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US 8,783,921 B2Granted
Light housing for vehicle glove box
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorChad Kwolek
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Abstract
A glove box assembly defines a storage cavity for a vehicle, such storage cavity including a wall with a perimeter edge defining a light aperture, and a light housing is adjacent to the wall and aligned with the light aperture. A flange extends from the light housing into the light aperture adjacent to at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the light aperture.
Claims15
A glove box assembly defining a storage cavity for a vehicle comprising:
- a glove box wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface and a light aperture there through having a perimeter edge extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface of the glove box wall;
- a light housing adjacent to the exterior surface of the glove box wall and aligned with the light aperture;
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- a flange extending from the light housing into the light aperture adjacent to at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the light aperture such that a distal end of the flange is flush with the interior surface of the glove box wall, wherein the distal end of the flange, when viewed in cross-section, is rounded along a length of the flange to remove sharp edges.
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A glove box assembly defining a storage cavity for a vehicle comprising:
- a glove box wall comprised of a fixed wall and a cover portion, the fixed wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface and a light aperture there through having a perimeter edge extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface of the glove box wall;
- the cover portion extending exterior to and adjacent to the exterior surface of the fixed wall, the cover portion including a light housing aligned with the light aperture of the fixed wall;
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- a flange extending from the light housing into the light aperture adjacent to at least a portion of the perimeter edge such that a distal end of the flange is flush with the interior surface of the glove box wall.
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A glove box assembly defining a storage cavity for a vehicle comprising:
- a glove box wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface and a light aperture there through having a perimeter edge extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface of the glove box wall;
- a light housing adjacent to the exterior surface of the glove box wall and aligned with the light aperture;
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- a flange extending from a portion of an open end of the light housing into the light aperture adjacent to the perimeter edge of the light aperture such that a distal end of the flange opposite the light housing is flush with the interior surface of the glove box wall, with edges of the distal end of the flange rounded when viewed in cross-section, wherein a corner formed from the perimeter edge of the light aperture and the interior surface of the glove box wall is rounded when viewed in cross-section such that the distal end of the flange and the corner form a continuous rounded perimeter adjacent the storage cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.