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- This invention relates generally to automotive lamps. More specifically, the present invention relates to bulb retaining arrangements for releasably retaining a replaceable light bulb assembly in a headlamp.
- Modem automotive headlamps are composite assemblies that come in two general types, reflector aimable and housing aimable.
- reflector aimable, or movable reflector, construction only a reflective component is moved with respect to the housing, which remains fixed to the vehicular body.
- the entire lamp unit is pivoted with respect to the vehicular body in housing aimable construction.
- both constructions typically include the same primary components, a housing portion having an open end, a light diffusing lens portion affixed to the open front of the housing, and a light bulb.
- the primary structural difference between the two categories of lamps is the primary reflective element in which the bulb is retained.
- the housing is the primary reflector and is thus formed with a parabolic reflecting surface and a bulb retaining arrangement located around a center bore at the substantial center of the housing for receiving a light bulb assembly.
- the retaining arrangement is adapted to maintain the bulb in a predetermined position relative to the socket and the reflecting surface while ensuring a watertight seal around the socket.
- the housing is not the primary reflector. Instead, an internal reflector, adjustably mounted within the housing, performs that function. Accordingly, the bulb is not retained by the housing but rather by the internal reflector.
- it is the internal reflector, not the housing, which includes the bulb retention arrangement.
- the ears of the light bulb assembly When the ears of the light bulb assembly are inserted into the cutout portions and the light bulb assembly is rotated, the ears initially contact the ramp of each bridge member. This causes the associated bridge member to flex axially outwardly relative to the circular opening. Upon continued rotation of the light bulb assembly one of the ears engages the stop surface after which the bridge member of each of the retainer sections serves to press the light bulb assembly inwardly towards the circular opening to orient the filament of the light bulb axially with respect to the reflecting surface.
- Injection molding is a common fabrication process in which polymers (“plastics”) are injected into a hollow mold cavity under high pressure. Through this cyclical process identical parts are produced.
- a typical injection molding cycle consists of the following steps:
- injection molding offers several advantages in fabrication. Perhaps most significant, injection molding yields a high production rate of substantially uniform parts. Further, the process requires relatively little labor and is thus more economical on average than other production methods.
- Retention arrangements of the type disclosed in Luallin provide superior bulb retention and a watertight seal. Further, their integral relation to the rear of the housing allows for economic manufacture via injection molding.
- this type of retention arrangement also has several distinct disadvantages.
- One significant disadvantage is that the design features of such retention arrangements, characterized by multiple passages and structures lying in differing planes, require relatively complicated tools to manufacture. More importantly, however, is that to form this type of retention arrangement, tool action is necessary. Indeed, additional steps must be performed on each workpiece. First, the housing must be molded. Then, after the mold is opened, a second operation is required wherein a second set of tooling must act on the workpiece to form passages such as those between the rear surface of the reflector and resilient ramp portions. As each step in a manufacturing process increases cost and increases the possibility of error, these multiple steps result in increased costs and decreased quality.
- the reflector of the present invention further comprises at least one retainer section integrally molded on the rear side of the reflector and arranged adjacent to the bore. While many embodiments of the present invention are possible and intended to fall within the scope of the claims appended hereto, the exemplary embodiment described herein comprises three retainer sections. Each of the retainer sections comprises a cutout portion, a ramp and a stop feature molded therein. When the replaceable light bulb assembly is inserted into the bore and is rotated, each of the cutout portions of the retainer sections accept the tabs located on the socket portion of the replaceable light bulb assembly. Upon further rotation of the replaceable light bulb assembly, the tabs are then frictionally retained between the ramps and the body of the reflector, with the stop features ensuring that the replaceable light bulb assembly is rotated into proper position.
- FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of one exemplary embodiment of the present invention with a bulb assembly installed;
- FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of a bulb assembly of the type which may be used in conjunction with the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a rear view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. I after the bulb assembly has been fully rotated into place;
- FIG. 8 is a front view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 10 is an exploded side view of a retainer section of the type molded on the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1.
- the present invention comprises a bulb retention solution for use in headlamp assemblies with aimable or movable reflectors where a watertight seal is not required.
- the present invention is a movable reflector with integrally molded bulb assembly retention features.
- the present invention utilizes voids spaced around the socket bore and extending through the movable reflector so that the structure of the retention features and the movable reflector may be molded in one injection molding step without additional tool movement to finish the retention features.
- retention arrangement 16 which, in the exemplary embodiment, comprises three retainer sections 28 which are integrally formed on the rear side of movable reflector 14 .
- Retainer sections 28 are formed such that they are symmetrically positioned circumferentially around bore 26 .
