EP0810692A1 - Lampholder for automotive vehicle with integrated connection - Google Patents

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EP0810692A1
EP0810692A1 EP97401201A EP97401201A EP0810692A1 EP 0810692 A1 EP0810692 A1 EP 0810692A1 EP 97401201 A EP97401201 A EP 97401201A EP 97401201 A EP97401201 A EP 97401201A EP 0810692 A1 EP0810692 A1 EP 0810692A1
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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
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/50—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body
    • H01R13/501—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/10—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by the light source
    • F21S43/19—Attachment of light sources or lamp holders
    • F21S43/195—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
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4361—Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion
    • 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
    • H01R13/40—Securing contact members in or to a base or case; Insulating of contact members
    • H01R13/42—Securing in a demountable manner
    • H01R13/436—Securing a plurality of contact members by one locking piece or operation
    • H01R13/4367—Insertion of locking piece from the rear
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2103/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for signalling purposes
    • F21W2103/10—Position lights

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  • the invention relates to lamp holders for motor vehicles, especially for searchlights and signaling lights.
  • Motor vehicle headlamps comprising a main lamp and a city lamp integrated into the headlamp while being offset from the main lamp.
  • the city lamp is supported by a clean lamp holder which has two housings intended to receive two electrical contact elements connected to two conductors of the vehicle's electrical harness.
  • the contact elements have an elongated flat shape, the housings having a corresponding hollow shape.
  • the contact elements are introduced into the housings in their longitudinal direction through an axial end of the housing.
  • Each contact element has a locking lug inclined relative to the general plane of the contact element and directed towards the rear of the contact element. At the end of the introduction of the contact element into the housing, the lug abuts against a relief on the internal face of the housing to prevent the contact element from coming out.
  • Document WO 86/01 041 describes a lamp holder adapted to receive electrical contact elements and a lock adapted to be attached and immobilized on the lamp holder by preventing the output of the electrical contact elements.
  • the lock cannot be placed in the closed position if the contact element is in a bad position in the lamp holder because the contact element hinders the positioning of the lock. Putting the lock in the closed position therefore guarantees the correct mounting of the contact element.
  • this lamp holder can be mounted on a motor vehicle headlamp without the lock being present. Consequently, if the presence of the lock on the lamp holder is not verified when the lamp holder is mounted on the projector, there is no guarantee that the contact elements are properly in position in the lamp holder.
  • An object of the invention is to overcome this drawback and to increase the assurance of correct mounting of the contact element in the headlight or the light.
  • the lamp holder comprising a body adapted to support at least one lamp, the body having at least one housing having an opening and adapted to receive at least one electrical contact element through this opening, the lamp holder comprising at least one latch adapted to have a closed position in which it extends in the opening, and a open position in which it extends away from the opening, the lamp holder being adapted to occupy a mounting position in a recess of the reflector, the latch being fixed to the body while being movable relative to the latter between the open position and closed position, the lamp holder and the reflector being arranged so that when the latch is not in the closed position, the lamp holder has a size making it unsuitable to occupy the mounting position in the reflector.
  • the lock is in the closed position on the body for the installation of the lamp holder in the reflector. It is therefore guaranteed that the contact element is suitably placed in the headlamp or the completed lamp.
  • the body comprises an abutment part adapted to come into abutment against the reflector in the mounting position of the lamp holder in the reflector, the abutment part having at least one cutout in which the latch is integrated in the closed position.
  • the lock extends in the open position outside the stop part.
  • the abutment part is flared.
  • the lamp holder comprises latching means on the body of the or each lock in the closed position.
  • the or each lock can be connected to the body by means of a hinge.
  • the or each lock may be in one piece with the body of the lamp holder.
  • the combination comprises an electrical contact element adapted to be received in the housing of the body, the lock being adapted in the closed position to form an obstacle to an output of the electrical contact element from the housing, being contiguous with the element.
  • the or each lock may include two parts arranged to extend in the closed position of the lock in the exit path of the contact element, being contiguous with the contact element and arranged on either side of a electrical conductor attached to the contact element.
  • the lamp holder may include two contact elements. It may have two locks.
  • a lighting or signaling device such as a headlight or a light for a motor vehicle, comprising a combination according to the invention.
  • the combination according to the first embodiment shown, as well as that of the second mode, is intended for a motor vehicle headlight comprising a main lamp and a city lamp.
  • the combination here comprises a lamp holder, a reflector 7 and two electrical contact elements.
  • the lamp holder is designed to support the city lamp 2 in its own right, the projector also comprising another lamp holder to support the main lamp in its own right.
  • the lamp holder has a body 4 of injection molded plastic.
  • the body has a cylindrical part 3 and a flared part 5 originating at one end of the cylindrical part.
  • the flared part 5 has in plan, that is to say in end view, a generally rectangular shape as shown in Figure 2. The width of the rectangle is close to the diameter of the cylindrical part 3.
  • the cylindrical part 3 supports the lamp 2 at an end axially opposite the flared part.
  • the cylindrical part 3 is intended to be inserted into a recess in the reflector 7 of the headlight, the flared part 5 coming into abutment externally against the reflector 7 to limit this introduction, as shown on the right part of FIG. 1.
