Device for closing off the opening in a lighting device housing for a motor vehicle
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorsManuel Gomez Ramirez, Rafael Vazquez Quesada
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Abstract
The object of the invention is a closure device able to be mounted on an opening in the housing of a lighting/signalling device for a motor vehicle of the headlight type. This device comprises a rigid cover on which a movable flap is able to slide over a given travel between an open position and a closed position. The movable flap being provided with mechanical locking means cooperating when it is in the closed position with complementary means present on the housing on or close to the periphery of the opening in order to ensure the locking of the cover in abutment against the housing.
Claims14
A closure device removably coupled to a housing of a lighting device for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
- (a) a cover that closes an opening in the housing;
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- (b) a movable flap that is slidable on an external face of the cover between an open position and a closed position, the movable flap having a locking device cooperating, when the movable flap is in the closed position, with a complementary device on the housing on or close to the periphery of the opening to lock the cover in abutment against the housing.
A housing for a motor vehicle headlight device comprising at least one opening provided with a removable closure device, wherein the closure device comprises a cover that closes said opening and a movable flap that is slidable on an external face of the cover between an open position and a closed position, the movable flap being provided with a locking device cooperating, when the movable flap is in the closed position, with a complementary device present on the housing on or close to the periphery of the opening in order to lock the cover in abutment against the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.