- Retainer sections 28 are each arcuate in configuration and are generally enclosed on the rear side of movable reflector 14 .
- retainer sections 28 are open to the front side of movable reflector 14 through mold voids 30 . While three retainer sections are preferred and are shown in the exemplary embodiment depicted in the Figures, retention arrangement 16 may comprise only two retainer sections 28 or four or more retainer sections 28 . Even a single retainer section 28 is feasible. As the number of retainer sections 28 varies, the number of tabs 28 and mold voids 30 will vary to correspond.
- ramp 32 is molded within each retainer section 28 on the side facing the front of movable reflector 14 . Also visible in FIG. 9 is molded stop feature 34 .
- retainer sections 28 are each formed with a cutout portion 36 for purposes of accommodating tabs 24 of light bulb assembly 12 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Cutout portions 36 are adapted to accommodate the insertion of tabs 24 into the side of retainer sections 28 and to allow tabs 24 to slide sideways within retainer sections 28 .
- the size and shape of cutout portions 36 assure that bulb assembly 12 is properly received by and rotatably located within bore 26 when manually inserted therein.
- each tab 24 will reach and pass over the apex of the corresponding ramp 32 , at which time each tab 24 of light bulb assembly 12 “locks” into position and is mechanically retained by ramp 32 , molded stop feature 34 and movable reflector 14 . At this point, light bulb assembly 12 will be restrained from further rotation due to tabs 24 contacting stop features 34 which are integrally molded as part of the walls of retainer sections 28 .
- the first half of the mold would be generally convex in dimension so as to produce a generally concave reflector and would include one circular protrusion to create bore 26 and arcuate protrusions to mold the features of each retaining section 28 . These arcuate protrusions would also create mold voids 30 .
- two closed mold halves can produce a mold which is capable of forming all the features of the present invention.
- the design of the present invention lowers the cost of manufacturing headlamp assemblies in two ways.
- Second, as described above, the present invention is preferable to those of the prior art because it allows the piece to be molded in one molding step and does not require additional tool action to manufacture the bulb retention features.
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- This invention relates generally to automotive lamps. More specifically, the present invention relates to bulb retaining arrangements for releasably retaining a replaceable light bulb assembly in a headlamp.
- Modem automotive headlamps are composite assemblies that come in two general types, reflector aimable and housing aimable. In reflector aimable, or movable reflector, construction, only a reflective component is moved with respect to the housing, which remains fixed to the vehicular body. In contrast, the entire lamp unit is pivoted with respect to the vehicular body in housing aimable construction. Nonetheless, both constructions typically include the same primary components, a housing portion having an open end, a light diffusing lens portion affixed to the open front of the housing, and a light bulb. The primary structural difference between the two categories of lamps is the primary reflective element in which the bulb is retained.
- In housing aimable headlamps, the housing is the primary reflector and is thus formed with a parabolic reflecting surface and a bulb retaining arrangement located around a center bore at the substantial center of the housing for receiving a light bulb assembly. The retaining arrangement is adapted to maintain the bulb in a predetermined position relative to the socket and the reflecting surface while ensuring a watertight seal around the socket. In reflector aimable headlamps, the housing is not the primary reflector. Instead, an internal reflector, adjustably mounted within the housing, performs that function. Accordingly, the bulb is not retained by the housing but rather by the internal reflector. Thus, in reflector aimable lamps, it is the internal reflector, not the housing, which includes the bulb retention arrangement.
- A conventional retention arrangement for a housing aimable headlamp is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,010,455 to Luallin et al (“Luallin”). The arrangement includes three separate arcuate and circumferentially spaced retainer sections surrounding the socket opening. Referring to FIG. 1 of Luallin, each of the retainer sections comprises a pair of axially extending legs integrally formed with the rear of the
reflector 12. A bridge member 46 interconnects the legs of each of the retainer sections and has ramp portion 48 formed thereon. In addition, each of the retainer sections is formed with a cutout portion 50 for receiving one of theears - Bulb retention arrangements of this type are typically manufactured via injection molding. Injection molding is a common fabrication process in which polymers (“plastics”) are injected into a hollow mold cavity under high pressure. Through this cyclical process identical parts are produced. A typical injection molding cycle consists of the following steps:
- melting of plastic resin;
- injection of melted plastic resin into the mold;
- cooling of the mold; and
- ejecting the molded workpiece.
- Injection molding offers several advantages in fabrication. Perhaps most significant, injection molding yields a high production rate of substantially uniform parts. Further, the process requires relatively little labor and is thus more economical on average than other production methods.