  • the cylindrical part 3 has two recesses 6, 8 elongated parallel having an end opening and intended to receive through these openings two metallic electrical contact elements 10.
  • Each contact element 10 conventionally has a generally flat elongated shape with rectangular contours. A rear end 12 of the contact element is narrowed. It is connected to a power supply conductor 14 by being fixed by crimping thereto.
  • the contact element has a recess and a lug 16 extending in the recess while being inclined relative to the plane of the contact element so that it projects from one face of the element of contact. The lug is directed towards the rear end 12.
  • the contact elements 10 are introduced into the housings 6, 8 through their front end 18 in the longitudinal direction of the contact elements.
  • the body Inside each housing, the body has a relief projecting from the housing. As this relief passes, the lug 16 flexes when entering its recess, then extends again after passing the relief when the contact element reaches the end of its travel and is installed in the housing. When the contact element is biased in a direction tending to move it out of the housing, the lug abuts against the relief to prevent the contact element from leaving. This produces the locking of the contact element.
  • the lamp holder further comprises two latches 20, 22 movable relative to the body 4 between an open position and a closed position, associated with the respective contact elements 10.
  • the latch 20 on the right is shown on the left in the open position and the latch 22 in the closed position.
  • the latches are integrated into corresponding recesses in the flared part 5 so that they appear to be formed by cutting out the flared part.
  • the locks are then opposite to each other at the two ends furthest from the flared part.
  • Each lock is connected to the body 4 by means of a hinge 26 orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the contact elements and of the housings.
  • the hinges are adjacent to the junction of the flared part 5 and the cylindrical part 3.
  • the locks are molded in one piece with the body 4, the hinges being formed by a local thinning of the wall of the body.
  • Each latch 20, 22 has a flat wall 28 extending in the closed position at the end of the flared part 5 opposite the cylindrical part 3, being perpendicular to the direction of introduction of the contact elements 10 into the housings.
  • a free edge of this wall which is adjacent to the conductor and to the crimp in the closed position has a notch opposite the conductor and the crimp so that the wall does not abut against them.
  • Each lock 20, 22 has four ribs 30 parallel to the direction of introduction of the contact elements 10 into the housings 6, 8 and perpendicular to the planar wall 28 extending along the latter.
  • the two ribs 30 In the closed position of the lock 20, 22, the two ribs 30 the most central of the succession come into contact by their edge opposite the wall 28 with the edge of the narrowed end 12 of the contact element 10 installed in its housing 6, 8.
  • the two ribs 30 are in contact with the end 12 respectively on either side of the crimping (and of the conductor).
  • Each rib 30 extends on either side of the edge of the end 12, beyond the latter on both sides of the edge. In the closed position, these two ribs 30 thus extend in the exit path from the end 12 of the contact element, being contiguous at this end.
  • the locks form an obstacle to the exit of the contact elements, and constitute a double locking.
  • each latch 20, 22 is tilted around its hinge 26 towards the outside of the flared part 5 and extends out of the path of the contact element, as shown on the left part of FIG. 1 It thus authorizes the introduction of the contact element into the housing.
  • the latches 20, 22 are molded in the open position.
  • Each lock has tabs 32 projecting from the side faces of the lock in plan view. When the latch is rocked from the open position to the closed position, the tabs forcefully shrink the cutout of the flared portion 5. These tabs constitute latching means making it possible to immobilize the latches 20, 22 on the body 4 in closed position.
  • the contact elements 10 are introduced into the housings 6, 8. If the contact elements are suitably introduced as far as the end of the race with the pins abutting against the reliefs, the latches 20, 22 in the closed position, the two ribs 30 mentioned above coming into contact with the end 12 of the contact elements.
  • Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the cylindrical part of the body 4 is open and divided along a common median longitudinal plane of the housings 6, 8 for delimit a body part defining a single lock 40 in the form of a flap.
  • the recesses have the same shape as the contact elements. They are defined half in this body and half in the wall of the lock.
  • the lock is movable in rotation relative to the body by means of a hinge 43 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the contact elements and of the housings.
  • the closed position of the lock corresponds to the position of the lock in contact with the body by being folded over the body according to the above-mentioned common plane.
  • the housings are then closed by the union of their two halves.
  • a free longitudinal edge of the flap has latching tabs 41 engaging with a corresponding edge of the body to immobilize the flap in the closed position on the body.
  • the open position is that in which the flap is tilted away from the body, the housings being open and their halves being distant from each other, as in FIG. 4.
  • the contact elements are arranged in the housings by placing the contact elements in the half-housings of the body following a lateral trajectory, then closing the latch. This embodiment facilitates the installation of the contact elements in the housings.
  • the body 4 and the latch 40 have elongated recesses 42 adjacent to the upper end of the housing halves and opening into them. These recesses extend over the body in the flared part up to a free end thereof. These recesses receive the conductors 14 fixed to the contact elements when the contact elements are arranged in the housings.
  • the operation of the lamp holder is similar to that of the previous mode.
  • the contact elements are properly installed in their housings, it is possible to close the shutter and immobilize it on the body. If the contact elements are improperly installed, it is not possible to close the shutter and it cannot be immobilized on the body.
  • the lock is not closed, the abnormal size of the cylindrical part of the lamp holder makes it unsuitable for installation in the projector.
  • the lock is closed before introduction of the contact elements, it is no longer possible to make the contact elements penetrate into the housings. In the closed position, the lock forms an obstacle to the exit of the contact elements.
  • the hinges may be parallel to the longitudinal direction of the contact elements.
  • the lamp holder may include a single contact element, for example, if the lamp is connected to ground by its base.

