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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Kevin L. Judd, Pendleton, IN (US);
Paul H. Fort, Anderson, IN (US);
Douglas A. Elrod, Pendleton, IN (US);
Robert A. Kidd, Alexandria, IN (US);
Jack D. Bodem, Kokomo, IN (US);
Vince E. Stanley, Wilkinson, IN (US);
Kevin L. Judd, Pendleton, IN (US);
Paul H. Fort, Anderson, IN (US);
Douglas A. Elrod, Pendleton, IN (US);
Robert A. Kidd, Alexandria, IN (US);
Jack D. Bodem, Kokomo, IN (US);
Vince E. Stanley, Wilkinson, IN (US);
Guide Corporation, Pendelton, IN (US);
Abstract
A sealing bulb boot for use in a vehicular lighting assembly comprising a boot with a lip running along its outer perimeter and a hole at its approximate center. The hole in the boot is generally circular in configuration with at least one notch which allows a conventional tabbed locking mechanism of a light source, which requires an approximate quarter turn to lock the light source to the reflector, to pass therethrough. The outer lip of the sealing bulb boot presses around a portion of the housing of the lighting assembly. A seal is also created around the inner portion of the sealing bulb boot upon the insertion of the light source through the hole at the center of the boot and the turning of the light source to engage the light source's locking mechanism.