Patent ID: 6858976
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: H01K,Y02B

Abstract:
1. An assembly for a lamp comprising: a light source having a center and projecting, opposite ends arrayed along a longitudinal axis, said ends being cylindrical in cross-section; a tubular shroud surrounding said light source coaxial with said longitudinal axis, said shroud having two ends, and a given wall thickness, the improvement comprising; at least one spring clip at one end of said shroud, said spring clip comprising a base in a first plane and having an aperture centrally located therein, said aperture of said spring clip frictionally engaging one of said cylindrical ends of said light source; said spring clip having a U-shaped projection at an end of said base comprising first and second upstanding walls, said U-shaped projection being fitted over the wall of said shroud; a first lip extending orthogonally between said first and second walls in a second plane; and a third upstanding wall formed at the second end of said base and an extension formed with said third wall projecting away therefrom in said second plane.