shape of the outer flange region () is designed such that the housing body () is mountable, as needed, in a mounting opening, mirrored relative to the motor vehicle longitudinal axis, in a left- or right-sided outer skin or outer body component, by moving the housing body from left to right.