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US3174576A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dashboard subassembly

Assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
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Filing: 1960-07-08
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Granted: 1965-03-23
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Expires: 1980-07-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert C Woofter
  • 👤 William C Luscombe

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 23:39
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60Q; B60Q3/00; B60Q3/10; B60Q3/14; B60K; B60K35/00; B60K35/50; B60K37/00; B60K37/20; H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/02; H01R13/04; H01R13/62; H01R13/40; H01R13/42; H01R13/428; H01R13/432; H01R13/64

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 243 words
FOR A VEHICLE HAVING ELECTRICAL WIRING MEANS SUCH AS INSULATED CONDUCTORS, GROUPED WIRES AS A HARNESS AND THE LIKE AS WELL AS A DASHBOARD MEANS TO CARRY INSTRUMENTATION, ACCESSORIES, AND THE LIKE, AND ILLUMINATING-CLUSTER SUBASSEMBLY PER SE, COMPRISING, A BODY PORTION OF MOLDABLE INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION ADAPTED TO FIT TO ONE SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD MEANS THOUGH DEFINITELY SEPARABLE THEREFROM, A CHANNEL PORTION RECESSED TO COMPLEMENT AND RECEIVE THE WIRING MEANS AND EXTENDING INTEGRALLY TO ONE SIDE OF SAID BODY PORTION TO BE REMOVABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY THEREWITH, A PLURALITY OF LAMP SOCKET MEANS ALSO COMPLETELY INTEGRAL WITH RATHER THAN SEPARABLE FROM SAID BODY PORTION OF INSULATING MATERIAL COMBINED WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING PREDETERMINED POSITIONING OF SAID PLURALITY OF LAMP SOCKET MEANS DIRECTLY ESTABLISHING INTEGRALLY ENTIRELY ONLY BY SAID BODY PORTION, CONDUCTING TERMINALS MEANS PROVIDED IN EACH OF SAID LAMP SOCKET MEANS FOR MOUNTING AND INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN ENERGIZABLE ILLUMINATORS SUCH AS LIGHT-BULBS AND TERMINATION FROM THE WIRING MEANS DIRECTLY ON SAID BODY PORTION ALWAYS TOGETHER AS ACCESSIBLE BOTH AFTER AND PRIOR TO ATTACHMENT OF SAID BODY PORTION TO THE DASHBOARD MEANS OF THE VEHICLE, AND FASTENING MEANS ALSO OF INSULATING MATERIAL THAT PROJECTS INTEGRALLY FROM SAID COMBINED LAMP SOCKET MEANS AND BODY PORTION TO MAINTAIN ATTACHMENT OF SAID BODY PORTION AS A PRE-WIRED PLURAL-LAMP UNIT SEPARABLE FOR LIGHT BULB SERVICING OF ANY AND ALL SAID LAMP SOCKET MEANS IN COMMON THEREWITH DIRECTLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD MEANS LATERALLY THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 243 words
FOR A VEHICLE HAVING ELECTRICAL WIRING MEANS SUCH AS INSULATED CONDUCTORS, GROUPED WIRES AS A HARNESS AND THE LIKE AS WELL AS A DASHBOARD MEANS TO CARRY INSTRUMENTATION, ACCESSORIES, AND THE LIKE, AND ILLUMINATING-CLUSTER SUBASSEMBLY PER SE, COMPRISING, A BODY PORTION OF MOLDABLE INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION ADAPTED TO FIT TO ONE SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD MEANS THOUGH DEFINITELY SEPARABLE THEREFROM, A CHANNEL PORTION RECESSED TO COMPLEMENT AND RECEIVE THE WIRING MEANS AND EXTENDING INTEGRALLY TO ONE SIDE OF SAID BODY PORTION TO BE REMOVABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY THEREWITH, A PLURALITY OF LAMP SOCKET MEANS ALSO COMPLETELY INTEGRAL WITH RATHER THAN SEPARABLE FROM SAID BODY PORTION OF INSULATING MATERIAL COMBINED WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING PREDETERMINED POSITIONING OF SAID PLURALITY OF LAMP SOCKET MEANS DIRECTLY ESTABLISHING INTEGRALLY ENTIRELY ONLY BY SAID BODY PORTION, CONDUCTING TERMINALS MEANS PROVIDED IN EACH OF SAID LAMP SOCKET MEANS FOR MOUNTING AND INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN ENERGIZABLE ILLUMINATORS SUCH AS LIGHT-BULBS AND TERMINATION FROM THE WIRING MEANS DIRECTLY ON SAID BODY PORTION ALWAYS TOGETHER AS ACCESSIBLE BOTH AFTER AND PRIOR TO ATTACHMENT OF SAID BODY PORTION TO THE DASHBOARD MEANS OF THE VEHICLE, AND FASTENING MEANS ALSO OF INSULATING MATERIAL THAT PROJECTS INTEGRALLY FROM SAID COMBINED LAMP SOCKET MEANS AND BODY PORTION TO MAINTAIN ATTACHMENT OF SAID BODY PORTION AS A PRE-WIRED PLURAL-LAMP UNIT SEPARABLE FOR LIGHT BULB SERVICING OF ANY AND ALL SAID LAMP SOCKET MEANS IN COMMON THEREWITH DIRECTLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD MEANS LATERALLY THEREOF.

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