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Headlamp Assembly
United States Patent
Van Duyn et al. |
Patent Number: 4,947,294
Date of Patent: Aug. 7, 1990 |
| HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY |
| Inventors: |
Paul D. Van Duyn; Robert C. House, II; Leslie H. Hallgarth, all of Anderson, Ind. |
| Assignee: |
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. |
| Appl. No.: |
430831 |
| Filed: |
Oct. 10, 1989 |
| Related U.S. Application Data |
| Continuation of Ser. No. 342, 211, Apr. 24, 1989, abandoned. |
| Int. Class: |
B60Q 1/00; |
| U.S. Class: |
362/61; 362/306; 313/318 |
| Field of Search: |
362/61, 226, 80, 83, 362/267, 306; 313/318 |
References Cited
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Iwamoto |
362/226 |
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362/226 |
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362/226 |
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439/544 |
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362/61 |
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October 1988 |
Spoliansky |
403/143 |
Primary Examiner- Ira S. Lazarus
Assistant Examiner- Richard R. Cole
Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Edward J. Biskup |
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp having a retainer that can be fastened to the rear of the reflector
through sonic welding or by adhesive bonding and that includes a pair of integrally interconnected ring members
which provide a circular open space therebetween for accommodating the retainer members formed on a replaceable
light bulb and has locator tabs formed on one of the ring members for cooperation with locator slots on the
reflector for properly locating the retainer on the reflector.
4 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets |
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