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The lamp combination includes two electrical contact elements (10) inserted into parallel recesses (6,8) in the cylindrical portion (3) of the injection-moulded plastic body (4) beyond its smaller rectangular portion (5), which abuts externally against the reflector (7). Two locking devices (20,22) associated with the respective contacts are movable with respect to the body between open and closed positions. Each locking device is hinged (26) at right angles to the length of the recesses, close to the meeting-point of the cylindrical and rectangular portions. The lampholder is too wide to be installed in the reflector unless the locking devices are closed.

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L'invention concerne les porte-lampes pour véhicule automobile, notamment pour projecteurs et feux de signalisation.The invention relates to lamp holders for motor vehicles, especially for searchlights and signaling lights.

On connaît des projecteurs de véhicule automobile comportant une lampe principale et une lampe-ville intégrée au projecteur en étant désaxée par rapport à la lampe principale. La lampe-ville est supportée par un porte-lampe propre qui présente deux logements destinés à recevoir deux éléments de contacts électriques reliés à deux conducteurs du faisceau électrique du véhicule. Les éléments de contact ont une forme plate allongée, les logements ayant une forme en creux correspondante. Les éléments de contact sont introduits dans les logements suivant leur direction longitudinale par une extrémité axiale du logement. Chaque élément de contact présente un ergot de verrouillage incliné par rapport au plan général de l'élément de contact et dirigé vers l'arrière de l'élément de contact. A la fin de l'introduction de l'élément de contact dans le logement, l'ergot vient en butée contre un relief de la face interne du logement pour empêcher la sortie de l'élément de contact. Cet effet de verrouillage ne se produit qu'en fin de course de l'élément de contact. Par conséquent, si l'élément de contact est mal introduit dans le logement, le verrouillage ne se produit pas. Toutefois, dans cette mauvaise position, l'élément de contact peut tenir en place par friction et assurer la connexion électrique. Mais il peut dès lors sortir de son logement sous l'effet des vibrations lors du roulement ou en raison de la traction des conducteurs. Le contact électrique est alors rompu. Un court-circuit peut également se produire.Motor vehicle headlamps are known comprising a main lamp and a city lamp integrated into the headlamp while being offset from the main lamp. The city lamp is supported by a clean lamp holder which has two housings intended to receive two electrical contact elements connected to two conductors of the vehicle's electrical harness. The contact elements have an elongated flat shape, the housings having a corresponding hollow shape. The contact elements are introduced into the housings in their longitudinal direction through an axial end of the housing. Each contact element has a locking lug inclined relative to the general plane of the contact element and directed towards the rear of the contact element. At the end of the introduction of the contact element into the housing, the lug abuts against a relief on the internal face of the housing to prevent the contact element from coming out. This locking effect only occurs at the end of the travel of the contact element. Consequently, if the contact element is inserted incorrectly into the housing, the locking does not occur. However, in this bad position, the contact element can hold in place by friction and ensure the electrical connection. But it can therefore come out of its housing under the effect of vibrations during rolling or due to the traction of the conductors. The electrical contact is then broken. A short circuit can also occur.

Le document WO 86/01 041 décrit un porte-lampe adapté à recevoir des éléments de contact électrique et un verrou adapté à être rapporté et immobilisé sur le porte-lampe en interdisant la sortie des éléments de contact électrique. Le verrou ne peut pas être placé en position fermée si l'élément de contact est dans une mauvaise position dans le porte-lampe car l'élément de contact gêne la mise en place du verrou. La mise en position fermée du verrou garantit donc le bon montage de l'élément de contact. Toutefois, ce porte-lampe peut être monté sur un projecteur de véhicule automobile sans que le verrou soit présent. Par conséquent, si la présence du verrou sur le porte-lampe n'est pas vérifiée lors du montage du porte-lampe sur le projecteur, rien n'assure que les éléments de contact sont convenablement en position dans le porte-lampe.Document WO 86/01 041 describes a lamp holder adapted to receive electrical contact elements and a lock adapted to be attached and immobilized on the lamp holder by preventing the output of the electrical contact elements. The lock cannot be placed in the closed position if the contact element is in a bad position in the lamp holder because the contact element hinders the positioning of the lock. Putting the lock in the closed position therefore guarantees the correct mounting of the contact element. However, this lamp holder can be mounted on a motor vehicle headlamp without the lock being present. Consequently, if the presence of the lock on the lamp holder is not verified when the lamp holder is mounted on the projector, there is no guarantee that the contact elements are properly in position in the lamp holder.

Un but de l'invention est de pallier cet inconvénient et d'augmenter l'assurance d'un montage correct de l'élément de contact dans le projecteur ou le feu.An object of the invention is to overcome this drawback and to increase the assurance of correct mounting of the contact element in the headlight or the light.

En vue de la réalisation de ce but, on prévoit selon l'invention une combinaison d'un porte-lampe et d'un réflecteur pour véhicule automobile, le porte-lampe comportant un corps adapté à supporter au moins une lampe, le corps ayant au moins un logement présentant une ouverture et adapté à recevoir au moins un élément de contact électrique par cette ouverture, le porte-lampe comportant au moins un verrou adapté à avoir une position fermée dans laquelle il s'étend dans l'ouverture, et une position ouverte dans laquelle il s'étend à distance de l'ouverture, le porte-lampe étant adapté à occuper une position de montage dans un évidement du réflecteur, le verrou étant fixé au corps en étant mobile par rapport à celui-ci entre la position ouverte et la position fermée, le porte-lampe et le réflecteur étant agencés de sorte que lorsque le verrou n'est pas en position fermée, le porte-lampe a un encombrement le rendant impropre à occuper la position de montage dans le réflecteur.With a view to achieving this aim, a combination of a lamp holder and a reflector for a motor vehicle is provided according to the invention, the lamp holder comprising a body adapted to support at least one lamp, the body having at least one housing having an opening and adapted to receive at least one electrical contact element through this opening, the lamp holder comprising at least one latch adapted to have a closed position in which it extends in the opening, and a open position in which it extends away from the opening, the lamp holder being adapted to occupy a mounting position in a recess of the reflector, the latch being fixed to the body while being movable relative to the latter between the open position and closed position, the lamp holder and the reflector being arranged so that when the latch is not in the closed position, the lamp holder has a size making it unsuitable to occupy the mounting position in the reflector.

