US 12,234,968 B2
Illumination device with a living hinge
Felipe de JD Melhado-Moya, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC, Windsor (CA)
Filed by Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC, Windsor (CA)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/611,863.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/491,451, filed on Mar. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318808 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 17/10 (2006.01); F21S 41/19 (2018.01); F21S 41/29 (2018.01); F21S 45/00 (2018.01); F21V 15/01 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 17/107 (2013.01) [F21S 41/19 (2018.01); F21S 41/295 (2018.01); F21S 45/00 (2018.01); F21V 15/01 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illumination device for use with a motor vehicle, the illumination device comprising:
a housing having a first side and a second side connected via a hinge, the hinge configured to allow the first side and the second side to fold together to form a closed configuration of the housing;
the first side having a first lens securing mechanism embedded into the first side and the second side having a second lens securing mechanism embedded into the second side, wherein the first lens securing mechanism and the second lens securing mechanism are unaligned when the housing is in an open configuration and wherein the first lens securing mechanism and the second lens securing mechanism align in the closed configuration such that the first lens securing mechanism and the second lens securing mechanism are configured to retain a lens therein when in the closed configuration; and
one or more internal components configured to secure within the housing when in the closed configuration;
wherein the first side, the second side, and the hinge are manufactured as a single unit; and
wherein the housing is configured to mount within an environment of the motor vehicle.