Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
196 words
An improved one-piece lamp holder for mounting a lamp on a circuit board, the lamp being generally tubular and having a filament connected to a pair of leads, said holder comprising: an annular base portion adapted to be supported on a surface of a circuit board and sized to receive therein at least the base of a respective lamp; a support spine extending upwardly from said base portion and including clamp means for resiliently engaging and retaining a respective lamp; at least two angularly-spaced, mounting members depending from said base portion for insertion through respective mounting apertures in the circuit board and for locking engagement with the reverse surface of the board, the geometry of said mounting members and circuit board apertures cooperatively serving to key said holder to a predetermined angular orientation relative to the circuit board; and a pair of aperture means in said lamp holder base portion through which the respective pair of lamp leads may be led, each said aperture means of said pair being spaced substantially opposite the other and in predetermined angular relation with said mounting members such that the lamp is mounted in predetermined angular relation to the board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
196 words
An improved one-piece lamp holder for mounting a lamp on a circuit board, the lamp being generally tubular and having a filament connected to a pair of leads, said holder comprising: an annular base portion adapted to be supported on a surface of a circuit board and sized to receive therein at least the base of a respective lamp; a support spine extending upwardly from said base portion and including clamp means for resiliently engaging and retaining a respective lamp; at least two angularly-spaced, mounting members depending from said base portion for insertion through respective mounting apertures in the circuit board and for locking engagement with the reverse surface of the board, the geometry of said mounting members and circuit board apertures cooperatively serving to key said holder to a predetermined angular orientation relative to the circuit board; and a pair of aperture means in said lamp holder base portion through which the respective pair of lamp leads may be led, each said aperture means of said pair being spaced substantially opposite the other and in predetermined angular relation with said mounting members such that the lamp is mounted in predetermined angular relation to the board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The lamp holder of claim 1 wherein said mounting members are of a snap-lock type and are spaced approximately 180° from one another and differ from one another in respective cross-sectional geometry to effect said angularly-keyed relation with the circuit board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The lamp holder of claim 2 wherein said clamp means comprises a pair of arcuate jaws extending circumferentially from said support spine, said jaws being substantially concentric with said base portion and including portions being at a slightly smaller radius than that of the lamp.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The lamp holder of claim 3 wherein each said aperture means comprises a respective slot in the bottom of said base portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The lamp holder of claim 3 wherein said base is open at its bottom for insertion of the lamp therethrough and said support spine further includes a stop member extending radially inward therefrom and axially positioned to limit the upward displacement of a lamp relative to said base portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
The lamp holder of claim 3 wherein each said jaw of said pair extends more than 90° but less than 180° from said spine, and is of said axial extent and positioning to coincide with the positioning of the lamp filament and further includes a light-reflective surface facing the lamp.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The lamp holder of claim 4, said lamp holder being formed of molded plastic.