Patent ID: 7222990

Claim:
A lighting or indicating apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising: a lighting element comprising a light source adapted to emit light, at least one reflector disposed and adapted to receive light from the light source and to reflect light into a beam, and a housing at least partially enclosing the light source and reflector which has a plurality of side faces, a complementary module adapted to supply electricity to the light source and having an electronic printed circuit board and a plurality of electrical contact zones on a surface portion of the electronic circuit board, wherein the lighting element further comprises at least one connector base adapted to interface with the complementary module and disposed in an aperture formed in the lighting element, said connector base comprising a plurality of terminals adapted to come into direct contact with the electrical contact zones of the complementary module, wherein the connector base includes an aperture, in which the electronic circuit board is rooted and in which the set of terminals is disposed, wherein the electrical contact zones are distributed over at least two faces of the complementary module, and are grouped in a first set of electrical contact zones, disposed on a first face of the electronic printed circuit board, and a second set of electrical contact zones disposed on a second face of the electronic circuit board, each contact zone of the first set of contact zones being connected electrically to a contact zone of the second set of contact zones, wherein the set of contact zones and the set of terminals are associated in one-to-one relationship, the intermediate member including a first set of lugs in contact with the electrical contact zones of the first face of the electronic circuit board, and a second set of lugs in contact with the contact zones on the second face of the electronic circuit board, the two sets of lugs being joined at a common end which is sufficiently thin to be inserted and held between two terminals of the connector base.