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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1985
John R Van der Linde, Deering, NH (US);
James P Szep, Peterborough, NH (US);
David Dayton, Bow, NH (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A lamp unit (10) for being removably positioned within the rear opening (11) of an automobile headlight reflector (13). The unit (10) includes a plastic holder (19), an electric (e.g., tungsten halogen) lamp (30) having a filament structure (42) contained within the envelope (33) thereof, a clamp member (46) secured to the lamp's press-sealed end portion (47), and an insert member (48) located within a cavity (21) of the holder (19). The clamp member (46) includes a plurality of flange segments (55) which are located within corresponding slot portions (56) of an aperture (57) centrally disposed within the insert member (48). The clamp member (46) is secured to the insert member (48) by the use of solder once precisioned alignment of the envelope has occurred.