Bulb mount for vehicle lamps
AssigneeAbex Corporation
InventorJoseph V. Borruso
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Abstract
A lamp having a bulb secured in a flexible bulb support is resiliently mounted in the lamp to reduce the shocks and vibrations transmitted in any direction from the lamp to the bulb.
Claims6
A lamp for use in a vehicle subjected to shock and vibration having a rigid reflector, a lens attached to the reflector and cooperative therewith to define a cavity, a flexible bulb support having a central bulb receiving portion, and a bulb in the central receiving portion, characterized by means for resiliently mounting the flexible support in said cavity in the lamp, wherein a reduced amount of vehicle shock and vibration received by the lamp is transmitted to the bulb support since the resilient mounting permits movement of the entire bulb support relative to the reflector whereby the resilient mounting absorbs some shock and vibration and a reduced amount of the shock and vibration received by the bulb support is transmitted to the bulb since flexure of the bulb support absorbs some of the shock and vibration transmitted from the resilient mounting to the bulb support.
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