of a vehicle headlight serves to receive a lamp the lamp can be seated against a surface with three support points facing a direction opposite to a mounting direction the support points are at apexes of a triangle surrounding a lamp axis one of these support points corresponds to a positioning tab extending radially outwardly from a lamp socket which can be seated in a recess a spring holding element applies a force on the socket of the lamp between the positioning tab and the lamp axis in a mounting direction of the lamp as well as toward a fixing element application_number US 43808195 A description a bowl shaped reflector 2 manufactured of resinous plastic has in an area of its apex a circular opening 3 a lamp 1 is mounted in the opening 3 and can be held in the opening 3 by a spring holding element 10 the lamp 1 has a cylindrical socket or base 5 of sheet metal a bulb 25 having a filament 24 therein is attached on a top surface of the cylindrically shaped socket 5 while plugs 26 serving as electrical contact terminals are mounted on the other main surface of the cylindrically shaped socket 5 the cylindrically shaped socket 5 has a socket plate 27 whose perimeter free edge is directed radially outwardly a ring groove 19 is in the socket plate 27 on a side thereof facing the electrical plug 26 and three radially extending slots radial to a lamp axis 7 are uniformly distributed about free edge portions of the perimeter of the socket plate 27 adjacent the ring groove with their external surfaces facing the glass bulb 25 to serve as support points 6 for the lamp 1 the support points 6 are at the.