Three part headlamp assembly
AssigneeCovestro LLC
InventorsMark G. Bondi, James M. Lorenzo, Mark M. Matsco
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Abstract
An assembly comprises a housing, a bezel and a lens, or a housing heat sink, a housing rim, a bezel and a lens, wherein the housing or the housing heat sink comprises a first surface and the bezel or the housing rim comprises a second surface, a portion of a first surface of the housing or housing heat sink is molded to a portion of the second surface forming an interface surface, the interface surface having an interface angle that does not deviate more than 90 degrees, measured from a central axis perpendicular to the bezel and the housing around which the bezel and the housing are molded, for all interface angles about the central axis.
Claims20
An assembly comprising a housing heat sink, a housing rim, a bezel and a lens, wherein the bezel comprises a first surface and the housing rim comprises a second surface, a portion of the first surface is molded to a portion of the second surface forming an interface surface, the interface surface having an interface angle that does not deviate more than 90 degrees, measured from a central axis perpendicular to the housing rim around which the housing rim is molded, for all interface angles about the central axis, wherein the housing rim has a composition that is different from the composition of the housing heat sink, and wherein the lens is thermally welded to the bezel or the housing rim.
An assembly comprising a housing heat sink, a housing rim, a bezel and a lens, wherein the bezel comprises a first surface and the housing rim comprises a second surface, a portion of the first surface is molded to a portion of the second surface forming an interface surface, the interface surface having an interface angle that does not deviate more than 90 degrees, measured from a central axis perpendicular to the housing rim around which the housing rim is molded, for all interface angles about the central axis, wherein the housing rim has a composition that is different from the composition of the housing heat sink, and wherein the lens comprises greater than 80% polycarbonate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.