Ainsi, il est obligatoire que le verrou soit en position fermée sur le corps pour l'installation du porte-lampe dans le réflecteur. On garantit donc que l'élément de contact est convenablement disposé dans le projecteur ou le feu achevé.Thus, it is mandatory that the lock is in the closed position on the body for the installation of the lamp holder in the reflector. It is therefore guaranteed that the contact element is suitably placed in the headlamp or the completed lamp.

Avantageusement, le corps comporte une partie de butée adaptée à venir en butée contre le réflecteur en position de montage du porte-lampe dans le réflecteur, la partie de butée présentant au moins une découpe dans laquelle le verrou s'intègre en position fermée.Advantageously, the body comprises an abutment part adapted to come into abutment against the reflector in the mounting position of the lamp holder in the reflector, the abutment part having at least one cutout in which the latch is integrated in the closed position.

Avantageusement, le verrou s'étend en position ouverte à l'extérieur de la partie de butée.Advantageously, the lock extends in the open position outside the stop part.

Avantageusement, la partie de butée est évasée.Advantageously, the abutment part is flared.

Avantageusement, le porte-lampe comporte des moyens d'encliquetage sur le corps du ou de chaque verrou en position fermée.Advantageously, the lamp holder comprises latching means on the body of the or each lock in the closed position.

Le ou chaque verrou peut être relié au corps au moyen d'une charnière.The or each lock can be connected to the body by means of a hinge.

Le ou chaque verrou pourra être d'une seule pièce avec le corps du porte-lampe.The or each lock may be in one piece with the body of the lamp holder.

Avantageusement, la combinaison comporte un élément de contact électrique adapté à être reçu dans le logement du corps, le verrou étant adapté en position fermée à former obstacle à une sortie de l'élément de contact électrique du logement, en étant contigu à l'élément.Advantageously, the combination comprises an electrical contact element adapted to be received in the housing of the body, the lock being adapted in the closed position to form an obstacle to an output of the electrical contact element from the housing, being contiguous with the element. .

Le ou chaque verrou pourra comporter deux parties disposées pour s'étendre en position fermée du verrou dans la trajectoire de sortie de l'élément de contact, en étant contiguës à l'élément de contact et disposées de part et d'autre d'un conducteur électrique fixé à l'élément de contact.The or each lock may include two parts arranged to extend in the closed position of the lock in the exit path of the contact element, being contiguous with the contact element and arranged on either side of a electrical conductor attached to the contact element.

Le porte-lampe pourra comporter deux éléments de contact. Il pourra comporter deux verrous.The lamp holder may include two contact elements. It may have two locks.

Il pourra s'agir d'un porte-lampe de lampe-ville pour projecteur ou d'un porte-lampe de feu de signalisation.It could be a lamp holder for a city lamp for a projector or a lamp holder for a traffic light.

On prévoit également selon l'invention un dispositif d'éclairage ou de signalisation tel qu'un projecteur ou un feu pour véhicule automobile, comportant une combinaison selon l'invention.According to the invention, there is also provided a lighting or signaling device such as a headlight or a light for a motor vehicle, comprising a combination according to the invention.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront encore à la lecture de la description suivante de deux modes de réalisation préférés donnés à titre d'exemples non-limitatifs. Aux dessins annexés :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en élévation avec arrachement d'un mode de réalisation de la combinaison;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en plan du porte-lampe de la figure 1 ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'un élément de contact de la combinaison de la figure 1; et
  • la figure 4 est une vue en élévation d'un deuxième mode de réalisation du porte-lampe.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the following description of two preferred embodiments given by way of non-limiting examples. In the accompanying drawings:
  • Figure 1 is a cutaway elevational view of one embodiment of the combination;
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the lamp holder of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a contact element of the combination of Figure 1; and
  • Figure 4 is an elevational view of a second embodiment of the lamp holder.

En référence aux figures 1 à 3, la combinaison selon le premier mode de réalisation représenté, de même que celle du deuxième mode, est destinée à un projecteur de véhicule automobile comportant une lampe principale et une lampe-ville. La combinaison comporte ici un porte-lampe, un réflecteur 7 et deux éléments de contact électrique. Le porte-lampe est prévu pour supporter en propre la lampe-ville 2, le projecteur comportant par ailleurs un autre porte-lampe pour supporter en propre la lampe principale.Referring to Figures 1 to 3, the combination according to the first embodiment shown, as well as that of the second mode, is intended for a motor vehicle headlight comprising a main lamp and a city lamp. The combination here comprises a lamp holder, a reflector 7 and two electrical contact elements. The lamp holder is designed to support the city lamp 2 in its own right, the projector also comprising another lamp holder to support the main lamp in its own right.

