Fastening means for a motor vehicle lamp

Details Fastening means for a motor vehicle lamp Fastening means for a motor vehicle lamp

1987-09-17

1989-04-18

Desmond, Eugene F.

Electrical connectors

With supporting means for coupling part

Coupling part or mating part extending into panel opening

362226, H01R 1374

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048223026

ABSTRACT:
A device for locking a lamp in the socket of a motor vehicle headlight, the lamp including a flange (16) suitable for coming into abutment against an annular surface (34) of the socket for putting the lamp in a predetermined axial position, the lamp and the socket including complementary fittings (18, 36) for putting the lamp in a predetermined angular position, the device being characterized in that it comprises a ring (50), assembly means (42, 56; 70, 56) enabling the ring to be permanently assembled to the socket in such a manner as to allow it to rotate relative to the socket through a predetermined angle, the ring including a circular inside passage (52) having a diameter equal to or slightly greater than the outside diameter of the lamp's flange, and in that complementary radial fittings (19, 54) are provided at the periphery of the flange (16) and in the passage (52) in such a manner that, in a first angular position of the ring, the lamp may be inserted therethrough up to the predetermined axial and angular position, and that, in a second angular position, the lamp is held in said position by said fittings (54).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4500946 (1985-02-01), Mikola
patent: 4682274 (1987-07-01), Freudenreich et al.

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