Patent ID: 6467942
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lamp assembly for use with a vehicle's electrical system, said lamp assembly comprising:a main housing having an open facing side and an oppositely extending socket for receiving a bulb; a plurality of terminals, forming a part of the vehicle's electrical system, each of said terminals including an extending and wire insulating portion and an end connector portion which communicates with said bulb socket; a first plurality of sealing ridges extending along an open facing side of said main housing and within which are received said wire insulating portions of said terminals; a back cap matingly aligning over said open facing side of said main housing and sandwiching therebetween said wire insulating portions of said terminals; a second plurality of sealing ridges defined within an opposing surface of said back cap and which align with said first plurality of sealing ridges to sandwich therebetween said wire insulating portions of said terminals; a seal disposed at a terminal inlet end of said main housing and said back cap, said seal being nestingly received between aligning recesses defined between said main housing and said back cap and upon mating alignment of said back cap, wire receiving apertures extending through said seal and into which are inserted said wire insulating portions of said terminals; and vibrational sealing means for securing said back cap over said main housing.