Lamp mount
AssigneeOechsler Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMarkus Deuter
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Abstract
A light assembly includes a housing which defines a longitudinal axis. A hollow holding ring and a reflector are fixed within the housing and spaced apart along the axis. A hollow positioning sleeve is disposed at a rear end of the reflector and is arranged on the axis at a distance forwardly from the holding ring. A tube extends along the axis and includes front and rear portions. The front portion is mounted in the positioning sleeve and includes a bulb receptacle for positioning a bulb within the reflector. The rear portion includes an electrical connection portion disposed in the holding ring. The tube is inserted axially through the holding ring and the positioning sleeve and into the reflector and then is rotated about the axis in order to cause the tube to become locked against axial movement relative to the reflector.
Claims23
A light assembly comprising:
- a housing defining front and rear ends interconnected by a longitudinal axis;
- a hollow holding ring and a reflector fixed within the housing for reflecting light forwardly along the axis and arranged along the axis, wherein the reflector is spaced axially forwardly of the holding ring;
- a hollow positioning sleeve disposed at a rear end of the reflector and arranged along the axis at a distance forwardly of the holding ring;
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- a tube extending along the axis and including front and rear portions, the front portion mounted in the positioning sleeve and including a bulb receptacle for positioning a bulb within the reflector, the rear portion including an electrical connection portion disposed in the holding ring.
A tube adapted to be inserted into a housing of a light assembly, the tube having a central longitudinal axis and having front and rear ends intersected by the axis, the tube comprising:
- a pair of half-shells defining a longitudinal dividing plane;
- a front axial portion of the tube forming a lamp receptacle adapted to receive a lamp for directing light in a generally axially forward direction, and a rear axial portion of the tube forming an electrical connection portion;
- the rear portion of the tube defining a clamp open in a rearward direction, and encompassed by an elastic ring yieldably holding the half-shells together at the clamp;
- a first electrical contact disposed in the tube at the receptacle;
- a second electrical contact disposed on the electrical connection portion of the tube;
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- a conductor disposed in the tube and interconnecting the first and second electrical contacts.
A light assembly comprising:
- a housing defining front and rear ends interconnected by a longitudinal axis;
- a reflector fixed within the housing for reflecting light forwardly along the axis and arranged along the axis;
- a hollow positioning sleeve disposed at a rear end of the reflector and arranged along the axis;
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- a tube extending along the axis and including front and rear portions, the front portion mounted in the positioning sleeve and including a bulb receptacle for positioning a bulb within the reflector, the rear portion including an electrical connection portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.