Le porte-lampe comporte un corps 4 en matière plastique moulée par injection. Le corps comporte une partie cylindrique 3 et une partie évasée 5 prenant naissance à une extrémité de la partie cylindrique. La partie évasée 5 a en plan, c'est-à-dire en vue d'extrémité, une forme générale rectangulaire comme le montre la figure 2. La largeur du rectangle est voisine du diamètre de la partie cylindrique 3. La partie cylindrique 3 supporte la lampe 2 à une extrémité opposée axialement à la partie évasée. La partie cylindrique 3 est destinée à être introduite dans un évidement du réflecteur 7 du projecteur, la partie évasée 5 venant en butée extérieurement contre le réflecteur 7 pour limiter cette introduction, comme représenté sur la partie droite de la figure 1. La partie cylindrique 3 présente deux logements 6, 8 allongés parallèles ayant une ouverture d'extrémité et destinés à recevoir par ces ouvertures deux éléments de contact électriques métalliques 10. Chaque élément de contact 10 a classiquement une forme générale plate allongée à contours rectangulaires. Une extrémité arrière 12 de l'élément de contact est rétrécie. Elle est connectée à un conducteur d'alimentation électrique 14 en étant fixée par sertissage à celui-ci. L'élément de contact présente un évidement et un ergot 16 s'étendant dans l'évidement en étant incliné par rapport au plan de l'élément de contact de sorte qu'il s'étend en saillie d'une face de l'élément de contact. L'ergot est dirigé vers l'extrémité arrière 12.The lamp holder has a body 4 of injection molded plastic. The body has a cylindrical part 3 and a flared part 5 originating at one end of the cylindrical part. The flared part 5 has in plan, that is to say in end view, a generally rectangular shape as shown in Figure 2. The width of the rectangle is close to the diameter of the cylindrical part 3. The cylindrical part 3 supports the lamp 2 at an end axially opposite the flared part. The cylindrical part 3 is intended to be inserted into a recess in the reflector 7 of the headlight, the flared part 5 coming into abutment externally against the reflector 7 to limit this introduction, as shown on the right part of FIG. 1. The cylindrical part 3 has two recesses 6, 8 elongated parallel having an end opening and intended to receive through these openings two metallic electrical contact elements 10. Each contact element 10 conventionally has a generally flat elongated shape with rectangular contours. A rear end 12 of the contact element is narrowed. It is connected to a power supply conductor 14 by being fixed by crimping thereto. The contact element has a recess and a lug 16 extending in the recess while being inclined relative to the plane of the contact element so that it projects from one face of the element of contact. The lug is directed towards the rear end 12.

Les éléments de contact 10 sont introduits dans les logements 6, 8 par leur extrémité avant 18 suivant la direction longitudinale des éléments de contact. A l'intérieur de chaque logement, le corps comporte un relief s'étendant en saillie dans le logement. Au passage de ce relief, l'ergot 16 se fléchit en rentrant dans son évidement, puis s'étend à nouveau après avoir dépassé le relief lorsque l'élément de contact arrive en fin de course et est installé dans le logement. Lorsque l'élément de contact est sollicité dans un sens tendant à le faire sortir du logement, l'ergot vient en butée contre le relief pour interdire la sortie de l'élément de contact. On réalise ainsi le verrouillage de l'élément de contact.The contact elements 10 are introduced into the housings 6, 8 through their front end 18 in the longitudinal direction of the contact elements. Inside each housing, the body has a relief projecting from the housing. As this relief passes, the lug 16 flexes when entering its recess, then extends again after passing the relief when the contact element reaches the end of its travel and is installed in the housing. When the contact element is biased in a direction tending to move it out of the housing, the lug abuts against the relief to prevent the contact element from leaving. This produces the locking of the contact element.

Le porte-lampe comporte en outre deux verrous 20, 22 mobiles par rapport au corps 4 entre une position ouverte et une position fermée, associés aux éléments de contact 10 respectifs. Sur les figures 1 et 2, le verrou 20 à droite est représenté à gauche en position ouverte et le verrou 22 en position fermée. En position fermée, les verrous s'intègrent dans des évidements correspondants de la partie évasée 5 de sorte qu'ils semblent formés par découpe de la partie évasée. Les verrous sont alors opposés l'un à l'autre aux deux extrémités les plus éloignées de la partie évasée. Chaque verrou est relié au corps 4 au moyen d'une charnière 26 orthogonale à la direction longitudinale des éléments de contact et des logements. Les charnières sont adjacentes à la jonction de la partie évasée 5 et de la partie cylindrique 3. Les verrous sont moulés d'une seule pièce avec le corps 4, les charnières étant constituées par un amincissement local de la paroi du corps.The lamp holder further comprises two latches 20, 22 movable relative to the body 4 between an open position and a closed position, associated with the respective contact elements 10. In Figures 1 and 2, the latch 20 on the right is shown on the left in the open position and the latch 22 in the closed position. In the closed position, the latches are integrated into corresponding recesses in the flared part 5 so that they appear to be formed by cutting out the flared part. The locks are then opposite to each other at the two ends furthest from the flared part. Each lock is connected to the body 4 by means of a hinge 26 orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the contact elements and of the housings. The hinges are adjacent to the junction of the flared part 5 and the cylindrical part 3. The locks are molded in one piece with the body 4, the hinges being formed by a local thinning of the wall of the body.

