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Multi-chamber lamp for vehicles

US4423475A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 12, 1982
Grant dateDec 27, 1983
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Expiry dateFeb 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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