Insert molded article for use in a motor vehicle interior lamp or the like
US5775798A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R43/16
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A motor vehicle interior lamp is disclosed which has a lamp body of plastics material on which an electric lighting bulb is mounted by being supported between a pair of bulb terminals. One of the bulb terminals is connected to a power supply. For selectively grounding the other bulb terminal via a hand operated switch, a grounding conductor is embedded in the lamp body by insert molding. The grounding conductor is fabricated from sheet metal in one piece with a set of grounding terminals to be grounded by fastener elements. The grounding conductor is connected to each grounding terminal via an offset link which is capable of deformation in response to possible deformation or displacement of the grounding conductor during the insert molding of the lamp body and which is thus effective to hold the grounding terminals with their mounting holes in register with the mounting holes in the lamp body.
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