(19)
(11) EP 1 666 789 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23

(21) Application number: 05111607.7

(22) Date of filing: 02.12.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F21V 19/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 03.12.2004 IT TO20040855

(71) Applicant: Automotive Lighting Italia Spa
10078 Venaria Reale (Torino) (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Herlin, Jean-Pascal
    20090 CUSAGO (IT)
  • Cubito, Luciano
    10135 TORINO (IT)

(74) Representative: Jorio, Paolo et al
Studio Torta S.r.l. Via Viotti, 9
10121 Torino
10121 Torino (IT)

   


(54) Lampholder device for a vehicle headlight with a tilt reflector


(57) A lampholder device (1) for a vehicle headlight with a tilt reflector (3) associated with a lamp (4) having power contacts defined by at least one blade connector (6) and a conducting collar (7), the device having: an electrically non-conducting body (12); at least one first contact (14) housed in a seat in the body to receive the blade connector (6), and in the form of a gripper; and at least one second contact (17) carried by the body and having a flange (20) located outside the seat and designed to fit onto the rear of the collar of the lamp (4) and angularly integral with the lamp, and at least one elastically deformable arm (21) housed in and projecting from the seat, formed integrally with the flange (20), and designed to allow the flange to move, with respect to the body, between a first limit position coaxial with a first limit position of the reflector (3), rotated of a predetermined angle with respect to an axis (A) of the headlight parallel to the travelling direction (M) of the vehicle, and a second limit position coaxial with a second limit position of the reflector (3), rotated by an angle, opposite to the angle of said first limit position, with respect to the axis of the headlight, and via an intermediate position aligned with the axis (A) of the headlight.







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