Snap-on spring clip for ceramic hid lamp

An assembly for a lamp comprising:

• a light source having a center and projecting, opposite ends arrayed along a longitudinal axis, said ends being cylindrical in cross-section;
• a tubular shroud surrounding said light source coaxial with said longitudinal axis, said shroud having two ends, and a given wall thickness, the improvement comprising;
• a pair of spring clips, one at each end of said shroud, each of said spring clips comprising a base in a first plane and having an aperture centrally located therein, each aperture of one of said spring clips frictionally engaging one of said cylindrical ends of said light source;
• U-shaped projections at each end of said base comprising first and second upstanding walls and third and fourth upstanding walls, said U-shaped projections being fitted over the walls of said shroud;
• a first lip extending orthogonally between said first and second walls in a second plane;
• a second lip extending orthogonally between said second and third walls in said second plane, said second plane being substantially parallel to said first plane;
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• at least one extension formed with at least one of said first and third walls projecting away therefrom;
• said first and third walls lying adjacent the outside surface of said shroud and said second and fourth walls lying adjacent the inside surface of said shroud.