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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Philip Hall, Cookeville, TN (US);
Philip Hall, Cookeville, TN (US);
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular light assembly () is held in an operative position within a liner () by an intermediate retainer () which has spring-like tongues (). The retainer () is held in position on the liner () by fixation tabs () which are bent through the receiving hole () and pinch the liner () against a mounting plate () of the retainer (). Segmented shoulders () on a sidewall () of the light assembly () are received in channels () on each of the tongues () and seat above the tips () of each tongue () to retain the light assembly () in its operative position. By simple application of a manual force, a service person is able to install or remove the light assembly () from its operative position in the liner (). Thus, no tools are required to install or service the light assembly (). Furthermore, the intermediate retainer () functions as a single unit to interconnect the liner () and the light assembly ().