| Inventors: |
Martin K. Liverance, Royal Oak, Mich; David R. McMahan; Bartly A. Haydu, both of Anderson, Ind.
all of Anderson, Ind. |
| Assignee: |
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. |
| Appl. No.: |
408,870 |
| Filed: |
Sept. 18, 1989 |
| Related U.S. Application Data |
| Continuation of Ser. No. 276,608, Nov. 28, 1988, Pat. No. 4,882,660
which is a continuation of Ser. No. 185,109, Apr. 18, 1988, abandoned, which is a
continuation of Ser. No. 930,741, Nov. 13, 1986, Pat. No. 4,747,029. |
| Int. Class: |
H01R 33/00 |
|
| U.S. Class: |
362/226; 362/61; 313/113; 439/546; 439/616 |
| Field of Search: |
362/266, 257, 296, 306, 362/341, 226, 457, 429,
310, 61;439/546, 616; 313/113, 114, 115 |
References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS |
| 4682247 |
July 1987 |
Freudenreich et al. |
362/61 |
| 4747029 |
May 1989 |
Liverance et al. |
362/226 |
| 4760506 |
July 1988 |
Mochizuki et al. |
362/226 |
| 4794500 |
December 1988 |
Bradley |
362/226 |
| 4882660 |
November 1989 |
Liverance et al. |
362/226 |
Primary Examiner- Ira S. Lazarus
Assistant Examiner- Richard R. Cole
Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Edward J. Biskup |
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp in which the rear of the reflector has fastened thereto a
retainer assembly that receives a replaceable light bulb and includes a shield for blocking stray
light rays emanating from the light bulb.
3 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets |
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