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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105101 | Lamp socket and luminaire with same A lamp socket has a mover and a supporter. At an open position, the supporter supports the mover so that the mover does not prevent a lamp from being moved to or from a mounting position along a specified direction. When the lamp can be moved from the mounting posit... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7824202 | Dental lamp with improved lamp socket Disclosed herein is a dental lamp socket assembly especially adapted for use with dental lamps. The dental lamp socket assembly is configured to dramatically increase the ease at which bulbs can be placed and/or replaced in and out of the socket assembly. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7568930 | Flourescent lamp socket with enhanced contact reliability The lamp socket according to the invention demonstrates a housing (2) with a rotor (26). Contacts (15, 16), which demonstrate contact tags (17) that are resilient in the swivel direction, are mounted in the housing (2). The open en... | 08/04/2009 |
| 6791244 | Electric lamp provided with a lamp cap An electric lamp (2) with a lamp cap (12) suitable for contacting an external electric contact element (28). The lamp cap comprises contacting means (16) comprising a first contact part (18) connected to a second contact part (2... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6773284 | Lamp tube conversion apparatus The present invention is a kit for adapting a tube lamp fixture made for a first size of lamp tubes into a fixture that accommodates smaller lamp tubes. The kit comprises a conversion apparatus that itself comprises a bar in which are disposed one or more plugs for ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6676425 | Lamp length compensation system In one general aspect, a lamp length compensation system includes a lamp socket, a retention clip, and a flexible member. The retention clip has a movement stop and is mounted to a wall to slideably retain the lamp socket between the wall and the movement... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6523975 | Adjustable support and method of modifying a flourescent light fixture An adjustable support member for attaching fluorescent lamps to a light strip fixture body. The adjustable support member is easily adjusted to accommodate fixture bodies having a variety of widths, thereby simplifying the upgrading of existing light fixt... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6472824 | Automatic on/off device for a lamp An automatic on/off device comprises a mounting member removably attached to a lamp and a sensor mounted in the mounting member. The sensor includes a power input end for contacting with a power connection of the lamp to form a circuit for controlling on/... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6439742 | Luminaire with reduced height for packaging purposes A luminaire comprising a half shell (1) or roof, a transparent half shell (2) or cover, and a plate (4) which supports inter alia holders (9) for a fluorescent tube. The plate comprises openings through which the holders are passed, and the holders (9) ea... | 08/27/2002 |
| 5735703 | Recessed bushing style luminous tube transformer featuring versatile mounting configuration A transformer enclosure design with a separate receptacle housing used for power transformers especially those used with neon lamps. The separate receptacle housing allows for multiple neon gas discharge tube mounting orientations and allows for multiple ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5727869 | Fluorescent light fixture with breakaway socket A fluorescent light fixture includes an elongated housing for mounting on a wall or a ceiling. A fixed socket is attached to one end of the housing by a fixed connecting arm. A breakaway socket is movably attached to another end of the housing by a breaka... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5600199 | Fluorescent lamp with spring-loaded terminal pins A fluorescent lamp with spring-loaded terminal pins includes a tube having an inner surface and an outer surface; an amount of electrically excitable gas disposed in the tube; a fluorescent chemical coat disposed on the inner surface of the tube; a pair o... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5209674 | End-to-end neon tube connector The invention describes a connector for a pair of neon tubes supported in an end-to-end manner, each of the tubes having a reversely bent end. The connector comprises a support base formed of insulating material and having a longitudinally-extending slot,... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5204580 | Ring-shaped lamp device having bulb tiltable relative to base structure A lamp device includes a ring-shaped bulb, terminated at a prescribed annular length, each terminated portion of which is formed in a linear shape so as to make the bulb axis of one of the terminated portions coincide with that of the other terminated por... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5006970 | Interlock electrical socket mount In a fluorescent light fixture having a panel for supporting thereon an electrical socket assembly for holding a fluorescent tube, a simple, mechanical, manually-effected interlock for securing the socket assembly in a tube-receiving and supporting mode o... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4841193 | Fluorescent lamp device with incandescent bulb type base cap A fluorescent lamp device with an incandescent bulb type base cap. The fluorescent lamp device has a luminous tube unit and a case with one end supporting the luminous tube unit, and the other end has an outwardly projecting portion. A ballast is provided... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4772216 | Light fixture with reversible mounting end caps A light fixture including a channel-shape open ended housing having a top wall and opposed walls. End caps are provided for the housing, each including an end plate with a pair of longitudinally extending tabs spaced laterally apart and formed on their pr... | 09/20/1988 |
