Structural support elements of light guide and electrical housing
AssigneeDura Operating, LLC
InventorsRon G. Gipson, Bhanumurthy Veeragandham, Indraneel Page
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Abstract
A component assembly includes a body having an electronics component mounted on a first face of the body. A light emitting diode is mounted on a first portion of the first face. A top plate is attached to the body and covers the light emitting diode and the electronics component. The top plate includes: a first cavity having the electronics component positioned within the first cavity; and a first support area homogeneously connected to the top plate and extending from the top plate to directly contact the body outside of the cavity to provide support for the top plate and to mitigate against collapse of the cavity.
Claims20
A component assembly, comprising:
- a body having an electronics component mounted on a first portion of a first face of the body;
- and
- a top plate covering the electronics component, the top plate having:
- a cavity having the electronics component positioned within the cavity;
- and
- a first support area positioned outside of the cavity homogeneously connected to the top plate and extending from the top plate to directly contact the body, the first support area providing support for the top plate and mitigating against collapse of the cavity.
A component assembly, comprising:
- a body having an electronics component mounted on a first face of the body;
- a light emitting diode mounted on a first portion of the first face;
- a top plate attached to the body and covering the light emitting diode and the electronics component, the top plate having:
- a first cavity having the electronics component positioned within the first cavity;
- and
- a first support area homogeneously connected to the top plate and extending from the top plate to directly contact the body outside of the first cavity to provide support for the top plate and to mitigate against collapse of the first cavity.
A component assembly, comprising:
- a printed circuit board having an electronics component mounted on a first face of the printed circuit board;
- a light emitting diode mounted on a first portion of the first face;
- a light guide molded of a light transmissive polymeric material connected to the printed circuit board and covering the light emitting diode and the electronics component, the light guide attached using first pins extending from the light guide to the printed circuit board, the light guide having:
- a cavity having the electronics component positioned within the cavity;
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- first and second support areas homogeneously connected to the light guide and extending from the light guide to directly contact the first face of the printed circuit board, the first and second support areas positioned oppositely about the cavity to provide support for the light guide and to mitigate against collapse of the cavity;
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- a reflector plate molded of a polymeric material positioned on the light guide and extending over the light emitting diode connected using second pins extending from the light guide to the reflector plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.