US 6,270,235 B1 · Lamp and lamp based assembly

Abstract

A first lamp base assembly is provided which includes two separate base components. The first base component is attachable to a lamp via a lamp retainer and to the second base component. The second base component is attachable to the first base component and to a connector. The first component includes a retainer clamp to the lamp. The retainer includes two parallel folded back walls. The retainer is then coupled to outward facing spring arms that slip behind the parallel walls. The retainer and spring arms are adjusted with in plane shifts, including rotations with respect to each other thereby providing final lamp adjustments. The walls and the spring arms are then welded with out pressing directly on the lamp. The spring arms may be further formed with heat conduction resistant slots. A lamp including the foregoing lamp base assemblies is also provided.

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Dependent claims

A lamp retainer for a lamp having a vertical axis and a press seal providing two generally parallel planar sides including formed latching points, the retainer comprising:

a first segment in the form of a downward facing can having a wall with a top portion with a formed opening to receive the press seal in an axial direction, and a circumferential side portion to encircle the press seal with an interior side, and having inward projecting contacts to latch with the press seal;
and
a second segment having a circumferential wall to encircle the press seal, having a plurality of arms extending from the circumferential wall coupled to the first segment, and a plurality of wings having bottom surfaces extending from the circumferential wall in a plane transverse to the axis.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Lamp and lamp based assembly

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Lamp and lamp based assembly

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Abstract

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