Patent ID: 6265824
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H01K,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A miniature incandescent lamp for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising: a base (2) with two electric base contacts (7, 8), the base contacts (7, 8) in each case having a plane contact surface (7a, 8a) accessible for mounting on a printed circuit board, a lamp bulb (1) fixed to the base (2) and with a luminous means (4) arranged therein, two supply leads (5, 6), guided out of the lamp bulb (1), for the luminous means (4), the supply leads (5, 6) being connected in each case in an electrically conducting fashion to one of the electric base contacts (7, 8), wherein each electric base contact (7, 8) has an integrally formed section (7b, 7c, 8b, 8c) which is angled off from its plane contact surface (7a, 8a), constructed like tongs and anchored in the base (2), each base contact (7, 8) has a hook-shaped section (7e, 8e) into which one of the supply leads (5, 6) is inserted in each case and fastened in an electrically conducting fashion, and wherein the base (2) has a plane bottom surface (2b), and the plane contact surfaces (7a, 8a) of the electric base contacts (7, 8) are arranged in the plane bottom surface (b) of the base (2).