EP1016818B1 - Lampenfassung aus Isolierstoff für H 7-Lampen - Google Patents

Lampenfassung aus Isolierstoff für H 7-Lampen Download PDF

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EP1016818B1
EP1016818B1 EP99125280A EP99125280A EP1016818B1 EP 1016818 B1 EP1016818 B1 EP 1016818B1 EP 99125280 A EP99125280 A EP 99125280A EP 99125280 A EP99125280 A EP 99125280A EP 1016818 B1 EP1016818 B1 EP 1016818B1
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lamp holder
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Werner Vielbauer
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Hugo Schnippering GmbH and Co KG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only
    • H01R13/6315—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/10—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by the light source
    • F21S41/19—Attachment of light sources or lamp holders
    • F21S41/192—Details of lamp holders, terminals or connectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/05—Two-pole devices
    • H01R33/06—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other

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  • the invention relates to a lamp holder made of insulating material for H 7 lamps for automotive lighting, wherein the lamp holder sockets of electrically conductive material holds, in which the terminal contacts of the H 7 lamp are inserted, and plug connection means of electrically conductive material holds, each with one of Sockets are conductively connected and plugged into the plug-in parts or plug-in connectors are attached, which are fixed to the reflector or housing to be equipped with the lamp holder headlight and connectable with connecting cables, the sockets are floatingly supported on the lamp holder.
  • the H 7 lamps concerned here have a lamp bulb made of glass with a filament, which is integrated in a stable mounting element of the H 7 lamp. This element is almost an adapter having two connector plugs which protrude from the side of the holder, which is opposite to the lamp envelope.
  • the H 7-lamp is usually used in corresponding plug contacts of the lamp socket.
  • the adapter of the H 7 lamp has irregular outline shapes, as well as the corresponding receptacle of the lamp holder to form a confusion-free insertion.
  • connection contacts which are plug-in connection with corresponding terminal contacts, which are fixed to the reflector or the headlight housing and to which the corresponding supply cables are posted.
  • a generic lamp socket is known in which a spring bearing is achieved by arranging a spring between the base of the lamp socket and the lamp socket.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a lamp socket generic type, in which an alternative design of the electrical connection parts is provided, in a simple manner an exact positioning in particular of the filament of the H 7 lamp relative to the reflector or is reached to the housing of the headlamp.
  • the plug-in connection means are arranged radially outside the plug-in region of the H 7 lamp, that each socket is connected via a bridge bridge with a plug connection means which is resiliently supported with partial areas at a bottom of the lamp socket, that the bridge web is formed on the socket with the release of the plug-in area, the Anformungs Scheme distance from the bottom of the lamp socket, protrude to the Anformungs Scheme to the ground bulging arms, which are supported with runner-like support areas at the bottom of the lamp socket, and one of the arms is integrally connected to a plug connection means ,
  • the H 7 lamp can move slightly in the insertion position relative to the lamp holder, so that in each case an exact contact of the plate of the adapter of the H 7 lamp on the collar of the reflector or the housing of the headlamp is achieved, which in turn is essential in that the H 7 lamp is precisely aligned, in particular whose filament is aligned exactly relative to the reflector or headlight housing.
  • the floating arrangement of the sockets on the lamp socket can be like a gimbal Connection or in the manner of a resilient bendable connection between socket and lamp socket can be achieved.
  • the respective plug connection means is held quasi resilient so that alignment inaccuracies can be easily compensated.
  • the plug connection means are rigidly mounted on the lamp socket and the plug connection parts are fixed in a floating manner on the reflector or housing of the headlamp.
  • the plug connection means can be inserted into the plug connection parts, since the plug connection parts are slightly movable in the transverse direction to the insertion direction, so that even in the direction of insertion slightly different orientation of the plug connection means a secure connector when merging the parts is possible.
  • the bridge web is molded onto the socket leaving the plug-in area, the Anformungs Scheme distance from the bottom of the lamp socket, protrude to the Anformungs Scheme to the ground bulging arms, which are supported with runner-like support areas at the bottom of the lamp socket and one of Arms are integrally connected to a plug connection means.
  • each socket is inserted with play in a receiving channel in the bottom of the lamp socket and by means of a locking element which engages in a recess of the channel wall, is captively supported.
  • the plug-in connection means are formed by tabs which are captively inserted with hooking means in pockets of the socket body and protrude with their plug-in area parallel to the plugging direction of the H 7 lamp or the lamp socket.
  • the plug-in connection parts via bends, where cable stop means are formed are held fixed and captive in pockets of the reflector or the housing of the headlamp, wherein of the Bending approximately protrude hairpin-like curved elements that form the actual plug connection parts, the hairpin-like shape is approximately tangent to the substantially circular cross-section lamp socket.
