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US 7,455,437 · App. 11/382,316 · Granted Nov 25, 2008

Automobile door handle with indicator lights

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Patent No.
US 7,455,437
App. No.
11/382,316
Granted
Nov 25, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automobile door handle with indicator lights, has a recess for firmly receiving a circuit board having a plurality of light emitting members spaced apart lengthwise on the surface, an opening through the bottom of the recess for allowing conducting wires to pass therethrough, and an adjacent outer peripheral groove. A transparent cover is dimensioned and shaped to fit snugly over the outer peripheral groove and has more than one spaced projection protruded from one surface adapted to be abutted against the circuit board for fastening. Adhesive is applied to the conducting wires in the opening, a joining portion of the outer peripheral groove and the cover so as to provide the assembled door handle with indictor lights withwaterproof and electricity leakage prevention characteristics.

Claims (6)

1. An automobile door handle indicator lights assembly comprising a door handle having a recess, a circuit board having a plurality of light emitting members on a surface, and a cover; wherein:

an outer peripheral groove is provided adjacent the recess allowing the cover to be disposed in the recess, with the outer peripheral groove including an opening at one end,

a plurality of conducting wires of the circuit board pass through the opening to physically and electrically connect to an electric system of the automobile,

a plurality of spaced projections protrude from an inner surface of the cover to abut against the circuit board and without interconnection to the circuit board, and

adhesive is applied to the conducting wires in the opening, a joining portion of the outer peripheral groove and the cover to provide the assembled door handle with indicator lights with waterproof and electricity leakage prevention characteristics.

2. The automobile door handle indicator lights assembly of claim 1 wherein the cover is completely disposed in the recess and does not extend beyond the recess over the door handle.

Continuity (1)
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