Push-in nut lighting assembly
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAntonio Emilio SANCHEZ AGUILAR, Tomoya HAGIHARA, Yusuke ENOTO, Masatoshi KUBOTA
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Abstract
A housing for a circuit includes a top wall that defines an aperture configured for receiving a fastener, and a bottom wall integrally formed with the top wall, positioned directly below the aperture in a height direction, and extended across the aperture with respect to the height direction. The circuit is mounted on a bottom side of the bottom wall. The top wall and the bottom wall define an interior of the housing, and cooperate to obstruct egress of debris from the interior of the housing to the circuit at the bottom side of the bottom wall.
Claims20
A housing for a circuit, the housing comprising:
- a top wall that includes a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, the top wall defines an aperture extended therethrough, the aperture configured for receiving a fastener;
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- a bottom wall that includes a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, the bottom wall integrally formed with the top wall, positioned directly below the aperture in a height direction such that the top side of the bottom wall faces the bottom side of the top wall, and extended across the aperture with respect to the height direction,
- wherein the circuit is mounted on the bottom side of the bottom wall such that the circuit is on an exterior of the housing, and
- wherein the bottom side of the top wall and the top side of the bottom wall are spaced in the height direction to define an interior of the housing, and cooperate to obstruct egress of debris from the interior of the housing to the circuit at the bottom side of the bottom wall.
A vehicle assembly comprising:
- a housing including;
- a top wall that has a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side and defines an aperture extended therethrough,
- a bottom wall that is spaced in a height direction from the top wall, the bottom wall has a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side and is positioned directly below the aperture in a height direction such that the top side of the bottom wall faces the bottom side of the top wall, and
- at least one side wall extended in the height direction, connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, wherein the top wall, the bottom wall, and the at least one side wall are integrally formed with each other, define an interior of the housing, and cooperate to obstruct egress of debris from the interior of the housing;
- a fastener inserted through the aperture, into the interior of the housing, above the bottom wall in the height direction;
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- a circuit mounted to the bottom side of the bottom wall, directly below the aperture in the height direction such that the circuit is on an exterior of the housing and the bottom wall covers the circuit from debris introduced into the interior of the housing at the aperture.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle assembly, the method comprising:
- driving a slider in a slider direction toward a molding apparatus, wherein the slider is inserted into a space defined by the molding apparatus;
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- injecting a molding material into the space defined by the molding apparatus such that the molding material forms a housing around the slider, the housing being formed to include:
- a top wall that defines an aperture configured for receiving a fastener;
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- a bottom wall positioned directly below the aperture in a height direction, and extended across the aperture with respect to the height direction, wherein the top wall and the bottom wall define an interior of the housing;
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- mounting a circuit on a bottom side of the bottom wall, wherein the top wall and the bottom wall cooperate to obstruct egress of debris from the interior of the housing to the circuit at the bottom side of the bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.