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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd E. Cassidy, Medina, OH (US);
Assignee:
Trans Technology Engineered Components, LLC, Brunswick, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/130 ; F21V 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/130 ; F21V 1/702 ;
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to a coupling nut for connecting an automotive headlamp adjustment assembly to a tubular protrusion or boss of a headlight reflector forming part of the headlamp assembly wherein the coupling nut has a tubular opening at one end thereof which fits over the tubular protrusion of the headlamp reflector and a cup shaped opening at the opposite end and a circumferential cut out area with a flexible inclined plane therein to allow an easy snap-in of the nut to a pair of protrusions extending from the outside surface of the tubular protrusion.