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US 5,294,863 AGranted
Lamp/reflector unit with improved mounting means
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsJaak M. J. Geboers, Josephus F. Rijckaert
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Abstract
The lamp/reflector unit has a reflector body (1) provided with a neck-shaped portion (4) with relief (6). An electric lamp (7) provided with contact pins (8) is mounted in the reflector body (1). The neck-shaped portion (4) has a separate first part (9), which extends from the free end (5) of the neck-shaped portion (4) to beyond the relief (6), and a second part (10), which is integral with the reflector body (1) and which lies at least in part within the first part (9). The unit has a simple and rigid construction.
Claims11
A lamp/reflector unit comprising:
- a. a reflector body provided with a concave reflecting surface having an optical axis;
- b. a neck-shaped portion at the reflector body disposed around the optical axis and having a free end for attachment to a holder for holding the unit;
- and
- c. an electric lamp mounted in the reflector body, said lamp having contact pins extending from said free end for making electrical contact with the holder;
- characterized in that the neck-shaped portion includes:
- (1) an integral part which is an integral portion of the reflector body;
- and
- (2) a separate part which at least partly surrounds and is affixed to the integral part, said separate part including a relief extending transversely to the optical axis for facilitating clamping of the neck-shaped portion to the holder,
- said separate part, said integral part, and said lamp being joined together by means of cement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.