Automotive headlamp assembly fastening system
AssigneeTRW Inc.
InventorJeffrey C. Lewis
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Abstract
A headlamp mounting arrangement for an automotive vehicle comprises a mounting support panel which forms a part of the vehicle and a lamp assembly with mounting studs extending outwardly from the rear wall thereof through first openings in the support panel. A lock plate is connected to the mounting support panel on the side opposite the lamp assembly for sliding movement between a first position for preventing withdrawal of the mounting studs from the first openings in the mounting support plate and a second position for permitting withdrawal of the mounting studs from the first openings. A latch type engagement is provided on the lock plate for preventing undesired sliding movement of the lock plate toward the second position.
Claims9
In a vehicle having a lamp mounted therein, a lamp mounting arrangement comprising:
- a mounting support panel forming a part of the vehicle, a plurality of first openings in the support panel, a lamp assembly having a rear exterior wall with a plurality of mounting studs extending outwardly therefrom, each stud having an outer end portion with an enlarged head extending through aligned ones of the first openings in the support panel;
- a lock plate means located between the enlarged heads and the mounting support panel and connected to the mounting support panel on a side of the mounting support panel opposite the lamp assembly by connecting means for permitting sliding movement of the lock plate means between a first position engaged with the enlarged heads for preventing withdrawal of the mounting studs from the first openings in the mounting support panel and a second position for permitting withdrawal of the mounting studs from the first openings;
- and,
- latch means associated with the lock plate means for limiting undesired sliding movement of the lock plate means in a direction toward the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.