Lighting apparatus

Abstract

A lighting apparatus includes a lamp tube having a back-bend electrode section, a lamp support structure supporting the lamp tube, and a pair of electrical contacts. The contacts include a contact member and a contact clip configured to snap into electrical connection with each other upon forceful engagement of the contact member with the contact clip against a spring force of the contact clip. One of the contacts is electrically connected with the electrode section of the lamp tube. That contact is supported by the lamp support structure in a load bearing relationship separate from the lamp tube so as to transmit the spring force from the contact clip to the support structure separately from the lamp tube upon forceful engagement of the contact member with the contact clip. This helps to avoid breakage of the lamp tube.

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