Chaque verrou 20, 22 comporte une paroi plane 28 s'étendant en position fermée à l'extrémité de la partie évasée 5 opposée à la partie cylindrique 3 en étant perpendiculaire à la direction d'introduction des éléments de contact 10 dans les logements. Un bord libre de cette paroi qui est adjacent au conducteur et au sertissage en position fermée, présente une encoche en regard du conducteur et du sertissage de sorte que la paroi ne vient pas en butée contre ceux-ci.Each latch 20, 22 has a flat wall 28 extending in the closed position at the end of the flared part 5 opposite the cylindrical part 3, being perpendicular to the direction of introduction of the contact elements 10 into the housings. A free edge of this wall which is adjacent to the conductor and to the crimp in the closed position has a notch opposite the conductor and the crimp so that the wall does not abut against them.

Chaque verrou 20, 22 comporte quatre nervures 30 parallèles à la direction d'introduction des éléments de contact 10 dans les logements 6, 8 et perpendiculaires à la paroi plane 28 en s'étendant le long de celle-ci. En position fermée du verrou 20, 22, les deux nervures 30 les plus au centre de la succession viennent en contact par leur bord opposé à la paroi 28 avec le chant de l'extrémité rétrécie 12 de l'élément de contact 10 installé dans son logement 6, 8. Les deux nervures 30 sont en contact avec l'extrémité 12 respectivement de part et d'autre du sertissage (et du conducteur). Chaque nervure 30 s'étend de part et d'autre du chant de l'extrémité 12, au-delà de celui-ci des deux côtés du chant. En position fermée, ces deux nervures 30 s'étendent ainsi dans la trajectoire de sortie de l'extrémité 12 de l'élément de contact, en étant contiguës à cette extrémité. Les verrous forment obstacle à la sortie des éléments de contact, et constituent un double verrouillage.Each lock 20, 22 has four ribs 30 parallel to the direction of introduction of the contact elements 10 into the housings 6, 8 and perpendicular to the planar wall 28 extending along the latter. In the closed position of the lock 20, 22, the two ribs 30 the most central of the succession come into contact by their edge opposite the wall 28 with the edge of the narrowed end 12 of the contact element 10 installed in its housing 6, 8. The two ribs 30 are in contact with the end 12 respectively on either side of the crimping (and of the conductor). Each rib 30 extends on either side of the edge of the end 12, beyond the latter on both sides of the edge. In the closed position, these two ribs 30 thus extend in the exit path from the end 12 of the contact element, being contiguous at this end. The locks form an obstacle to the exit of the contact elements, and constitute a double locking.

En position ouverte, chaque verrou 20, 22 est basculé autour de sa charnière 26 vers l'extérieur de la partie évasée 5 et s'étend hors de la trajectoire de l'élément de contact, comme représenté sur la partie gauche de la figure 1. Il autorise ainsi l'introduction de l'élément de contact dans le logement. Les verrous 20, 22 sont moulés en position ouverte.In the open position, each latch 20, 22 is tilted around its hinge 26 towards the outside of the flared part 5 and extends out of the path of the contact element, as shown on the left part of FIG. 1 It thus authorizes the introduction of the contact element into the housing. The latches 20, 22 are molded in the open position.

Chaque verrou comporte des pattes 32 s'étendant en saillie des faces latérales du verrou en vue en plan. Lorsqu'on bascule le verrou de la position ouverte à la position fermée, les pattes franchissent à force un rétrécissement de la découpe de la partie évasée 5. Ces pattes constituent des moyens d'encliquetage permettant d'immobiliser les verrous 20, 22 sur le corps 4 en position fermée.Each lock has tabs 32 projecting from the side faces of the lock in plan view. When the latch is rocked from the open position to the closed position, the tabs forcefully shrink the cutout of the flared portion 5. These tabs constitute latching means making it possible to immobilize the latches 20, 22 on the body 4 in closed position.

Lors du montage, les verrous étant ouverts, on introduit les éléments de contact 10 dans les logements 6, 8. Si les éléments de contact sont convenablement introduits jusqu'en fin de course avec les ergots en butée contre les reliefs, on peut basculer les verrous 20, 22 en position fermée, les deux nervures 30 précitées venant en contact avec l'extrémité 12 des éléments de contact.During assembly, the locks being open, the contact elements 10 are introduced into the housings 6, 8. If the contact elements are suitably introduced as far as the end of the race with the pins abutting against the reliefs, the latches 20, 22 in the closed position, the two ribs 30 mentioned above coming into contact with the end 12 of the contact elements.

Au contraire, si l'un des deux éléments de contact est insuffisamment introduit dans son logement, lorsqu'on bascule le verrou associé les nervures centrales 30 du verrou viennent buter latéralement contre l'élément de contact avant la fin de la course du verrou. Le verrou ne peut donc pas être placé en position fermée et il n'est pas possible de l'immobiliser par encliquetage sur le corps 4. Il faut alors basculer le verrou correspondant pour le ramener en position ouverte, puis corriger la position longitudinale de l'élément de contact en le poussant jusqu'en fin de course, et enfin basculer le verrou en position fermée.On the contrary, if one of the two contact elements is insufficiently inserted into its housing, when the associated latch is rocked, the central ribs 30 of the latch abut laterally against the contact element before the end of the latch stroke. The lock cannot therefore be placed in the closed position and it is not possible to immobilize it by snap-fastening on the body 4. It is then necessary to tilt the corresponding lock to return it to the open position, then correct the longitudinal position of the contact element by pushing it to the end of its travel, and finally flip the lock to the closed position.

