Patent ID: 8110973

Claim:
A lamp assembly comprising: a lamp receptacle ( 214 ) including a bottom ( 238 ) and a wall portion ( 240 ) extending from said bottom to define a cavity ( 244 ) having an open end ( 242 ), said bottom having an interior surface ( 406 ) and an exterior surface ( 302 ) and first ( 402 ) and second ( 404 ) connector clip openings extending therethrough; first ( 216 ) and second ( 218 ) connector clips coupled to said bottom of said lamp receptacle and disposed in said first and second connector clip openings, respectively, for making electrical contact with a ballast circuit ( 212 ) adjacent said exterior surface of said bottom; a spacer disk ( 220 ) having a top surface ( 304 ) and a bottom surface ( 306 ), said spacer disk being disposed in said cavity with said bottom surface of said spacer disk being positioned adjacent said interior surface of said bottom of said lamp receptacle, said spacer disk having first ( 222 ) and second ( 224 ) lamp lead openings extending therethrough; a reflector ( 232 ) having a through-passage ( 250 ); and a lamp ( 226 ) including first ( 228 ) and second ( 230 ) electrical leads, a portion ( 314 ) of said lamp extending through said through-passage and into said cavity of said lamp receptacle, said first and second electrical leads extending through said first and second lamp lead openings, respectively, and being electrically connected to said first and second connector clips, respectively.