Patent ID: 7144065

Claim:
An automotive accessory module mountable on a vehicle liftgate having a liftgate window, the module comprising: a unitary frame; a plurality of vehicle components mounted on the frame, the vehicle components including at least two of a liftgate window wiper motor, a liftgate window latch apparatus, and liftgate window defrost grid contact connectors, the defrost grid contact connectors including at least one electrical contact blade projecting from a base adapted to be fixed to vehicle liftgate window; a cover mountable over the at least one electrical contact blade; and means, carried on the base and engageable with the cover, for biasing the cover to a first position in which the cover substantially encompasses the at least one electrical contact blade, but enabling the cover to be moved to a second position in which the at least one electrical contact blade projects through the cover for connection to the connector on the module.