Patent ID: 7387424

Claim:
A light generating assembly for a projector, said light generating assembly comprising: a reflector assembly comprising positive and negative electrical contacts disposed on said reflector assembly; and a replaceable lamp with a supporting lamp header, said lamp header comprising: a base member and an annular lamp engaging protrusion extending from a first surface of said base member; at least two positive and two negative source connections disposed on opposing portions of said base member such that said lamp can be positioned within said reflector assembly in either a first orientation or a second orientation, said second orientation being rotated 180 degrees from said first orientation with respect to said reflector assembly, wherein in each orientation one of said positive source connections and one of said negative source connections is electrically coupled, respectively, to said positive contact and said negative contact of said reflector assembly; a positive and a negative lamp connection coupled to said annular lamp engaging protrusion; and an electrical interconnect coupling each of said positive source connections to said positive lamp connection and coupling each of said negative source connections to said negative lamp connection.