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US 2010/0135033 A1Published application
Searchlight having pull-in bezel retention for marine applications
AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsKevin Joseph LEARY, Samuel HINCKLEY, Robert KING, Kenneth J. LeBLANC
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Abstract
A searchlight is provided featuring a bezel pull-in retention assembly having a frame and a housing. The frame has a back plate configured with at least one opening to receive a fastening device. The housing is configured with a front end opening for receiving the frame, configured with a back end opening having an outer rim for receiving a seal plate, the seal plate configured to be adapted in the rim of the back end opening, to receive the fastening device and to fixedly couple the frame to the housing.
Claims11
A searchlight comprising:
- a bezel pull-in retention assembly having
- a frame having a back plate configured with at least one opening to receive a fastening device;
- and
- a housing configured with a front end opening for receiving the frame, configured with a back end opening having an outer rim for receiving a seal plate, the seal plate configured to be adapted in the rim of the back end opening, to receive the fastening device and to fixedly couple the frame to the housing.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- configuring a frame in relation to a front end opening of a housing, and a seal plate in relation to an outer rim of a back end opening of the housing;
- and
- coupling the frame and the seal plate together by passing a fastening device through an opening in a back plate of the frame so as to pull the frame into, and affix the frame to, the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.