C'est donc seulement lorsque les deux éléments de contact 10 sont convenablement introduits dans les logements que les verrous 20, 22 peuvent être fermés et immobilisés. La possibilité de fermer les verrous garantit ainsi un montage correct des éléments de contact. De plus, si les verrous ne sont pas fermés, l'encombrement anormal de la partie évasée 5 du porte-lampe le rend impropre à être installé dans le projecteur, comme le montre la partie gauche de la figure 1 sur laquelle le volume du réflecteur a été indiqué en traits pointillés.It is therefore only when the two contact elements 10 are suitably introduced into the housings that the latches 20, 22 can be closed and immobilized. The possibility of closing the locks thus guarantees correct mounting of the contact elements. In addition, if the locks are not closed, the abnormal size of the flared part 5 of the lamp holder makes it unsuitable to be installed in the projector, as shown in the left part of Figure 1 on which the volume of the reflector has been indicated in dotted lines.

En outre, si l'on ferme les verrous avant introduction des éléments de contact, il n'est plus possible de faire pénétrer les éléments de contact dans les logements, car la paroi 28 et les deux nervures centrales 30 s'étendent dans la trajectoire d'introduction des éléments de contact.In addition, if the latches are closed before introduction of the contact elements, it is no longer possible to make the contact elements penetrate into the housings, since the wall 28 and the two central ribs 30 extend in the path introduction of contact elements.

La figure 4 présente un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention. Cette fois, la partie cylindrique du corps 4 est ouverte et divisée suivant un plan longitudinal médian commun des logements 6, 8 pour délimiter une partie de corps définissant un verrou unique 40 en forme de volet. Les logements ont en creux la même forme que les éléments de contact. Ils sont définis pour moitié dans ce corps et pour moitié dans la paroi du verrou. Le verrou est mobile à rotation par rapport au corps au moyen d'une charnière 43 parallèle à la direction longitudinale des éléments de contact et des logements. La position fermée du verrou correspond à la position du verrou en contact avec le corps en étant rabattu sur le corps suivant le plan commun précité. Les logements sont alors fermés par l'union de leurs deux moitiés. Un bord longitudinal libre du volet comporte des pattes d'encliquetage 41 venant en prise avec un bord correspondant du corps pour immobiliser le volet en position fermée sur le corps. La position ouverte est celle où le volet est basculé à distance du corps, les logements étant ouverts et leurs moitiés étant éloignées l'une de l'autre, comme sur la figure 4. Les éléments de contact sont disposés dans les logements en plaçant les éléments de contact dans les demi-logements du corps suivant une trajectoire latérale, puis en fermant le verrou. Ce mode de réalisation facilite l'installation des éléments de contact dans les logements.Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention. This time, the cylindrical part of the body 4 is open and divided along a common median longitudinal plane of the housings 6, 8 for delimit a body part defining a single lock 40 in the form of a flap. The recesses have the same shape as the contact elements. They are defined half in this body and half in the wall of the lock. The lock is movable in rotation relative to the body by means of a hinge 43 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the contact elements and of the housings. The closed position of the lock corresponds to the position of the lock in contact with the body by being folded over the body according to the above-mentioned common plane. The housings are then closed by the union of their two halves. A free longitudinal edge of the flap has latching tabs 41 engaging with a corresponding edge of the body to immobilize the flap in the closed position on the body. The open position is that in which the flap is tilted away from the body, the housings being open and their halves being distant from each other, as in FIG. 4. The contact elements are arranged in the housings by placing the contact elements in the half-housings of the body following a lateral trajectory, then closing the latch. This embodiment facilitates the installation of the contact elements in the housings.

Le corps 4 et le verrou 40 présentent des évidements allongés 42 adjacents à l'extrémité supérieure des moitiés de logement et débouchant dans ceux-ci. Ces évidements se prolongent sur le corps dans la partie évasée jusqu'à une extrémité libre de celle-ci. Ces évidements reçoivent les conducteurs 14 fixés aux éléments de contact lorsque les éléments de contact sont disposés dans les logements.The body 4 and the latch 40 have elongated recesses 42 adjacent to the upper end of the housing halves and opening into them. These recesses extend over the body in the flared part up to a free end thereof. These recesses receive the conductors 14 fixed to the contact elements when the contact elements are arranged in the housings.

Le fonctionnement du porte-lampe est analogue à celui du précédent mode. Ainsi, si les éléments de contact sont convenablement installés dans leurs logements, il est possible de fermer le volet et de l'immobiliser sur le corps. Si les éléments de contact sont mal installés, il n'est pas possible de fermer le volet et il ne peut pas être immobilisé sur le corps. De plus, si le verrou n'est pas fermé, l'encombrement anormal de la partie cylindrique du porte-lampe le rend impropre à être installé dans le projecteur.The operation of the lamp holder is similar to that of the previous mode. Thus, if the contact elements are properly installed in their housings, it is possible to close the shutter and immobilize it on the body. If the contact elements are improperly installed, it is not possible to close the shutter and it cannot be immobilized on the body. In addition, if the lock is not closed, the abnormal size of the cylindrical part of the lamp holder makes it unsuitable for installation in the projector.

Ici encore, si l'on ferme le verrou avant introduction des éléments de contact, il n'est plus possible de faire pénétrer les éléments de contact dans les logements. En position fermée, le verrou forme obstacle à la sortie des éléments de contact.Here again, if the lock is closed before introduction of the contact elements, it is no longer possible to make the contact elements penetrate into the housings. In the closed position, the lock forms an obstacle to the exit of the contact elements.

