Lamp assembly for motor vehicle
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1. A lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a fixture having a top side and a bottom side formed with a plurality of spaced apart light-emitting diode receiving sockets therethrough from the bottom side to the top side;
a light-emitting diode subassembly including a circuit board and a plurality of spaced apart light-emitting diodes electrically associated with the circuit board, the light-emitting diode subassembly being positioned with each of the light-emitting diodes each received in a different one of the sockets of the fixture; and
,a pair of diametrically opposed resilient diode engaging fingers extending radially over the top of each diode-receiving socket, the distal ends of the fingers being spaced apart across the top of the diode-receiving socket by a distance less than the transverse width of a diode received in the socket to tightly grip the diode therebetween, the proximal ends of the resilient fingers being attached to the top side of the fixture.
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Abstract
A lamp for a motor vehicle, such as a side marker or clearance lamp which uses light-emitting diodes instead of incandescent bulbs. The lamp includes a housing which accurately positions the light-emitting diodes to provide a desired light pattern. The housing includes a pair of fixture halves which are positioned in facing abutment to form a fixture for positioning and holding the light-emitting diodes in place. Each fixture half includes light-emitting diode positioning grooves which cooperate when the fixture halves are assembled to accurately position and hold the light-emitting diodes in desired positions. A transparent lens is positioned over the housing.
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1. A lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
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a fixture having a top side and a bottom side formed with a plurality of spaced apart light-emitting diode receiving sockets therethrough from the bottom side to the top side; a light-emitting diode subassembly including a circuit board and a plurality of spaced apart light-emitting diodes electrically associated with the circuit board, the light-emitting diode subassembly being positioned with each of the light-emitting diodes each received in a different one of the sockets of the fixture; and
,a pair of diametrically opposed resilient diode engaging fingers extending radially over the top of each diode-receiving socket, the distal ends of the fingers being spaced apart across the top of the diode-receiving socket by a distance less than the transverse width of a diode received in the socket to tightly grip the diode therebetween, the proximal ends of the resilient fingers being attached to the top side of the fixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
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(a) a fixture having a top side and a bottom side formed with a plurality of spaced apart light-emitting diode receiving sockets therethrough from the bottom side to the top side, the fixture comprising; a pair of identical fixture halves, each fixture half having an inner side, top side, and bottom side, the fixture halves being disposed in mating mirror image relationship with the inner sides thereof in facing abutment; each fixture half being formed with a plurality of spaced apart grooves in the inner side extending from the bottom side to the top side, each of the grooves of one fixture half being in mating facing registered relationship with a different one of the grooves in the other fixture half and mutually cooperating to define a different one of the light-emitting diode receiving sockets; (b) a light-emitting diode subassembly including a circuit board and a plurality of spaced apart light-emitting diodes electrically associated with the circuit board, the light-emitting diode subassembly being positioned with each of the light-emitting diodes each received in a different one of the sockets of the fixture. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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