Patent ID: 6059483
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B29C,B29L,F16J,Y10T

Abstract:
A sealed plastic joint for joining first and second members of an automotive lamp assembly together, comprising:a tongue assembly attached to said first member, said tongue assembly having a base member with a tongue extending from said base member and a flange extending from said base member;a groove assembly attached to said second member, said groove assembly having spaced apart groove walls defining a groove therebetween, said groove receiving said tongue to join said first and second members, said tongue abutting one of said groove walls, said tongue and said groove defining a channel, said flange abutting one of said groove walls, said one groove wall deforming to accept said flange creating a seal to confine said thermoplastic bonding agent;a protrusion extending from said tongue towards said groove to contact a bottom of said groove to position said tongue assembly relative to said groove assembly; anda thermoplastic bonding agent in channel bonding said tongue and said groove together.