Searchlight system for vehicle post
AssigneeGolight, Inc.
InventorsColton D. Hosick, Bruce Bair, Albert W. Gebhard, Gerald L. Gohl
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Abstract
A searchlight system for mounting to a vehicle, for example on the A-pillar, without requiring modification to structural frame components. The system comprises a mounting assembly which is installed on the vehicle and a searchlight assembly which is mounted to the mounting assembly. Searchlight assemblies with different optical devices can be modularly exchanged with respect to the same mounting assembly installed on the vehicle. Also disclosed is a method for installing such systems. Other aspects are directed to heat dissipation and ingress protection for the searchlight assembly.
Claims20
A searchlight mounting system for an A-pillar of a vehicle, comprising:
- a mounting assembly including at least one bracket, an adapter, and fasteners;
- the bracket having an interior surface configured to face toward the vehicle and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, wherein the bracket comprises projections which extend out from the interior surface, with a first bore formed into each projection from the exterior surface, each projection having an end wall opposite the interior surface with a second bore formed through the end wall, the first bore being larger in diameter than the second bore;
- the adapter projecting out from the exterior surface of the bracket, the adapter configured to attach to a searchlight assembly;
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- the fasteners each having a head and a shank which insert into the projections, the head being larger in diameter than the second bore, and the shank being smaller in diameter than the second bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.