Patent ID: 6791244
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: F21S,F21V,H01J,H01K,H01R

Abstract:
An electric lamp (2) provided with a lamp cap (12) for contacting an external contact element (28), which is suitable for use with different respective carriers which respective carriers have external contact elements which are located at different respective spacings from said lamp when said lamp is in a mounting position on a carrier,which lamp cap (12) is connected to a lamp vessel (4) and which lamp cap (12) comprises a housing (14) and contact members (16) connected to current conductors (10) of the lamp (2), characterized in that the contact members (16) each comprise a spring (24), a first contact part (18) and a second contact part (20), which second contact part (20) is connected to the first contact part (18) via said spring (24) for rendering the second contact part (20) displaceable relative to the first contact part (18) in a direction transverse to a mounting direction during contacting with said external contact element (28) on a carrier to a degree sufficient to accommodate said different respective spacings at which said external contact elements (28) are located on respective carriers.