Title:
REAR WIPER HATCH CASSETTE USING INTERLOCKING PARTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002053420
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A hatch assembly for a vehicle wherein the components to be installed within the tailgate or the hatch are interconnected. The components can include one or more of a wiper drive motor, a cargo light, a center high mounted stop light, a fluid sprayer, a latch, a wiper light and the vehicle hatch. The assembly can include corresponding shaped features on respective components so that the components can be interconnected without the use of additional fasteners. Electrical connections are also made between the components of the assembly. The electrical connections are embedded within the walls of the components, the cover, and/or the shaped features that provide the mechanical connections between the enclosures.
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Inventors:
BUCHANAN HARRY CHARLES JR
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/049544
Publication Date:
October 10, 2002
Filing Date:
December 28, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VALEO ELECTRICAL SYS INC (US)
International Classes:
B60Q1/26; B60S1/08; B60S1/58; E05B65/12; H05K5/02; B60S1/04; H01R13/62; (IPC1-7): B60S1/58; B61S1/08; B60Q1/30; E05B65/12; B60S1/16; H05K5/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1997012349A1 | 1997-04-03 |
Foreign References:
| US3594689A | 1971-07-20 | |||
| US5621942A | 1997-04-22 | |||
| DE3406688A1 | 1985-09-05 |
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