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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7393227 | Lampholder for double-ended lamp A socket (10) for a double-ended lamp has a housing (12); a compression spring (14) within the housing (12); a lamp connector (16) comprising a body (18) with a first portion (20) contained entirely within the housing... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7025472 | Coupling element for elongate lamps and illumination system having this coupling element A coupling element (2) is proposed for the combining of at least two elongate lamps with in each case two ends. For this purpose, the coupling element (2) has a continuous receptacle area which is provided for receiving an end of each lamp. The recepta... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021813 | Backlight assembly for liquid crystal display device having diffusive reflector An illuminating apparatus for improving brightness of light, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The LCD device includes a backlight unit having a lamp for emitting a first light, a light guiding plate for guiding the first light, an... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6899449 | Lamp unit assembling method and lamp unit mounting structure A connection portion (13) of an FFC (12) to be preliminarily arranged on a roof trim (10) is weld-fixed to cable connecting portions (25a, 26a) of a bus bar (25) and a spring terminal (26) of a room lamp... | 05/31/2005 |
| 5247228 | Fluorescent lamp ballast adaptor An adaptor circuit used to enable stable, flicker-free operation of T8-type fluorescent lamps in a lighting fixture which already has a standard two-lamp, series-sequence, 40 watt, rapid-start type ballast installed therein. The adaptor circuit contains a... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4928032 | Means for converting a lamp with a screw-type base into a lamp with a bi-pin base For converting a lamp with a screw-type base into a lamp with a bi-pin base, there is provided a cup-shaped adapter of electrical insulating material comprising a tubular body containing a bore that has internal threads threadedly receiving the external t... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4875866 | Light bulb socket An improved light socket for use with light bulbs of conventional design and threaded base, has a frame and a cup adapted to accept the light bulb base mounted for longitudinal motion within the frame between a first extended position and a second retract... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4842535 | Gas tube electrode connector A connector for discharge electrodes of luminous gas tubes includes an insulative barrel receiving a power cable at one end for attachment to a fixed end of a resilient contact member. The opposite end of the barrel is open and threaded, to receive the cr... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4758173 | Socket adaptor for fluorescent lamp An adaptor for extending tombstone style lamp sockets, as used with fluorescent lamps to permit the use of shorter lamps. The adaptors include pins which are rotated into the standard tombstone style socket and then further include contact openings in a p... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4753603 | Wholly enclosed armature arrangement for fluorescent tubes A wholly enclosed armature for fluorescent tubes, which is designed for outdoor use, has a transparent, cylindrically tubular cover member (18) which supports at the one end a permanent coupling housing (23) and at the opposite end supports an easily dete... | 06/28/1988 |
