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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Robert B Georgeff, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Earl R Sobeck, Dearborn Height, MI (US);
Albert J Sherrington, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Waine T Brock, Troy, MI (US);
Todd H Wludyka, Walled Lake, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A lamp assembly having fluid dispensing capabilities comprising a housing, a lens having a fluid nozzle retaining sleeve and a fluid nozzle assembly. The lamp assembly is subassembled by snap-fitting these components together, installing a lamp unit to the housing and a seal to the lens. Installation of the lamp assembly into the vehicle is accomplished by connecting the lamp unit to a wire harness, coupling the fluid nozzle assembly to a fluid supply line and securing the lamp assembly in an aperture in the vehicle with a pair of fasteners. The lamp assembly is particularly useful when incorporated into a rearward facing surface of a vehicle as the lamp serves as a center high mount stop lamp and the nozzle assembly is used to dispense a cleaning fluid onto a rear windshield.