Hood ornament lamp housing
AssigneesFca US LLC, Stellantis Auto SAS, Flex-N-Gate Corporation
InventorsZakariae Zhaoui, Aslam Adam
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Abstract
A hood ornament lamp housing is provided to provide illumination through a cut out area in an outer vehicle hood. The lamp housing has first and second sections. The first housing section houses electrical components such as a printed circuit board. The first housing section includes a mounting flange configured to connect the first housing section with an inner hood component. The second section houses electrical components such as LED lamps. The second section contains mounting tabs that engage projections connected with an inner hood component to clip the lamp housing in a desired location relative to the outer hood. The lamp housing further includes a lens for disposition in the cut out area of an outer hood to provide illumination.
Claims17
A lamp housing configured to be connected to a vehicle hood component comprising:
- a first housing section;
- a second housing section extending from the first housing section to a distal end, the second housing section comprising a channel defined by a base and at least one side wall extending transversely to the base, wherein the at least one side wall supports a first tab, the first tab is configured to be received in an opening of a projection on the vehicle hood component to thereby connect the lamp housing with the vehicle hood component, wherein the second housing section comprises a pair of side walls spaced apart from one another and extending from the base to define the channel, and each of the side walls supports a first tab that is configured to be received in openings of projections on a vehicle hood component.
A lamp housing configured to be connected to a vehicle hood component comprising:
- a first housing section;
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- a second housing section extending from the first housing section to a distal end, wherein the first housing section defines a cavity configured to receive electrical components and the first housing section includes a mounting flange extending outwardly therefrom opposite to the direction of the second housing section, wherein the second housing section includes a channel defined by a base and a pair of side walls spaced apart from one another and extending transversely to the base, and having a mounting block depending from the base adjacent the distal end, and wherein each of the pair of side walls supports a first tab, the first tab configured to be received in an opening of a projection on a vehicle hood component to thereby connect the lamp housing with a vehicle hood component;
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- a lens disposed over the channel and configured to be coupled with the side walls.
A lamp housing, comprising:
- a first housing section having a receptacle configured to receive one or more electrical components;
- a second housing section extending from the first housing section to a distal end, the second housing section having a base and a first side wall extending along a first side of the base, and a second side wall extending along a second side of the base that is opposite to the first side, wherein each of the first side wall and the second sidewall supports a first tab, and each first tab is configured to be received in an opening of a corresponding one of two projections on a vehicle hood or a vehicle hood component to thereby connect the lamp housing with the vehicle hood or the vehicle hood component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.