Multi-chamber lamp for vehicles
US4423475A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 12, 1982 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF21S43/195
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Multi-compartment lamp for vehicles that has a one-piece sheet-metal lamp holder (5) incorporating, first, sockets (4, 11) consisting of openings (11) for bulbs and of bodies (4) surrounding a base and molded in one piece with the holder or reflector body or with a rear-beam mask (3) and, second, at least one nominal expansion site consisting of a punched-out U-shaped path between the sockets (4, 11), which are widely separated, characterized in that the two parallel legs (15a, 15b) of the U-shaped path are oriented along the direction of the desired lamp-holder expansion and in that the area (15) between the legs (15a, 15b) is bent out of the plane of the lamp holder (5) at an angle of 90.degree..
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