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US4879491A
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Electric lamp assembly
Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-07-06
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Granted: 1989-11-07
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Expires: 2008-07-06
Abstract
Abstract An electric lamp assembly is disclosed which comprises a bulb unit including a filament, lead lines extending from the filament to the outside of the bulb unit and a hermetic seal portion, the lead lines extending through the hermetic seal portion; a bulb holder including a looped band portion which gripps the hermetic seal portion of the bulb unit having leading ends of the lead lines projected outward from the bulb holder, the bulb holder having foot portions each being formed with at least one opening; and a base assembly including a circular body part, a pair of conducting plate members having leading ends projected outward from respective slits formed in the body part and a plurality of supporting pins extending outward from the body part. The supporting pins are inserted into the openings of the foot portions of the bulb holder and welded to the foot portions to achieve a tight connection between the base assembly and the bulb holder. In order to facilitate mating between the leading ends of the lead wires and the leading ends of the conducting plate members, there is further employed a guide structure which guides the leading ends of the lead wires to give portions of the conducting plate members upon coupling of the bulb holder and the base assembly.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuo Hirozumi
- 👤 Susumu Kanematsu
- 👤 Yasuyoshi Numajiri
- 👤 Mikio Watanabe
- 👤 Mitsuhiro Okano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 23:34
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01K; H01K1/00; H01K1/18; F; F21; F21S; F21S41/00; F21S41/10; F21S41/19; F21S41/192
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
277 words
An electric lamp assembly comprising: a bulb unit including a filament, lead lines extending from said filament to the outside of the bulb unit and a hermetic seal portion, said lead lines extending through said hermetic seal portion; a bulb holder including a looped band portion which grips the hermetic seal portion of the bulb unit having the leading ends of said lead lines projected outward from said bulb holder, said bulb holder having radially outwardly extending foot portions each having at least one opening formed therethrough; a core structure including a circular plate portion of molded plastic and supporting pins which extend from said circular plate portion, said supporting pins being respectively inserted into said openings of said foot portions of said bulb holder and welded to the foot portions to achieve a tight connection between said core structure and said bulb holder; a base structure having a hollowed entrance into which said core structure is snugly received, said base structure having two conducting plate members contained therein, said conducting plate members being welded with said lead lines; and guide means for guiding the leading ends of said lead lines and those of said conducting plate members thereby to facilitate the welding between said conducting plate members and said lead lines upon assembling the electric lamp assembly; and wherein said guide means comprises: first means defining in said circular plate portion two slits for receiving the respective leading ends of said conducting plate members; and second means defining in said circular plate portion two bores for receiving the respective leading ends of said lead lines, said bores extending along and being merged with said slits respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
277 words
An electric lamp assembly comprising: a bulb unit including a filament, lead lines extending from said filament to the outside of the bulb unit and a hermetic seal portion, said lead lines extending through said hermetic seal portion; a bulb holder including a looped band portion which grips the hermetic seal portion of the bulb unit having the leading ends of said lead lines projected outward from said bulb holder, said bulb holder having radially outwardly extending foot portions each having at least one opening formed therethrough; a core structure including a circular plate portion of molded plastic and supporting pins which extend from said circular plate portion, said supporting pins being respectively inserted into said openings of said foot portions of said bulb holder and welded to the foot portions to achieve a tight connection between said core structure and said bulb holder; a base structure having a hollowed entrance into which said core structure is snugly received, said base structure having two conducting plate members contained therein, said conducting plate members being welded with said lead lines; and guide means for guiding the leading ends of said lead lines and those of said conducting plate members thereby to facilitate the welding between said conducting plate members and said lead lines upon assembling the electric lamp assembly; and wherein said guide means comprises: first means defining in said circular plate portion two slits for receiving the respective leading ends of said conducting plate members; and second means defining in said circular plate portion two bores for receiving the respective leading ends of said lead lines, said bores extending along and being merged with said slits respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
An electric lamp assembly as claimed in claim 1, in which said guide means comprises means defining in said circular plate portion two bores which extend along said slits respectively and are merged therewith.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electric lamp assembly as claimed in claim 2, in which each of said bores is formed with a chamferred mouth portion which faces toward said lead lines.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
An electric lamp assembly as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a partition wall which is integrally mounted on said circular plate portion at a position between said two bores.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electric lamp assembly as claimed in claim 4, further comprising first positioning means by which said bulb unit and said bulb holder are connected with an assured relative positioning therebetween.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
An electric lamp assembly as claimed in claim 5, in which said first positioning means comprises a plurality of projections formed on said hermetic seal portion, and a plurality of openings formed in said bulb holder, wherein upon proper coupling of said bulb holder and said bulb unit, said projections are engaged with said openings respectively.
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