# US 5,707,144 A · Lamp housing for surgical lamp > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,707,144 A - Document ID: US5707144A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/738,309 - Filed: 1996-10-25 - Granted: 1998-01-13 - Earliest claimed: 1996-01-24 - Assignees: Heraeus Med GmbH - Inventors: Uwe Gampe; Berthold Gerhart; Stefan Maier; Rudolf Marka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707144A ## CPC - F21V 19/04: with provision for changing light source, e.g. turret {(auxiliary devices for cleaning, placing, or removing incandescent lamps H01K3/32, fluorescent lamps H01J9/006)} - F21V 15/01: Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) - F21W 2131/205: for operating theatres - Y10S 362/804: Surgical or dental spotlight - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A lamp housing for a surgical lamp having a light exit opening at one end thereof, an access opening disposed on a side opposite from the light exit opening and a cover member for closing the access opening. The cover member is attached to a pivotable spring member located in the interior of the housing. The cover member is held in the access opening through spring action by a flange-type circumferential flange on the inside of an edge surrounding the access opening. The spring member is a leaf spring connected to the cover member and is pivotably hinged to the interior of the lamp housing. By applying external pressure to the cover member, the cover member is inserted into the housing and shifted along the interior of the lamp housing by a swivel motion to the extent that access, for example, for changing the bulb, without difficulty. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lamp housing for a surgical lamp comprising: an outer lamp housing having a light exit opening and an access opening, said access opening disposed on one end of said outer lamp housing facing away from said light exit opening; a cover member which is disposed inside of said outer housing opening and closing said access opening, said cover member having a lower surface with a peripheral area greater than a peripheral area of said access opening; and a spring member connected to said cover member, said spring member being pivotable relative to said outer lamp housing, said spring member pivotably retained at opposite ends thereof at positions located at an interior of said outer lamp housing; said spring member urging said cover member from the inside of the outer lamp housing towards an outside of the outer lamp housing and urging said lower surface inside said outer lamp housing against a peripheral edge of said access opening, by externally directed pressure of said cover member and said spring member, thereby closing said access opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lamp housing according to claim 1, which further comprises a lower housing member having a light exit opening at one end thereof, a transparent window at an end opposite to the access opening and a reflector, said reflector and the outer lamp housing are placed and locked in position on the lower housing member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lamp housing according to claim 2, wherein the lower housing member is provided with at least one hinged bracket to support the outer lamp housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The lamp housing according to claim 2, wherein the reflector has a paraboloid shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The lamp housing according to claim 2, wherein the reflector has a paraboloid shape; the spring member comprises two elongated springs, each having an S-curve shape; and the outer lamp housing is a dome having a paraboloid shape. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The lamp housing according to claim 5, wherein the lower housing member is provided with at least one hinged bracket to support the outer lamp housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lamp housing according to claim 1, wherein the cover member comprises a cover for projecting into the access opening and a circumferential flange disposed on said lower surface of the cover which is pressed against the peripheral edge of the access opening in a closed position closing the access opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The lamp housing according to claim 1, wherein the outer lamp housing comprises a dome shaped synthetic material injection-molded member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lamp housing according to claim 1, wherein the spring member comprises two elongated leaf springs, each having an S-curve shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lamp housing according to claim 9, wherein the cover member comprises an upper raised portion substantially a same size as the access opening and a lower flange portion on said lower surface extending outwardly from the raised portion for engaging an underside of the outer lamp housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The lamp housing according to claim 10, wherein the cover member has a circular shape.