Invention Application
- Patent Title: ELECTRICAL CENTER COVER WITH MACHINE-READABLE INDICATOR CONFIRMATION OF LOCK ENGAGEMENT
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Application No.: US16952277Application Date: 2020-11-19
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Publication No.: US20220159858A1Publication Date: 2022-05-19
- Inventor: Itzel Alejandra Hinojos Salayandia , Eric J. Stern , Sergio Armendariz Molina , Daniel Scott Eichorn , Daniel Alejandro Argumedo Sifuentes , Roberto Carlos Chacon
- Applicant: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Applicant Address: BB St. Michael
- Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Current Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: BB St. Michael
- Main IPC: H05K5/03
- IPC: H05K5/03 ; B60R16/023 ; H05K5/02

Abstract:
A cover for an electrical center of a vehicle includes a cover member defining a first cover lock assurance (CLA) feature and configured to cover electrical components of the electrical center when the first CLA feature is fully engaged with a second CLA feature defined by a housing of the electrical center and a CLA system configured to assure the full engagement of the cover member to the housing of the electrical center, the CLA system including a third CLA feature configured to selectively engage/disengage with the first and second CLA features to engage the cover member to the housing of the electrical center and a machine-readable indicator configured to be fully visible and readable by a CLA device when the third CLA feature is fully engaged and seated within the first and second CLA features.
Public/Granted literature
- US11558972B2 Electrical center cover with machine-readable indicator confirmation of lock engagement Public/Granted day:2023-01-17
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