Patent ID: 8154186

Claim:
A lamp assembly comprising: an inner assembly including (i) a compact fluorescent light source, (ii) an electronics board and (iii) a holder interconnecting the CFL source and the electronics board; an outer, light transmissive envelope surrounding the light source; a resilient member received between the holder and the envelope; and a ratchet assembly for fixing the inner assembly to the outer envelope, wherein the ratchet assembly includes a ratchet member connected to the inner assembly and a base plate connected to the envelope for selectively urging the inner assembly towards an envelope end in tensile relation, wherein the base plate is dimensioned to overlie the envelope end and includes a base plate opening that receives the ratchet member there through, wherein the ratchet member includes a first toothed portion of the ratchet assembly that selectively engages a second toothed portion associated with the base plate opening, and wherein the electronics board includes an opening that receives the ratchet member.