- Retention arrangements of the type disclosed in Luallin provide superior bulb retention and a watertight seal. Further, their integral relation to the rear of the housing allows for economic manufacture via injection molding. However, this type of retention arrangement also has several distinct disadvantages. One significant disadvantage is that the design features of such retention arrangements, characterized by multiple passages and structures lying in differing planes, require relatively complicated tools to manufacture. More importantly, however, is that to form this type of retention arrangement, tool action is necessary. Indeed, additional steps must be performed on each workpiece. First, the housing must be molded. Then, after the mold is opened, a second operation is required wherein a second set of tooling must act on the workpiece to form passages such as those between the rear surface of the reflector and resilient ramp portions. As each step in a manufacturing process increases cost and increases the possibility of error, these multiple steps result in increased costs and decreased quality.
- Additionally, the tooling process is further complicated by the fact that a watertight seal is necessary between the lamp and the housing. Thus, additional openings in the housing, which might otherwise simplify the tooling process, cannot be introduced if the necessary watertight seal is to be maintained. Nonetheless, these problems have been tolerated because the retention assembly of this type provides desired bulb retention and a watertight seal. However, in headlamps of the reflector aimable type, where a watertight seal between the lamp and the reflector is not necessary, these disadvantages need to be overcome.
- Therefore, it is desirable to provide a bulb retention assembly which provides adequate bulb retention in a headlamp of the reflector movable type. It is further desired that such a retention assembly be designed so as to be injection molded in one step with relatively simple tooling and without tool movement. Finally, it is also desired that such an assembly not be overly complex or expensive to manufacture.
- The present invention comprises a reflector for use in a reflector aimable, also known as a movable reflector, vehicle headlamp assembly. The present invention is for use in conjunction with a replaceable light bulb assembly commonly known in the art, with the replaceable light bulb assembly having at least one tab projecting radially outwardly from a socket portion thereof. The present invention comprises a reflector having a front side and a rear side, and a molded body with a bore through the approximate center of the reflector. The bore is suitably positioned and sized for accepting the replaceable light bulb assembly from the rear side of the reflector.
- The reflector of the present invention further comprises at least one retainer section integrally molded on the rear side of the reflector and arranged adjacent to the bore. While many embodiments of the present invention are possible and intended to fall within the scope of the claims appended hereto, the exemplary embodiment described herein comprises three retainer sections. Each of the retainer sections comprises a cutout portion, a ramp and a stop feature molded therein. When the replaceable light bulb assembly is inserted into the bore and is rotated, each of the cutout portions of the retainer sections accept the tabs located on the socket portion of the replaceable light bulb assembly. Upon further rotation of the replaceable light bulb assembly, the tabs are then frictionally retained between the ramps and the body of the reflector, with the stop features ensuring that the replaceable light bulb assembly is rotated into proper position.
- The reflector of the present invention further comprises mold voids through the reflector. In the exemplary embodiment, three such mold voids are present. The mold voids are circumferentially spaced around the bore and are generally located adjacent to the retention sections. The mold voids are suitable positioned and sized to allow the reflector to be molded in one injection molding step.
- FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of one exemplary embodiment of the present invention with a bulb assembly installed;
- FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of a bulb assembly of the type which may be used in conjunction with the present invention;
- FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 without an installed bulb assembly;
- FIG. 4 is a rear view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 with the bulb assembly initially installed;
- FIG. 5 is a rear view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. I after the bulb assembly has been fully rotated into place;
- FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 with the bulb assembly initially installed;
- FIG. 7 is a rear perspective view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 after the bulb assembly has been fully rotated into place;
- FIG. 8 is a front view of the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 9 is a front view of a retainer section of the type molded on the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1; and
- FIG. 10 is an exploded side view of a retainer section of the type molded on the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1.
- The present invention comprises a bulb retention solution for use in headlamp assemblies with aimable or movable reflectors where a watertight seal is not required. Specifically, the present invention is a movable reflector with integrally molded bulb assembly retention features. The present invention utilizes voids spaced around the socket bore and extending through the movable reflector so that the structure of the retention features and the movable reflector may be molded in one injection molding step without additional tool movement to finish the retention features.
