Patent ID: 9709727
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60Q,F21S,F21V,G02B

Claim:
1. A light assembly comprising: a housing having a first end and a second end, the housing defining a cavity extending through the housing between the first and second ends, the housing having first and second openings to the cavity at the first and second ends, respectively, the housing holding a light source within the cavity, the light source configured to emit light; a light pipe assembly elongated between an attachment end and an opposing distal end, the attachment end of the light pipe assembly disposed at the first end of the housing, the attachment end of the light pipe assembly optically coupled to the light source such that the light emitted by the light source is received by the light pipe assembly at the attachment end and is transmitted through the light pipe assembly towards the distal end; and a conforming seal having a tubular shape that at least partially surrounds the housing and the light pipe assembly, wherein a first segment of the conforming seal peripherally surrounds and conforms around a portion of the light pipe assembly at least proximate to the attachment end of the light pipe assembly and a second segment of the conforming seal peripherally surrounds and conforms around a portion of the housing at least proximate to the first end of the housing, wherein the first segment of the conforming seal conforms around the light pipe assembly and the second segment of the conforming seal conforms around the housing by contracting radially into engagement with the respective portions of the light pipe assembly and the housing that are disposed within the tubular conforming seal in response to at least one of a heat application or a pressure application, the conforming seal contracting radially to a fraction of an original diameter of the conforming seal, wherein the portion of the housing at least proximate to the first end includes a wide diameter area and a narrow diameter area that has a reduced diameter relative to the wide diameter area, the wide diameter area spaced apart axially from the narrow diameter area and located more proximate to the first end of the housing than the narrow diameter area, wherein the second segment of the conforming seal conforms around both the narrow diameter area and the wide diameter area.