Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automotive lighting and/or signaling device equipped with an external decorative element and related assembly method
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Application No.: US17536794Application Date: 2021-11-29
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Publication No.: US11608958B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Francesca Rotaris , Antonio Zamolo , Carlo Moroldo
- Applicant: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Venaria Reale
- Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Venaria Reale
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Priority: EP20210690 20201130
- Main IPC: F21S41/55
- IPC: F21S41/55 ; F21S43/50 ; F21S43/27 ; F21S41/29 ; F21S41/20 ; F21V17/10

Abstract:
A lighting and/or signaling device, in particular for the automotive industry, comprising a container body which delimits a containment housing closed by a lenticular body, which accommodates at least one light source adapted to emit a light beam which at least partially crosses the lenticular body, at least one decorative element, applied on an external wall of the lenticular body, opposite to the containment housing. An internal wall of the decorative element, directly facing the external wall of the lenticular body, comprises at least one welding pin, which creates a welding point with the lenticular body. At least one spacer element defines a minimum clearance and a volume or gap between the external wall of the lenticular body and the internal wall of the element decorative element. At least one conveyor element favors the outflow of liquids which have penetrated through the clearance into the volume.
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