- In FIG. 1, there is shown a side cross-sectional view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Headlamp assembly 10 comprises housing (not shown), lens (not shown),bulb assembly 12, andmovable reflector 14.Movable reflector 14 further comprises moldedretention arrangement 16. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2,bulb assembly 12 includesbulb 18, socket portion 20,terminals 22, andtabs 24 circumferentially spaced around socket portion 20 ofbulb assembly 12.Bulb assembly 12 may be any suitable replaceable light bulb/socket combination assembly known to those skilled in the art for use in movable reflector headlamps and which contains circumferentially spacedtabs 24 for engagingretention arrangement 16 of the present invention. - FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of
movable reflector 14 withoutbulb assembly 12 inserted. The body ofmovable reflector 14 is parabolic in shape to direct light frombulb 18. On the front side ofmovable reflector 14, an arcuate surface is coated with one of a number of reflective compounds known in the art to aid in efficiently directing the light frombulb 18. Like other movable reflectors known in the art,movable reflector 14 has a circular opening, bore 26, positioned at its center for acceptingbulb assembly 12. As is shown in FIGS. 4 through 7, integrally molded on the rear side ofmovable reflector 14 isretention arrangement 16 which, in the exemplary embodiment, comprises threeretainer sections 28 which are integrally formed on the rear side ofmovable reflector 14.Retainer sections 28 are formed such that they are symmetrically positioned circumferentially around bore 26.Retainer sections 28 are each arcuate in configuration and are generally enclosed on the rear side ofmovable reflector 14. In contrast, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 8,retainer sections 28 are open to the front side ofmovable reflector 14 through mold voids 30. While three retainer sections are preferred and are shown in the exemplary embodiment depicted in the Figures,retention arrangement 16 may comprise only tworetainer sections 28 or four ormore retainer sections 28. Even asingle retainer section 28 is feasible. As the number ofretainer sections 28 varies, the number oftabs 28 andmold voids 30 will vary to correspond. - As shown in FIG. 9,
ramp 32 is molded within eachretainer section 28 on the side facing the front ofmovable reflector 14. Also visible in FIG. 9 is moldedstop feature 34. Although eachretainer section 28 is generally closed on the rear side ofmovable reflector 14,retainer sections 28 are each formed with acutout portion 36 for purposes of accommodatingtabs 24 oflight bulb assembly 12 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.Cutout portions 36 are adapted to accommodate the insertion oftabs 24 into the side ofretainer sections 28 and to allowtabs 24 to slide sideways withinretainer sections 28. Thus, the size and shape ofcutout portions 36 assure thatbulb assembly 12 is properly received by and rotatably located withinbore 26 when manually inserted therein. - In operation, when
light bulb assembly 12 is initially inserted intobore 26,tabs 24 are aligned in the space betweenretainer sections 28 and aligned for rotation intocutout portions 36 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6. Next,light bulb assembly 12 is rotated causingtabs 24 to enterretainer sections 28 throughcutout portions 36 and to initially contact correspondingramps 32, causing the tops of eachretainer section 28 in which ramps 32 are formed to flex rearwardly, i.e., away from the rest ofmovable reflector 14. As best shown in FIG. 10, aslight bulb assembly 12 continues to be rotated, eachtab 24 will reach and pass over the apex of thecorresponding ramp 32, at which time eachtab 24 oflight bulb assembly 12 “locks” into position and is mechanically retained byramp 32, moldedstop feature 34 andmovable reflector 14. At this point,light bulb assembly 12 will be restrained from further rotation due totabs 24 contacting stop features 34 which are integrally molded as part of the walls ofretainer sections 28. - The present invention is particularly suited for manufacture via one step injection molding. Indeed, the present invention includes mold voids30 that allow
movable reflector 14 of the present invention to be molded in a simple mold with two halves trapping the plastic part. The dimensions and configuration of mold voids 30 are best understood with reference to FIG. 8, which shows a front view ofmovable reflector 14 of the present invention. As shown, mold voids 30 are arcuate in configuration and circumferentially and symmetrically spaced around socket bore 26 in positions corresponding to those of retainingsections 28 to allow the molding of the interior ofretention sections 28. The present invention can be made in a single injection between two mold halves. The first half of the mold would be generally convex in dimension so as to produce a generally concave reflector and would include one circular protrusion to createbore 26 and arcuate protrusions to mold the features of each retainingsection 28. These arcuate protrusions would also create mold voids 30. Thus, during the injection molding process, two closed mold halves can produce a mold which is capable of forming all the features of the present invention. - Moreover, the design of the present invention lowers the cost of manufacturing headlamp assemblies in two ways. First, by integrally molding bulb socket retention features on
movable reflector 14 the need for a separate retention piece is eliminated. This decreases the number of parts in the manufacture of headlamps, simplifying assembly and decreasing costs. The elimination of additional components also decreases the chance of a manufacturing defect resulting in an overall improvement in quality of the assembled product Second, as described above, the present invention is preferable to those of the prior art because it allows the piece to be molded in one molding step and does not require additional tool action to manufacture the bulb retention features. - While the present invention has been described in detail with reference to a certain exemplary embodiment thereof, such is offered by way of non-limiting example of the invention, as other versions are possible. It is anticipated that a variety of other modifications and changes will be apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art and that such modifications and changes are intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.
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