Spring-clip for hid lamp
CA 2428790 A1 · Owner: Osram Sylvania Inc. · Inventors: Mccullough, Ebon L.; Lamprey, David J. Jr.
Overview
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An assembly (10) for a lamp. The assembly 10 includes a light source (12) having a center, chamber (14) and opposite ends (16 18), arrayed along a longitudinal axis (19). The ends, (16, 18) are cylindrical in cross-section. A tubular shroud (20) surrounds the light source, (12) and is coaxial with the longitudinal axis (19). The light source (12) is mounted within, the shroud (20) by spring clips (26) one of which is mounted at either end of the shroud. The, spring clips each include a base (28) lying in a first plane and having an aperture (30), for, example, a star-shaped aperture centrally located in the base. The apertures (30) in the two, spring clips frictionally engage one of …
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- Filed May 12, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 12, 2023.
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