Bien entendu, on pourra apporter à l'invention de nombreuses modifications sans sortir du cadre de celle-ci.Of course, many modifications can be made to the invention without departing from the scope thereof.

Ainsi, dans le premier mode de réalisation, les charnières pourront être parallèles à la direction longitudinale des éléments de contact. Le porte-lampe pourra comporter un unique élément de contact, par exemple, si la lampe est connectée à une masse par son culot.Thus, in the first embodiment, the hinges may be parallel to the longitudinal direction of the contact elements. The lamp holder may include a single contact element, for example, if the lamp is connected to ground by its base.

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Combinaison d'un porte-lampe et d'un réflecteur (7) pour véhicule automobile, le porte-lampe comportant un corps (4) adapté à supporter au moins une lampe (2), le corps ayant au moins un logement (6, 8) présentant une ouverture et adapté à recevoir au moins un élément de contact électrique (10) par cette ouverture, le porte-lampe comportant au moins un verrou (20, 22 ; 40) adapté à avoir une position fermée dans laquelle il s'étend dans l'ouverture, et une position ouverte dans laquelle il s'étend à distance de l'ouverture, caractérisée en ce que le porte-lampe est adapté à occuper une position de montage dans un évidement du réflecteur, le verrou (20, 22 ; 40) étant fixé au corps (4) en étant mobile par rapport à celui-ci entre la position ouverte et la position fermée, le porte-lampe et le réflecteur (7) étant agencés de sorte que lorsque le verrou n'est pas en position fermée, le porte-lampe a un encombrement le rendant impropre à occuper la position de montage dans le réflecteur (7).Combination of a lamp holder and a reflector (7) for a motor vehicle, the lamp holder comprising a body (4) adapted to support at least one lamp (2), the body having at least one housing (6, 8) having an opening and adapted to receive at least one electrical contact element (10) through this opening, the lamp holder comprising at least one latch (20, 22; 40) adapted to have a closed position in which it s extends into the opening, and an open position in which it extends away from the opening, characterized in that the lamp holder is adapted to occupy a mounting position in a recess in the reflector, the latch (20, 22; 40) being fixed to the body (4) being movable relative to the latter between the open position and the closed position, the lamp holder and the reflector (7) being arranged so that when the latch is not not in the closed position, the lamp holder has a size making it unfit to occupy the position mounting in the reflector (7). Combinaison selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le corps (4) comporte une partie de butée (5) adaptée à venir en butée contre le réflecteur (7) en position de montage du porte-lampe dans le réflecteur, la partie de butée (5) présentant au moins une découpe dans laquelle le verrou (20, 22) s'intègre en position fermée.Combination according to claim 1, characterized in that the body (4) comprises a stop part (5) adapted to come into abutment against the reflector (7) in the mounting position of the lamp holder in the reflector, the stop part (5) having at least one cutout in which the lock (20, 22) is integrated in the closed position. Combinaison selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le verrou (20, 22) s'étend en position ouverte à l'extérieur de la partie de butée (5).Combination according to claim 2, characterized in that the latch (20, 22) extends in the open position outside the stop part (5). Combinaison selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que la partie de butée (5) est évasée.Combination according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the abutment part (5) is flared. Combinaison selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le ou chaque verrou (20, 22 ; 40) est relié au corps au moyen d'une charnière.Combination according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the or each lock (20, 22; 40) is connected to the body by means of a hinge. Combinaison selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que le ou chaque verrou (20, 22 ; 40) est d'une seule pièce avec le corps du porte-lampe.Combination according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the or each lock (20, 22; 40) is in one piece with the body of the lamp holder. Combinaison selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que le porte-lampe comporte des moyens d'encliquetage (32 ; 41) du ou de chaque verrou (20, 22 ; 40) en position fermée sur le corps (4).Combination according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the lamp holder comprises latching means (32; 41) of the or each latch (20, 22; 40) in the closed position on the body ( 4). Combinaison selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que la combinaison comporte un élément de contact électrique (10) adapté à être reçu dans le logement (6, 8) du corps, le verrou (20, 22 ; 40) étant adapté en position fermée à former obstacle à une sortie de l'élément de contact électrique (10) du logement (6, 8), en étant contigu à l'élément.Combination according to any one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the combination comprises an electrical contact element (10) adapted to be received in the housing (6, 8) of the body, the latch (20, 22; 40 ) being adapted in the closed position to form an obstacle to an output of the electrical contact element (10) from the housing (6, 8), being adjacent to the element. Combinaison selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisée en ce que le ou chaque verrou comporte deux parties (30) disposées pour s'étendre en position fermée du verrou dans la trajectoire de sortie de l'élément de contact, en étant contiguës à l'élément de contact et disposées de part et d'autre d'un conducteur électrique (14) fixé à l'élément de contact.Combination according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the or each latch comprises two parts (30) arranged to extend in the closed position of the latch in the exit path of the contact element, being contiguous to the contact element and arranged on either side of an electrical conductor (14) fixed to the contact element. Combinaison selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisée en ce que le porte-lampe est un porte-lampe de lampe-ville pour projecteur.Combination according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the lamp holder is a city lamp holder for a projector. Dispositif d'éclairage ou de signalisation tel qu'un projecteur ou un feu pour véhicule automobile, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une combinaison selon l'une des revendications précédentes.Lighting or signaling device such as a headlamp or a light for a motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a combination according to one of the preceding claims.
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