Global Patent Index - EP 0596427 B1

EP 0596427 B1 19980506 - Lamp-holder for vehicle headlights

Title (en)

Lamp-holder for vehicle headlights

Title (de)

Lampenhalter für Kraftfahrzeug-Scheinwerfer

Title (fr)

Porte-lampe pour projecteur d'automobile

Publication

EP 0596427 B1 19980506 (EN)

Application

EP 93117596 A 19931029

Priority

IT TO920896 A 19921103

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0596427A1] A lamp (5) for a vehicle headlight, comprising a bulb, a socket and a flange disposed between the bulb and the socket, and provided with axial centring pins, is carried by a device (12) in which a cup (13) which may be housed securely in a collar of a reflector of the headlight is joined by means of a bayonet connection (15) to a frame (14) which receives internally the socket of the lamp and has, on the side nearest the cup, a plate (20) through an aperture in which the lamp bulb is made to pass, a first face (26) of the plate, facing the cup, being completely flat; the frame carries an elastic fork-shaped element (16) which is hinged transversely to the socket and in one of whose operating positions the prongs (56) of the said element elastically secure the flange (8) of the lamp against a second face (27) of the plate, which is opposite the first, and is provided with recesses (28) to receive the axial pins of the flange. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

F21M 7/00

IPC 8 full level

F21V 19/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F21S 41/194 (2018.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0596427 A1 19940511; EP 0596427 B1 19980506; DE 69318374 D1 19980610; DE 69318374 T2 19980910; ES 2114995 T3 19980616; IT 1257140 B 19960105; IT TO920896 A0 19921103; IT TO920896 A1 19940503

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 93117596 A 19931029; DE 69318374 T 19931029; ES 93117596 T 19931029; IT TO920896 A 19921103