  • the radially inner leg of the hairpin-like shape is rounded according to the shape of the lamp socket and the outer leg is approximately rectilinear (tangential).
  • the collar in the insertion direction has open slots as a passage for the bridge webs, which are connected to the plug connection means.
  • the collar has open recesses in the insertion direction, which form an access to the edge of the plate of an inserted H 7 lamp.
  • a lamp holder 1 made of insulating material, in particular plastic which serves to accommodate H 7 lamps 2 for automotive lighting.
  • the Lampholder 1 holds receptacles 3 made of electrically conductive material, in particular metal, into which the corresponding connection contacts 4 of the H 7 lamp 2 can be inserted.
  • Radially outside the mating region of the provided with a collar 5 adapter 6 of the H 7 lamp 2 plug connection means 7 of electrically conductive material on the lamp holder 1 are supported, which are each conductively connected to one of the sockets 3.
  • These plug-in connection means 7 can be plugged into plug connection parts 8 which are fixed to the reflector or housing of the headlight to be equipped with the lamp socket 1, which is not shown in detail in the drawing.
  • the plug-in connections 8 are equipped with connectors 9, to the corresponding connection cable can be posted.
  • the H 7 lamp 2 has a preferably transparent lamp bulb 10, which is arranged on one side of the adapter 6, wherein from the other side (in the drawing 1 underside) protrude the terminal contacts 4.
  • the arrangement is made so that the sockets 3 are supported floating on the lamp holder 1. This ensures that in the desired mounting position, so if the lamp holder 1 is locked to the reflector or headlight housing, then an exact alignment of the filament of the H 7 lamp 2 is achieved when the lamp holder. 1 is not exactly inserted into the recess in accordance with the axis.
  • the plug-in connection means 7 are rigidly fixed to the lamp holder 1, while the plug-in connection parts 8 which are fixed to the reflector or housing of the headlamp, are fixed in a floating, even here with not exactly achsrater supply or existing manufacturing or assembly tolerances secure feeding of the plug connection means 7 to ensure the connector parts 8.
  • Each socket 3 is connected via a bridge web 11 with a plug connection means 7.
  • the bridge bridge 11 is supported in the
  • Each bridging web 11 is integrally formed with the socket 3 (leaving their plug-in area).
  • the Anformungs Scheme 14 has in the desired mounting position distance from the bottom 13 of the lamp holder 1, wherein protrude to the Anformungs Scheme 14 to the ground bulging arms that form the bridging web 11 and which are supported with runner-like support areas (partial areas 12) on the bottom 13 of the lamp holder 1.
  • One of the arms of the bridge web 11 is formed integrally with the plug connection means 7, for which purpose a corresponding connecting web 15 is formed.
  • Each socket 3 is inserted with play in a receiving channel 16 in the bottom 13 of the lamp holder 1, as can be seen in particular from the illustrations according to Figures 3 and 4, wherein the fixation is effected by means of a locking element 17, which in a recess 18 of the wall of the channel 16th intervenes.
  • the locking element 17 is an obliquely put latching hook, which serves as insertion aid when inserting the socket 3 in the channel 16 and after reaching the desired position in the recess 18 is incident, in this area a movement play in the insertion direction and is also provided transversely to the direction of insertion.
  • the plug connection means 7 are formed by tabs which are inserted captive with corresponding hooking means in pockets 19 of the body of the lamp holder 1 and projecting with their protruding from the pocket 19 plug-in area parallel to the plugging direction of the H 7 lamp 2 and the lamp holder 1.
  • the plug-in connection parts 8 are fixed by means of angled portions 20, on which the cable stop means (connector 9) are formed, in pockets of the reflector or the housing of the headlight and captive held, protrude from the bends 20 approximately hairpin-shaped curved elements that form the actual plug connection parts 8.
  • the hairpin-like shape extends approximately in the circumferential direction or tangentially to the substantially circular cross-section lamp holder 1.
  • the relatively radially inner leg of the hairpin-like shape is rounded according to the shape of the lamp holder 1, while the outer leg is approximately straight.
  • the plug connection parts 8 can be resiliently moved both around a bending line 21 and about the bending line 22 orthogonal thereto.
  • the edge 5 has to deviate from an otherwise circular shape in a partial area contour which engages in a slot of the collar 23 in the correct position supply.
  • the collar 23 has further, open in the insertion direction slots for the passage of the bridge webs 11 and the connecting webs 15, which are connected to the plug connection means 7.
  • the collar 23 has three recesses open in the insertion direction 24, which form an access to the edge 5 of the plate of an inserted H 7 lamp 2, so that in this way a removal possibility for the inserted H 7-lamp 2 is given without the lamp must be taken on the piston 10.
  • these recesses can also be used for mounting the H 7 lamp, which then also needs to be grasped only in the region of the edge 5 by means of three fingers, which can engage in the recesses 24.
  • the inventive construction allows exact positioning of the H 7 lamp 2 in the mounting hole of a reflector or the housing of a headlamp, regardless of whether due to manufacturing or assembly tolerances, the lamp socket 1 of the mounting hole is fed exactly or not.

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  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Fastening Of Light Sources Or Lamp Holders (AREA)
EP99125280A 1998-12-29 1999-12-18 Lampenfassung aus Isolierstoff für H 7-Lampen Expired - Lifetime EP1016818B1 (de)

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