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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harish Gandhi, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
Philips Electronics North America Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
31331801 ; 31331803 ; 31331809 ; 31331812 ; 439613 ; 439615 ;
Abstract
An electric lamp includes a lamp cap having an insulative body of synthetic material with a bore therein. A lamp cap contact includes a rigid shank received in the bore of the insulative body. The diameters of the bore and shank and the elasticity of the bore wall are selected so that a conductive lead of the lamp is securely clamped between the shank and the bore wall when the shank is fully received in the bore. In a favorable embodiment, the lead has a free end extending in the direction of insertion of the shank into the bore, which avoids the lead wire from being pushed out of the bore.