Vehicle light and vehicle
AssigneeHella GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorVincent Vosloh
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Abstract
A vehicle light is provided with a housing which partially delimits an interior and has an open side. A light source assembly is positioned inside the housing. An at least partially transparent outer lens is positioned on the open side of the housing. The outer lens is attached to the housing with a snap-fit assembly and a seal assembly to obtain a fluid-tight seal. The seal assembly contains a seal placed in a circumferential groove on the housing. The snap-fit assembly has a snap-fit component on the outer lens, which engages in the groove and is snapped onto the housing inside the groove. When fully assembled, the snap-fit component bears on the seal and the outer lens is releasably attached to the housing.
Claims11
A vehicle light comprising:
- a housing which partially delimits an interior, the housing having an open side;
- a light source assembly inside the housing;
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- an at least partially transparent outer lens on the open side of the housing,
- wherein the outer lens is attached to the housing with a snap-fit assembly and a seal assembly to obtain a fluid-tight seal,
- wherein the seal assembly contains a seal placed in a circumferential groove on the housing,
- wherein the outer lens has a light-emitting surface, a snap-fit component extending from the light-emitting surface, and a cover section positioned outside and substantially parallel to the snap-fit component,
- wherein the snap-fit component engages in the groove and is snapped into the housing in the groove,
- wherein when fully assembled, the snap-fit component bears on the seal and the outer lens is releasably attached to the housing,
- wherein the housing has a snap-fit lug in the groove configured to snap in place behind a projection of the snap-fit component in an assembled state, and
- wherein a hole is defined between the cover section and the snap-fit lug, the hole configured to receive a tool to facilitate releasing the snap-fit component from the snap-fit lug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.