Patent ID: 7993162

Claim:
An electrical contact ( 100 ) for a lamp ( 10 ) that includes electrical lead-ins ( 20 ) projecting away from a longitudinal lamp axis ( 40 ), said electrical contact 100 comprising: a first electrically conductive segment ( 110 ) including a first segment ( 120 ) leading to a first reentrant portion ( 130 ); a first beam ( 140 ) extending from said first reentrant portion ( 130 ) to an electrical lead-in engager ( 150 ); a second reentrant portion ( 160 ) connecting to a second beam ( 170 ) that at least partially extends over said electrical lead-in engager ( 150 ); and a back-up spring ( 220 ) having a configuration substantially conforming to said electrical contact ( 100 ) and comprising a spring first segment ( 240 ) leading to a first spring reentrant portion ( 250 ), a first spring beam ( 260 ) extending from said first spring reentrant portion ( 250 ) to a junction ( 261 ) said junction ( 261 ) connecting said first spring beam ( 260 ) to a second spring reentrant portion ( 270 ), said second spring reentrant portion ( 270 ) connecting to a second spring beam ( 280 ) that abuts said second beam ( 170 ); and wherein a first gap ( 350 ) is defined between a portion of said conductive segment ( 110 ) and a portion of said back-up spring ( 220 ) at a region of said first reentrant portion ( 130 ); a second gap ( 351 ) is defined between a portion of said electrical lead-in engager ( 150 ) of said conductive segment ( 110 ) and a portion of said junction ( 261 ) of said back-up spring ( 220 ); and a third gap ( 352 ) is defined between a portion of said second beam ( 170 ) of said conductive segment ( 110 ) and a portion of said second spring re-entrant portion ( 270 ) at a region of said second reentrant portion ( 160 ) of said conductive segment ( 110 ).