Patent ID: 7775688

Claim:
A reflector device for a lighting device, the reflector device comprising: at least one reflector element, with a light emission side and a back side facing away from the light emission side; at least one mounting opening, which is provided at the back side of the at least one reflector element, the at least one mounting opening extending from the back side of the reflector element to the light emission side; and at least one electrically conductive connection element, adapted to be coupled both to at least one individual lamp and to an electrical power source, and which has at least one first region and one second region at first and second ends of the at least one connection element, wherein the first and second regions are diametrically opposed end regions, the at least one connection element having means, associated with the first end region, for securing the reflector device in a retention device; wherein the at least one connection element has a third region, embodied with a round cross-section and with a predeterminable diameter, which third region adjoins the first end region; wherein in a fourth region between the third region and the second end region, the connection element has a cross-section with a diameter that is at most equal to the diameter of the third region; wherein the connection element, in at least some regions, is passed with the second end region through the mounting opening; wherein the connection element is coupled to the reflector element, and wherein the at least one mounting opening has at least one locking element comprising a raised structure disposed inside the mounting opening and raised relative to an inside surface of the mounting opening, the raised structure being received in and interacting with at least one recess in the fourth region of the connection element when the second end of the connection element is passed through the mounting opening to prevent twisting of the connection element in the mounting opening and to prevent passage of the connection element all the way through the mounting opening.