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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1976
Nickolas P Demas, Cranford, NJ (US);
William E Duncan, Boyertown, PA (US);
Norman S Gephart, Pottstown, PA (US);
William T Waltz, Wescosville, PA (US);
Wagner Electric Corporation, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
The two legs of a headlamp filament are welded to a headlamp filament shield to form a subassembly intermediate in the manufacturing process. The rigid nature of the filament/shield subassembly thereupon allows handling during assembly without displacing the filament from its precise location with respect to the shield as required by modern automotive headlamps. The filament/shield subassembly is welded to support pins in its final location in the lamp. A portion of the filament shield, orginally providing an electrical short circuit across the filament is trimmed away after welding to the support pins to make the lamp operational.