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US 8,297,806 B2Granted
Searchlight having pull-in bezel retention for marine applications
AssigneeXylem IP Holdings LLC
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.
Claims12
A searchlight comprising:
- a bezel pull-in retention assembly having
- a frame having a back plate configured with a fastening device;
- and
- a housing configured with a front end opening for receiving the frame, the housing also configured with a back end opening having an outer rim for receiving a seal plate, the seal plate configured to be adapted in the outer rim of the back end opening, the seal plate configured to receive the fastening device passing through the back end opening of the housing, and the seal plate and the fastening device being configured to fixedly couple the frame to the housing.
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A method comprising:
- arranging a frame having a back plate configured with a fastening device in a housing configured with a front end opening for receiving the frame, the housing also configured with a back end opening having an outer rim for receiving a seal plate;
- and
- adapting the sealing plate in the outer rim of the back end opening of the housing so that the sealing plate receives the fastening device passing through the back end opening of the housing, and the sealing plate and the fastening device fixedly couple the frame and the housing together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.