Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Card edge connector for a lighting module
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Application No.: US17144489Application Date: 2021-01-08
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Publication No.: US11408574B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Brian Jeffrey Hunt , Jonathan Blandin
- Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Seymour
- Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Seymour
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F21V1/00
- IPC: F21V1/00 ; F21S41/19 ; F21S41/30 ; F21S45/47 ; F21S45/00 ; H01R13/74 ; H01R12/71

Abstract:
A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210131631A1 CARD EDGE CONNECTOR FOR A LIGHTING MODULE Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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